I have a 20" JVC PVM. Picked it up for about $5 and couldn't pass it up for that price. A video production company was having a garage sale with old equipment they were trying to clear out. It's frickin gigantic and heavy, though. I looked it up online and found a 1993 article that put it's retail price at $2600. That's the difference between a PVM and a consumer grade CRT. PVMs were built for extreme accuracy and reliability.
Even 2600$ was pretty affordable at the time for a PVM. Look up the prices of current OLED PVMs by Sony. We're talking easily over 5 grand. Their high-end 4k OLED BVM X300 v.2 has a list price of 45 grand. Anyways, 5$ is a steal even if the display is broken, you'd be crazy to pass that up.
FYI that is the prototype T-Shirt we printed to see what we needed to change on the logo. I recently found it in my closet, but we forgot to mention it in the episode.
I had a pipedream of getting a PVM many moons ago after spending too much time on /vr/ until I remembered that I was, in fact, poor, and did not have the ability to drop over $200 for a decent one at a nice size. So I settled for a nice 27" Trinitron that I picked up for a single dollar, and it was the best decision of my life.
I do. I have a 20m4e Sony pvm wich is 800 lines. id still say if you can find a good trinitron that's still got good geometry and isn't used that much/sharp the differences aren't that earth shattering. it is better but for many the price jump isn't that worth it either. I mean we talking 5 to 10 dollars or free rgb vs 250+ dollars here the quality jump doesn't warrant it. another benefit is you can get bigger then 20 inch. some of the Trinitrons are 29 inch 4:3 which is really nice. its hard to find good Trinitrons in good condition tho pvms outlasts them by many quality wise. I have a 29 inch trinitron and I would prefer it over the 800 lines but the center is very out of focus which cant be repaired anymore.. Trust me I tried for hours
The JVC D-Series sets from the early 2000s have really good component quality, and in the service menu on the one I used to have, there was a setting that would allow the set to sync to 50Hz input (no setting for decoding PAL color, but that's not an issue with component anyway). HIGHLY recommended if you come across one.
i found a really nice 27" electrohome CRT manufactured in 2002. it has component but doesnt do progressive though. paid 30 bucks for it. has 2 big speakers on it and the flat glass style. been working great for years now
I just want to share something I find important here : I see people in the comments mentioning "you need 800 TVL, you need 800 TVL..." Well I just want to say, you do NOT in fact need 800 TVL to get a perfectly crisp picture. The picture these 800 TVL and up sets give is very far removed from what an arcade monitor gives. If you like that type of picture then fine, but to say you "need" it is ludicrous. A lower end presentation monitor or prosumer set with 600 TVL or lower will be perfectly fine(and even closer to an arcade monitor) and even a good consumer tube using RGB will look fantastic. So if you're kinda broke and want an arcade-like, gorgeous crt picture and are frustrated by the Ebay prices of Sony PVMs then don't worry, there are awesome displays out there for you. More and more people are RGB modding consumer sets and it's a great alternative, it looks just like an arcade monitor(great resource here :shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=56155). In fact europeans with their RGB capable consumer sets had the best thing available at the time. The consumer sets with the best chassis when fed RGB were legit arcade-grade. I am of the opinion that this looks better for videogames, than the 800 TVL monsters. I find it funny when people want nothing but these 800 TVL sets. BTW shadow mask tubes are awesome too and shouldn't be discarded from your search
Infact pretty much all Arcade monitors where shadow mask RGB tubes. Concerning 800line Pvm/BVM tubes the scanlines on those look to much like playing on a PC CRT with a scanline generator, far removed from the look of an actual 4-600 TVL arcade cabinet.
I picked up this exact PVM at the beginning of 2017 and I'm very happy with it. SNES via RGB Scart, PS2 via RGB Scart, N64 via S-Video all look absolutely fantastic. When paired with a set of nice stereo (shielded!!!) monitors its out of this world. And you've gotta love Brightness Contrast etc analog dials right on the front. Plan on building a cabinet around it one day. Paid $100 and travelled an hour to ATL to pick it up from a Medical Equipment Re-Seller. I'd check those places out if you're looking for one.
I remember seeing them all the time at the local Goodwill all the time for like 10 to 20 USD. Now that i know how good they are i wish i pick one up. I now they were good for gaming but I had know idea how to hook like a SNES to one. I was lucky to pick up a small Trinitron right around the same time they started just tossing out CRTs.
I work for a hospital and they threw 3 of these out, I'm sad i was only able to salvage one. anyone that works for a hospital knows that they throw shit out not because it does not work but because it's obsolete or it looks dirty.
Here in Portugal i saw one being used in an Hospital, across from Lisbon. The bulding itself was old and the service provided was bad, but it was a Sony PVM...
Shadow slot mask tvs via S-video/ component is closer to the actual arcade monitors growing up. Only difference was that the arcade cabinets were fed a pure RGB signal.
It's interesting watching this video after having already seen My Life in Gaming's video on PVMs and CRTs as a whole; there's certain things in this video that weren't discussed in MLiG's, and vice-versa, making the two of them come off as unintentional companion videos.
i have a 20L2MD which has a very similar shell to what was featured here but was made in 2005 and has an option card slot in the back, i have a BKM-129x installed for an extra set of RGB/Component input. you can even take it further with the L5 series which is able to do higher resolutions.
I just moved back up to Michigan in the Rochester Hills area, glad to be closer to one of my favorite UA-cam crews n.n Glad you found one of these, CRTs in general are getting harder to come by now unfortunately
That's awesome! I was born in Kansas but most of my childhood was in Troy, so not too far from here. Just moved back from Florida after my mom was stationed there for the Air Force :)
Hey Hey H4G Crew!! Firstly congratulations John on your pickup. The 1953MD is a solid set my friend, but you've started down a dark path. I hope you stay content with that set because obtaining a multiformat set will hit you right in the wallet pretty hard. Ask me how I know, and I'll show you a D32E1WU. However I got a great deal on mine and my experience is not typical. Just wanted to say that I hope you don't stop with that one as the world opens up that much more when you get into Sony's BVM line ;) I'm so stoked for you guys! I love this channel and your retro hardware videos are continuing to entertain and educate (to a degree), while still being very pleasant to watch with good brew and good content. If you ever want to talk CRT tech feel free to hit me up on here or on reddit /u/SwervinGirvin is the name and old display tech is my life. Ok, enough rambling, y'all take it easy and keep pumping out great content!
These are the videos i come for . i saw one of these in the trash but had few inches on water around it i was sad . but the next day i found in the trash a 55samsung smart tv so win some loose some. cheers
I have a Sanyo 30 inch CRT, I've had it forever and still is living. It has component & s-video. Maybe when it dies one day, I'll look into getting another. But I can only spend so much, so I don't know if I'll be able to get a hospital monitor unfortunately.
+HEAD Rush "The CRT Collective" on FB. Just try not to post that John Carmack Quake article or the "Bjork loves her TV" article and you will probably never be banned.
I really love retro gaming and consider myself pretty knowledgeable but honestly I really don’t mind playing on my HD TV. TBF most stuff I emulate other than my PS1 which I either use scart on original hardware or upscale on my PS3 but i prefer cranking up the filters and making those old games look awesome in 720p on my TV. It just really impresses me how good you can make these old games look on my modded Xbox.
I have a 27in Panasonic curved glass CRT from the early 00's with component that I salvaged from my parents after they upgraded to HD several years back, and they said get it gone, so I can say later Panasonic consumer CRT units are decent if you can score one for free, or really cheap, and don't have the cash to drop on a PVM, but sadly my unit only does 480i with no progressive. I would love to hear you guys thoughts in another video on the late SONY HD CRT Trinitron WEGA line that I believe can do 1080i on the higher end models, but are in a 16:9 aspect ratio, and have flat glass.
William Hetherington could also be a home brew. Currently I only make wine but I have been lòoking into making beer as it uses a lot of the same tools.
IMO the picture quality of old video games is best on 14-15 inch CRT screens, the bigger the CRT gets the more pixelated and "scanlined" the game image gets and that is not good. In other words: big screen gaming = modern HD games on modern HD displays.
Might sound crazy but i went to my local dump, saw a 19 inch pvm in the trash, screamed. Put it in my car; and fucked off. Seriously this is one of the biggest ones you get... Go back for crt's all the time ;)
high voltage regular is a big difference, it keeps the whites from blooming or bulging out from where they should ect. a consumer crt with a good high voltage regulator is the FV300-310 series of Trinitron. after that it's higher quality parts and phosphers in the tubes on the PVM as they were intended to be turned on and not really turned off.
I did a tour of our broadcast facility a few months back (I work for Channel 9 in Australia) and I only saw 1 PVM in the whole place and it was just lying on an unused desk. ☹️
I would seriously ask about getting that unit if you can, because like they said in the video some companies just want old stuff gone since they have no real use for it, and I know some countries you have to pay recycling fees when you throw out stuff like that, so if they can avoid that, all the better for them if that's the case in Australia.
A bowling ally offer 10 those free but I had no license or truck,and I did not know any one at time since I just moved there so I had pass with head down.
I would say you should NOT look for a crt with component. That means it's digital and will add lag. Stick with ones without component for native analog 240p
Really good video the Man really knows what he’s talking about. I got a 20m4E myself and love it. It doesnt do gamecube and PS2 so well tho i got like many unstable lines the picture is there just the moving lines annoy me. I see the same thing on my crt tv and the other Pvm too. I think i need a sync splitter to play them.
Are you guys from Mi? If so what area? I actually got a 1954Q pvm off Craigslist metro Detroit a year or so ago. It was in a video production building in Troy. Great vid!!
Hard4Games yeah I love Downtown Detroit. Greektown and that general area is a great time! Nice to see some locals on YT. I’m actually from the Romeo/Shelby area.
I would say basic electronics is a good start on repairing old CRT TV's, plus there are a lot of good videos on UA-cam that should help from older guys who have been doing it for years either as a profession, or hobby, but sadly some of the calibration equipment they use on really old CRT units is no longer made, and is very hard to find. One of the better UA-cam channels I've found on repairing old CRT units is drh4683 but his videos are kind of random, and his last upload was over 9 months ago. Also shango066 has a really good channel. hope this help you in any way. :-)
Commodorefan64 thanks i've seen some of those videos but i heard somewhere its kinda dangerous and you could end up electrocuted. It'd be awsome to build your own arcade cabinet with a fresh arcade monitor!
Lol so last week when I watched a video about PVMs being retro gamers' monitor of choice and thought about all the A/V companies I work for who have loads of them just sitting on shelves gathering dust since the advent of LCD screens and thought about buying cheap and selling high I wasn't the only one who's had this idea?!
Somebody gave this video a thumbs down. They must HATE degauss!
theyre intimidated by your sweet sonic shirt
Can't blame them. Wife bought it from JC Penny. BAM!
Maybe they just hate the way Americans say "Craig" as "Creg"?
As opposed to what other pronounciation?
Dunno a regional accept is a poor reason to dislike a video, i stand by the DEGAUSS explaination
When my wife was getting her first sonogram.... I was just as interested in the monitor. Wife was not happy.
^ best comment
Amazing.
Christopher Horan you deserve good things in life.
ahahaha
I have a 20" JVC PVM. Picked it up for about $5 and couldn't pass it up for that price. A video production company was having a garage sale with old equipment they were trying to clear out. It's frickin gigantic and heavy, though. I looked it up online and found a 1993 article that put it's retail price at $2600. That's the difference between a PVM and a consumer grade CRT. PVMs were built for extreme accuracy and reliability.
Even 2600$ was pretty affordable at the time for a PVM. Look up the prices of current OLED PVMs by Sony. We're talking easily over 5 grand. Their high-end 4k OLED BVM X300 v.2 has a list price of 45 grand. Anyways, 5$ is a steal even if the display is broken, you'd be crazy to pass that up.
@@Mogura87 their old bvm's were also like 30.000€
FYI that is the prototype T-Shirt we printed to see what we needed to change on the logo. I recently found it in my closet, but we forgot to mention it in the episode.
Need dat prototype. If anyone wants CURRENT H4G shirts, click the card or checkout the link in the description for merch!
I had a pipedream of getting a PVM many moons ago after spending too much time on /vr/ until I remembered that I was, in fact, poor, and did not have the ability to drop over $200 for a decent one at a nice size.
So I settled for a nice 27" Trinitron that I picked up for a single dollar, and it was the best decision of my life.
Trinitron are nice and not that far of a Pvm to be honest
barti xanti they are far off if you have an 800 line pvm.
I do. I have a 20m4e Sony pvm wich is 800 lines. id still say if you can find a good trinitron that's still got good geometry and isn't used that much/sharp the differences aren't that earth shattering. it is better but for many the price jump isn't that worth it either. I mean we talking 5 to 10 dollars or free rgb vs 250+ dollars here the quality jump doesn't warrant it. another benefit is you can get bigger then 20 inch. some of the Trinitrons are 29 inch 4:3 which is really nice. its hard to find good Trinitrons in good condition tho pvms outlasts them by many quality wise. I have a 29 inch trinitron and I would prefer it over the 800 lines but the center is very out of focus which cant be repaired anymore.. Trust me I tried for hours
Here in Brazil. My country, Sony PVM $500/600.
Imposible for me.
Check out the Sony BVM-D24E1WU, it typically sells for $2500-3000. It will do 1000 tv lines in 4:3 and 16:9.
That's motherfucking expensive. I am sort of looking for pvm's to, thought i saw one but it was in black and white...
Sure wish I would have held onto mine.
I'd a floor unit Sony television of this model. Damn thing weighed about 1 ton when we where moving it.
I just got one, it’s fantastic! Way better then an L5 or other PVM...
These now sell for $4,000. Crazy how fast they are rising in value
The JVC D-Series sets from the early 2000s have really good component quality, and in the service menu on the one I used to have, there was a setting that would allow the set to sync to 50Hz input (no setting for decoding PAL color, but that's not an issue with component anyway). HIGHLY recommended if you come across one.
i found a really nice 27" electrohome CRT manufactured in 2002. it has component but doesnt do progressive though. paid 30 bucks for it. has 2 big speakers on it and the flat glass style. been working great for years now
I just want to share something I find important here : I see people in the comments mentioning "you need 800 TVL, you need 800 TVL..." Well I just want to say, you do NOT in fact need 800 TVL to get a perfectly crisp picture. The picture these 800 TVL and up sets give is very far removed from what an arcade monitor gives. If you like that type of picture then fine, but to say you "need" it is ludicrous.
A lower end presentation monitor or prosumer set with 600 TVL or lower will be perfectly fine(and even closer to an arcade monitor) and even a good consumer tube using RGB will look fantastic. So if you're kinda broke and want an arcade-like, gorgeous crt picture and are frustrated by the Ebay prices of Sony PVMs then don't worry, there are awesome displays out there for you. More and more people are RGB modding consumer sets and it's a great alternative, it looks just like an arcade monitor(great resource here :shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=56155). In fact europeans with their RGB capable consumer sets had the best thing available at the time. The consumer sets with the best chassis when fed RGB were legit arcade-grade. I am of the opinion that this looks better for videogames, than the 800 TVL monsters. I find it funny when people want nothing but these 800 TVL sets.
BTW shadow mask tubes are awesome too and shouldn't be discarded from your search
FinalBaton you're right
Infact pretty much all Arcade monitors where shadow mask RGB tubes. Concerning 800line Pvm/BVM tubes the scanlines on those look to much like playing on a PC CRT with a scanline generator, far removed from the look of an actual 4-600 TVL arcade cabinet.
I picked up this exact PVM at the beginning of 2017 and I'm very happy with it. SNES via RGB Scart, PS2 via RGB Scart, N64 via S-Video all look absolutely fantastic. When paired with a set of nice stereo (shielded!!!) monitors its out of this world. And you've gotta love Brightness Contrast etc analog dials right on the front. Plan on building a cabinet around it one day. Paid $100 and travelled an hour to ATL to pick it up from a Medical Equipment Re-Seller. I'd check those places out if you're looking for one.
12:29 - BVM-D24’s now sell for $4,000 on eBay (same 4:3 viewable size as this)
I remember seeing them all the time at the local Goodwill all the time for like 10 to 20 USD. Now that i know how good they are i wish i pick one up. I now they were good for gaming but I had know idea how to hook like a SNES to one. I was lucky to pick up a small Trinitron right around the same time they started just tossing out CRTs.
this fucking pains me so so fucking much AWJKBHSFDHLJKADSFJKLFSAJLDHKN;GLJB;KNDSGF
That thumbs up was for degausse!
Hell Yeah!
I recommend the YT channel "My Life In Gaming" for more in depth talk about PVM and retro gaming video signals in general.
+haleman1704 Love My Life in Gaming. They inspired us to do a lot of this type of content.
I work for a hospital and they threw 3 of these out, I'm sad i was only able to salvage one. anyone that works for a hospital knows that they throw shit out not because it does not work but because it's obsolete or it looks dirty.
My old University just threw dozens of old pvms into a dumpster.
Here in Portugal i saw one being used in an Hospital, across from Lisbon. The bulding itself was old and the service provided was bad, but it was a Sony PVM...
Hospital pvms have different standards i think thats also included n the model number correct me if im wrong.
Damn that's awesome. Good find, I'm jealous.
Can u review that vacuum cleaner behind John next
Only if it has scan lines. Is what you're referring to on screen left? That's a microphone stand.
Hard4Games What Vacuum Cleaner model do you think would be best for starting a nes cartridge?
One with a lot of suction.
Shadow slot mask tvs via S-video/ component is closer to the actual arcade monitors growing up. Only difference was that the arcade cabinets were fed a pure RGB signal.
It's interesting watching this video after having already seen My Life in Gaming's video on PVMs and CRTs as a whole; there's certain things in this video that weren't discussed in MLiG's, and vice-versa, making the two of them come off as unintentional companion videos.
i have a 20L2MD which has a very similar shell to what was featured here but was made in 2005 and has an option card slot in the back, i have a BKM-129x installed for an extra set of RGB/Component input. you can even take it further with the L5 series which is able to do higher resolutions.
I just moved back up to Michigan in the Rochester Hills area, glad to be closer to one of my favorite UA-cam crews n.n Glad you found one of these, CRTs in general are getting harder to come by now unfortunately
+Adam Reed I grew up (mostly) in Rochester Hills! -Tony
That's awesome! I was born in Kansas but most of my childhood was in Troy, so not too far from here. Just moved back from Florida after my mom was stationed there for the Air Force :)
Hey Hey H4G Crew!!
Firstly congratulations John on your pickup. The 1953MD is a solid set my friend, but you've started down a dark path. I hope you stay content with that set because obtaining a multiformat set will hit you right in the wallet pretty hard. Ask me how I know, and I'll show you a D32E1WU. However I got a great deal on mine and my experience is not typical. Just wanted to say that I hope you don't stop with that one as the world opens up that much more when you get into Sony's BVM line ;)
I'm so stoked for you guys! I love this channel and your retro hardware videos are continuing to entertain and educate (to a degree), while still being very pleasant to watch with good brew and good content. If you ever want to talk CRT tech feel free to hit me up on here or on reddit /u/SwervinGirvin is the name and old display tech is my life. Ok, enough rambling, y'all take it easy and keep pumping out great content!
Just was GIVEN a JVC BM-H1900SU and it has SMPTE-C!!! Thanks so much for this video!
These go for $1200 now…crazy to think it was $200 in 2017. Wonderful TV!
Oh wow! I hadn't kept up with the prices. Insane.
These are the videos i come for . i saw one of these in the trash but had few inches on water around it i was sad . but the next day i found in the trash a 55samsung smart tv so win some loose some. cheers
I love this guy, a bit mixed with the question of TVLines, but he's certainly broadcast grade.
6:58 - Having a PVM is great... until you see a BVM-D24. It can’t compare.
I love this channel so much, it's stuff like this that gets us Hard4Games. :X
I have a Sanyo 30 inch CRT, I've had it forever and still is living. It has component & s-video. Maybe when it dies one day, I'll look into getting another. But I can only spend so much, so I don't know if I'll be able to get a hospital monitor unfortunately.
damn, I'm in love with John!
What's the CRT forum John mentions in teh vid? Looking to get into the matter more!
Great vid as always!
+HEAD Rush "The CRT Collective" on FB. Just try not to post that John Carmack Quake article or the "Bjork loves her TV" article and you will probably never be banned.
I really love retro gaming and consider myself pretty knowledgeable but honestly I really don’t mind playing on my HD TV. TBF most stuff I emulate other than my PS1 which I either use scart on original hardware or upscale on my PS3 but i prefer cranking up the filters and making those old games look awesome in 720p on my TV. It just really impresses me how good you can make these old games look on my modded Xbox.
I have a 27in Panasonic curved glass CRT from the early 00's with component that I salvaged from my parents after they upgraded to HD several years back, and they said get it gone, so I can say later Panasonic consumer CRT units are decent if you can score one for free, or really cheap, and don't have the cash to drop on a PVM, but sadly my unit only does 480i with no progressive. I would love to hear you guys thoughts in another video on the late SONY HD CRT Trinitron WEGA line that I believe can do 1080i on the higher end models, but are in a 16:9 aspect ratio, and have flat glass.
Commodorefan64
Don Ceres I'm sitting at work, & seriously wondering what was the point of your post?
*Ultimate , ELITIST equipment for the Retro Gamer*
im trying to figure out if Tony and John are drinking hydrogen peroxide, or some kind of Jamaican beer
William Hetherington could also be a home brew. Currently I only make wine but I have been lòoking into making beer as it uses a lot of the same tools.
John needs to do a retro tech podcast like asap...
IMO the picture quality of old video games is best on 14-15 inch CRT screens, the bigger the CRT gets the more pixelated and "scanlined" the game image gets and that is not good. In other words: big screen gaming = modern HD games on modern HD displays.
I remember playing that Micro game, and I also remember it not being very good.
DAYYUM John is one smart cookie. Er.. Make that one smart box of cookies. John looks like he thoroughly enjoys his cookies.
Nice pickup! I have a 1454QM and I love it. The only thing that I don't like about it is that it's not a 20" model. :(
Nice pickup, recently got a sony bvm 20f1e and its fantastic, had to pay expensive shipping for it but totally worth it.
Any TV with TMNT on it is good in my book!
Might sound crazy but i went to my local dump, saw a 19 inch pvm in the trash, screamed. Put it in my car; and fucked off.
Seriously this is one of the biggest ones you get...
Go back for crt's all the time ;)
if your aim is to make me think im a dork for wanting one then you have, well done.
So whats the real difference between a PVM and a REALLY REALLY high end prosumer grade crt tv? Would most people notice?
high voltage regular is a big difference, it keeps the whites from blooming or bulging out from where they should ect. a consumer crt with a good high voltage regulator is the FV300-310 series of Trinitron. after that it's higher quality parts and phosphers in the tubes on the PVM as they were intended to be turned on and not really turned off.
Ok I recently got a pretty nice prosumer CRT and was trying to figure out if it was worth still seeking out a PVM over it
My 20M2U PVM puts my 24 in Wega Trinitron TO SHAME
Ohh ok good to know! I'll keep my eyes out for them still then
Syiboi Iobiys be sure it is 800 lines though.
Very nice pvm! I hope to get one of these one day!
I like composite. Simple and easy.
I did a tour of our broadcast facility a few months back (I work for Channel 9 in Australia) and I only saw 1 PVM in the whole place and it was just lying on an unused desk. ☹️
I would seriously ask about getting that unit if you can, because like they said in the video some companies just want old stuff gone since they have no real use for it, and I know some countries you have to pay recycling fees when you throw out stuff like that, so if they can avoid that, all the better for them if that's the case in Australia.
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A bowling ally offer 10 those free but I had no license or truck,and I did not know any one at time since I just moved there so I had pass with head down.
An episode including John and old AV equipment. These videos are basically the cream de la creampie of H4G videos.
I have that exact model. Thats a medical one.
Those Scanlines ***drooool***
I would say you should NOT look for a crt with component. That means it's digital and will add lag. Stick with ones without component for native analog 240p
Nice find fellas!
Great video! Would this pvm be good for ps2 gaming or just normal crt?
I'm smashing it!
what about the PVM without RGB only Composite?
I have a JVC TM-H150CG monitor
and I would like to know how to connect it on the computer
actually, you CAN go a bit further, by getting a BVM, the holy grail of CRT monitors!!
I see PVM, I watch.
I hear Detroit, I subscribe!
Hello, fellow Detroiters!
Great video!! Which cables do I need to output RGB on that monitor?
Really good video the Man really knows what he’s talking about. I got a 20m4E myself and love it. It doesnt do gamecube and PS2 so well tho i got like many unstable lines the picture is there just the moving lines annoy me. I see the same thing on my crt tv and the other Pvm too. I think i need a sync splitter to play them.
Magnetic field realignment in my brain!
I have that exact one, and also pvm1354
Are you guys from Mi? If so what area? I actually got a 1954Q pvm off Craigslist metro Detroit a year or so ago. It was in a video production building in Troy. Great vid!!
Yep! Metro Detroit area. Troy is about 10 minutes from me.
I haven't ever visited Flint. But I love Detroit. Get's a bad rap.
Hard4Games yeah I love Downtown Detroit. Greektown and that general area is a great time! Nice to see some locals on YT. I’m actually from the Romeo/Shelby area.
Why use component when you can get rgb?
Already set up for component - just convenience
Is this RGB or composite output?
This is so much better than all the lame retro gaming shit on UA-cam.
Love from Lansing!
I'm right on top of that, Rose!
What would you have to study in order to build and repair old tvs?
I would say basic electronics is a good start on repairing old CRT TV's, plus there are a lot of good videos on UA-cam that should help from older guys who have been doing it for years either as a profession, or hobby, but sadly some of the calibration equipment they use on really old CRT units is no longer made, and is very hard to find. One of the better UA-cam channels I've found on repairing old CRT units is drh4683 but his videos are kind of random, and his last upload was over 9 months ago. Also shango066 has a really good channel. hope this help you in any way. :-)
Commodorefan64 thanks i've seen some of those videos but i heard somewhere its kinda dangerous and you could end up electrocuted. It'd be awsome to build your own arcade cabinet with a fresh arcade monitor!
Would he be willing to ship one to Canada?
Thumbs up for the degauss!
That PVM looks thicc
What drives me nuts about HD TVs is how dark they are...
I don't feel like HD TVs get bright or vivid enough..
+The Goof a lot of that is the attempt to keep backlight bleed to a minimum. Soon that OLED magic will make it all moot. I hope...
Sweet find, seeing as it was medical grade, any blood or tainted panels you had to clean? :)
These things often hang high so if there was any on it there def went something wrong there.
Maybe give the guy selling it a link in description for locals in Detroit !? What was paid for this one in the video?
Art Bell why did you leave coast to coast am?
Art Bell and midnight in the dessert. art if it is you I want you to know first hand from me how much you are missed.
I found a sony CVM, from the early 80s. Thought it was a pvm but guess now
Those have SCART don't they?
+ASchraub I actually dont have any SCART cables yet, I had some HD Retrovision cables and found the TV about a week after they were delivered.
+Hard4Games but they don't have a direct SCART input.
Holy shrimp, that's cool!!
A friend of mine has been dying to get one himself
Quest for TJ is when
Wait these are valuable? We have half a dozen of these gathering dust in a storage room of the hospital I worked at.
What the hell is hell is he drinking? Is that a beer? 😂😂😂
i may have to find one
but can a crt pc monitor be used for light gun games
I dont think so. pc monitors refresh at a different rate.
They used that one for my colonoscopy.
when you play on a screen actually better than the screen the developers use to make the game
Jvc art
I really want one
degauss - rhymes with 'delouse.'
What's the best forum for CRT & PVM gaming tech issues?
1903tx search Facebook group for Sony PVM BVM. There is only one.
There's a subreddit for it. r/crtgaming. There's also retrorgb but something about how the guy who runs it, Bob, that puts me off.
shmups.system11.org has some people very knowledgeable about CRT gaming.
Coincidence? I think not, John is probably that same guy that buys up all those monitors and refurbish them to sell on Craigslist and Ebay.
1:50 - a Tv has a tuner. This has no tuner. This is a MONITOR not a TV. So no, you can’t call it “a really nice tv”
It looks vary sharp can you plug in a n64
Only if you mod the n64 to output rgb. While you could hook up composite, like they mention, it would be a bad idea as it wouldn't look good.
I came solely for the degauss.
Does that PVM do 480p?
no
Lol so last week when I watched a video about PVMs being retro gamers' monitor of choice and thought about all the A/V companies I work for who have loads of them just sitting on shelves gathering dust since the advent of LCD screens and thought about buying cheap and selling high I wasn't the only one who's had this idea?!
Hell yea, another PVM boi. I myself am a proud PVM gurl with a shrine with 5 of them.
don't older tv's use more power then flat tvs