I recently acquired a new CRT tv which has a clearer screen than my last one. For those that don't know, I do my runs by recording a video of the tv screen.

This new TV has a small issue with cutting off some parts of the top of the screen like the words "Score" and "Time". is this an issue for submitting runs.

Not sure about your main question, but have you checked all of your TV settings? Perhaps the resolution isn't set to 240p or is zoomed in. If not, it sounds like an overscan issue (very common for CRT and NES). Are there potentiometers on the back of your TV? If so, try adjusting those. Are you hooked up directly to the CRT or is there something in the middle (dvd player)? Does it cut all games off or just the one you're currently testing? Some games are designed to ovescan more than others. (you don't have to answer these questions, just something to ask yourself and check).

Hopefully you can just submit without having to fuss with the above...

Good luck!

You should be fine to submit runs without the top of the screen. There are a lot of ways to find out if someone is cheating and that alone is not a big concern.

well just that maybe you can cheat with something like removing fireworks or kind of, so mods would have harder to make the counts and get to the coclusion that no level was ended in 1 3 or 6 digit for example

probably just a matter of an old tv and its lens being misaligned. not something i would be able to fix on my own. but nothing important is off screen.