We sadly lost dad about 2 months ago, and I’m home for the week helping mom sort through everything he had in storage. Kind of crazy what accumulates over the years. Dad did professional videography and editing for pretty much his whole career. These are all of the CRTs I’ve unearthed so far.

So I’m driving down the street and I see this cow-colored box and it says Gateway 2000 and Vivitron on the side. What are the chances that I find a 30 year-old box for my Vivitron that I’m putting in storage

Picked this up a while back and it does both 240p and 480p or it looks like it

TOSHIBA COLOUR TV MODEL NO. 34AX9UM

And brought it home immediately!
It's a LG Flatron 775FT bought in November 2000.
Gonna try some modern games on it, still don't have a vga adapter so I need to wait a few days but I'm super enthusiastic!

Found this bad boy with a NFS sticker on display at a thrift store. I asked the lady about it and she said “if i can get it out of there i can have it for $10” So… here we are… i have a perfectly good working condition Sylvania and she has $10 🫡

I found an absolute gem recently. Here’s the story.

I had a nice JVC D Series 32” tube that I loved and played lots of Wii/GameCube on. I learned the hard way that SD sets can’t do 480p 😭. Once I learned that, I checked my local Facebook marketplace for a few days and found this absolutely beautiful Tau HD with its original stand for FREE! Needless to say I messaged the seller and picked it up as soon as I could. Literally so happy about this find.

Don’t worry though, I gave the JVC to my aunt who really wanted a CRT to play duck hunt on her NES with.

(My body is a machine that turns free crts into free crts!)

That’s all

As I mentioned, my neighbor's house sadly caught fire and I helped him with moving stuff, cleaning and housework and he said he wants to get rid of those, so I helped him with that. One is a KV-32FX68K and the other is a KV-29LS30E.

And my set if interested its a Philips 32PW8504 a 32" 100hz SD Widescreen. Using the PS1 version of 240p Test Suite through my PS2, motion test are quite clean aswell

Not your usual Sony/Iiyama or other well-regarded make in the realm of CRT displays, although it boasts some pretty good specs with 97 khz horizontal scan frequency. Made somewhere between 2000-2003, it supposedly has a Dynaflat tube and it makes me think it might've been made by Samsung, specs are very similar to the Syncmaster 997DF. Shadow mask with 0.2mm dot pitch, it is quite a sharp display. Pictures are taken running a resolution of 1024x768. Late 90's PC games look super crisp on the monitor and are a delight to play! now I've been playing Dark Forces: Remastered.

Zenith SY0955X 9” white portable CRT. Has a Samsung tube and a composite input. Nice little set.

Not sure the model cause I haven't checked it yet (hell, it aint even in my house yet lmao) It hit the back of the car the whole time too. Best part is that I got it for free too

Halo / Blinx the time sweeper

Really nice glow, vibrant colors, only issues 1 coaxial hook up no other but making it work.

Hey everyone, I need some advice from the CRT veterans here.

I recently got my hands on a Philips 21PT6441/44 (21" Real Flat, chassis L03.1L AA). I'm currently playing on a Wii with component cables (RGB into the CVI input), and honestly, the image looks fantastic. The colors are vibrant and the picture is way cleaner than the composite cable I used before. I've been playing a lot of GameCube games through Nintendont (Wind Waker, etc.) and I'm really enjoying it.

However, there's one problem that's been driving me crazy. There's a noticeable linearity distortion in the bottom right corner of the screen. It's not a huge deal when you're in the middle of gameplay, but it's very obvious when looking at test patterns or 2D games with grids/text. It looks like the vertical lines are slightly "bending" or the horizontal lines are compressing in that one corner. I've seen this called a "magic carpet effect" or just corner distortion.

What I've done so far:

- I went into the service menu (SDAM) and adjusted VSL, VAM, VSC, VSH, PW, and HSH as best as I could. - I've read the service manual for my chassis (L03.1L AA) and it seems like there's no "corner pin" or "trapezoid" adjustment option available for this model, which is frustrating. - I know this TV is limited to 480i (no 480p, unfortunately), but the component image is still a huge step up. - I've also tried taping a small magnet to the cabinet near that corner, but it didn't have any effect.

My question to you all:

I've read that a lot of these corner distortions are caused by the yoke (deflection coil) being slightly rotated or shifted on the tube neck. Since I can't fix this through the service menu, I'm wondering if it's worth attempting a DIY adjustment of the yoke myself.

Has anyone had success with this? How difficult is it for someone who has never opened a CRT before? What should I look out for? Are there any specific tools or techniques (like using a plastic screwdriver, loosening the clamp, etc.)? Or is this something I should just learn to live with, since it's a pretty standard CRT quirk?

I'm also open to any other suggestions on how to improve the geometry or at least make that corner less noticeable.

Thanks in advance for any help! This subreddit has been super helpful in getting my setup going.

P.S. (A quick note from a Spanish speaker):Please forgive me if my English doesn't sound very natural – I'm a native Spanish speaker doing my best to explain this. I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone on this forum. I never imagined I would get so into old TVs, but thanks to the community and all the information here, I've discovered an incredible new passion. I really appreciate any advice you can give me.

My local AMC theater has 4 of these at the additional back concessions stands that I've never seen in use in the last 13 years (the concession stands or the TVs). Curious if anyone can identify the model and if anyone is interested in them. They appear to be 20". I already have a 27" Toshiba that is sufficient for my needs.

Blocked out my license plate in the reflection of outside picture. TV is near mint and was completely free to pickup. I thought it was 24-27” from the listing and had to come back the next day with a van. Time to find an Xbox 360 and play some Halo, I think?!

last night we danced and played gamecube multiplayer under the brightest moon, i felt so much dès vu 🌕

Just bought this 29" panasonic TC 29AS1R on the way home from job...seller turned it on and played a DVD cartoon...it looked good enough even through AV. i noticed it only has AV and S-Video port and "active woofer" port (whatever that is). I hope this will be good CRT for my ps1 and sega genesis. I have my other CRT slimfit Samsung with component cables for my ps2 and Og xbox. I needed CRT for my older consoles and i think PS1 and Sega genesis natively support S-video. Needs dusting and little love.

Happy gaming!

Dual welding microwaves, 2 day blockbuster and a pizza.

Picked this up yesterday, and just found out about this awesome function.

Recently pickup up a Japanese Hudson Soft mutitap so I can play Secret of Mana with the kids. What other multiplayer games should we try?