If you were able to purchase a full 40 inch Mitsubishi Trinitron CRT, chances are you also owned a Laserdisc movie player and a home theater sound speaker system set up for Hi-Fi and THX movie experience... Most people tend to forget that these TVs despite being heavy weights did have stands and special tv stands that sometimes came with additional speakers and were promoted by the regional electronics shops. Also besides the Laserdisc, you would also have either a really posh VHS player or a Betamax player with respective films to watch and enjoy at superior image quality and sound compared to television broadcast and cable. If you happened to also play videogames with that 1996 Mitsubishi, then you pretty much had the superior arcade at home experience. They were definitely premium and heavy... I disagree with the thinking that them being heavy was a problem back then when you had people doing the installation for you unless we're talking about one person which is what it is now where you basically have to get a buddy to help you move it but like any tv, once it's set up, it's not like you're gonna be moving it around too much other than cleaning.
Yeah. Not to mention that would be a challenge to get through doorways. Even a 23” TV could be a pain to move though between the weight and awkwardness.
I've got a 36" Bush in the UK and I had to hire a removals firm to get it up the 3 flights of stairs it wheights about 50kg and it's an akward shape to carry
The first prototype larger than 25" black and white CRT exploded and injured some engineers. It set them back for a long time. Due to that you have some amazingly tough glass technology but it took till the 90s to get it.
It's due to the fact that it was harder and more expensive to make big screens with CRT back then and the quality actually could decline the bigger the screen you had. While on LEDs you don't have the problem with the cathode tube so there is no limit to how big you can make them and still maintain the quality. The big screen TVs you had back then wasn't CRT but rear screen projection like a video projector.
40 inches in a 4:3 Aspect Ratio is a bigger screen area than 40 inches in a 16:9 ratio TV of today. TV brands have conditioned people to wanting a smaller screen size for their money and monitor brands followed suit which is the worst consumer trend in the past 25 years.
Don’t “energize” the degaussing wand “next to” the CRT ! Energize it away from the tube, move towards it slowly, then step back, moving it in circles and de-energize it at the far point. Energizing right next to the tube will cause a surge at that point and over magnetize the shadow mask at that location. Hope this helps 👍🏻
I was an A/V Home Theater installer when these sets were current, I absolutely hated working with these PoS tvs. #1 Considering the weight of these things and the lack of built into the case handles made them a total pain in the neck to work with, they were also very front heavy and the official Mitsubishi TV stand usually sold along with them, made it a hazard for tipping over. #2 They have a horrible picture compared with other Hi priced set's of the day, as the reds typically bled into just about everything. #3 Way Overpriced. My apologies to anyone I may have offended or disagrees with me. Thanks for the video.
No need to apologize for not wearing rosy glasses of nostalgia, I look at a tube like that in awe from it's monstrosity alone, but have never worked with them to say anything. I do remember our 29" one being quite a pain to move, but that's probably nowhere near that 40" one. Component video looked amazing on it, geometry problems are something I don't miss at all for sure, but damn that built-in sound just plain humiliates what we got now on LCDs.
@Adam Speck Way more than that. I had a 36" Sony CRT back in the day and that thing weighed a little over 200 lbs and that was smaller than these. Moving that huge Sony was such a pain.
@@buttguy All of the large screen Sony's TVs 32 inch and up were vastly superior to the Mitsubishi lineup in every respect. The build and design quality of the Sony's were top notch, and the picture was so much better, you really can not compare something that cost not much more money to an obviously inferior and overpriced product. The JVCs and Panasonic's were much better than these at a comparable price. I also recall working with some Fisher televisions (manufactured by Sanyo)that were about half the price and outclassed the Mitsubishi's every time, with built into the case handles, much better sound and a superior picture. Thank you for asking.
I serviced Mitsubishi TV's in home for a long time. Most were on the factory stand, the ones in the more expensive homes were in the wall and the enclosure was slightly larger than the tv definitely a 2 man job, it weighed 210lb. Like the Sony CRT we added purity magnets on the back of the CRT when degaussing didn't clear the image.
I moved ours alone, as a 15-18 year old. I weighed 240lbs, but I could grab it from the front around to the back hump, and haul it around. Built in theft deterrent: Nobody CAN just walk off with it, and if they CAN... Just let em
The "Diamond series" is the successor to this tv. They are 40 inches with component video. Probably the largest CRT that accepts component/rgb. I have one. the geometry on it is perfect. Weird for such a large tv.
@@theantiveganchannel3596 Nah. Most of those, outside the XBR960, are actually pretty mediocre. Even the 960 is pretty much limited to 720p/1080i exclusively.
Tried telling my 13 year old son that a CRT the size of our 84" flat panel would take up most of the living room and would need to be either placed in there by a crane during the construction of the house or brought in piece by piece and assembled inside. His mind was blown and he now wants to see a gigantic CRT tv more than anything in the world haha.
@@fungo6631Just the front glass for such a TV would weight more than enough to tip itself face down imo. Maybe I can see a flat screen crt that size work (wattage?), but definitelly not a curved one.
I remember when we were cleaning out the shop after closing it down. We had two of these monsters in there and I literally hurt myself quite badly trying to move them. I believe that the Samsung 35 inch widescreen CRT was a close second in the weight Department
Growing up this family I knew had this MASSIVE crt and I can’t find it anywhere. It was absolutely huge. Had a factory standing with two glass door you click in and out to open. A really cool on button that was a large rectangular shape with a rounded front. And it had a crazy amount of inputs and outputs and even had powered speaker outputs. I really wish I could remember the brand it was so cool
The vocational school I went to in the mid 90's had these mounted from the ceiling in the library. I was impressed with the size and mounting brackets to hold the weight up. Looked cool beautiful picture. Never saw a CRT that size hard to forget.
The mount was able to tilt downwards as well with being at least 15' off the ground secured only by the mount pole. Very impressive their was quite a few in the library showing school information. The pole came thru the ceiling tile and bolted into the U shape bracket. The pole was large in diameter and oval shape. Up until that moment I only saw 32" CRTs in the wild and maybe a few people with 27". I don't remember anyone having one in those days with cost. All I could think about was playing TG16 and SNES on it. I just found an 1985 GE 19" woodgrain to game on RF only. I don't even want a 27" anymore tired of my back hurting moving those beasts lol.
Nice to see someone else who noticed something as unnoticeable as the crt wall brackets in school. Those things always perplexed me with how it didn't just rip out of the wall under the weight of the tv lol.
I randomly stumbled on this video and had one of these TVs growing up. If I remember right, my stepdad paid $3,500 for it in ~1995 and it basically went to waste. My parents refused to let me play games on it in fear of ruining it. We had multiple service calls on it anyway every few years before it was basically obsolete 10 years later.
@@clydemarshall8095 security cameras and channel 11 would imbed ghost images into tvs if you left it on same image not moving for 2 long but it took a long while tho probably same thing they thought would happen to their tv from a paused game.
I found me a CRT TV 2 months ago at a flea market its in my shorts on my channel. Its a 13 inch, but I've always loved those sizes when it came to CRTS! I think the biggest one i own was a 36 inch CRT but it died not too long after i came home from Afghanistan back in 08-09. As much as gaming has became crystal clear in picture over the years, you will never beat a CRT!
These TV's were made to last forever. The model they made with the marble top is my favorite and the perfect tv for retro gaming. You can't create a better experience for the old systems better than these TV's I promise you that!!!!!💪😎💪👍😁👌
@@missiondemolition ♥️Incredible I'm glad I'm not the only one who still has this amazing tv. The one I have is the 40inch. I surely wish they would of made this a hdtv with standard component inputs but that would of been before it's time. In either case it's still a masterpiece of a TV and that's a fact.👍😎👌
I remember my dad telling me about him seeing a demo of a very early 40-inch concept TV (that likely became this once the manufacturing cost came down) from Mitsubishi Electric circa 1992, when he was visiting the company's head office in Osaka on behalf of the Canadian office while he was a sales manager for their Diamondtel cell phones in Canada. He also got a demo of a caller ID feature from an engineer who thought it was a novel idea, once he was told it was nothing new, the demo stopped and the engineer walked away in shame.
One thing that helps with degaussing a CRT when using the round wand , try when pulling away from the CRT, turn the wand 90 degrees sideways as you pull back. It improves the success in getting the purity right.
My Trinitron has a built in degausser in it. A really nice 27" set. I love it so much. I used to play my old consoles in a 32" RCA TV and the color bars were way too big and made everything blurry. I can't even imagine how bad it would be on a 45" set.
Last CRT TV I had was in 1998, I used it until 2011. Also same time I had a CRT monitor for my desktop running, what else, Windows 98 se. And the defective CRT s were still in demand because when my pc monitor had issues, the warranty provided a new one, delivered postage paid, and they wanted my old one returned in the same box!! Not until 2013 did I finally get a flat-screen monitor, which doubled as a tv, for my tower pc.
I had a 40 inch Mitsubishi crt from 1995 until 2004, and the picture was as good when I got rid of it as the day I bought it. If my memory is correct it cost 3700 dollars in 95. When I bought it it was way more expensive than the big screens of the day, but had them all beat for picture quality, but it was heavy as hell! I see people saying repair work on theirs. I never had to have anything done to it!
I've got a 60 inch projection crt tv that I still use haha. It weighs 300 pounds and has wheels built in it weighs so much. I've got the original remote sitll working and the inside is beautiful.
My parents had this crt on their room that was massive, i remember it was a herculean feat to move that thing from room to room, but man the ps1 looked pretty on it.
We had a 42" Mitsubishi CRT in my family, up at the lake house... It was a beast which took 20 mins to warm up fully and correct colors, and you had to press the power button ON THE TV to make the power supply connect to mains voltage. So, after you initially turned it on, you could use the remote to "power down" the unit, and "power on" again, but depressing the power button on the TV disconnected the power supply from the wall plug, until pushed again. Very smart, but then again, it probably consumed over 1kW, and had huge capacitors as well
About 15 years ago my BIL and I had to remove my parents' 36" CRT. It took the two of us to struggle the monster into a wheelbarrow and into his SUV. I was a fairly young teen when he brought it home, I have no memory of how he got it onto the TV stand and I feel like I'd remember helping move something like that.
I had a 36" Trinitron WEGA flat CRT that could do 480p and 1080i via component cables. But it was a lot to deal with. It weighed almost 200 pounds and was very front-heavy... anytime I had to move, it was a nightmare. I finally had to get rid of it many years later (a while after the PS4 released) but now that I'm settled more, I wish I was able to hold onto it. I had a degausser I got off of eBay. You absolutely needed one with these things, it felt like lol
I've got a 40 inch Trinotron. When we moved it last I had no idea how heavy it actually was. I was very surprised. Thankfully it has some very sturdy built in handles.
40 inch Sony's were approximately 240 lbs. I know because in the early 00's I did a lot of service calls in home with Sony's and Mitsubishis. Sony had the better picture by far.
You're bringing back memories. I worked in my college's distance learning lab and we had two of these on 7 foot risers. It took a big scissor lift and lots of cursing from maintenance to get them in-place.
we had a mitsubishi 40inch crt in my household in the late 90s. it was different then these tho, it had external side mounted speakers. great to see some still in action after all this time, our tube burned out 😢
@@TomaszDwornik Maybe because of the speakers I thought that it was bigger than this 40” Mitsubishi tv, but it definitely was a crt, it was the Sony KV-32HS420, one of the best crts ever made.
I have a Thomson 35" that looks almost identical to this set, nice big curve, 240p looks amazing on her (preferable to aperture grills), has very bright and vibrant picture with fantastic geometry, way better than the bigger Sony sets geometry wise, especially the flat Sony's, it also has 4 RGB 21 pin SCART inputs too, which is nice, nice prominent scanlines, plus 4 speaker outputs for surround sound (Dolby Pro Logic II), the built-in speakers are already superb sounding, it's easily my fave CRT for retro gaming on.
Sony TVs could be set up with fantastic geometry if you could be bothered to go into the service menus and do it properly. They only had about 30s per TV in the factory and just couldn't get them to perfection in that time.
@@video99couk I agree, i was a Sony trained repair tech, and could get the geometry almost perfect with a bit of patience, Very few CRT sets have pefect ruler straight lines, it's one of the few advantages that Plasma and LCD panels have given us. I still prefer the images that a CRT provides.
I'm have an crt tv with hd resolution. I can't remember diagonal dimension in inches, but a bit small, i think it's a 30" crt. Yes, "It's a SONY". My opinion, for picture quality, 1. Crt 2. Plazma 3. Oled. But monster sized screens finally wins this race, naturally, incredible resolution bla bla bla..
@@video99couk You can spend a few days dialling them in sure, I have a 21" flat Trinitron (KV-21LT1B) that I've been working on for a few weeks, it still isn't perfect like all the curved Trinitrons I have are out of the box, even the larger curved Trini sets have nearly flawless geometry and convergence, and my 35" Thomson has flawless geometry, never had to do a single tweak on her, Sony Wega sets are the worst of all, quality plummeted post 2002 on most consumer Sony CRTs.
Ive got a 43" Panasonic with the same inputs as this one. Really made me appreciate how much better s-video is to composite, the picture on it is phenomenal, i even play modern games on it.
We recently gave away the Toshiba 34hfx84 HD wide-screen crt set I bought new in 2005 for 750. Still looked good and had 2 inputs for every format available back then including 2 hdmi ports. Best it could display was 1080i and that was the case for every HD crt TV that I'm aware of. It had decent up scaling so even SD looked somewhat OK. It weighed 160lb and the guy that finally got it dead lifted it off the porch 😱 I used to repair TVs for fun and profit and still have a couple of Belton CRT rejuvenators, tubes, tube testers, and parts. I quit when flat screens took over but I still fix my stuff myself if possible.
I loved my Mitsubishi 29AC-1 29" TV. This was the model with the motorized base so you could swing it left or right remotely to face you. Mine was optioned with both the PiP board and the Teletext board.
I have a large HD CRT set. An early model HD that wasn't a flat screen. It no longer works, so I put a newer flat screen on top of it. I need to get rid of it, but it weighs a ton. I'll need several volunteers to help me lift it out of the house.
I remember seeing these in Circuit City back in the day. We would joke that if we couldn't fit it through the door, we could just build a house around it. lol
CRTs are fascinating with their bulkiness and all, though I still wouldn't use one regularly anymore, even as I've kept my childhood TV as a showpiece. They flicker quite noticeably (if you see one live that is), especially the PAL CRTs when you're used to the higher refresh rates of LCDs. And due to the shadow mask and how they recreate colors, they can feel quite grainy.
man I love CRTs the motion clarity was at its best, this technology needs to be resurrected and given how much technology has advanced these can be made lighter cheaper and with a better picture quality than ever.
Wow! That is a massive Tube. I have a 32 inch Panasonic Tau and it has all the hookups I need. Composite, S Video, and Component. Love it. Perfect for my Retro Game setup. Hopefully I never have to move it again.
You will, one day, when you'll have to sub it with a (comparatively) lighter flat screen, and I don't envy you one bit. I had one of those and it was so heavy, It seemed it was about to collapse in a micro black hole. I had to borrow a hand-operated mini forklift to bring it to the dump when it stopped working for the nth time (it was a problem child) because in three people we could barely lift it, and my father announced than rather than having it repaired again he'd have returned to the radio broadcasts instead. So we bought a wider and massively lighter 42 inches LCD TV. And it was a 32 inches. I wouldn't even get closer to a 40.
@@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer I have a smaller 15 inch Samsung Crt sitting next to it and a 46 inch Led 3D TV across the room for my HD systems and tate mode games. I have it a vertically moving mount for the tate options.
My parents bought one of these new (a CS-40503) and had it until 2012. One day it was just replaced with a mid-grade Sony LCD when I wasn't around (I made it clear I wanted to have it). Was just given to the delivery men to take who-knows-where. I hope it was saved
If you never saw one of these in person, they are massive. And you would need 2-3 people to even move them (big people) they were VERY heavy. I worked in A/V in a higher end store when these were released, I got to see a few of them and connected a console to it on off hours. The warehouse for the company I worked for had something called the '40" challenge', if you can pick up this TV, carry across a very large warehouse and put it in your car by yourself with no carts or anything (needing to fully carry the TV themselves) you can keep it. Let's just say, many tried but, no one could do it. Very cool TV but, no question it would need a component and RGB mod....
About 15 years ago my BIL and I had to remove my parents' 36" monster CRT. It took us both struggling to get it into a wheelbarrow and then into his SUV.
And probably signed a waiver so they couldn't be sued in the event they hurt themselves. A guy could easily mess up their backs trying that. I thru my back out once on a 32" CRT, luckily it wasn't real bad and I was able to get thru it without going to a doctor over it.
ive got a 40" TV I use on the regular. Its fantastic. I love the bigger CRTs because they have bigger scan line gaps. My TV does have *mild* purity issues but I only ever notice it *on occasion* on pure white. Like, I play GBA all the time off my MiSTer, and I notice the colors being off *sometimes* in that initial gameboy screen. Other than that, it blooms like nothing else. I kinda like bloom though, its a fun little distortion, I dont find it distracting or anything.
This was my dad's old living room TV back in the day! It lasted 15 years being used daily before it died! It is a great TV that speaks testament to NTSC being a reliable system.
I got a Sony 1080p LCD screen from 2008 that still works 15 years old still has bright picture etc.. you can still play the older games and it still looks good with zero to no input lag
@@DAndyLord minimal input lag as it does not have "fancy" processing.. almost as close to a CRT tv i had compared it to a newer one 2018 which had way more input lag about 4-5ms more...
@@iceho6460 Any electrolytic capacitors are suspect after about 15 years. I work on 1940's tube amps and they are often the only pert that requires service.
I remember this TV in my friends house. Many battles in Goldeneye and later on Halo were fought on it. I also remember helping my friend and his brother move it. That was quite the ordeal.
Had the 26" version. Was talked into it by Best Buy when I was looking a good gaming TV. Positive was it had about a dozen inputs, so I could put on my consoles systems on it. Negetives was the price, weight, and had static on the top and bottom after 3 years of use. In other words, this was a lemon, and I hope the company went out of business!
I have a Sony KV-34HS420 hi Def TV I still use. I thought it was the largest CRT TV they made. it weighs over 200lbs. Over twenty years old and still works great.
That was my parents family room TV for the longest time. Looks exactly the same size and all, but the model they got was from 1999. It lasted them up until 2014 when it finally decided to kick the bucket.
Thank you for making footage of these tv's cause i have been looking for some footage of the old Mitsubishi 40 inch CRT tv's for a few years on youtube and could never find a good video of one..
Even with only S-video these are some of the best sets ever made in my opinion. Especially with the marble top and matching stand. Also easy to work on. Hoping to RGB mod mine in the future.
Yeah Steve. Mitsubishi CRT units are huge. I think they made the biggest I ever seen on the retail market bro. Been awhile since I seen any available where I live. But great to see them on your channel. 8^) Anthony...
We had one, massive! My parents used it since 1991 until 2012-ish when the tube went out. In hindsight i should have found someone that could repair it. The scan lines were visible with some games, but was impressive tv. Big enough my parents could watch whatever and I could play NES, Genesis and N64 just on Picture in Picture!
@@geovani60624 I didn't know flyback cracking became more common at higher sizes, but it makes sense because the extra heat from the higher voltage required to power those huge sets would def reduce its lifespan by a lot.
@@MrNapkino yep, and you can't isolate it, I tried everything but the voltage and current was just too high qnd it keeped arquing, in smaller sets like 14 inch the flybqck don't even heat up almost, and the 21 ones you can still isolate some leaks with tape, but the bigger ones you have no chance, you can fill it up with silicone and it will find a way to arch with the ferrite core
i remember in the mid 2000's when i was a young lad, my dad was so stoked and happy when he got this big Sony CRT i think it was a PVM-4300. It was in 16:9 which i had never seen before. We had a VHS initially but shortly after the new beaut VCD/DVD player turned up with the 5.1 surround system,,,, ahh the good old days.
If it was a PVM-4300 then it was incredibly rare (actually rare, not rare like people like to say). Do you have any pictures or documentation if so? Very little about it exists in picture form.
Centerpiece of my first home theater. Later sold it to a friend and we wrestled it up the stairs (one at a time) to his second floor den. Incredibly heavy. It did have well placed handles to balance it when carrying.
Last CRT I properly manhandled was a 20" tube in an arcade cabinet. Had to pull it out and rotate it manually for a vertical game, there was nothing to hold onto but the very sides of the bare tube, that was a feat of strength that gave me some extra hairs on me chest. A freaking 40" though? No way. Even if it had carry handles. No way. It'd leave dents on the floor by merely existing.
I had a huge CRT like this once, wasn’t Mitsubishi though, got it for free from a friend because it was pretty messed up, the image was all bent in the corners and it needed degausing too, we were able to pretty much fix it in the end.
I still own a crt television for old retro consoles, it's not this big, i think my tv is a 19 inch in diameter, it's a samsung 'hotel tv', it has great colors! I love crt tv's just because old game consoles shine on those!
Did I inherit that set or did another suffer the same fate? I havent written it off yet need to clean some corrosion and replace some resistors near the back edge hopefully...
I got that 40” with seamless stand for about $180 installed (hydraulic cart) from a guy who recycles for his whole town (he flips them). I’m sorry yours got hosed but keep your eyes peeled for the next one!!
Back on the day the hack for degaussing monitors was to attach both sides of a hard drive magnet to the end of a power drill and get it spinning while moving it in circles in the opposite direction. Worked for me every time.
Growing up in the 90s, my brother screwed our tv up by getting a speaker too close to the screen. It didn't have the degauss feature. I got the wild idea to sit a computer monitor right in front of it so they were screen to screen and turned the monitor on. It degaussed the Tv and it was perfect again. I've since replaced all the crts I had, but the house I moved into recently came with one that still works. Maybe i'll hold onto it for nostalgia sake. Surprised no one brought up the smell of a warm 80s tv.
A relative had one of these. The front glass was chipped, but it still worked. They ended up throwing it away when they decided to upgrade to a LCD TV.
That's why I topped out at 32" CRT's- biggest/heaviest I could carry by myself back in the day. Short distances from floor to stand or another room Vowed to never own electronics/AV stuff I couldn't move by myself Those final years of CRT's and rear projection sets were crazy
At least if you live in a house it's not as hard to transport one if you have something with wheels. But if you live in a commieblock and can't fit it in the elevator, you're fucked.
I loved the oversized CRTs. Extra bounus. It is its own security system. Too heavy to steal.
And not much of a market for them anymore, despite the obvious fan base here.
Ya they are! Had 40" Trinitron....thing was like 10lbs per inch!
If you were able to purchase a full 40 inch Mitsubishi Trinitron CRT, chances are you also owned a Laserdisc movie player and a home theater sound speaker system set up for Hi-Fi and THX movie experience...
Most people tend to forget that these TVs despite being heavy weights did have stands and special tv stands that sometimes came with additional speakers and were promoted by the regional electronics shops.
Also besides the Laserdisc, you would also have either a really posh VHS player or a Betamax player with respective films to watch and enjoy at superior image quality and sound compared to television broadcast and cable.
If you happened to also play videogames with that 1996 Mitsubishi, then you pretty much had the superior arcade at home experience.
They were definitely premium and heavy... I disagree with the thinking that them being heavy was a problem back then when you had people doing the installation for you unless we're talking about one person which is what it is now where you basically have to get a buddy to help you move it but like any tv, once it's set up, it's not like you're gonna be moving it around too much other than cleaning.
and kidproof 😃
Yeah. Not to mention that would be a challenge to get through doorways. Even a 23” TV could be a pain to move though between the weight and awkwardness.
If people all over the country begin asking you to service 40 inch CRTs you'll have nobody but yourself to blame.
Most decent electronics repair shops should be able to do it if you explain. Most the times they prob just need new caps.
oh hello kenny
Hey kenny! Fancy seeing you here! Looking forward to your next video!
I've got a 36" Bush in the UK and I had to hire a removals firm to get it up the 3 flights of stairs it wheights about 50kg and it's an akward shape to carry
@@crimsama2451 Would need an electronic shop that does house calls though, ain't no way I'm carrying it out and back in
Nothing beats the comforting glow of an old CRT.
People can say what they want but CRT can convert to what ever pixelation it wants.
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I didn’t know there were CRTs this big, I remember how excited my dad was when we got a 36” RCA CRT in mid 90s.
The first prototype larger than 25" black and white CRT exploded and injured some engineers. It set them back for a long time. Due to that you have some amazingly tough glass technology but it took till the 90s to get it.
it would have almost certainly imploded??? @@mrmeval
a 40" CRT screen seems enormous but a 40" HDTV screen seems small these days. it's funny how that works.
It's due to the fact that it was harder and more expensive to make big screens with CRT back then and the quality actually could decline the bigger the screen you had. While on LEDs you don't have the problem with the cathode tube so there is no limit to how big you can make them and still maintain the quality. The big screen TVs you had back then wasn't CRT but rear screen projection like a video projector.
40 inches in a 4:3 Aspect Ratio is a bigger screen area than 40 inches in a 16:9 ratio TV of today. TV brands have conditioned people to wanting a smaller screen size for their money and monitor brands followed suit which is the worst consumer trend in the past 25 years.
They don't look like 40in screens... that's nearly 3.5 feet... they don't look first large
Don’t “energize” the degaussing wand “next to” the CRT !
Energize it away from the tube, move towards it slowly, then step back, moving it in circles and de-energize it at the far point.
Energizing right next to the tube will cause a surge at that point and over magnetize the shadow mask at that location.
Hope this helps 👍🏻
I was about to write the same thing. Clearly this guy have never demagnetise heads in tape recorder.
Yeah watching the video, seems like that would have helped quite a bit
@@bombibombeusz905 well not everyone has done everything.
@@lightingkid2010 isn't that what he said?
Yeah, he was doing it wrong.
I was an A/V Home Theater installer when these sets were current, I absolutely hated working with these PoS tvs. #1 Considering the weight of these things and the lack of built into the case handles made them a total pain in the neck to work with, they were also very front heavy and the official Mitsubishi TV stand usually sold along with them, made it a hazard for tipping over. #2 They have a horrible picture compared with other Hi priced set's of the day, as the reds typically bled into just about everything. #3 Way Overpriced. My apologies to anyone I may have offended or disagrees with me. Thanks for the video.
You were there during the days of these behemoths! It's good to hear constructive criticism.
No need to apologize for not wearing rosy glasses of nostalgia, I look at a tube like that in awe from it's monstrosity alone, but have never worked with them to say anything. I do remember our 29" one being quite a pain to move, but that's probably nowhere near that 40" one. Component video looked amazing on it, geometry problems are something I don't miss at all for sure, but damn that built-in sound just plain humiliates what we got now on LCDs.
Did you work with the 40" Trinitrons at all? What was your opinion of those, if you did?
@Adam Speck Way more than that. I had a 36" Sony CRT back in the day and that thing weighed a little over 200 lbs and that was smaller than these. Moving that huge Sony was such a pain.
@@buttguy All of the large screen Sony's TVs 32 inch and up were vastly superior to the Mitsubishi lineup in every respect. The build and design quality of the Sony's were top notch, and the picture was so much better, you really can not compare something that cost not much more money to an obviously inferior and overpriced product. The JVCs and Panasonic's were much better than these at a comparable price. I also recall working with some Fisher televisions (manufactured by Sanyo)that were about half the price and outclassed the Mitsubishi's every time, with built into the case handles, much better sound and a superior picture. Thank you for asking.
I serviced Mitsubishi TV's in home for a long time. Most were on the factory stand, the ones in the more expensive homes were in the wall and the enclosure was slightly larger than the tv definitely a 2 man job, it weighed 210lb. Like the Sony CRT we added purity magnets on the back of the CRT when degaussing didn't clear the image.
Good old CRT back-breakers! I miss the old screen look but not the moving of them!
I moved ours alone, as a 15-18 year old. I weighed 240lbs, but I could grab it from the front around to the back hump, and haul it around. Built in theft deterrent: Nobody CAN just walk off with it, and if they CAN... Just let em
The "Diamond series" is the successor to this tv. They are 40 inches with component video. Probably the largest CRT that accepts component/rgb. I have one. the geometry on it is perfect. Weird for such a large tv.
Wow thats the opposite of what ive always thought, usually smaller CRT = better geometry
@@RetrofIex one of the benefits of a curved screen. Even big ones can be pretty close to perfect.
There was a 42" model from Mitsubishi that was a presentation display capable of RGBHV, Component and 240p through 1080i, possibly 1080p.
Sony had CRTs with HDMI and DVI that is way better and HD wide screen format i think 36" HDTV 1080I was the largest for that
@@theantiveganchannel3596
Nah. Most of those, outside the XBR960, are actually pretty mediocre.
Even the 960 is pretty much limited to 720p/1080i exclusively.
Some good nostalgia here, but my god I don’t miss that CRT whine.
I’m still using my 38” 4:3 Sony trinitron from 2002. Great image for SD content.
Tried telling my 13 year old son that a CRT the size of our 84" flat panel would take up most of the living room and would need to be either placed in there by a crane during the construction of the house or brought in piece by piece and assembled inside. His mind was blown and he now wants to see a gigantic CRT tv more than anything in the world haha.
lol
84 inches is way to big tho no offense unless you have a home theater or something
It wouldn't take up that much space, as there are some CRTs that are thinner than usual, but facts about the crane part.
@@fungo6631Just the front glass for such a TV would weight more than enough to tip itself face down imo. Maybe I can see a flat screen crt that size work (wattage?), but definitelly not a curved one.
@@Sankurot Then you'd need a stand with a heavy front bias to prevent it from tipping over.
I remember when we were cleaning out the shop after closing it down. We had two of these monsters in there and I literally hurt myself quite badly trying to move them. I believe that the Samsung 35 inch widescreen CRT was a close second in the weight Department
we had those as a family when we were kids. they never died
Nostalgia. Don't get overwhelmed by it.
Growing up this family I knew had this MASSIVE crt and I can’t find it anywhere. It was absolutely huge. Had a factory standing with two glass door you click in and out to open. A really cool on button that was a large rectangular shape with a rounded front. And it had a crazy amount of inputs and outputs and even had powered speaker outputs. I really wish I could remember the brand it was so cool
RCA Home Theatre 32
I sold Mitsubishi 40 inch CRT tvs they were tanks loved the picture loved the company.
The TV's of my childhood. I miss CRT's. I'm gonna try and get one for my early 2000s game systems.
that crt sound bleeds through the video and hits me with nostalgia and tinitus at the same time.
I have one of these. Bought it in 1998 and still have it. It's a two man job to move so it is sitting where I last placed it in2004.
I just got it’s “little” sibling, the cs-35307 and I love it
The vocational school I went to in the mid 90's had these mounted from the ceiling in the library. I was impressed with the size and mounting brackets to hold the weight up. Looked cool beautiful picture. Never saw a CRT that size hard to forget.
I have 37" inch JVC CRT and that TV is roughly 80kg, I can't even imagine mounting that beast anywhere.
The mount was able to tilt downwards as well with being at least 15' off the ground secured only by the mount pole. Very impressive their was quite a few in the library showing school information. The pole came thru the ceiling tile and bolted into the U shape bracket. The pole was large in diameter and oval shape. Up until that moment I only saw 32" CRTs in the wild and maybe a few people with 27". I don't remember anyone having one in those days with cost. All I could think about was playing TG16 and SNES on it. I just found an 1985 GE 19" woodgrain to game on RF only. I don't even want a 27" anymore tired of my back hurting moving those beasts lol.
Nice to see someone else who noticed something as unnoticeable as the crt wall brackets in school. Those things always perplexed me with how it didn't just rip out of the wall under the weight of the tv lol.
I randomly stumbled on this video and had one of these TVs growing up. If I remember right, my stepdad paid $3,500 for it in ~1995 and it basically went to waste. My parents refused to let me play games on it in fear of ruining it. We had multiple service calls on it anyway every few years before it was basically obsolete 10 years later.
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How did they think a video game would ruin it?
@@clydemarshall8095 image burn.
@@clydemarshall8095 security cameras and channel 11 would imbed ghost images into tvs if you left it on same image not moving for 2 long but it took a long while tho probably same thing they thought would happen to their tv from a paused game.
I found me a CRT TV 2 months ago at a flea market its in my shorts on my channel. Its a 13 inch, but I've always loved those sizes when it came to CRTS! I think the biggest one i own was a 36 inch CRT but it died not too long after i came home from Afghanistan back in 08-09. As much as gaming has became crystal clear in picture over the years, you will never beat a CRT!
These TV's were made to last forever. The model they made with the marble top is my favorite and the perfect tv for retro gaming. You can't create a better experience for the old systems better than these TV's I promise you that!!!!!💪😎💪👍😁👌
I have one with a marble top as well! It is 36 inches.
@@missiondemolition ♥️Incredible I'm glad I'm not the only one who still has this amazing tv. The one I have is the 40inch. I surely wish they would of made this a hdtv with standard component inputs but that would of been before it's time. In either case it's still a masterpiece of a TV and that's a fact.👍😎👌
I have a Mitsubishi svhs vcr from 2002 it just keeps working. Never broke down and a good manual which is rare for a vcr to.
Friend of mine had one of these suckers in the early '00s, was pretty sweet to game on.
I remember my dad telling me about him seeing a demo of a very early 40-inch concept TV (that likely became this once the manufacturing cost came down) from Mitsubishi Electric circa 1992, when he was visiting the company's head office in Osaka on behalf of the Canadian office while he was a sales manager for their Diamondtel cell phones in Canada. He also got a demo of a caller ID feature from an engineer who thought it was a novel idea, once he was told it was nothing new, the demo stopped and the engineer walked away in shame.
Had a good old Mitsubishi 32 in, lasted over 20 years!
One thing that helps with degaussing a CRT when using the round wand , try when pulling away from the CRT, turn the wand 90 degrees sideways as you pull back. It improves the success in getting the purity right.
My Trinitron has a built in degausser in it. A really nice 27" set. I love it so much. I used to play my old consoles in a 32" RCA TV and the color bars were way too big and made everything blurry. I can't even imagine how bad it would be on a 45" set.
Standard 480p 35 inch CRT’s will always hold a special place in my heart. They have just the right balance of everything as well as being giant
How about them super swank 1970s my wet bar has a built in turntable and a CRT!
Keep them CRTs alive! The picture on these is actually better, to me, than on a flat screen.
I use to play Call of duty 4 on my Sony wega tube and it was awesome. No input lag and super crisp.
I had a 36 inch proscan back in the day. It was a beast
Last CRT TV I had was in 1998, I used it until 2011. Also same time I had a CRT monitor for my desktop running, what else, Windows 98 se.
And the defective CRT s were still in demand because when my pc monitor had issues, the warranty provided a new one, delivered postage paid, and they wanted my old one returned in the same box!!
Not until 2013 did I finally get a flat-screen monitor, which doubled as a tv, for my tower pc.
Wow. The old neon glow of a CRT. Missed so much.
I had a 40 inch Mitsubishi crt from 1995 until 2004, and the picture was as good when I got rid of it as the day I bought it. If my memory is correct it cost 3700 dollars in 95. When I bought it it was way more expensive than the big screens of the day, but had them all beat for picture quality, but it was heavy as hell! I see people saying repair work on theirs. I never had to have anything done to it!
My grandpa had one, huge Mitsubishi TV, he threw it out a few years ago. He bought it in the 90’s. I grew up with it.
I've got a 60 inch projection crt tv that I still use haha. It weighs 300 pounds and has wheels built in it weighs so much. I've got the original remote sitll working and the inside is beautiful.
My parents had this crt on their room that was massive, i remember it was a herculean feat to move that thing from room to room, but man the ps1 looked pretty on it.
Those are regal tvs for sure. Mitsubishi is high quality. I kinda regret sending off my RCA 37 inch crt tv when I got my first hdtv
We had a 42" Mitsubishi CRT in my family, up at the lake house... It was a beast which took 20 mins to warm up fully and correct colors, and you had to press the power button ON THE TV to make the power supply connect to mains voltage. So, after you initially turned it on, you could use the remote to "power down" the unit, and "power on" again, but depressing the power button on the TV disconnected the power supply from the wall plug, until pushed again. Very smart, but then again, it probably consumed over 1kW, and had huge capacitors as well
Hm...I am pretty sure that power buttons on 90% of CRT models did the same thing, they disconnected the power completely.
@@vasopel soft power switch
@@theantiveganchannel3596 ?
@@vasopel almost as cringe as actual vegans lol. almost.
@@theantiveganchannel3596 Awwww, maybe the power switch can order some pills online to get hard? 😂🧐🤔 And the Vegans too
The largest CRT I owned was a widescreen 36" HDTV by Sampo. It had component video and VGA. I used it up until about 2009.
About 15 years ago my BIL and I had to remove my parents' 36" CRT. It took the two of us to struggle the monster into a wheelbarrow and into his SUV.
I was a fairly young teen when he brought it home, I have no memory of how he got it onto the TV stand and I feel like I'd remember helping move something like that.
I had a little b&w Sampo.
I've once has a '32 CRT and it is huge, but '40 is crazy!
I had a 36" Trinitron WEGA flat CRT that could do 480p and 1080i via component cables. But it was a lot to deal with. It weighed almost 200 pounds and was very front-heavy... anytime I had to move, it was a nightmare. I finally had to get rid of it many years later (a while after the PS4 released) but now that I'm settled more, I wish I was able to hold onto it.
I had a degausser I got off of eBay. You absolutely needed one with these things, it felt like lol
I've got a 40 inch Trinotron.
When we moved it last I had no idea how heavy it actually was.
I was very surprised.
Thankfully it has some very sturdy built in handles.
40 inch Sony's were approximately 240 lbs. I know because in the early 00's I did a lot of service calls in home with Sony's and Mitsubishis. Sony had the better picture by far.
You're bringing back memories. I worked in my college's distance learning lab and we had two of these on 7 foot risers. It took a big scissor lift and lots of cursing from maintenance to get them in-place.
we had a mitsubishi 40inch crt in my household in the late 90s. it was different then these tho, it had external side mounted speakers. great to see some still in action after all this time, our tube burned out 😢
Same. Ours had the external speakers and 4 handles. Great TV for gaming.
Had a Mitsubishi Megaview that was already huuuge. Crazy!
I used to have a even bigger set, it’s weight was around 250 pounds, it was a Sony wega from June 2005, it also had hdmi, it was truly a beast!
But it was not A CRT only A Pojector One
@@TomaszDwornik Maybe because of the speakers I thought that it was bigger than this 40” Mitsubishi tv, but it definitely was a crt, it was the Sony KV-32HS420, one of the best crts ever made.
@@Christian.Guluarte.03 ok ;)
I have a 1998 Mitsubishi 32” console T.V. (Wood cabinet with speakers and storage behind glass door). Still works great and is used daily.
I have a Thomson 35" that looks almost identical to this set, nice big curve, 240p looks amazing on her (preferable to aperture grills), has very bright and vibrant picture with fantastic geometry, way better than the bigger Sony sets geometry wise, especially the flat Sony's, it also has 4 RGB 21 pin SCART inputs too, which is nice, nice prominent scanlines, plus 4 speaker outputs for surround sound (Dolby Pro Logic II), the built-in speakers are already superb sounding, it's easily my fave CRT for retro gaming on.
Sony TVs could be set up with fantastic geometry if you could be bothered to go into the service menus and do it properly. They only had about 30s per TV in the factory and just couldn't get them to perfection in that time.
@@video99couk I agree, i was a Sony trained repair tech, and could get the geometry almost perfect with a bit of patience,
Very few CRT sets have pefect ruler straight lines, it's one of the few advantages that Plasma and LCD panels have given us.
I still prefer the images that a CRT provides.
I'm have an crt tv with hd resolution. I can't remember diagonal dimension in inches, but a bit small, i think it's a 30" crt.
Yes, "It's a SONY". My opinion, for picture quality,
1. Crt
2. Plazma
3. Oled.
But monster sized screens finally wins this race, naturally, incredible resolution bla bla bla..
@@video99couk You can spend a few days dialling them in sure, I have a 21" flat Trinitron (KV-21LT1B) that I've been working on for a few weeks, it still isn't perfect like all the curved Trinitrons I have are out of the box, even the larger curved Trini sets have nearly flawless geometry and convergence, and my 35" Thomson has flawless geometry, never had to do a single tweak on her, Sony Wega sets are the worst of all, quality plummeted post 2002 on most consumer Sony CRTs.
Ive got a 43" Panasonic with the same inputs as this one. Really made me appreciate how much better s-video is to composite, the picture on it is phenomenal, i even play modern games on it.
god that high pitched sound when he turned it on
Those CRT TVs are the only thing keeping this universe together. Don’t let them fall or a supernova could break through the universe.
We recently gave away the Toshiba 34hfx84 HD wide-screen crt set I bought new in 2005 for 750.
Still looked good and had 2 inputs for every format available back then including 2 hdmi ports. Best it could display was 1080i and that was the case for every HD crt TV that I'm aware of. It had decent up scaling so even SD looked somewhat OK. It weighed 160lb and the guy that finally got it dead lifted it off the porch 😱
I used to repair TVs for fun and profit and still have a couple of Belton CRT rejuvenators, tubes, tube testers, and parts. I quit when flat screens took over but I still fix my stuff myself if possible.
I loved my Mitsubishi 29AC-1 29" TV. This was the model with the motorized base so you could swing it left or right remotely to face you. Mine was optioned with both the PiP board and the Teletext board.
I have a large HD CRT set. An early model HD that wasn't a flat screen. It no longer works, so I put a newer flat screen on top of it. I need to get rid of it, but it weighs a ton. I'll need several volunteers to help me lift it out of the house.
I've never even seen or heard of degaussing. CRT TV repair was something I've never seen in action.
Pretty cool!
I remember seeing these in Circuit City back in the day. We would joke that if we couldn't fit it through the door, we could just build a house around it. lol
My school had one, couldn't believe how big these things are!
CRTs are fascinating with their bulkiness and all, though I still wouldn't use one regularly anymore, even as I've kept my childhood TV as a showpiece. They flicker quite noticeably (if you see one live that is), especially the PAL CRTs when you're used to the higher refresh rates of LCDs. And due to the shadow mask and how they recreate colors, they can feel quite grainy.
I used to have an RCA f38310 with the built in DirecTV tuner. That was a beast.
man I love CRTs the motion clarity was at its best, this technology needs to be resurrected and given how much technology has advanced these can be made lighter cheaper and with a better picture quality than ever.
Eso sería una gran alegría para los que amamos los tv crt
Don't you love the ringing sound when he starts it up. Brings back memories lol
Wow! That is a massive Tube. I have a 32 inch Panasonic Tau and it has all the hookups I need. Composite, S Video, and Component. Love it. Perfect for my Retro Game setup. Hopefully I never have to move it again.
You will, one day, when you'll have to sub it with a (comparatively) lighter flat screen, and I don't envy you one bit. I had one of those and it was so heavy, It seemed it was about to collapse in a micro black hole. I had to borrow a hand-operated mini forklift to bring it to the dump when it stopped working for the nth time (it was a problem child) because in three people we could barely lift it, and my father announced than rather than having it repaired again he'd have returned to the radio broadcasts instead. So we bought a wider and massively lighter 42 inches LCD TV.
And it was a 32 inches. I wouldn't even get closer to a 40.
@@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer I have a smaller 15 inch Samsung Crt sitting next to it and a 46 inch Led 3D TV across the room for my HD systems and tate mode games. I have it a vertically moving mount for the tate options.
@@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer I hear ya too. My brother and I had to move it from my parents house and get it up the stairs here in my house. It was a pain.
My parents bought one of these new (a CS-40503) and had it until 2012. One day it was just replaced with a mid-grade Sony LCD when I wasn't around (I made it clear I wanted to have it). Was just given to the delivery men to take who-knows-where. I hope it was saved
If you never saw one of these in person, they are massive. And you would need 2-3 people to even move them (big people) they were VERY heavy. I worked in A/V in a higher end store when these were released, I got to see a few of them and connected a console to it on off hours.
The warehouse for the company I worked for had something called the '40" challenge', if you can pick up this TV, carry across a very large warehouse and put it in your car by yourself with no carts or anything (needing to fully carry the TV themselves) you can keep it. Let's just say, many tried but, no one could do it.
Very cool TV but, no question it would need a component and RGB mod....
About 15 years ago my BIL and I had to remove my parents' 36" monster CRT. It took us both struggling to get it into a wheelbarrow and then into his SUV.
This thing could crush a grown adult to death. Any one who's built a TV cabinet that can hold this monstrosity should get a pat in the bat.
I imagine some people left with considerable injuries trying that challenge, the wiser ones kept their greed in check.
And probably signed a waiver so they couldn't be sued in the event they hurt themselves. A guy could easily mess up their backs trying that. I thru my back out once on a 32" CRT, luckily it wasn't real bad and I was able to get thru it without going to a doctor over it.
These are HUGE. I have heard of a 45" screen from Hitatchi, one was for sale locally but sold before i could get there
ive got a 40" TV I use on the regular. Its fantastic. I love the bigger CRTs because they have bigger scan line gaps. My TV does have *mild* purity issues but I only ever notice it *on occasion* on pure white. Like, I play GBA all the time off my MiSTer, and I notice the colors being off *sometimes* in that initial gameboy screen. Other than that, it blooms like nothing else. I kinda like bloom though, its a fun little distortion, I dont find it distracting or anything.
This was my dad's old living room TV back in the day! It lasted 15 years being used daily before it died! It is a great TV that speaks testament to NTSC being a reliable system.
I got a Sony 1080p LCD screen from 2008 that still works 15 years old still has bright picture etc.. you can still play the older games and it still looks good with zero to no input lag
@@theantiveganchannel3596 If its an LCD, especially an old one, there's substantial input lag.
The amount of waste heat these CRT produces, it wouldn't surprise me if the some of the electrolytic capacitors were the main caused of the fault.
@@DAndyLord minimal input lag as it does not have "fancy" processing.. almost as close to a CRT tv
i had compared it to a newer one 2018 which had way more input lag about 4-5ms more...
@@iceho6460 Any electrolytic capacitors are suspect after about 15 years. I work on 1940's tube amps and they are often the only pert that requires service.
I remember this TV in my friends house. Many battles in Goldeneye and later on Halo were fought on it. I also remember helping my friend and his brother move it. That was quite the ordeal.
They are so interesting to look at, I've grew up with mostly flat panels so I find these fascinating, wouldn't want to move it around though lol
Had the 26" version. Was talked into it by Best Buy when I was looking a good gaming TV. Positive was it had about a dozen inputs, so I could put on my consoles systems on it. Negetives was the price, weight, and had static on the top and bottom after 3 years of use. In other words, this was a lemon, and I hope the company went out of business!
Mitsubishi isn’t going to go out of business, they’re too diverse..
I have a Sony KV-34HS420 hi Def TV I still use. I thought it was the largest CRT TV they made. it weighs over 200lbs. Over twenty years old and still works great.
Nice
wow, i'd love to get me one of those bad boys. Nothing like a giant 4:3 crt screen.
Most video on UA-cam talking about "largest CRT TV" are DLP (projection) TV, now this is the real big crt tv.
I am using a Sanyo DS35520 on weekly basis and it's the biggest CRT I have ever seen, I can not imagine how big a 40" crt is.
That was my parents family room TV for the longest time. Looks exactly the same
size and all, but the model they got was from 1999. It lasted them up until 2014 when it finally decided to kick the bucket.
Thank you for making footage of these tv's cause i have been looking for some footage of the old Mitsubishi 40 inch CRT tv's for a few years on youtube and could never find a good video of one..
I bought a JVC 36" back in the day. Heavy AF!
Even with only S-video these are some of the best sets ever made in my opinion. Especially with the marble top and matching stand. Also easy to work on. Hoping to RGB mod mine in the future.
Yeah Steve. Mitsubishi CRT units are huge. I think they made the biggest I ever seen on the retail market bro. Been awhile since I seen any available where I live. But great to see them on your channel. 8^)
Anthony...
Yeah, they are always fun to see and work on. Thanks Anthony.
Feels good to see people still enjoying these.
We had one, massive! My parents used it since 1991 until 2012-ish when the tube went out. In hindsight i should have found someone that could repair it. The scan lines were visible with some games, but was impressive tv. Big enough my parents could watch whatever and I could play NES, Genesis and N64 just on Picture in Picture!
Insane how huge and sharp these sets are, bummer that large sets like this make the flyback insanely loud as can be heard in the video, haha.
not just that but the bigger the flyback is the hotter ot gets making it more succeptable to explode
@@geovani60624 Don't think that's true lol
@@MrNapkino it is, it happened to my 29 inch one, the flyback crack overtime and it archs really hard like an explosion
@@geovani60624 I didn't know flyback cracking became more common at higher sizes, but it makes sense because the extra heat from the higher voltage required to power those huge sets would def reduce its lifespan by a lot.
@@MrNapkino yep, and you can't isolate it, I tried everything but the voltage and current was just too high qnd it keeped arquing, in smaller sets like 14 inch the flybqck don't even heat up almost, and the 21 ones you can still isolate some leaks with tape, but the bigger ones you have no chance, you can fill it up with silicone and it will find a way to arch with the ferrite core
ah yes the famous ringing in ears when opening an old tv. bring back memory
i remember in the mid 2000's when i was a young lad, my dad was so stoked and happy when he got this big Sony CRT i think it was a PVM-4300. It was in 16:9 which i had never seen before. We had a VHS initially but shortly after the new beaut VCD/DVD player turned up with the 5.1 surround system,,,, ahh the good old days.
If it was a PVM-4300 then it was incredibly rare (actually rare, not rare like people like to say). Do you have any pictures or documentation if so? Very little about it exists in picture form.
I got a 36 inch WEGA for me video games. Brings me straight back to 2006 or so. I love huge CRTs
A mi tambien me encantan los crts de 28 pulgadas en adelante
Centerpiece of my first home theater. Later sold it to a friend and we wrestled it up the stairs (one at a time) to his second floor den. Incredibly heavy. It did have well placed handles to balance it when carrying.
Last CRT I properly manhandled was a 20" tube in an arcade cabinet. Had to pull it out and rotate it manually for a vertical game, there was nothing to hold onto but the very sides of the bare tube, that was a feat of strength that gave me some extra hairs on me chest.
A freaking 40" though? No way. Even if it had carry handles. No way. It'd leave dents on the floor by merely existing.
I had a huge CRT like this once, wasn’t Mitsubishi though, got it for free from a friend because it was pretty messed up, the image was all bent in the corners and it needed degausing too, we were able to pretty much fix it in the end.
I still own a crt television for old retro consoles, it's not this big, i think my tv is a 19 inch in diameter, it's a samsung 'hotel tv', it has great colors! I love crt tv's just because old game consoles shine on those!
Damn, my childhood appliance is now a relic being studied at study centres
I had the 40 inch Sony Trinitron CRT and it was an absolute beast to carry. Unfortunately the rain damaged it before I could hook up.
That's the xbr800. I had the model 36 version of that TV and somehow carried it down a flight of stairs into my apartment lol.
Did I inherit that set or did another suffer the same fate? I havent written it off yet need to clean some corrosion and replace some resistors near the back edge hopefully...
I got that 40” with seamless stand for about $180 installed (hydraulic cart) from a guy who recycles for his whole town (he flips them). I’m sorry yours got hosed but keep your eyes peeled for the next one!!
@@dtbjason you sure did Jason and congratulations on being my 100th subscriber. Let me know if you get that monster up and running 👍
Rain doesn't damage electronics unless you turn them on while its wet. You could've just left the case open for like two hours and itd've been fine.
A friend of my father’s had one of these when I was little. I thought it was crazy big.
Back on the day the hack for degaussing monitors was to attach both sides of a hard drive magnet to the end of a power drill and get it spinning while moving it in circles in the opposite direction. Worked for me every time.
Growing up in the 90s, my brother screwed our tv up by getting a speaker too close to the screen. It didn't have the degauss feature. I got the wild idea to sit a computer monitor right in front of it so they were screen to screen and turned the monitor on. It degaussed the Tv and it was perfect again. I've since replaced all the crts I had, but the house I moved into recently came with one that still works. Maybe i'll hold onto it for nostalgia sake.
Surprised no one brought up the smell of a warm 80s tv.
A relative had one of these. The front glass was chipped, but it still worked. They ended up throwing it away when they decided to upgrade to a LCD TV.
That's why I topped out at 32" CRT's- biggest/heaviest I could carry by myself back in the day. Short distances from floor to stand or another room
Vowed to never own electronics/AV stuff I couldn't move by myself
Those final years of CRT's and rear projection sets were crazy
At least if you live in a house it's not as hard to transport one if you have something with wheels. But if you live in a commieblock and can't fit it in the elevator, you're fucked.