Is HD good for Melee?

[Estwood]

Recently, I watched a video and considered purchasing hdmi cables for the GameCube. If you want to see it for yourself I'll put the video in the post.

I want to play games in HD because they will obviously look better. But then I thought about Melee. Even though the majority of games that I will play will take time, away from it, I still want to play Melee. When I here a top player talk about this, they usually say that they want the oldest CRT available so that they get the most precise inputs.

So I wanted to know your thoughts on it, and if it was worth it at all.

 

[Mr_towel_Man]

The lag out of a TV will still be more unless its a CRT or gaming monitor. I think lol

 

[KEYLIME SSB]

I play solely on my dolphin setup. I only get the chance to play on a CRT at local friendlies.

 

[Altanic]

I would say so. I run a Wii HDMI adapter through my 21" Insignia LCD TV and it works beautifully. It's not a Smart TV either, so it has very minimal post-processing which also have the option to be disabled, which I of course do. Before I got my adapter I would run the standard composite cables on it (for some reason it does not support component), and even then the lag was very minimal, possible 2 frames or so. I can even run my PS1 composite on it with no issues and great responsiveness.

But with that said, using the adapter I've never had any issues transferring to a CRT, so I would say it's safe.

 

[Estwood]

There's this adapter https://www.amazon.com/GCHD-Gamecube-HDMI-Adapter/dp/B078ZLMQH9 which claims to be lagless so maybe I'll give that a try.