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This really put a smile on my face, hope it does yours too,
Enjoy!

 

[Jaguar Victory]

Watched this earlier today at 1.5x because it moved a little slow. Great story.

 

[cyberheater]

I bought a 14 inch Sony Trinitron last year and I love it. I've tried CRT shaders on OLED tv's but nothing comes close to the look.
I really wish someone started making CRT tvs again. I'm sure technology would allow them to be a bit smaller.

 

[Zathalus]

Pity we couldn't get that interview from Sony.

 

[Mattyp]

I bought a 14 inch Sony Trinitron last year and I love it. I've tried CRT shaders on OLED tv's but nothing comes close to the look.
I really wish someone started making CRT tvs again. I'm sure technology would allow them to be a bit smaller.

It's the hazardous waste at recycling them, shipping size, shipping weight, who's going to buy them?

Just be glad you have one and anytime a real nice one comes up upgrade. Took me years find my perfect made in Japan Sony CRT still using to this day.

They are extremely rare in Australia compared to the USA everything was binned.

 

[Three]

The last crt tv I ever owned was this:



Set me back a few grand with the VCR

 

[cyberheater]

They are extremely rare in Australia compared to the USA everything was binned.

Yes. I remember years ago people were leaving them out of the street for the bin men to take them away. Up until 5 years ago you could still pick one up at the charity shops but they stopped doing them. It's only private sellers now and the prices have one through the roof.

 

[digital_ghost]

The Crt was all gas lighting.

 

[squidilix]

The last crt tv I ever owned was this:



Set me back a few grand with the VCR

Widescreen, yikes

 

[CliffBronger]

Amazing find.
I wonder how much that TV is worth today.

 

[Ma-Yuan]

Thx sharing love crts so much. Have 19 standing around all connected for retro gaming

 

[Unknown?]

It's the hazardous waste at recycling them, shipping size, shipping weight, who's going to buy them?

Just be glad you have one and anytime a real nice one comes up upgrade. Took me years find my perfect made in Japan Sony CRT still using to this day.

They are extremely rare in Australia compared to the USA everything was binned.

I read somewhere here that a company was working on making them only a few inches thick. Thicker than a modern panel but much smaller and thus lighter. In the good timeline this would be what we got, instead we've dealt with crappy LCD screens since then(yes LED TVs use LCD screens) which still offer poor motion.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

The only parts that mattered in that video…

 

[cireza]

Keeping preciously my CRT and hoping it will outlast me !

 

[hououinkyouma00]

I read somewhere here that a company was working on making them only a few inches thick. Thicker than a modern panel but much smaller and thus lighter. In the good timeline this would be what we got, instead we've dealt with crappy LCD screens since then(yes LED TVs use LCD screens) which still offer poor motion.

You might be thinking if SED and FED which are both similar. It's basically a bunch of very tiny CRTs in a panel that gave the benefits of CRTs in a more LCD form factor. SED was if I remember correctly basically a CRT per pixel.

Unfortunately these died around like 2009/2010 I believe when Sony and Canon gave up.

You should check them both out as they are really interesting.

 

[Soodanim]

I bought a 14 inch Sony Trinitron last year and I love it. I've tried CRT shaders on OLED tv's but nothing comes close to the look.
I really wish someone started making CRT tvs again. I'm sure technology would allow them to be a bit smaller.

When you say you've tried shaders, what do you mean? It could be anywhere from very basic and light implementations to the top end.

There's a load of very good RetroArch shaders on the LibRetro boards, including ones that utilise 4K HDR to mimic CRT in a way not possible before.

You might be pleasantly surprised. People use their original TVs as references to make the good shaders.

 

[dave_d]

Of course the guy hits one of my pet peeves. No, the increase in weight isn't exponential. It's between X^2 and X^3 which is a polynomial.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

440 lbs, $40,000 in 1989 (over $100,000 today).

Holy shit. We've come a long way.

 

[dave_d]

You might be thinking if SED and FED which are both similar. It's basically a bunch of very tiny CRTs in a panel that gave the benefits of CRTs in a more LCD form factor. SED was if I remember correctly basically a CRT per pixel.

Unfortunately these died around like 2009/2010 I believe when Sony and Canon gave up.

You should check them both out as they are really interesting.

The one that looks interesting to me would be laser phosphor displays.(Since you wouldn't need to do a vacuum for one but it draws the same way as a CRT.) Too bad it looks like one company has the patents on that tech and they haven't gone too far with it.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

The one that looks interesting to me would be laser phosphor displays.(Since you wouldn't need to do a vacuum for one but it draws the same way as a CRT.) Too bad it looks like one company has the patents on that tech and they haven't gone too far with it.

Maybe one day we can switch to a world line where all of these exist.

 

[cyberheater]

When you say you've tried shaders, what do you mean? It could be anywhere from very basic and light implementations to the top end.

There's a load of very good RetroArch shaders on the LibRetro boards, including ones that utilise 4K HDR to mimic CRT in a way not possible before.

You might be pleasantly surprised. People use their original TVs as references to make the good shaders.

Yes have tried the 4K HDR ones on my OLED tv. They do look good but still don't emulate the geometry distortion of a CRT depending what's happening on the screen.

 

[Spukc]

Widescreen, yikes

Yeah useless

 

[Soodanim]

Yes have tried the 4K HDR ones on my OLED tv. They do look good but still don't emulate the geometry distortion of a CRT depending what's happening on the screen.

That's surprising, that's usually such a common feature of the filters. If you wanted you could look into stacking the distortion over that shader

 

[NeverYouMind]

Thx sharing love crts so much. Have 19 standing around all connected for retro gaming

WTF?

Why do you need that many?

 

[Zuzu]

It's good that it's now in the hands of someone who seems like he'll preserve and maintain it for many years to come

 

[Mikado]

My last CRT:

This is the Greatest Television Ever Made.
The 40" Sony Trinitron Wega XBR-700
305 lbs... More than enough to kill anything it falls on.

The last I saw of mine, it was being struggle-carried away by the two WWE-looking, lifting-belt-wearing mofos I hired to get dispose of it when I was moving overseas.

 

[Ma-Yuan]

WTF?

Why do you need that many?

Better to have then being in need



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[Mikado]

The Crt was all gas lighting.

Technically that'd be Plasma displays...

 

[EverydayBeast]

Going hd was the right decision but crtvs were great.

 

[Robot Carnival]

I still have an old 24" CRT sitting in the garage. never did bother to get rid of it.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I read somewhere here that a company was working on making them only a few inches thick. Thicker than a modern panel but much smaller and thus lighter. In the good timeline this would be what we got, instead we've dealt with crappy LCD screens since then(yes LED TVs use LCD screens) which still offer poor motion.

Surface-conduction electron-emitter display - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In the good timeline SED would've come to fruition before cheap LCD displays dominated everything.

 

[intbal]

The one that looks interesting to me would be laser phosphor displays.(Since you wouldn't need to do a vacuum for one but it draws the same way as a CRT.) Too bad it looks like one company has the patents on that tech and they haven't gone too far with it.

They have no interest in making consumer-level devices. They prefer to sell to businesses for large installations.
Pretty stupid of them. Their tech will eventually be copied/stolen by a Chinese company that will be able to manufacture and sell the same equipment at a much lower price and they will be driven out of the market.

 

[Holammer]

I read somewhere here that a company was working on making them only a few inches thick. Thicker than a modern panel but much smaller and thus lighter. In the good timeline this would be what we got, instead we've dealt with crappy LCD screens since then(yes LED TVs use LCD screens) which still offer poor motion.

Others mentioned SED already, but there is another.
LPD or Laser-powered phosphor display. It's more of a projector in a box drawing the image with lasers on phosphor with no vacuum needed. But the company only sells 6k 225" displays to corporate clients, there's no consumer grade product.

Interactive Display | Digital Wall Display | Touch Screen Display

An interactive video wall is a powerful digital display option that sees your message. touch screen display designed for application commercial grade retail.

www.prysmsystems.com

 

[TGO]

Watched this last night, imagine having that back in the 90's

 

[Corporal.Hicks]

Amazing documentary. A little delay and that TV would go to someone else . This guy had a dream and it seems that the universe has orchestrated the events to make this dream come true.

When you say you've tried shaders, what do you mean? It could be anywhere from very basic and light implementations to the top end.

There's a load of very good RetroArch shaders on the LibRetro boards, including ones that utilise 4K HDR to mimic CRT in a way not possible before.

You might be pleasantly surprised. People use their original TVs as references to make the good shaders.

HDR CRT shaders are amazing. If someone told me I was looking at a real CRT, I'd believe them.

These videos require 4K HDR TV

 

[recursive]

Going hd was the right decision but crtvs were great.

I have one of these. I think i bought it from Kmart. I have a few RCA and Phillips sets as well.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Better to have then being in need



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Damn, son. That looks like a museum exhibit!

 

[TheUndeadGamer]

That was really cool. Thanks for sharing up. I've liked and subscribed to his channel.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Finally got around to actually watching the video and goddamn what a fucking story lol

So jealous of this guy, but it seems like the best to take over as he definitely put some love into her.

This tv is just so perfect Sony in the best way. I wish Sony could return to their glory days.

 

[Ma-Yuan]

Damn, son. That looks like a museum exhibit!

It kind of is always wanted to be a museums director as a kid

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Going hd was the right decision but crtvs were great.

I have one of these, $99 special for college in 2002. It actually has a really good picture, problem is composite only and (mine at least) has pretty aggressive over scan. Not an unusable level, but high.

If I could s-video mod this thing it would be great, but I doubt anyone ever looked into it.

 

[intbal]

Very good video. Just now finished the whole thing.
The part at the end is hilarious.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

That's surprising, that's usually such a common feature of the filters. If you wanted you could look into stacking the distortion over that shader

I've tried them all before as well but it's not the same. There is something missing from the experience that you can't replicate.

It's the same reason I prefer original hardware. You could say this is purely nostalgia driven and you're partially right but I'm still of the opinion that nothing replaces 6th gen and older consoles played on a quality CRT.

My last CRT:

This is the Greatest Television Ever Made.
The 40" Sony Trinitron Wega XBR-700
305 lbs... More than enough to kill anything it falls on.

The last I saw of mine, it was being struggle-carried away by the two WWE-looking, lifting-belt-wearing mofos I hired to get dispose of it when I was moving overseas.

RIP. My condolences friend.

 

[cyberheater]

That's surprising, that's usually such a common feature of the filters. If you wanted you could look into stacking the distortion over that shader

I'm talking about the whole image will bend and warp depending what's being shown on the screen. It's artefact of the technology. I do agree that they've got the general look of the crt. I'll have another look and see how it compares to my tv.

 

[Soodanim]

I'm talking about the whole image will bend and warp depending what's being shown on the screen. It's artefact of the technology. I do agree that they've got the general look of the crt. I'll have another look and see how it compares to my tv.

I can only assume you're talking about the curvature, because if you aren't I'm stumped.

By the way, have you tried runahead in RA? helps keep input lag incredibly low.

 

[cyberheater]

I can only assume you're talking about the curvature, because if you aren't I'm stumped.

By the way, have you tried runahead in RA? helps keep input lag incredibly low.

Thanks. I will look into it but to be honest I've realised that I can tolerate minor input lag and it doesn't bother me.

 

[chromatic9]

That is a crazy story and very kind of the guy to give it away. I would've thought it'd still be worth up to 40k in that condition still or even just 5-10k as a quick sale. Good to see it end up where it did and will be used and enjoyed rather than in some storage collection. Would've loved to hook up my Mega CD and Final Fight as a kid on a PVM 4300

Biggest CRT I had were 29-30inch models. Last one I owned was a wharfedale I bought used, you could pick those up for around 100-200 quid in the small ads paper in the 90s. and early 2000s. I still remember how good God of War looked for PS2 on a CRT mid 2000, then I bought a PS3 and Sony Bravia LCD which was great for PS3 but holy balls was it a shock how bad 480p upscale was. The CRT broke soon after, I really miss them now.

 

[The Pleasure]

Seeing that 43 inch tv and seeing how much it weighs