CRT madness!

KeRbDoG

Nice little 20inch Trinitron on adverts. Looks like the seller will swap for a smaller set;

https://touch.adverts.ie/tv/sony-trinitron-20-inch-crt/35943101

o1s1n

Thats a great model for Tate mode if I remember correctly with the flat sides.

80s Synth Pop

Just back from the dump in Ballymount Dublin. The amount of CRTs there all kinds from 70's 80s 90's 2000's including a couple of lovely big Dell's.

Was temped to grab a few of the Dell's but my shed is stuffed to the brim.

Think Ill apply from a job there at weekends :D

BrianD3

I don't see very many CRTs in my local recycling centre and haven't for years. Mostly LCDs etc. However today there was a ~24 inch Sony TV and a ~15 inch PC monitor.

The prices being asked for CRTs of all types on ebay UK are wild. Also recently on adverts, someone offered 120 euro for a 17 inch PC monitor that looked nothing special.

I have a few CRT PC monitors, before I dump them can anyone give a rough value of realistic values in Ireland.

14-15 inch monitors from the 1990s that came with PCs of the time

17-19 inch monitors from the 90s and early 2000s.

20-22 inch units from the late 90s and early 2000s, shadow mask but getting into higher end stuff here, dual inputs etc.

20-22 inch aperture grille Trinitrons and similar.

Inviere

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123240712#Comment_123240712

No idea of PC Monitor values, but if in Dublin, I am on the lookout for a 14/15", and maybe a 17/19" too.

KeRbDoG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI88e9cHAkk

A '78 CRT Sony CRT restoration, wild. 1:15 in, you can hear the near vacuum being filled with air

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123305910#Comment_123305910

Wow 😯

Now we know where to send all of our necked tubes 😁

The_B_Man

I read that as a 78" CRT. The first 20 seconds I was looking at that video thinking those people must be massive and super strong to be able to lift that…

tombliboo83

Looking for a crt in Waterford if anyone has any leads? Dug a trinitron out of the attic but unfortunately it won’t turn on (was up there 20 years) Can’t find anybody in Waterford who repairs crts.

o1s1n

Have any of you ever tried messing about with RF transmission?

I saw someone on the reddit CRT gaming sub picked up one of these, looks like a bit of fun:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/1005007124212746.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt

Can feed a composite signal into it and then tune it in on RF devices.

My hydra multi scart has an extra output so going to see if I can run it out of that. Should be able to then broadcast all of my consoles to the RF TV in the front bedroom. Could also theoretically get some analogue VHS broadcast to it too, pick it up on the Gamegear RF tuner. 😁

Doge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123362123#Comment_123362123

You can pretend to have your own TV show, what's in the pantry today?

https://tenor.com/bFV9R.gif

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123362204#Comment_123362204

HAHAHAHA, genuinely made me laugh out loud 😂

I wonder what the distance is on it? Quite like the idea of having a VHS Terminator 2 transmission just eminating from my house.

From the specs page:

- The transmission distance is 10-20m/32.8-65.6ft

Maybe thats how I could direct people how to collect stuff from me on adverts.

'Get to Stoneybatter, find the Terminator 2 transmission and then follow the signal strength to my house'

Doge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123362256#Comment_123362256

I bet someone from Comreg would be the first to make a visit! I like your thinking though!

djsim101

Hey guys, I am looking at getting back into retro gaming and would love to have a small CRT / PVM.

I came across a Tm-a101g for not a bad price. Anyone have this unit? Worth buying for a bit of casual retro gaming?

Thanks all

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123363121#Comment_123363121

It's an interesting monitor for a bit of fun but it's not a primary one.. anything under 14 inches is too small (oooh matron!) to be gaming on.

You'd be better off with a 14 inch portable with scart input if you're stuck for space.

djsim101

Thanks man, was thinking that alright. Just wanted to jump on the PVM bandwagon without paying huge money 🤑

o1s1n

Ah yeah as I said it'll a fun little screen. I used to loop the video out of 9 inch PVMs from my 20 inch and it was cool. But not as a main one.

That little JVC guy is also composite only. You'd probably get better picture quality and a bigger better picture out of this Disney Cars 14 inch portable with RGB scart lol

https://touch.adverts.ie/tv/disney-cars-tv-with-dvd-player-14-inch/36801309

Doge

Just came across this public Facebook group called savetheCRT's:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/393577118849842/?ref=share

There's a recent post of a haul of CRT monitors and a lan party!

MayFeigner

There's something very weird about this. It's till hard to give away TVs like this sometimes, yet there's a seller on adverts charging (and getting!) 190 for one that has marks on the screen like it was pulled from the recycling bin. Very odd.

KeRbDoG

Then you have a 24" here on M&R Marketplace for trade;

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058397350/trade-crt-tv-24-with-stand

80s Synth Pop

Still loads every weekend in ballymount recycling.

Philips 25 TV inch tubes are drop in replacement for hantarex mtc9110 and polo 25inch. common in late 90s cabs.

MayFeigner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123419802#Comment_123419802

Can you take stuff, though?

MrVestek

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123421251#Comment_123421251

You can if they don't catch you. :-P

80s Synth Pop

16:9 sony trinitron wega in Ballymount today. I should have photographed the model number label but I think this set does HD. Anyone grab it? It'sa monster 32inch. I got the other 25 inch Philips but kind of regret not getting this now!

dav09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123502565#Comment_123502565

As someone who once lifted a 38 inch CRT barely off the ground, I DO NOT envy the person who decides to try lift this thing out of the bin.

CiDeRmAn

It was probably thrown into it!

Shake and it'll probably rattle!