It's 2025, why the fuck do you not own a CRT yet? You're dangerously close to getting priced out permanently.
They are bad for the environment
>>721760995I don't have enough room to store garbage like that.
>>721761181this, be better OP.
>>721760995But I do have one you meanie
>>721761238good condition high end PVMs are going for $5,000+.Cope poorfag.
>>721761341If anyone wants to pay that much for garbage, they are free to do that. Doesn't change the fact that they are garbage outdated tech that only smelly nerds litter their homes with.
>>721761534They are objectively better than modern displays in numerous ways, especially so for SD content.Seethe poorfag.
>>721760995Because they are worthless.
I have a 4k OLED running at 480hz that can accurately simulate the look.
>>721761656>I'm taking HRT and wearing a dress and have been practicing my voice!!>I'm totally a real woman!!KEK
>>721760995Im straight
>>721760995Console games are extremely boring at this point and CRTs are not accurate to the screens used in arcade cabs. (And putting them in TATE mode is extremely inconvenient)
>>721761609Cope, garbage collector.
>>721761740>brings up trannies out of nowhereUtterly and irrefutably mindraped
>>721760995Where can I get one in Central Florida?
>>721761740holy meirabroken
>>721760995I work at a computer recycling center and I see dozens of these Trinitrons every month. Luckily I can get them for free as a job perk. I might start stockpiling them in my basement.
>>721762439what will you do with them, anon?
>>721762039>I only care about le arcade games>can barely eke out a baby's first 1all shitclear with dogshit scoringFucking lmao
>>721760995I don't really see much advantage in having one
>>721760995I've had enough of CRTs unlike you zoomers
>>721762567You seem upset. Why don't you 'tate your fancy crt for us, big guy?
>>721762039>CRTs are not accurate to the screens used in arcade cabs.Retard alertThe arcade monitors are CRTs and any regular SD CRT can output 240p arcade video for all early arcade gaming. Or just get a multisync monitor and do both 240p and 480p
>>721762819>The arcade monitors are CRTsNo, arcade monitors were specifically made for video games with different scan frequencies and a wider array of controls. If you've ever been to an arcade their output is quite different than what I experienced at home emulating on a PC at the time.
>>721761341>he actually paid that much for a fucking CRTLmao you can't be this stupid
>>721760995Because I already played all the games which would actually look better on a CRT 30 years ago.
>>721761181So am I.
I have a 32" Sharp collecting dust in my basement.Tried giving it away on craigslist & marketplace. I'll probably throw it out and let the scrappers take it.
I have 4 CRTs though
>>721761181Well don't put it in the environment then
What am I supposed to look for when going on the hunt? Which ones are the "good ones"?
>>721761656>4k OLED 480hzShow it.
>>721762546Sell them to collectors
>>721760995I grew up with crt so idgaf really>priced outPoorfags.
>>721763512goodwills, recycling centers, flea markets. if it turns on and doesn't have any significant damage, take it.
>>721760995>explosion hazard
>>721761740schizo sisters... buck broken status? why cant we stop thinking about troons? will transitioning save us?
>>721763512>Which ones are the "good ones"?Sony, JVC, and Toshiba are the best brands, but you can make do with any name-brand set as long as it's in good condition. Prioritize TVs with both S-Video and Component (YPbPR) inputs.
Takes up too much spaceModern OLEDs are better in every wayFilters accomplish the same look for older games
>>721762439 >>721763403Make and publish a video like this and make all the CRT autists seethe:https://youtu.be/QOG6DAVFrkc?t=409
>>721760995Serious question, do these even have compatible plugs for modern equipment?
>>721764069theres adaptors but there aren't any cheap ones that work properly for high res crts
>>721764069CRTs like the one pictured in the OP and CRT SD TVs in general are not a good fit for modern equipment. Even CRT HDTVs aren't particularly good.You'd need to get a (preferably relatively high end) PC CRT monitor to maybe, MAYBE get something out of it and yes HDMI and DP to VGA adapters exist but to for actually good ones you need to do some research.
>>721760995I'm 33 but I still hear the EEEEEEEEEEEEEE when a CRT is on near me
>>721764428Just get older, 15kHz will not be within your hearing frequency anymore.
>priced out>he flex buying an old piece of shitlul
>>721760995I have a PVM 20M4U. I don't use it, it's been sitting in the closet for years.
>>721760995will it explode
>>721763986Nah I'm not a nigger
>>721764660the static electricity coming off the screen could cause flammable objects to ignite
>>721764548I can't hear 15kHz at all anymore unless I blast it to my ears using headphones from a signal generator but I think some CRTs are worse about it than others. The first Sony PVM I got when I was still about 25 (over 10, almost 15 years ago) was noticeably more quiet than all the cheap basic TVs my family had.
>>721764660God I hope so
>>721760995it's harder and harder to find crts year by yearthankfully I scored a lacie blue this week
>>721764880I still have CRT monitor in my closet, with certain settings it's quite noisy. Especially while it is still not warmed up. And that model can't even do 15kHz so there must be some else that makes the noise.
>why the fuck do you not own a CRT yet?I own like 10>8041q>1943MD>KS-32FS12>20L5>A20 BVM>neogeo cabinet with OG crt>20M2MDU>1354Q>14L1>30HS420I love them. I want more.
>>721763613This. There's thousands of old men as out-of-touch as OP. The peak of their life was crushing doom 2 lobbies full of 11 year olds in 1994 at the age of 30. They blame their current bad performance on bad equipment. They are old so time moves quickly for them. They don't understand that their extensive research on 1st gen flatscreens hasn't been relevant in decades. Don't miss out on this golden opportunity to relieve a dinosaur from his unearned money.
>>721760995Retro gayming is gotten too expensive. I'd rather just throw in a shader on retroarch and call it a day.
>>721760995I'm still using a 20” trinitron that was our living room tv 25 years ago as well as a 13” trinitron on my desk that I got at an estate sale for $20 in 2013.
>>721760995I do, and i torture it with pic related.
>>721763108retard. the only difference is they had RGB connections and were shadow mask. You use something like a MiSTer you can output 240p arcade games to your CRT at the exact same refresh rate and resolution identical to as they would be in the arcade, because 15khz is a standardized technology. Same with 31khz for 480p, or a multisync that can do both.
>>721764069it's doable with computer monitors but for the most part it's sort of the opposite of what you would want one for.
>>721760995>playing on CRT smaller than 27"NGMI
>all these fucking poor people complaining about CRT TVs being too expensivekek
>>721760995An early 2000s 27" Sharp is sitting in my shed since it came with the house. Original owner stuck it on top of a tall ass shelf so there's no way it's ever coming down without killing somebody in the process
>>721760995NOBODY CREATES THEM ANYMORE
My CRT shit the bed, went to turn it on and it made a click and stopped working. Where would I look to figure out how to fix it if I even could?
>>721766501I paid 80 brl in mine and it's pretty good.
>>721760995I've had a Samsung for years that I got from a relative. Don't know what I'll do when it eventually gives though. Don't think I'd pay money for one.
>>721766501now enough about your mom's bank account
>>721760995>It's 2025, why the fuck do you not own a CRT yet?Because unlike you little zoomer I owned 5 of the damn things and they were universally shit to deal with. Gimme cheap flatscreens anyday
CRT filters on a 4k tv are enough for me. CRT royale looks enough like what I remember to be effective.
>>721766589that's worth like $500 to a retro gamer
>>721760995regular VGA monitors are cheaper (free) and look a lot better.
>>721766501This isn't even a lot.I am sitting on like 5 times this and that's just cash. I am like 10 times that in my 401K.
>>721766660I found a widescreen Smasnug on fb marketplace years ago, unfortunately once i took it home i found out it only went up to 480I so it was practically useless. Traded it in a free TCL LCD under some government recycling scheme.
>>721760995Because I got an old vive headset and it gives me the scan line effects already
>>721760995I currently own 23. I use my parents basement shelves to store all the ones I cant fit in my own house.
>>721766843For now, until the digitalfoundry shilling make em expensive too.
>>721766501That's not much and I consider myself a poorfag
give me one good reason I shouldn't buy this right now
>>721766501I hate to tell you this bro, but you're broke as shit.
>>721766651looking good anon i'm already getting a headache
>>721766501bait
>>721767056It will implode in shipping before it reaches you.Get it on FB marketplace. You will more than likely save $500+. I got an A20 BVM for under 2K and they go for like $4000 on ebay.
>>721761740
>>721766845>>721767048>>721767092>>721767139brokies will try to tell you that a cool 12 grand in your bank account is nothing KEKLike 90% of the US doesn't even have 1k in their bank account.
>>72176705630k hours on the tube, brittle ass plastics
>>721767236Anon I am sitting at 40 and I feel broke.Like 11K is fine if you live with your parents. The 40K in my account will only give me a year if I lose my job.
i have two, a 29 and 21, hitachi and sony in perfect conditions pretty much as good as new, i wonder for how much i can sell them
>>721767056>92% positive ratingRun.
>>721767056Too sharp and expensive.
>>721761341So you're terrible with money, what's your point?
>>721767460being poor with money means your a straight man, what are you come kinda faggot that collects pictures of men?
I'm gonna do it bros..
>>721767570Ask for how many hours are on the tube before buying.
>>721767032I'm tired of the inflated prices of everything man. CRTs being labeled as retro gaming devices somehow increases the price by $200 and covid killed all chances of getting older games.
>>721761181keeping them out of the landfill is good, acktually
>>721767680>I'm tired of the inflated prices of everything man.The whole world is shit right now. They should just print more money so everyone can have money.
>>721760995blurry ass shit
CRTs send zoomers into eternal seethe and butthurt for some reason.
Dreamcast games have never looked better than they do on my 20L5 with the retrotink component cable.Like it's fucking gorgeous. Emulation doesn't hit the same I am sorry.
>>721767835CRTs are millennials' hot rods. Nobody really gives a fuck but millennials are so desperate for attention they presume people hate them over it. It's exactly the same as the boomer with a thunderbird nobody gives a fuck about.
>>721760995The flicker hurts my non-arian eyes.
>>721760995i have onei just don't have the space for it and my older consoles are crapping out
>>721767897480p looks good on my lcds
>>721767983Just get a mister bro, it's gens 1-5 in one box that plays identical with zero latency and hooks up flawlessly to CRT or 4k TV with zero lag.
>>721760995my grandpa got one and i used it recently to play some gamecube games on my wii, it sucks.
>>721767976It's mostly just zoomers larping as retro gaymers and boomers thoughMillennials don't give a fuck about CRTs
>>721767460>you're bad with moneypoorfag cope.
People who shill CRTs are genuine subhumans. I think the government should ban that old junk because clearly you can't trust people not to be stupid about outdated inferior technology.
>>721767680>killed all chances of getting older games.People keep saying that, but it depends on what you're looking for. Japanese versions for many systems are still pretty cheap. European versions of Sega Mega Drive games are pretty ok too outside of certain titles, and a lot of those can work at 60hz.
>>721761341>good condition high end PVMs are going for $5,000+This is just retarded people spending money they didn't earn.For that much money you can pay a Mexican to source dozens of old CRT sets from yard sales and then pay a German to DIY many custom CRTs from said parts.
>>721760995I own a 240hz OLED.Can CRT do 10 bit? Can CRT do HDR? Can CRT do ultrawide? Ok then. Maybe I threw away my crt equipment like 20 years ago for good reason.
>>72176848460hz on a CRT feels better than 240hz on an oled.and I have 3 OLEDs in my house.
do retrofags really?
>>721768831You basically only need a saturn and a raspi
>>721769003>laggy and inaccurate dogshit raspberry pilmao stop being a poor retard and get a mister, which also does saturn flawlessly
>>721760995I have a 13" that use with my 14 different old school consoles.
>>721760995i use a cheap widescreen lcd and then i post stretched photos of classic 4:3 games vaunted for beautiful art like YU-NO and say "boomers really think this shit look good goofy ahhh game" with seventeen emojisi'm 35 and have a crti just hate CRTfags for being obnoxious
>>721769060Eh.To play commercial games, it's good enough, and i can do fun shit.
>>721768831I use this and a receiver that has component. Cover NES, SNES, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Wii, PS2, XBOX, and PS3
>>721769060>misterI knew it was this faggotBuy an ad
>>721761341value is subjective, another mans trash is another mans gem.
>>721768831>>721769281I just unplug and plug the cables to my TV.
All the zoomer cope itt lol
>>721764069CRTs are for retro anyway
Why spend thousands on PVM when you can just get a late era CRT TV that's almost 1 to 1 with the PVMs? You're being retarded.
>>721769771Early 00s sonys with component look as good with 3D content but for 2D PVMs just clap.
>>721769532I have extension cables plugged to the back of my tv just to make it a little easier.
>>721769281Where can I buy one of this?
>>721768073>identicalTell Ultraverse Prime on Sega CD to work properly then if it's that identical
Do I need to get a component CRT? I found a cheap JVC-F20F242, everything else I have looked through is just really expensive.
Why don't they make new CRTs if they are so good?
>>721769980https://castlemaniagames.com/products/gretrostuff-automatic-8-2-component-composite-switchIt's expensive but I just saw one sell for $200 on ebay. It's made a world of difference since it switches automatically, even between inputs.
>>721770012No.>>721770035Because LCDs are cheaper per inch and 24 FPS slop don't need good motion clarity.
>>721770012No you don't need to get it, don't listen to other anons, you don't NEED it.
>>721769060>saturn on mister>flawlessnot according to the core devalso mister doesn't load saves properly when you play games from an NFS share so it's shit for anything like Panzer Dragoon Saga
>>721770035the production lines don't exist anymore
>>721760995I do. Don't have a PVM or anything but still got my old telly fromt he late '90s / early '00s. It can do RGB and 60hz so it's all good. Also got a small one for taking with me to a summer cottage and the like. Happily it can also accept RGB and 60 fps. Weirdly it can only output b&w with non-composite and RF connections, although that might be because I'm missing the remote and adjustments for color etc. I do have an inkling that it was probably sold as black and white television in this market but still retained colour functionality on SCART.Also got one highish end PC monitor that, that's unfortunately a bit scratched on the screen surface.pic not related
>>721770012A lot of CRTs can be modified with RGB which is the same quality as component. That said buying a composite or RF only set is a waste of money unless you are in love with the aesthetics of the set.S-Video or component minimum.
>>721760995post more pics of this bitch
>>721760995I use my old one even if its not the best quality in the world.felt nice hooking it back up to my ps2 after what feels like an eternity
>>721770397I have this in my basement gameroom
>>721770393It doesn't look that bad and isn't gigahuge either. Hard to find something that isn't expensive through fb marketplace or estate sales.
so why does no company at all revive crts and sell them
>>721770393Is it possible to mod a CRT? I have a Sony Trinitron from the early 00s that is pretty good but it only has composite.
I play everything up to 32 bit in pixel mode, because every filter (scanlines especially) piss me off.
>>721770618What model is it? You can mod RGB into many units. They have kits.
>>721770035Expensive. No one wants them.
>>721770035Palmer is working on it.
I spent like $20 on a CRT that died the weekend after, I could've gotten someone to repair but at that point I'd rather just spend the money on a nice upscaler and some speakers, as much as I love CRT, if you buy them on Marketplace for cheap, it's a coin toss on whether it'll live long enough or not
>>721760995I've used crts most of my life, including pic related which was pretty much the very best crt that ever existed with its max res of 2304 x 1440 and max refresh rate of 160. I say good riddance to blurry furnaces with their shitty geometry and gay as fish bowl curves, or if you get a flat one you got two highly visible horizontal wires across the screen. I'll stick to my plasma tv. for retro games you can just use a simple filter to blurr the pixels and you get a nice glow from the plasma like you do a crt, oh and you can play 1080p games. also if you turn off any image professing they got the same or better response time than the bottom third of a crt for the entire panel. this has been proven using a Time Slueth.
>>721761181most crts get used for decades, while most modern tvs get replaced in under 5 years so I'm calling bullshit
>>721770397uhhh
>>721770609The world barring one factory in Afghanistan got got rid of all the tooling necessary to make new parts for CRTs, and without parts there's very little you can do to fix what's left and aging. It's the same reason the US couldn't put 16" canons on its new ships if it wanted to, we got rid of the factories.
Just got a CRT and everything about it is perfect for me, but the flyback transformer high pitched whine is INSANE. I can tune it out after like half an hour but I'm not used to it. Its reading at like 15khz. I can't tell if this one's whine is particularly bad or I'm just not used to it anymore. Thoughts?
>>72177214315Khz is the correct pitch, but it shouln't be super loud.
>>721772319yea that's what I can't tell if my sissy ears have just gone soft. It peaks at around -80dbs sitting a few feet away I guess? My wife can't even hear it.
>CRT Television>Ehhh 50 bucks maybe>CRT Television (RetroGaming)>3,999
>>721772921Exactly
Ya think there would be at least a small company somewhere making CRTs. I mean, I get it, we stopped mass producing them for a reason, but there is still some market for it.
>>721772959Major reason is shipping costs unironically. Part sourcing + exporting the finished product that weighs a ton.
>>721772948>>721772921It's because PVMs and other high-end and rare sets are owned by technical people either fellow players or production people who call it by the proper name.Even consumer sets with the retro gaming moniker are cheap on FB marketplace.
>>721772959Too many specialized parts with no other practical application that require precision industrial processes to manufacture. No indie company is ever going to build a CRT in their garage.
>>721760995>priced out If that’s the case, why bother? It’ll just break and need increasingly expensive replacement parts, or as you said, I won’t be able to afford a new one. It seems you’re hanging on a sinking ship there
>>721772921>All CRTs on ebay are labeled (RETRO GAMING) (RARE!!!)>They only have RF
>>721760995Too small
>>721760995i don't like the 15khz whinewaiting for microled
>got a high end crt for like $200>feel like I overpaid>couple years later they're going for almost 1k each nowwtf
>>721773078Nope, even PVMs were quite cheap before they realized a whole new circle of retrogaming cattle would pay serious figures for a good set. PVMs in 2010 were going for pennies.
>>721767835Making a shrine to your childhood is cringe
>>721774107Demand go up supply go down price go upSimple as
>>721774118My wife doesn't seem to mind.
>>721766639Any CRT hobbyist group online.
>>721760995>priced out>outdated techLmfao
>>721767680>People want things>Price goes up>But I want thing and it's ok when I want it, but not everyone else >:[
My 38 year old unc gave me a 20in PVM and the whine was so loud and painful I tossed it out.Emulation looks better and is silent.
>>721768831Soul
>>721771407>modern tvs get replaced in under 5 yearsthe 'smart' TVs do seem to get slower and slower with age. Good ol' 'I just project an image' TVs remain responsive.
>>721775049>the 'smart' TVs do seem to get slower and slower with ageThis is why you don't ever update them.
>>721760995they look like shit, only a retard would buy one
>tfw the CRT I own has some kind of weird dynamic contrast "feature" that can't be turned off>if there's a flashing light in a dark scene the entire screen will go dim or crush the blacksOther than that it's perfect, but it makes some games like Tenchu with the flashing radar in the corner annoying as fuck to play
Shaders on my OLED are good enough and a better experience than my actual PVMeme
>>721777506Based shader-anon. If you get good enough at tweaking shaders you can basically emulate a best-case scenario CRT with all of the strengths and none of the weaknesses inherent to the technology.
>>721760995Why don't you play in 4k at high framerates yet?You're already priced out, poorfag.
What's the most you should be willing to pay for a consumer CRT TV?
>>721779373nothing since you are helping someone dispose of a useless heavy piece of junk with leaded glass and other hazardous materials
>>721763108Arcade cabs literally used regular TV CRT tubes due to price and availabilityThe chassis is all that makes it special
>>721760995I have a nice 20 inch and a cute little 13 inch. 6th gen and earlier consoles just feel better.
Because CRT Shaders are good enough
