CRT Thread

[diet_orange]

My Sanyo that I got from 2009 at the Goodwill that I'd later work at (even came with the remote too). Other than the front A/V jacks being blown out by my old video camera, it still works like a champ

 

[EnthusiastGuy]

Though modern filters on high resolution modern displays can somewhat replicate the look of a CRT monitor, there are still many of us who love the look and feel of a real crt, prefering to use these old displays to play our favourite retrogames to this day.
How do you use your crt? do you play on original hardware or did you connect it to your pc?
Post your setups/monitor/games you are playing.
I use a SONY PVM 14l2 connected to my pc with crtemudriver and Retroarch SwitchRes.

I'm currently playing through the Turbografx-CD version of Ys I & II
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I think there's the royale CRT filter that really does a good job emulating it. I tested it recently and it really felt like the real thing. Aside from the curved glass surface, obviously.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

A local vintage store in my area had a couple of cute monitors recently. Totally shocked me, since I haven’t seen any for sale in years! I thought about getting one, but without a reliable means of getting it home (plus me not having a place for it to go), I chose not to. If they aren’t too expensive, I may just convince my partner to let me adopt one. I would be willing to put up with RF output if it means playing on a cute portable CRT.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Yup! I probably overpaid for it ($30 with no power supply :/ ) but it’s a cute little black and white thing! It fits snug in my backpack, and I can imagine it being pretty cool for certain things! I have a trinitron already, so I’m more than happy to pick up a little weirdo like this guy!

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[aquova]

Does anyone have any experience with calibrating the tube potentiometers directly? I have a RCA TruFlat display whose display is... fine but not great. I've played around with it's calibration menu, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Does anyone have any experience with calibrating the tube potentiometers directly? I have a RCA TruFlat display whose display is... fine but not great. I've played around with it's calibration menu, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

Have you tried the 240p Test Suite yet? It’s a piece of homebrew made for a whole bunch of stuff that can help with calibration. It’s used professionally nowadays, I’m fairly sure.


(Almost any system you can jailbreak has a version of the 240p Test Suite for it.)

 

[aquova]

Have you tried the 240p Test Suite yet? It’s a piece of homebrew made for a whole bunch of stuff that can help with calibration. It’s used professionally nowadays, I’m fairly sure.


(Almost any system you can jailbreak has a version of the 240p Test Suite for it.)

That's what I was using to calibrate. I had that loaded onto my SNES's everdrive.

The problem with it is that the display has pretty good settings for fixing vertical issues, but very little for horizontal it seems. It also seems to be at a slight tilt, where the lower part of the display extends several pixels lower than the right side. It's not a major deal, and probably not worth trying to fix it physically, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

 

[throughdarkness]

Does anyone have any experience with calibrating the tube potentiometers directly? I have a RCA TruFlat display whose display is... fine but not great. I've played around with it's calibration menu, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

I don't have a ton of experience with different sets but my 1943md needs to be calibrated via potentiometers in the chassis. The set needs to be on and test suite pulled up while adjusting. You may be able to find a manual online but otherwise be mindful of your adjustments so you can bring it back if you need to. If its convergence you should be able to get convergence strips. The other possibility is you may need a recap if you cant bring the screen back. Also, flats are pretty susceptible to drifting out of spec by nature. Needless to say, be careful when you're in there with live power.

BTW I also have a truflat, which needs minor calibration. Maybe this weekend Ill look in there.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

I miss my last CRT. It was one of the first internet TVs that came out with a full ass keyboard built into the handset.
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It was a Bush ITV8401

It was so cool but it was also too bulky to justify storing in my tiny flat. If I ever size up I'm deffo gonna go CRT hunting again.

I even had to replace my PS1 scorpions for an AimTrak -_-

To me a CRT filter is the height of pointlessness. They never look right and end up just feeling like a detriment rather than taking me back to the CRT days.

holy shit this is badass.

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My Sanyo that I got from 2009 at the Goodwill that I'd later work at (even came with the remote too). Other than the front A/V jacks being blown out by my old video camera, it still works like a champ

HEY I HAVE THIS BAD BOY. SVIDEO MY MAN!

 

[Spectro. Spectro.]

Where should I go hunting for a CRT? Any online recommendations?

 

[Xeno]

Where should I go hunting for a CRT? Any online recommendations?

Facebook Marketplace

 

[JG5009]

I got this nice setup at my grampa's house, I use it with a PSP Go + Dualshock 3 for PS1 games and it works really well, but the image quality of doing this is not perfect.
For what is basically a PS1 that I can put in my pocket and then connect like a Switch to this thing, it's the best kind of thing for me.
I still have to repair that PS2 and mod both consoles to fully use them the way I'd like to.

 

[Xeno]

I got this nice setup at my grampa's house, I use it with a PSP Go + Dualshock 3 for PS1 games and it works really well, but the image quality of doing this is not perfect.
For what is basically a PS1 that I can put in my pocket and then connect like a Switch to this thing, it's the best kind of thing for me.
I still have to repair that PS2 and mod both consoles to fully use them the way I'd like to.
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Oh that’s neat that you can do that with a PSP Go!
What’s wrong with the PS2?

 

[JG5009]

What’s wrong with the PS2?

I broke the fan connector after cleaning it (yeah that's it LOL)

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And I don't think that the disc lector works anymore, I don't have any games to try it as well, the cube works really nice though and I got Peak-Zero GX and Twilight Princess right there so that's at least something.

 

[Xeno]

I broke the fan connector after cleaning it (yeah that's it LOL)

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And I don't think that the disc lector works anymore, I don't have any games to try it as well, the cube works really nice though and I got Peak-Zero GX and Twilight Princess right there so that's at least something.

When you get the connector fix, you can softmod the PS2 and then play games off the HDD.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Hello everyone. I just adjusted my set for the first time using the service menu last night, using a digital upload of the TV’s original manual as a guide. The set is a Sony Trinitron KV-20FS120 that was manufactured in March of 2006. I used multiple games to get the picture just right, and from multiple consoles, but I had a strange incident involving NES games. When emulating them at least, a large portion of the side of the screen is dead space. Is this normal for NES games to not fill the whole screen during gameplay?

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While watching a video about the Famicom Disk System, I’m seeing similar behavior to what I saw. Is this typical?

 

[JG5009]

When you get the connector fix, you can softmod the PS2 and then play games off the HDD.

That's the plan :]

 

[throughdarkness]

I broke the fan connector after cleaning it (yeah that's it LOL)

When I was cleaning my PS2 out early this year I completely disassembled it and one of the plastic tabs on a ribbon cable fell off. Gigantic pain in the ass. I ended up wedging it in there unglued, it was miraculous. That system kinda sucks to work in.

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When emulating them at least, a large portion of the side of the screen is dead space. Is this normal for NES games to not fill the whole screen during gameplay?

Totally normal, your PVM is nicer than most CRTs so it probably cuts off less overscan area.

 

[JG5009]

When I was cleaning my PS2 out early this year I completely disassembled it and one of the plastic tabs on a ribbon cable fell off. Gigantic pain in the ass. I ended up wedging it in there unglued, it was miraculous. That system kinda sucks to work in.

What annoys me more of my situation is that the fan had the most fragile and badly soldered plug I've seen for such an important part, the entire thing got out of the board with minimal pressure...

Sony can make everything yet it's always the smallest and most crucial things they chose to put zero attention on every PS console, be in hardware or the OS, but at least it's not intendo levels of bs.

Boy that sony, it's fantastic

 

[petran79]

funny how Turok 2 remaster can still take advantage of vga crt.
I prefer 512x384 160 hz resolution because picture gets the scanline look for 3d fps

 

[GeorgieBoysAXE]

Oh man, foots go with the Ol’ reliables: a 27” JVC AV-27230, Sony 20L5 PVM, & Sony 14L5 PVM!

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Oh man, foots go with the Ol’ reliables: a 27” JVC AV-27230, Sony 20L5 PVM, & Sony 14L5 PVM!View attachment 125296View attachment 125297

This mf got an SG-1000!

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Oh man, foots go with the Ol’ reliables: a 27” JVC AV-27230, Sony 20L5 PVM, & Sony 14L5 PVM!View attachment 125296View attachment 125297

Also this mf got an FM Towns Marty!!!
That’s even more surprising!

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Here are some of the ones I have currently hooked up at the moment, also like to have a CRT in the main PC-setup lol.

Along with the ultrawide OLED sits a Hitachi CM823F. View attachment 14765View attachment 14766

Down in the basement in my retro cave, from left to right ; JVC-TM-H1950CG, Panasonic TX-32PX20F and my latest Philips 28PT2665/00. View attachment 14772View attachment 14773View attachment 14774View attachment 14778

The Windows XP-rig has a Targa Visionary V1995 C3 hooked up atm. I have multiple sets on storage as well..might chip in a photo of those later.View attachment 14782View attachment 14783

Probably the cleanest setup this whole thread has to offer.

 

[GeorgieBoysAXE]

This mf got an SG-1000!

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Also this mf got an FM Towns Marty!!!
That’s even more surprising!

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Probably the cleanest setup this whole thread has to offer.

I definitely love the lighting!