I prefer CRT because modern LCD TVs are backlit with LEDs. I already get enough LED light from smartphone screen. CRT screens are a matrix of glowing phosphor dots, easier on the eyes.
@@Warp3326they do wear out though. My grandma had a crt for I don’t even know how long, maybe twenty five years maybe longer, and it was dim as hell. But still lasts way longer than a led strip!
That's cool. You can still use it even after the shutdown of analog TV. In my home in SoCal I can only receive 1 analog channel but with this I can receive them all!
It is more than acceptable, it is better. You don't have to buy a new TV every 5 years when it craps out because the old ones just work and will continue to do so.
@@UncleMikeRetro functioning as intended. The new ones fail to do that pretty rapidly whereas the old ones function just fine after decades. Although the set in this video appears to have a weak CRT, which was common on those specific sets.
It used to be much more vibrant and all. Plus, the signal is weakened going through 3 different connectors. It is slowing down much like myself.@@WalterKnox
Back in January I ordered a cheap magnavox crt off eBay for fun and used it for a bit. I don’t use it much anymore but it might be fun to move it to another room and get a converter box for it to watch live broadcasts.
Yes it's definitely acceptable, I sometimes watch tv on my old Goodman's 2002 crt tv my stepdads friend gave me still brand new in the box from 22 year's ago was the last CRT they had left of the 20 they brought still works, since the digital box for the tv doesn't have some channels that sky tv has cause im from the UK we have sky tv, I use my stepdads old VHS VCR player he recently gave me I record music channels on blank tape especially one's that play music from 80s, 90s and 2000s I play it back on the old tv and it plays it back in analog, it makes the video look old, brilliant love it, never gets old ❤❤
@@UncleMikeRetro absolutely I agree with you, I'm currently recording some programme on channel 5 here in UK on VHS and it's about the Spanish island gran canaria and will watch it on my 2002 CRT TV when I get back home 👍👍👍
Set top boxes work just fine - the bits that fall over are the hard drive which I used every day to record - never watched live TV always buffered my viewing through time shift function & jump fast forwarded through commercial breaks. Surprisingly there is a marvellous method of avoiding ads completely on UA-cam.
In Russia, a lot of people still uses CRT TV with digital tuners. Some of them can’t switch to LCD due to lack of money, others just don’t wanna learn about new technologies, they need only putin and Ukrainian war.
Nice! And it's very accepteble. I don't have a CRT but i do have an older samsung tv from 2009 wich i use as my main tv. My friend has an CRT with built in dvd player in his bedroom and i love it!
@@UncleMikeRetroi used to have 1 but i gave it away when i moved from michigan to florida i couldnt fit it in my car lol it sucks but it is what it is
in Indonesia this object is called a set top box (STB), this object will sell very well in 2022 because in Indonesia the analog signal will shut down at that time. However, many people use CRT TVs because the repair costs are cheap.
I had that exact Zenith Sentry 2 tv. Bought new in 1995 for $250. Crapped out in 2012. Held onto it with intention of fixing but had to move and tossed it in 2020. I wish I kept it. Seeing yours brings back memories. I was 13 when I got it. Saved up all summer for it.
“Zenith, the quality goes in before the name goes on”. We had several Zeniths that worked well for a long time. What a huge difference there is in picture quality back then and now
I have a retro TV from 1976! Those things last for YEARS. I still use it as my main TV in my room. Really fun to stream tv on my apple tv and play retro games on it.
CRT TVs are something alien these days. No one knows you can watch digital on them, or even how to hook them up. They think its something from the game FallOut
Anything built after 2007 has a digital tuner, regardless of the display technology. My GF has a 2010 CRT that can get digital or analog stations. Unfortunately, there is no analog here anymore.
I had this exact tv. Still worked when I donated it after about 12 years. I think it was just taking longer to turn on and had some lines that disappeared once on for a bit. They still sell the digital boxes on Amazon. Some can even record programs onto thumb drives or hard drives.
That’s crazy! I bought a new tv this year and was amazed there was no RCA plug on the back. Got so used to that always being an option! Now it’s HDMI, Digital Optical, and Bluetooth. Times have changed.
@@UncleMikeRetro Thanks! Sadly, it doesn't work, so I'm gonna need to see if I can repair it. My guess is that there are cracked solder joints somewhere
I’m still using a CRT 33” , and my converter box has been out for a few days- gotta grab a new one, because new crap is designed to fail! TVs got a more rich picture than the new flats- December 2023- Merry CHRISTMAS!
Nothing lasts forever but your TV is going to be completely obsolete whenever ATSC 3.0 rolls out in your area. Not to worry because AT&T 1.0 will remain in most areas for a long time. The reason is because they're having trouble trying to convert over and it's just in the early stages. I mean it's going to get so bad that even some HDTV's won't work because you need to have an ATSC 3.0 tuner. But that's for another day I'm just saying that eventually you won't be able to pick up any signals.
It's more than acceptable. Unfortunately for me the switch to digital left people in my area needing cable or satellite. Even with a really nice antenna setup it's hard to get a strong enough signal on more than a couple channels. At least with analog we could watch through the static.
I still use a 13" sylvania tv for my kitchen, with one of these boxes (made by dish network). The benefit of the dish one is it has a program guide, like one of their satellite boxes would. It's called the "DTV Pal".
ATSC broadcasts have information for a minimum of 24 hours ahead, but some go up to a week or two ahead. The info is picked up over the air by the box (or TV, or whatever) and displayed. @@UncleMikeRetro
Where can I get one of those connections? I bought an 80’s TV and I’m trying so many way to link up my phone, normal TV stations but I can seem to find anything
@@UncleMikeRetro it only appears on the back of my TV an RCA Connection port of yellow white and black! (Black is for red). I usually use it to connect my NES and other retro games however there is an old NES connection cord that I have called ‘Nintendo RF Switch’ aka nes control dech, there is a connection of that on the back of the TV but nothing else. So what am I asking? I would love to connect a current computer next to the TV or have a small box that have other connections attached to that TV with HDMI ports to connect my Nintendo switch/PS5, to have access to Netflix, even regular channels on live TV, exactly like the main box for a digital TV today
Put that CRT TV in the museum I just bought a brand new TV from Best Buy 50 inch, one of the best things I did in a long time, got it on sale too modern technology is best
These TV's still being completely valid, if you're into retrogamimg they are actually mandatory if you want to play with the right imagine and not having input lag, old stuff is intended to be used with old stuff
No Analog TV can play digital signals fed directly to it. Those digital signals must be converted to equivalent analog video signal before connecting the output to the analog TV. That is what has happened here.
Of course that is the case! But, you can still say it is playing digital signals as there are no analog signals on the air. Semantics, sure, but still fun to watch TV on an old set 😏
The first generation digital TV tuners were not made as well as current ones. The current digital tv boxes are much better made. The newer versions run cooler and less likely to overheat and malfunction.
@@UncleMikeRetro I used to have the Dish network DTV PAL,that box had no ventilation holes,after a few hours of use the box would malfunction and a reset was needed.
mostly don't have afford buy led tv chose old crt in province like here in the Philippines very important to use that specialy news & weather jist hook up with any digital receiver
@@visible9475 you would need to connect the video composite cable to the yellow connector, but as far as the audio, if you do not combine the red and white (right and left) channels into one signal to input into the TV, you will lose one whole channel and possibly critical audio information.
Teacher: "and this is what people used to watch television on in the 1990s and early 2000s..." :some kid..BOOOORING! If you don't get what I'm saying I'll break it down...I'm saying in the future these old TV's and DVD and VHS players will be seen as relics from the distance past...
@@UncleMikeRetro they're trying to make us more dependent on them, changing things in such a way to try to obsolete the things we had. For example light bulbs,the filament was made in a way to last forever,but because ppl only bought one,sales went down so they started to make the filaments thinner and whit lower grade materials,so that we had to by more. Another example plastic,we are hostages of plastic,the world doesn't work whit out plastic,the world as we know comes to an end,every thing uses plastic from our phones ,credit cards,cars,bikes,airplanes computers,trafic signs,shoes ,clothes,etc...
@@UncleMikeRetro yes its friend.. I've read about a firehouse somewhere in the states,same 10 ago still had the first one and only light bulb... But I'm not sure if I'm right,it was couple minutes back,and I don't remember
Yes, it works fine for most things. There is no need to spend a bunch of money. An old set of rabbit ears, a $40 converter box, and a TV you already own are just fine. I can get over 100 channels that way. Some of them even might has something I might want to watch.
You can use your CRT TV again even after 2009 when analog signals were shut down
Exactly! So old school!
with digital converter box
@@AkaDimensiondo I need to plug in an antenna tho or no?
@@IM_ROCKSHROOM yes you'll need that to be plugged to the converter box
Somehow I tuned my tv to analog and every channel work's
Fun fact: The last CRT TV was manufactured in 2015 out of recycled parts by a company called Videocon.
neat-o! does that count?
@@UncleMikeRetro I’m pretty sure it counts as retro if that’s what you’re talking about.
i mean new/used 2015 TV is interesting for sure
There is a company - ONE company - still making CRTs, I believe.
Did it have digital or analog signal?
CRT is still the best for retro cartridge gaming consoles. It’s definitely acceptable!
100% agree! This CRT still runs my MAME system.
I prefer CRT because modern LCD TVs are backlit with LEDs. I already get enough LED light from smartphone screen. CRT screens are a matrix of glowing phosphor dots, easier on the eyes.
And for PS2/Gamecube/Xbox
CRT's are far more reliable too.. And the quality isnt even that bad
@@Warp3326they do wear out though. My grandma had a crt for I don’t even know how long, maybe twenty five years maybe longer, and it was dim as hell. But still lasts way longer than a led strip!
I like to be woken up by my Panasonic turning itself on, plays an alarm, and then when I wake up the news is already on TV
neat-o!
That's cool. You can still use it even after the shutdown of analog TV. In my home in SoCal I can only receive 1 analog channel but with this I can receive them all!
Heck yes! Still love that static noise!
is the analog tv channel KWHY 22?
@@xboxgamer9626 No, it was KZNO.
@@xboxgamer9626 Mabye they also have an analog channel as well?
@@xboxgamer9626 No it was KZNO.
It is more than acceptable, it is better. You don't have to buy a new TV every 5 years when it craps out because the old ones just work and will continue to do so.
well, "working" is a matter of opinion 😁
@@UncleMikeRetro functioning as intended. The new ones fail to do that pretty rapidly whereas the old ones function just fine after decades. Although the set in this video appears to have a weak CRT, which was common on those specific sets.
It used to be much more vibrant and all. Plus, the signal is weakened going through 3 different connectors. It is slowing down much like myself.@@WalterKnox
In my home, we are still using CRT TV😅 but we're using set top box for digital signal
just like this! Nice
The set top box already has done the digital to analog video Signal conversion internally, else you could not view the video.
Don't look at new TVs especially Oled. They are so much better you'll catch up to the times lol
CRT TV has a particular smells
that I could not forget when I was a kid....
🤭
ah! the warmup ionization smells! 😎
WOW I grew up with these Zeniths.
darn right you did! 🤣 i got mine when i was already a little grown up, but it still has that emotional impact to me
Back in January I ordered a cheap magnavox crt off eBay for fun and used it for a bit. I don’t use it much anymore but it might be fun to move it to another room and get a converter box for it to watch live broadcasts.
more fun to have people over for "the game" and see what they say 🤣
Here in europe we have still analog signal in Bosna and herzegovina and Turkey.
That makes sense until the telecom infrastructure catches up
i love to use crt tv bcz it give me something unique feelings. but a few show or movies I still watch it on an led tv
I get a little warm and fuzzy too!
Facts
@@UncleMikeRetro trueee
Yes it's definitely acceptable, I sometimes watch tv on my old Goodman's 2002 crt tv my stepdads friend gave me still brand new in the box from 22 year's ago was the last CRT they had left of the 20 they brought still works, since the digital box for the tv doesn't have some channels that sky tv has cause im from the UK we have sky tv, I use my stepdads old VHS VCR player he recently gave me I record music channels on blank tape especially one's that play music from 80s, 90s and 2000s I play it back on the old tv and it plays it back in analog, it makes the video look old, brilliant love it, never gets old ❤❤
That's a nice story! yeah, the static and analog screen look never gets "old" 😍
@@UncleMikeRetro absolutely I agree with you, I'm currently recording some programme on channel 5 here in UK on VHS and it's about the Spanish island gran canaria and will watch it on my 2002 CRT TV when I get back home 👍👍👍
memories!
Set top boxes work just fine - the bits that fall over are the hard drive which I used every day to record - never watched live TV always buffered my viewing through time shift function & jump fast forwarded through commercial breaks. Surprisingly there is a marvellous method of avoiding ads completely on UA-cam.
I grew up with ads and never got into the skipping culture, but I get the tiresomeness of them 😁
That Zenith Sentry II CRT was my childhood.
I spent a good chunk of my early years cherishing a black and white TV. and rabbit ears!
It’s your tv do what you want!
Right? Mine!
I had one of those TVs good memories
That is why I keep it. Someday I have to let go.
In Russia, a lot of people still uses CRT TV with digital tuners. Some of them can’t switch to LCD due to lack of money, others just don’t wanna learn about new technologies, they need only putin and Ukrainian war.
good way to put it! 🤣
Man when he turned that tv on idk man something inside me just clicked 😭 I think I miss the old days 😫😫😫😫😫
it was like learning to live all over again 😒
Nice! And it's very accepteble. I don't have a CRT but i do have an older samsung tv from 2009 wich i use as my main tv. My friend has an CRT with built in dvd player in his bedroom and i love it!
It reminds me how far we've come. Plus nostalgia!
I love old crts with wood grain on them ❤
I wish this one had that classic look
@@UncleMikeRetroi used to have 1 but i gave it away when i moved from michigan to florida i couldnt fit it in my car lol it sucks but it is what it is
i am saddened, but we can't keep everything. i didn't either
I use CRT TV in 2023 and i love it ❤
i am afraid to turn it on TOO much. one day pop and then darkness in my life
@@UncleMikeRetro My CRT is in excellent condition after about 20 - 30 years of life.
they die when they choose to die. condition means nothing at that age@@benjiocz
@@UncleMikeRetro I know.
All you need for that Insignia DTV tuner is a Insignia Universal Remote
Man! Last thing I need is an Insignia household 🤣
@@UncleMikeRetro And if you got any old consoles they'll go perfectly for that TV
wife might object to more retro furniture but great thought!
Of course this is normal and I 100% appreciate you and your zenith!
The Zenith and I thank you 😎
in Indonesia this object is called a set top box (STB), this object will sell very well in 2022 because in Indonesia the analog signal will shut down at that time. However, many people use CRT TVs because the repair costs are cheap.
nice to see these getting some love even today
Yup! Still got my old-school 📺 and it still works!
darn right it does!
Im like this TV 😊
ok, I'll ask: How's that? old and analog? 🤣
I found the exact one you got brand new in the box for seven dollars at savers! I can finally use my analog tv!
Nice! I WISH this one was in the box!
That TV will last more years than those smart tvs.
it has already outlived a few!
@@UncleMikeRetro Amazing quality, my family had a Sony Trinitron Flat CRT that lived like for 15-18 years.
Perfect TVs for playing PSOne games on it.
I use this one for my MAME gaming! same!
@@UncleMikeRetro nice!.
I had that exact Zenith Sentry 2 tv. Bought new in 1995 for $250. Crapped out in 2012. Held onto it with intention of fixing but had to move and tossed it in 2020. I wish I kept it. Seeing yours brings back memories. I was 13 when I got it. Saved up all summer for it.
awww man! i feel ya! I kept this one. It has been to Europe and back twice.
“Zenith, the quality goes in before the name goes on”. We had several Zeniths that worked well for a long time. What a huge difference there is in picture quality back then and now
agreed! also, i think this TV looked better back in the 90's too. it is aged
I have a retro TV from 1976! Those things last for YEARS. I still use it as my main TV in my room. Really fun to stream tv on my apple tv and play retro games on it.
I arcade game on mine. Those old games were meant for it!
Some households in Romania still have this EXACT SAME setup 😂
I want to send my sympathies, but what is best? To each their own?
You can send it to the old ladies in villages @@UncleMikeRetro
I had a Zenith one until a few years ago, it worked great when I needed it.
Right on. Zenith here too, of course. Real workhorse!
Is fantastic tv old beautiful
Runs like a champ too! 😁
Subscribed! Hopefully I can find a small analog TV and a digital converter at my Goodwill one of these days.
Honestly id prefer this tv over the modern flat screen smart tv
Ha! My TV thanks you!
@@UncleMikeRetro np
thanks BGRFHBHIFCCNVJNKXNK i eat lettuce okay if u bathtub then go wayw
sam says hi
CRT TVs are something alien these days. No one knows you can watch digital on them, or even how to hook them up. They think its something from the game FallOut
They almost ARE!
Anything built after 2007 has a digital tuner, regardless of the display technology. My GF has a 2010 CRT that can get digital or analog stations. Unfortunately, there is no analog here anymore.
none? seems there are some somewhere, everywhere
Best part of the swtich was not being able to watch TV because the signal was never strong enough. 😅
and then we all switched to streaming TV 🤔
Nostalgic
that is the point! 😁
Gort looks angry when the TV is off.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) a MUST SEE classic!
yeah, the OLD classic!
As i am viewing this in 2024 I vstill have among my original converter box & my big 32" TV Medium Big Size still going strong. 💪 📺
these are things you just can't ever replace. you know?
I had this exact tv. Still worked when I donated it after about 12 years. I think it was just taking longer to turn on and had some lines that disappeared once on for a bit.
They still sell the digital boxes on Amazon. Some can even record programs onto thumb drives or hard drives.
"donated", huh? 🥰 I looked up the disposal cost the other day. over $100 by weight
it is useful if you want to make your Monitor a tv
For sure. Of course, you have to have an older monitor with RCA inputs though.
I found a DTV converter with an HDMI in port, so now I can hook up modern consoles to my CRT 😂
I've never heard of that. Nice find!
That’s crazy! I bought a new tv this year and was amazed there was no RCA plug on the back. Got so used to that always being an option! Now it’s HDMI, Digital Optical, and Bluetooth. Times have changed.
@@UncleMikeRetro Thanks! Sadly, it doesn't work, so I'm gonna need to see if I can repair it. My guess is that there are cracked solder joints somewhere
Quality Go's in, Before the Name Go's On!😊
it was the Zenith of technology then!
The tv looks like tv mans head
that went above my head 🤨
I still have a widescreem crt in my basement. I use it for playing with my old console
same thing I use mine for!
The issue with CRT TV is the size. Sadly now everything is in widescreen and it makes everything squished. That was the problem back then too.
yeah, lots of black bars
@@UncleMikeRetro yea for sure it a squished image.
😒
CRT TVs are my CHILDHOOD❤️
they were part of my ADULTHOOD too 🥰
I’m still using a CRT 33” , and my converter box has been out for a few days- gotta grab a new one, because new crap is designed to fail! TVs got a more rich picture than the new flats-
December 2023- Merry CHRISTMAS!
merry Christmas back at ya!
Nothing lasts forever but your TV is going to be completely obsolete whenever ATSC 3.0 rolls out in your area. Not to worry because AT&T 1.0 will remain in most areas for a long time. The reason is because they're having trouble trying to convert over and it's just in the early stages. I mean it's going to get so bad that even some HDTV's won't work because you need to have an ATSC 3.0 tuner. But that's for another day I'm just saying that eventually you won't be able to pick up any signals.
makes sense. remember, though, that us Retro Guys keep things no matter what
It's more than acceptable. Unfortunately for me the switch to digital left people in my area needing cable or satellite. Even with a really nice antenna setup it's hard to get a strong enough signal on more than a couple channels. At least with analog we could watch through the static.
static is my favorite channel!
I still use a 13" sylvania tv for my kitchen, with one of these boxes (made by dish network). The benefit of the dish one is it has a program guide, like one of their satellite boxes would. It's called the "DTV Pal".
I am surprised the channel guide still works.
ATSC broadcasts have information for a minimum of 24 hours ahead, but some go up to a week or two ahead. The info is picked up over the air by the box (or TV, or whatever) and displayed. @@UncleMikeRetro
Dish cashing in on those sweet sweet government contracts/cash incentives!
Where can I get one of those connections? I bought an 80’s TV and I’m trying so many way to link up my phone, normal TV stations but I can seem to find anything
Which connection are you referring to? Glad to weigh in.
@@UncleMikeRetro it only appears on the back of my TV an RCA Connection port of yellow white and black! (Black is for red). I usually use it to connect my NES and other retro games however there is an old NES connection cord that I have called ‘Nintendo RF Switch’ aka nes control dech, there is a connection of that on the back of the TV but nothing else.
So what am I asking? I would love to connect a current computer next to the TV or have a small box that have other connections attached to that TV with HDMI ports to connect my Nintendo switch/PS5, to have access to Netflix, even regular channels on live TV, exactly like the main box for a digital TV today
Crt can watch digital signal like me in thailand i love crt tvs its my favorite thing to keep it
you have to. you'll never get another working one (probably)
i have a working one but i wait 5-10 minutes to get the power on
I miss those old tv, flat screens break too easily. I hate the tv antenna nowadays
same. this is the only reason that I keep this beast alive
We used an antenna from November 2022 to February 2023. We got 5 channels....it was really really really boring.
Lots of crap and shopping!
If you need some company, it's acceptable.
appreciate that!
Still use a converter box and antennae on my old crt
my man!
DTV is still Relevant. I still pick up 72 channels strong
you know, yours is the first comment from an area saturated with digital on the air channels!
@@UncleMikeRetro I just put an antenna from the 80s on my roof and played with the signal reader on the box while adjusting
good man!
Cool find.
Even better, I've had the TV since new. The Goodwill find, yes, superb for a few bucks!
Put that CRT TV in the museum I just bought a brand new TV from Best Buy 50 inch, one of the best things I did in a long time, got it on sale too modern technology is best
my home kinda is a museum. i should charge for admittance 😁
Bro it's not playing "digital signal", it's playing a digital signal converted to analog.
Bro! Of course it is, but for fun, let's pretend it's really playing modern digital content 🤓 humor an old man
Bravo bravo bravo
Taking a bow for my retro thriftyness
Strong set top box. Yes. Decoder.
$3 find!
Awesome!
Old school static!
@@UncleMikeRetro music to my ears!
These TV's still being completely valid, if you're into retrogamimg they are actually mandatory if you want to play with the right imagine and not having input lag, old stuff is intended to be used with old stuff
100% with you my friend!
No Analog TV can play digital signals fed directly to it. Those digital signals must be converted to equivalent analog video signal before connecting the output to the analog TV. That is what has happened here.
Of course that is the case! But, you can still say it is playing digital signals as there are no analog signals on the air. Semantics, sure, but still fun to watch TV on an old set 😏
@@UncleMikeRetro Yes
Well outside USA we still use converters, i use mine as a pvr and media player
nice! some life left after all
@@UncleMikeRetro in Mexico supermarkets still sell them and people use them mostly for those reasons
Cool!
Just like old times!
I used to have that TV but the picture stopped showing 😢
sad! one day this one will fail too.
The first generation digital TV tuners were not made as well as current ones. The current digital tv boxes are much better made. The newer versions run cooler and less likely to overheat and malfunction.
ya know, this one does get a little warm
@@UncleMikeRetro I used to have the Dish network DTV PAL,that box had no ventilation holes,after a few hours of use the box would malfunction and a reset was needed.
wonder if you could have drilled a few vent holes? hindsight is 20/20 of course. unless you were just renting it
@@UncleMikeRetro It was bought. I had drilled some holes on the box,it lasted for another 5 years then it quitted on me eventually.
Get a VCR, hook it up to your tv, get some blank VHS tapes and you can record shows off of television
a! yeah. Sesame Street and Home Shopping! maybe not... 😮
Fun fact: that the same tv from skibidi toilet as the tv man if you don’t know it watch it good
well what the F? maybe I need to do a short as the REAL skibidi TV man myself!
Awesome man!😎
Thanks pal 😁
mostly don't have afford buy led tv chose old crt in province like here in the Philippines very important to use that specialy news & weather jist hook up with any digital receiver
yes, there is still a purpose to these old things!
In 2024 still working no cable bills this way
yes! But the selection is limited?
Hello. I just subscribed. I will learn more about this technology thank you. I have a old Sony 📺
Do we need to connect the audio and video cables to both components or are there exceptions?
thanks for subbing and I am here to try to help 😎
@@visible9475 you would need to connect the video composite cable to the yellow connector, but as far as the audio, if you do not combine the red and white (right and left) channels into one signal to input into the TV, you will lose one whole channel and possibly critical audio information.
In Philippines analog tv is still on air until now
until now or is it STILL on the air?
@@UncleMikeRetro yes sir... It's still on air
Tv system in my country
Was NTSC 3.58
In digital
Is Japanese technology
Isdbt-t (not atsc 3.0)
I read an article days ago that they're shutting it down soon
nowadays, it comes with hdmi ports
ha! yeah, nowadays 😏
Teacher: "and this is what people used to watch television on in the 1990s and early 2000s..."
:some kid..BOOOORING!
If you don't get what I'm saying I'll break it down...I'm saying in the future these old TV's and DVD and VHS players will be seen as relics from the distance past...
Don't underestimate our ability to get your point 🤣
I think they are ALREADY relics to the next generation after the Zoomers
@@UncleMikeRetro maybe I'm just blinded by denial...cause I used VHS when I was a kid and don't want to admit it's as old as it actually is
try being my age. we're all in denial. glad you liked my TV though, pal!@@CREEPER_CRAFT_YT
@@UncleMikeRetro I love these TV's theres a certain charm about them that I can't get enough of
I like digital circus
who wouldn't?
I think this box is Digital Set Top Box or Receiver. I have one, but mine is for Satellite TV. But now, I use Online Streaming TV on Laptop 😅
I think they called them set top boxes back then
Nice video.
Many many thanks
I got my first CRT at a thrift store a couple months ago and it only has an antenna port.
That makes it harder to input signals. not impossible...
you can use a Vcr to use rca jacks
what i can tell you that u can use something like rf modulator or vhf uhf modulator if the converter box doesn't come with rf out
@@rhnn9399 true, also my TV has coaxial input anyway, so that is an option too.
Nice video ☺️ can you make a video showing a 90s television with lost signal grains and no signal colours? 😅
hmmm. I may need you to guide me to something online like you are describing. I'd love to try if I understood the assignment better 😎
@@UncleMikeRetro 90s television Screen static bars, no signal black and white grains and colour bars 😅
imma try!
@@UncleMikeRetro thank you ☺️
I still have a flat screen CRT TV but not sure if it works. The digital converter (still in the box) and remote I have no idea. 🤷♀️
we all keep what we can't bear to get rid of. all of us
Of course it will work. I never quit using mine. CRTs forever!!!
ha! I say that until it goes POOF someday 😒
@@UncleMikeRetro that's why we get a stock pile of them
really? what the heck when you have to dispose of them as they die?
@@UncleMikeRetro I will dispose of them according to the laws when that happens.
Really cool i am gen z tho where crankable tvs a thing i am really interested in old school retro
good for you! everything comes back again eventually!
It’s not a player it’s a Digital tv analog converter.
well, of course it is!
CRT TV still produced in my country.But your tv picture seems to be cut off
the converter box forces a different format on it.
I still use in 2024
same (as you can see)
@@UncleMikeRetro they're trying to make us more dependent on them, changing things in such a way to try to obsolete the things we had. For example light bulbs,the filament was made in a way to last forever,but because ppl only bought one,sales went down so they started to make the filaments thinner and whit lower grade materials,so that we had to by more. Another example plastic,we are hostages of plastic,the world doesn't work whit out plastic,the world as we know comes to an end,every thing uses plastic from our phones ,credit cards,cars,bikes,airplanes computers,trafic signs,shoes ,clothes,etc...
i can't disagree. the first bulbs ever made, some of them, still work in odd places.
@@UncleMikeRetro yes its friend.. I've read about a firehouse somewhere in the states,same 10 ago still had the first one and only light bulb... But I'm not sure if I'm right,it was couple minutes back,and I don't remember
Sorry if my English ain't perfect I hope I did explain myself with out saying nothing offensive
Old technology looks better
it feels that way to me too.
I mean RCA is an analog component, so naturally it’s gonna display a picture onto your tv.
ha! You miss the point. Of course it WORKS. It's the fun of an old staticky TV set 😎
I remember you could get a coupon up to 2 of them to get it for free. And I use several addresses to get it
oh yeah! the FCC "apology" for your lifetime inconvenience!
My god Buy that! It is an amazing TV DXing digital box. And a overly powered DTV box for locals!
I did buy it! and for $3.00
Happy days long live CRT
The best
That is very cool
It marvels me each time it powers on!
Yes, it works fine for most things. There is no need to spend a bunch of money. An old set of rabbit ears, a $40 converter box, and a TV you already own are just fine. I can get over 100 channels that way. Some of them even might has something I might want to watch.
right? its not the picture, but the lack of content most days!