CRT madness!

The Last Bandit · 13-12-2018 9:28am

Picked up one of these

Hopefully get another CRT back from the dead

o1s1n · 18-12-2018 12:58am

How did I not know this was a thing???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Hk5SyK5sE

CiDeRmAn · 18-12-2018 9:40am

o1s1n wrote: »

How did I not know this was a thing???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Hk5SyK5sE

That is possibly the most amazing thing I've seen in a long time.

Must be easily do-able too.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/linking-four-ps2s-and-playing-gt3.6097/

Apparently you need a couple of Firewire/iLink cables, a Firewire hub, three PS2's, three copies of the game and three decent CRTs.
The Firewire bits would probably be the most expensive, though three 29" Sony Trini's might be hard to store, between GT3 sessions!

The Last Bandit · 18-12-2018 9:49am

That is pretty cool

brianregan09 · 18-12-2018 11:30pm

That is wicked i've never seen something like that in a home set up before , loved GT 3 aswell

o1s1n · 19-12-2018 10:25am

It seems you can actually link up to 6 PS2s for GT3 for multilink battles. That would be amazing.

Footprint wise, this would still look pretty excellent across three 14 inch monitors. Hmmm, an excuse to buy two more?

o1s1n · 14-01-2019 2:08pm

So a mate just got onto me to say one of his work colleagues is trying to get rid of a 36 inch Sony CRT and is wondering do I want it.

105kg in weight. Hmmmm!

Not sure of the aspect ratio. If it's a 4:3 36 incher that's some amount of screen real estate.

Jack burton · 14-01-2019 2:54pm

Get a picture and decide then

o1s1n · 14-01-2019 5:59pm

paul79 · 20-01-2019 10:37pm

Hey guys ,I picked up this Jvc 17” monitor a few months back with some help and advice from the resident crt expert, thanks Oisin, only getting around to setting it up , lovely picture quality GameCube looks amazing but my supergun has a weird distortion in the picture, trying to look up the cause of it to get it sorted I will report back when fixed

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paul79 · 20-01-2019 10:46pm

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The Last Bandit · 21-01-2019 8:50am

Problem with the sync signal, possibly the voltage level is too high on it.

paul79 · 21-01-2019 1:02pm

It’s a Sigma Raijin I am using, what would be the best solution to try fix it ?

o1s1n · 02-04-2019 2:50pm

Might be of interest to some. So JVC pro CRT monitors can be had for a bit cheaper due to not having the Sony tax, however - a lot of them don't have an RGB input board (they're SDI and composite only)

The RGB board is actually really quite rare and expensive.

Seems a dude has created one to fill the gap! Not mentally expensive either.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173857311636?ul_noapp=true

Jack burton · 02-04-2019 6:17pm

Even the JVC ones have gone through the roof in price the last while.

That card is really cool though.

o1s1n · 02-04-2019 6:20pm

Oh really??? Balls! I was thinking I might finally get around to trying one out, they do a lot in the 17 inch range which you don't really seem from Sony.

paul79 · 02-04-2019 8:52pm

The Jvc ones aren’t in the Sony price range just yet thankfully ,the guy I got mine from has a few left but it is costly to ship from Germany , I’m also still trying to find a solution to the picture warp at the top when using my supergun, GameCube looks fantastic on the monitor tho.

paul79 · 06-04-2019 5:58pm

Finally got my Aes out and tried it on the Jvc monitor picture is fantastic, Colours are much brighter in person very happy with it .

o1s1n · 09-04-2019 12:33pm

Check out this dudes PC collection over on reddit :eek:

Greycon · 19-07-2019 2:49am

Hi. I’m rebuilding an old Dec PDP 8 computer. I’ve been on the lookout for a serial terminal for it for years. I drove to the uk two months ago to collect an old HP2382a terminal. Sadly it has bad screen burn, but I guess it is 35+ years old.

Do you know of anyone who might replace the crt? It’s a 9 inch monochrome tube.

o1s1n · 05-09-2019 12:31pm

So I have a 9 inch PVM sitting in a closest gathering dust and I'm trying to figure out a purpose for it.

I have a PS1 Classic also sitting unopened in a box - got an idea to set up a mini gaming station.

Ratio wise, I wonder what a mini console with a 9 inch PVM would be the equivalent of? A regular console with a 20 inch PVM? Might look kind of cool having a few mini consoles hooked up.

Just trying to figure out the logistics of it. Ideally you'd need a HDMI to scart RGB converter box but they're really pricey, the cheaper ones seem to be composite only.

Then again, composite doesn't look half bad on a 9 inch screen.

Inviere · 05-09-2019 4:28pm

^^ Bin the PS1 Classic (junk anyway), and fit nice Pi4 inside the case of the PVM (if there's room?). If not, buy a nice case for the Pi4 and have it look after the PVM with retro goodness. I say Pi4 because it has enough power for RetroArch to use the Run Ahead feature, with makes a BIG difference.

o1s1n · 05-09-2019 5:15pm

Inviere wrote: »

^^ Bin the PS1 Classic (junk anyway), and fit nice Pi4 inside the case of the PVM (if there's room?). If not, buy a nice case for the Pi4 and have it look after the PVM with retro goodness. I say Pi4 because it has enough power for RetroArch to use the Run Ahead feature, with makes a BIG difference.

It'd be really interesting alright to try and do an all in one type thing. So mount a pi in under the PVM case and then play games using an 8bitdo pad. Basically a pick up and go portable emulation machine.

Inviere · 06-09-2019 4:10pm

o1s1n wrote: »

It'd be really interesting alright to try and do an all in one type thing. So mount a pi in under the PVM case and then play games using an 8bitdo pad. Basically a pick up and go portable emulation machine.

Yep, I think Cidey had something similar set up with an old portable tv? Though there'd prob be less room in the PVM? Not sure...worth investigating though

Optimus Prime · 12-09-2019 8:10am

has anyone ever bought from norther ireland broadcast? I bought something there on the 2nd and it still is "processing" on the website, I emailed them a few days back and got no reply, anyone know if they take ages to ship stuff?

CiDeRmAn · 12-09-2019 8:52am

Inviere wrote: »

Yep, I think Cidey had something similar set up with an old portable tv? Though there'd prob be less room in the PVM? Not sure...worth investigating though

I used a lovely 14" Sony Trini in a silver finish, quite modern and square.

I put a RPi2 into the casing, bored a hole in the front and connected a USB PS3 controller, out the back then the Scart/Power and so on.

It all worked a treat, once set up, just plugged it in, turned the set on and there was Retropie in all it's glory.

I passed it onto Sparks after a time, as it wasn't getting much use, but I do recall the picture quality was excellent, despite the composite video signal, more to do with the excellent Trini tube I imagine.

80s Synth Pop · 17-09-2019 8:39pm

Digital foundry with the truth everyone here already knows

https://youtu.be/V8BVTHxc4LM

o1s1n · 17-09-2019 9:03pm

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

Digital foundry with the truth everyone here already knows

https://youtu.be/V8BVTHxc4LM

...and with that, every FW900 doubled in price overnight :eek:

o1s1n · 18-09-2019 11:00am

Any of you guys ever hear of these lads?

https://www.psra.ie/

Looks like they service CRT monitors

https://www.psra.ie/monitors/crt-monitors/

I sent them an email to see if they'd be willing to do a bit of a refresh on my BVM.

Although I don't know if I'm up to carrying it down 5 flights of stairs again :eek:

Jack burton · 18-09-2019 7:47pm

Definitely keep my posted on that. I'd like to bring the big daddy grundig up to them

o1s1n · 19-09-2019 11:41am

Cool little item I just saw pop up on ebay, an adapter to turn your BNC sockets on the back of your PVM into a scart one instead.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163868689141?ul_noapp=true

Jack burton · 19-09-2019 12:23pm

You're just killing my wallet with this stuff!

o1s1n · 19-09-2019 12:25pm

Jack burton wrote: »

You're just killing my wallet with this stuff!

Haha!

be careful if you were thinking of picking one of them up to test out on your 9 inchers, I think the SYNC BNC input on them isn't in a straight line like the adapter and is off to the side.

Edt : actually it says 'Including 5x BNC Male To Male Patch Cables' so that would probably solve that issue.

Jack burton · 19-09-2019 12:29pm

Yeah I just copper that. Probably be perfect for ikegami

80s Synth Pop · 22-09-2019 8:06pm

I've a spare quad sync kortek arcade monitor KT-2914F and am thinking of using it as a replacement for the console TV. It will handle 15khz from the snes megadrive etc and then also take dreamcast vga.

The only problem is having an open monitor on the table. Is there any generic surround that can be purchased?

o1s1n · 22-09-2019 10:05pm

Could you maybe just build a wooden box around it? Would look kind of like one of those Hantarex video wall monitors.

22-09-2019 11:00pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Could you maybe just build a wooden box around it? Would look kind of like one of those Hantarex video wall monitors.

Might as well stick a control panel on the front............
I'd be worried about it getting necked all right.
Drop a joypad on it or something then hisssss

Kidchameleon · 24-09-2019 6:42pm

An arcade monitor would look cool in a clear perspex box

80s Synth Pop · 24-09-2019 7:15pm

Was thinking that same thing! I've a few other projects on the go but will get around to this.

Here is a clip of someone using trisync arcade monitor for consoles https://youtu.be/VU8tGSaHnbA

BGOllie · 07-10-2019 12:48am

picking up this little project a year later... trying to turn this 5 inch black and white crt into a vector monitor

Here I just used a small 74ls14 schmitt trigger to create two pulses . one horizontal. one vertical and I adjust them with pots... then send them to two separate amps back into the deflection coil. crude but I was just trying to see if I could do it.
So I'm just using the original board for the HV and all the electron beam stuff.
Just need to see if and how I can control beam intensity but I'm tempted to pick up one of those arcade vector game fpga board and see if I can use it to drive this tube

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BGOllie · 11-01-2020 1:23am

started working on fixing these little 9 inch crts i got in the "recent" raid . some have more burn than others but they're still useable and so darn cute. Not sure what I'll do with them but they scream table top or half scale cabs

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KeRbDoG · 11-01-2020 12:36pm

First in line to purchase a table top

BGOllie · 11-01-2020 12:50pm

a small neo geo table top with a 1 slot and a multi cart would be great for sure

o1s1n · 11-01-2020 4:28pm

BGOllie wrote: »

a small neo geo table top with a 1 slot and a multi cart would be great for sure

A recreation of a candy cab down scaled to a 9 inch monitor would be amazing. A mini Capcom Cute for example or an SC19.

Jack burton · 12-01-2020 9:15am

Always wondered does leaving a pure white image on a CRT for maybe a few days get rid of burn in?

BGOllie · 12-01-2020 1:13pm

Jack burton wrote: »

Always wondered does leaving a pure white image on a CRT for maybe a few days get rid of burn in?

heard that one before (or using a negative image of the burn in) ... but no.

What you'd be doing is burning the phosphor even more . It may end up masking some of the visible burn but you'd end up with a dull screen all over with poor colors.

Andrew76 · 12-01-2020 2:01pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Any of you guys ever hear of these lads?

https://www.psra.ie/

Looks like they service CRT monitors

https://www.psra.ie/monitors/crt-monitors/

I sent them an email to see if they'd be willing to do a bit of a refresh on my BVM.

Although I don't know if I'm up to carrying it down 5 flights of stairs again :eek:

Just curious if you ever heard back or used their services?

o1s1n · 12-01-2020 2:06pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

Just curious if you ever heard back or used their services?

Haven't used their services as of yet, still trying to convince a mate to help me lift it down from my apartment :eek:

They were really responsive via email though.

You thinking about getting in touch to have a look at your B&O?

The Last Bandit · 12-01-2020 9:26pm

BGOllie wrote: »

a small neo geo table top with a 1 slot and a multi cart would be great for sure

Ya a mini NeoGeo bartop would be excellent

Andrew76 · 13-01-2020 8:42am

o1s1n wrote: »

Haven't used their services as of yet, still trying to convince a mate to help me lift it down from my apartment :eek:

They were really responsive via email though.

You thinking about getting in touch to have a look at your B&O?

Yeah was thinking about it, was just going bring it to the local recycling centre to free up space (doing a bit of a clear out) but might drop them an email first.

CRT madness!

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