CRT madness!

Inviere · 27-10-2021 4:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118080942#Comment_118080942

Customs make things like this a damn nightmare, double duty.

Jack burton · 27-10-2021 7:27pm

And the taric code shite has things being sent back to return addresses.

Ordered something from America a few weeks ago, arrived here, paid for duties and etc. €11 on a €30 item.

It was still posted back to the sender, I emailed an post about it weeks ago and heard nothing since.

It's some mess at the moment posting. And the rates all went up so we're now paying more for a shitter service

The Last Bandit · 27-10-2021 9:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118080942#Comment_118080942

Don't think he is taking any work from outside the UK any longer.

Steve X2 · 27-10-2021 9:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118082501#Comment_118082501

Damn! He was pretty much the only option around for arcade chassis repairs. I wonder would he be willing to send back via address pal?

I’ll ask him if I can get access to arcade otaku to message him. Been locked out of that for months and no admin seems to do anything with the admin message feature.

The Last Bandit · 27-10-2021 10:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118082643#Comment_118082643

He is on UKVAC frequently as well

o1s1n · 28-10-2021 4:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118082501#Comment_118082501

Crap! That would be a bit of a disaster for us here if so.

You may need to quit your day job and get into the CRT repair game :D

The Last Bandit · 29-10-2021 9:21am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118086208#Comment_118086208

Tempting given the sh1te I've to deal with at work these days !!

eddhorse · 29-10-2021 9:31am

I only got a WG repaired from him a while back.

I sorted all the shipping through work though. So he didn't have to handle any customs stuff.

He got stung recently on a French repair so was saying UK only.

80s Synth Pop · 05-11-2021 6:49pm

Grant didn't say anything about customs when I asked but he said he is no longer servicing WG digital monitors unfortunately.

I picked up another 2x CRT's recently. Thankfully no major issues I could not sort myself. These are officially trisync CGA/EGA/VGA but it can do quad sync up to SVGA 800x600.

Absolutely delighted to have these and am putting them in the twin racing cab. Both monitors give a slightly worrying "clunk" sound when switching frequencies but I'm hoping that normal.

IMHO a racing cab really needs trisync or even quad sync so you can play exactly the way they were intended to look letting you switch from the many "CGA" racers like Outrun, Chase HQ

to the EGA Virtua Racing, Dayona, Sega Rally:

then to the early 00's VGA like Crazy Taxi

They also supports the modern stuff scaled to SVGA like Outlook 2 SP or Sega Race TV on Teknoparrot

Doge · 18-12-2021 9:04pm

O1s1n will love this!

https://youtu.be/50XL37kJ3ME

Doge · 19-12-2021 12:28am

More CRT/Vector content this week:

https://youtu.be/eJVpYL44jUQ

Steve X2 · 19-12-2021 1:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118344157#Comment_118344157

I tried to nab one after seeing the video earlier. Out of stock :(

CiDeRmAn · 19-12-2021 10:14am

I asked, on the Vectrex FB group, about a Veccy Clock and they've got one, but I think it needs a cart to run the timer.

Maybe the Pitrex would do the trick.

BGOllie · 19-01-2022 11:04am

got quite a nice haul of PVMs that were heading for the skip over the weekend. Not keeping them as I've too many monitors already so if any one wants one or two (free) : https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058228778/free-jvc-tm-h140pn-14-pvms/p1?new=1

geotrig · 19-01-2022 12:16pm

great save , fair play dude ! svideo is grand for a good few consoles and 14" too is the perfect size !

o1s1n · 19-01-2022 12:48pm

Amazing to see these still being pulled out of places in this day and age, nice save :)

I know you were saying there's some issues with them working, but cosmetically they look to be in great condition.

Colonel Panic · 19-01-2022 2:12pm

Very kind of you, @BGOllie

S-Video is great. I got a PS1/2/3 cable today. Just DC and Saturn left once they clear customs.

Jack burton · 31-01-2022 12:38am

Here's a problem I've never had before. Was making some adjustments on my grundig tonight. Just on the focus pots really because the picture was a slight bit blurry to me.

So a cold solder joint popped on that part. Gave a mate a loan of my iron but no worries I'll fix it tomorrow.

But here's where its a bit odd, obviously still works and I had my laserdisc and mega drive both running and hooked up. After the pot popped the mega drive picture looked washed out and off. Probably just the bad connection.

Then I swtiched to the laserdisc and it was sharp and vibrant. Put the mega drive in that scart input and looked great too.

Here's a picture of the mega drive across all 3 scart inputs. All pictures taken probably within a minute and very very different results

The last picture being the "good input"

Pretty strange I think. I'll fix the cold joint but I don't think it will have much difference..I'll just only use the good input from now on I suppose?

Im wondering while I'm at this would I find someone to service the chassis for me? Or best to just not fix it if it ain't broken

The Last Bandit · 31-01-2022 11:15am

It's rare enough that all SCART inputs are full RGB on a TV, I'd suspect the first input pictured is only using composite video hence the blurriness.

geotrig · 31-01-2022 12:00pm

yeah most crt tvs normally only 1 scart socket runs rgb ,every tv I have here is like that

Jack burton · 31-01-2022 1:08pm

Yeah I actually typed it that out and then deleted it because I thought I was being a bit dumb 🤣

Good to know that's the case. I'll have to get myself a decent RGB scart switcher so

eddhorse · 10-04-2022 6:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118896708#Comment_118896708

http://www.adverts.ie/26034220

Colonel Panic · 15-04-2022 4:36pm

I've got one and really like it, but it's BIG - as in the case is really deep, there isn't even a basic mono speaker and tweaking everything is done via pots on PCBs, some of which aren't labelled in a way that makes sense.

All that being said, I think it's a great monitor and the image quality when it's all calibrated is excellent.

Inviere · 01-05-2022 7:33pm

Finally got time to test a console on my 21" Trinitron I got earlier in the year. Only over composite for now, but it was glorious. Its a good few years since I seen OG hardware running on a crt, so it was a nice treat.

On a related note, 50Hz Sonic the Hedgehog is a full on crime.

The Last Bandit · 01-05-2022 7:37pm

Booted the Naomi (mame'd) for the first time in ages this evening and was playing some shooters, Galaga & Truxton. Blown away by how good the fecking CRT looks, love the faint bullet trails etc..

80s Synth Pop · 01-05-2022 10:35pm

What's your naomi setup like? My naomi has the 31k only sanwa crt but I use emudriver/groovymame and enable scanlines so the 480p image with the scanlines looks exactly like 240p.

Then you can play demul at the correct 480p too.

and hang light guns over the hooks at the back, swap the control panel in 1 minute. It really is a versatile cab for arcade emulation.

The Last Bandit · 03-05-2022 9:17am

Ya mines got a Sanwa 31Khz monitor as well but just using regular mame/retroarch on it, think there is some tweaks to the usb settings for lower latency but thats about it.

Using Attract-Mode with basic layout as the frontend, nice and simple to use and looks great on low res screen.

80s Synth Pop · 22-05-2022 2:03pm

Has anyone here ever used a crt rejuvenation kit and lived to tell the tale?

There is a German guy showing how it's done here with astounding results:

https://youtu.be/NxEk4KpZhlM

If someone has one and knows how to use it I'd pay for a visit to do a few old hantarex tubes.

Jack burton · 25-05-2022 11:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119097025#Comment_119097025

I think the guys at level up might have one of those kits? I could be wrong

dav09 · 26-05-2022 9:04am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119115045#Comment_119115045

Yep there's one down there, it's not mine but definitely useful piece of kit I'm sure you could probably use. Never used it myself as I am useless when it comes to CRTs (other than taking chassis in and out and adjusting them).

CRT madness!

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