16 March 2021, 11:40 | #1 |
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CRT Televisions are still being thrown out!
It's amazing to still see CRT Televisions (some in excellent condition & quality) on the side of the road these days. They need to be rescued.
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16 March 2021, 11:50 | #2 | |
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The image had been turning orange for a while until it completely stopped working. The TV didn't last 10 min next to the bin. Someone snatched it up fast. If it was an easy fix it's a TV of immense value. It was a backbreaking process of taking that fat mammoth to the bin. |
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And why should they? These people have probably been using the CRTs for DVD players and so on, and may be want to join the new HD world of streaming devices. Last time I checked, CRTs, especially televisions, aren't HD, don't have HDMI, and certainly aren't smart. And chances are their old DVD players probably finally conked out as well, so they're looking to upgrade and see what the fuss is all about with the endless adverts on TV bombarding them. |
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16 March 2021, 13:20 | #4 |
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They are heavy. I tend to forget how heavy they are whenever I try to pick one up. The other thing is weight distribution. One fell forward during transport. That was disappointing.
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16 March 2021, 13:49 | #5 |
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About 190 pounds was my Trinitron...
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They also take up a *lot* of space, which many people are simply not prepared to devote to a TV or monitor.
(The same thing applies to pianos!) |
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16 March 2021, 14:35 | #8 |
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Bulky heavy monsters.
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Truth is, CRTs simply carry an "unfashionable" stigma these days. They got hardware cooties, so to speak |
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16 March 2021, 15:06 | #13 |
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Needed 2 people and a wheelbarrow cart thing to get my B&O CRT into my games room. Mega bargain at £80 a couple of years ago, they were thousands when new 20 years back
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16 March 2021, 15:08 | #14 |
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Do you remember on sales the latest attempts, of that 'short cathode-ray tube' technology, a bit before the complete switch with the lcd's, plasma etc?
Wondering if someone has managed to got/use or is still using one of that particular models, to share some opinions. Never tried myself, prolly not exactly in the middle of the two generations, but it seemed not too bad, at a first look vanished in a couple of months, maybe less... |
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My last CRT TV (4:3, portable) had a literal flat screen at the front, and with the rest of the casing design it looked quite stylish.
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16 March 2021, 22:42 | #16 |
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CRTs are essential for retro gaming - no amount of upscaling or shaders will even come remotely close!
Hence why I have 3 x CRTs all of these are 4:3: 1 x 28" 2 x 14" (one of these is a Trinitron) |
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Real hardware via OSSC comes indeed very close. It's no scaling, you have no additional input lag (besides the monitor/TV lag). And the scanlines horizontal+vertical looks very close to a aperture grille CRT. Scrolling is silky smooth if you have a decent monitor/TV. Biggest issue would be the motion blur on fast scrolling stuff. But for gaming it mostly does the job good enough. And i'm a huge CRT freak (still have 3 Trinitron TVs).
There is one other thing: You have to buy proper shielded RGB Scart cables with Csync. Sometime nasty consoles are prone to vertical lines noise (jail bars effect) which is mostly visible on LCDs and not on CRTs. So, they might need a RGB bypass mod to fully shine on LCDs. Last edited by Retro-Nerd; 16 March 2021 at 23:30. |
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I regretfully had to take my 21" trinitron, owned from new, to the tip after many years of use, it went soft and the contrast was shot. Eventually the picture went many shades of purple. This was nearly ten years ago - I tried to find a commercial repair shop but there was simply no one to repair them anymore.
There was no way i was having the back off the bastard myself. Those things can literally kill you. Going against popular opinion here, but imo my ips lcd tv + ossc + dvdo vp50 looks better than the crt ever did for gaming. Just saying. |
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My friend gave me a 32" Loewe Aconda for free a few years ago, very fancy when new and I think they got it for free off someone before that.
Thing weighs about 50kg and it damn near killed me getting into my top floor flat at the time, got away with some minor injuries to the plasterwork in the stairwell! It is great for DVDs, PS2 and Xbox360, sadly not too great for Amiga, most games are ok but workbench gets a weird waviness too it. |
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My 55" LG C9 OLED looks fantastic that way (no dvdo though). |
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