CRT Enjoyer Thread - CRTs >>>>> Everything else.

[Null]

Cute video, a shame about modern piece of shit Sony snubbing him.

 

[Oliver Onions]

I still get pissed remembering I trashed the huge CRT I used to use for my dual monitor setup on my PC in the early 2000's. Shit was at least 80 lbs but man it made it so I could never go back to single monitor setups.

I've given notice to family and friends that if they still own a CRT or happen across one to send it my way. Even just a little 16-incher would be nice to hook up a Playstation and relive the good old days.

I have a flat-screen TV that I feel like could be a CRT just because it weighs a ton despite it's size --I just measured: it's 32-inch-- but I think it's just an early model so the guts are more complex; definitely doesn't appear to have enough of a dump truck to fit the giant glass tube inside.

 

[LadiosSopp]

CRTs are great, especially if you're into old games or prefer your movies on VHS (or DVD if you have a set with component). Older stuff just has this certain "feels right" feeling on analog tech. The weight issue is horrid, but the rounded tubes are a bit more forgiving than the flat ones. 27" or smaller aren't horrible to lift either.

That's quite a legendary find there. Even more impressive he shipped it from Japan and it arrived undamaged. There's so mant horror stories of people shipping even regular size PVMs and they get absolutely destroyed in shipping.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

definitely doesn't appear to have enough of a dump truck to fit the giant glass tube inside.

Never forget what they* took from you: the flat panel CRT that scales well in size


*they are probably the EU

 

[Rock hard as a Flintstone]

I have a flat-screen TV that I feel like could be a CRT just because it weighs a ton despite it's size --I just measured: it's 32-inch-- but I think it's just an early model so the guts are more complex; definitely doesn't appear to have enough of a dump truck to fit the giant glass tube inside.

Most likely its a plasma (those are generally well made enough that they aren't a bad thing themselves) but LG did make some very shallow CRT sets towards the end.

 

[Nick Obre]

I wanna play Metal Slug on it

 

[thegunbuilderguy]

is it a sin if i:

1. Take a CRT monitor (broken or not)
2. hollow it out with a spoon and hammer
3. get all my pc parts in there
4. put some LED screen where the CRT glass is meant to be (once i scrub off the phosphorous coat)​

so i can have a CRT monitor that's actually a 2k gaming PC?

 

[seri0us]

is it a sin if i:

1. Take a CRT monitor (broken or not)
2. hollow it out with a spoon and hammer
3. get all my pc parts in there
4. put some LED screen where the CRT glass is meant to be (once i scrub off the phosphorous coat)​

so i can have a CRT monitor that's actually a 2k gaming PC?

Unless the glass tube itself is actually busted, it's likely repairable and something I personally wouldn't scrap just for a project like that. I'm not a collector or anything but I do have a soft spot for CRTs partially because they're literally not even made anymore.

 

[Vecr]

hollow it out with a spoon and hammer

Be very careful with the high voltage. It's not just directly touching traces connected to capacitors that's the issue, look up a guide for a CRT like yours for the right order to short things in. I have a metal box with a few really big resistors in it hooked up in parallel because I don't like the idea of putting high amp loads on capacitors, but I don't think something like that is strictly required.

 

[Buffalo Chicken Sandwich]

Cute video, a shame about modern piece of shit Sony snubbing him.

My guess is even in the 90s he would probably be snubbed the same way, especially if he isn't Japanese.

 

[Rock hard as a Flintstone]

Be very careful with the high voltage. It's not just directly touching traces connected to capacitors that's the issue, look up a guide for a CRT like yours for the right order to short things in. I have a metal box with a few really big resistors in it hooked up in parallel because I don't like the idea of putting high amp loads on capacitors, but I don't think something like that is strictly required.

Absolutely, he's going to need at least an insulated lineman's spoon for that.

 

[Ahriman]

YouTuber Shank Mods has acquired one of the largest CRTs ever produced. The video is really pretty excellent from start to finish.

Clint weighs in

If anything, it's better that he didn't get it, considering that he lives in tornado country. Losing this priceless piece of tech would be unforgivable.

Cute video, a shame about modern piece of shit Sony snubbing him.

Indeed.

How the mighty have fallen.

 

[thegunbuilderguy]

Be very careful with the high voltage. It's not just directly touching traces connected to capacitors that's the issue, look up a guide for a CRT like yours for the right order to short things in. I have a metal box with a few really big resistors in it hooked up in parallel because I don't like the idea of putting high amp loads on capacitors, but I don't think something like that is strictly required.

frankly i'm basically just keeping nothing but the curved glass and shell at this point so i'm thinking of just getting some friends at the yard with some buckshot with whatever isn't that.

 

[shekelshoah666]

Most likely its a plasma (those are generally well made enough that they aren't a bad thing themselves) but LG did make some very shallow CRT sets towards the end.

I sold TV's for a few years and we had some Sharp plasma TV that was always one of the cheaper TV's but It looked better then stuff 3-4x it's price very easily but it was much heavier compared to LCD's and a little thicker but the colors and blacks were so far ahead of anything that wasn't like absolute top line Sony LCD's.

 

[Cheesy Beavy]

YouTuber Shank Mods has acquired one of the largest CRTs ever produced. The video is really pretty excellent from start to finish.

I just wanna play SSB melee on it. Can you imagine packing that behemoth around to tournaments?

 

[Ahriman]

I just wanna play SSB melee on it. Can you imagine packing that behemoth around to tournaments?

I still have my cheapo 21" TV back in my apartment, that I had purchased brand new in the early '00s. And this monstrosity is 4 times the size.

It truly is the Big Boy of CRTs.

 

[Enig]

Never forget what they* took from you: the flat panel CRT that scales well in size
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*they are probably the EU

Somehow it's not the EU for once, it's patent trolls in Korea that definitely aren't employed by LG or Samsung at all no sir.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

Somehow it's not the EU for once, it's patent trolls in Korea that definitely aren't employed by LG or Samsung at all no sir.

The EU is probably involved(or being scammed... again) somehow.

 

[mr_negativity]

My dad had a Sony KV-40XBR700 which was one of the largest 4:3 televisions Sony ever made. It had a fine pitch grill. It sort of made sense in 2005 when most content was 4:3. However, as HD widescreen content started to dominate, it quickly became apparent that a 4:3 tv is completely the wrong form factor and the viewable picture size in widescreen was smaller than the budget LCDs at a time. Zoom fill the screen kind of sucked as the scaler wasn't very good.

The TV was demoted to the basement, and my Dad quickly found he had giant piece of e-waste and was able to give it away before it became completely obsolete and had to pay to dispose of it.

I bought the last Sony CRT widescreen, the KD-34XBR970. It was an awesome television. I moved and didn't have any room for it.

I was also an adopter of rear projection DLP, but those things were an utter shitshow in reliability with failing lamps, color wheels, collapsing light tunnels, and stuck pixels in DLP chips.

The ability for one person easily lift a 30"+ LCD/Plasma display, let alone hang it on a wall killed CRTs.

 

[Oliver Onions]

Most likely its a plasma (those are generally well made enough that they aren't a bad thing themselves) but LG did make some very shallow CRT sets towards the end.

I think you're probably right. The picture quality on it isn't bad but it seems a bit softer than what I'm used to with my shitty 'smart' TVs. I've tried searching all over the thing for a model number but not found one yet; I assume there's some website out there that keeps a list and could set me straight.