I picked up some old CRTs from an ewaste find and had real trouble getting them to work around 2022.
I found a guy in southern California that can fix them but he was 2+ hours away and the monitors weighted around 100 pounds.
Just a few weeks ago I finally made the drive and got the first one repaired. It needed a few small parts and a service, but had a new picture tube installed.
It was a Sony BVM-D24E1WU.
The other monitor takes about 10 minutes to warm up. Pat the repair guy told me it would only support sd resolutions (480i) I didn't take it for repair since I didn't know what I would hook up to a SD only monitor. That one was a Sony BVM-20F1U.
Doing some quick searches it seems I got super lucky in the model both displays they were, as well as finding someone who knows how to fix them.
It seems that I should do some retro gaming. My retro system is a PS3 . Is there anything that just wows on these displays?
Does anyone have an HDMI to sdi recommendation? How do I de-embed the audio?
Update:
I realized that my Taiko Drum Master machine is a PS2. I tried hooking it up the the 20" monitor and discovered the BVM does not have a composite input, component only. I'll get a component cable since I can't imagine I'd get an input card for less.
Is there anything to look out for in PS2/PS3 component cables? I had a Sony set I got by mistake and can't seem to find them now that I need them.
Speak for yourself, I used to play my Xbox 360 on a bad boy like this one
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The adapters probably cost more than replacing the tv at that point. That wouldnt have RGB, or even a video right? What did it have other than coax?
I assume svdieo and left right audio
At least here in Europe we had SCART for CRTs. SCART is multipurpose connection, that supports variety of cables, including RGB. There was no adapter needed.
Ah, it was what we called RCA for long time of my youth here. Left right audio, and shit video connection. (Grew up in U.S., Florida)
Do you have any xbox360 recommendations? I just found a broken one looking in the garbage.
Maybe stylized racing games like Blur. Or COD: Black Ops for the atmosphere. The 360 had a ton of great games. I remember playing GTA4 and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty on the CRT back then. Though I really can't recommend the latter.
Thanks. I had a working xbox 360 gifted from a friend the RROD on the first disk of Mass Effect 2
I also had my 360 hooked up to a CRT, though mine was of the 90s school of design.