1983 Projection TV upgraded with HD LCD projection guts! Part 1
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- My retrofit hack of a 1983 RCA rear projection tv with modern Sony LCD HD rear projection internals. The original front panel buttons work, and speakers.
Man...what a beauty. I'm converting a section of my attic room into an 80s room. Can't wait to enjoy all the old movies on VHS again. Or the Pong console, Atari 2600 etc. No internet, no cell phone in this room. I've got to go back in time.
You would love my mancave then, it has early 80's bmx bikes, castle greyskull, retro consoles as far as the eye can see. Welcome to the club.
Dude, just say fuck it and 80’s out the whole jawn!
Are you going to get a Commodore 64
@@user-zx8de8op9l I had one back then. But I almost completely lost interest in games. I don't even like the new ones anymore. A console for some short fun with another person should be enough.
But I already bought a huge rear projection TV and 300 VHS tapes and I love watching them on this TV.
@@jacklarue7049that’s what i would do 😂
I absolutely love that you were able to repair and save old Tvs. I'm a fan of saving old things.
SAVE? HE RUINED IT
SAVE? DUDE HE CUT THE LIFESPAN IN HALF LOL
@@Warp3326cry about it
This is absolutely fantastic, well done! I love the look of this TV...this is the boxy square type projection TV I wanted as a kid, and yours has the best of both worlds now.
No it isnt
That is a beautiful looking piece of equipment! good save!! and excellent restore/mod!! Love it!
Dude that is AWESOME! Great job! That TV looks so nice!
Wow!!! This is so beautiful!! so retro futuristic! I really wanna play the SNES on this! The colors are gonna pop!
Great job so far. Glad you wanted to save this beautiful piece of history.
What a time machine!!!! I miss my old Mitsubishi Crt projection TV in 1989
I do like the original thing, but this was a neat conversion, and you have a good test for movies, too :)
This looks like a stunner, would've been amazing growing up with this TV and playing the PS one on it. Looks ahead of its time.
*Incredible! Thank you for showing me what's possible!*
*You know, it was only 3 weeks ago when I wasn't even aware of what a rear projection TV was* 😅
*I was actually in the market for a CRT to play retro games when I found a beautiful 1981 45" Panasonic CinemaVision TC-4500 (or CT-4500. I'm not sure). It's in great shape but like you've described, didn't look the best, even after cleaning.*
*THIS is what I'd like to do with mine.*
I've always wondered what one of those cheap projectors with a native 480p resolution would look like in an old cabinet like this. Watching DVDs in their 480p native resolution should look really good.
So awesome. I had a 43 inch Hitachi. It had an amazing picture.
Congrats! This looks great.
What a good idea, it looks great.
I still have my old projection tv it’s 24 years old and still going strong
I still have 2. A 1996 Sony and a 1999 Toshiba. I replaced the CRTs some years ago and they are working great for retro gaming.
@@eaglevision993 was it hard to get new CRTs for it? I’d like to replace the CRTs in my tv when they eventually get dim
@@jacobcole7644I got them from Video Display Cooperation (VDC) if I remember it right. But since they are no longer made you must be lucky to get a set of new ones these days. If you really intend to replace them you should always be searching when a set comes up as new old stock. A good source is old TV repair shop liquidations. But they are getting scarce too...
Another good source for obsolete parts is Qservice Electronics.
@@jacobcole7644 Seems my comment got lost....here again:
I got them from VDC Video Display Cooperation as new old stock. Q Service is also a good source for CRT parts as well as TV repair shop liquidations.
But if you plan to replace you should keep looking since they are no longer produced and will only come up every couple of months (years maybe).
Never knew those existed as far back as 1983 wow. It had to be super expensive back then.
Blockbuster, love the nostalgia. lol
This is an incredible feat of a project. I say never get rid of this tv, or of you do, sell it to me lol
ive always wanted to do this, Bravo sir. My aunt and uncle had this same exact tv chassis when i was growing up.
What a beautiful chunky TV
This is fantastic!
Beautiful i appreciate it 👍id fancy such a setup in my home in india also i never knew projection tvs existed in the 80s i thought they were 2000s era thing glad to see your video it felt good
Amazing modification, man. You're very lucky. I'd kill for this set to play my laserdiscs and Snes games....
At this point I'm thinking of buying a 4:3 arcade ips display because square rear projection sets like this are gone the way of the dinosaur in my country,, you never see them pop up.
Where do you live maybe you can buy one of mine
Very cool....I absolutely love the way these old tvs look. They are pleasing to look at in my opinion...they definitely add character to a room. Modern tvs are too boring in my opinion. Great picture but boring.
Believe me, if I could, I would buy one and customize it🤩😍.
This TV really looks good!!
I have a 1957 RCA as well as 1965 color Magnavox
Nice work bud. So much old stuff is just destroyed and trashed. One day it will be very valuable.
holy smokes! this is gorgeous. i'm not a fan of LCD Projectors tbh, but this is the exception. the outter hull is a masterpiece to behold, and to see a non-washed out image on it is doing it justice. i only had a few bad experiences with LCD projectors (flickering pixels, also the blue constantly dying due to overheating.. could have been a bad resistor somewhere, I just gave up). image quality was also a bit wonky, it was jagged compared to a smoother DLP... although, I can see a benefit to the jag. Play NES on it!!! :D
You did a great job
If he did this nowadays he prob get hate mail
Looking great.
A frankenstein tv...nice
This is so sick, that tv is so rare and this guy ruined it
@Chad Boughton. You may want to put a 48 inch 4k LG C1 OLED into this chassis. That will give you a much more CRT like image.
Did a good job
If you do have a Sony KDS46A2000 HDTV, you have a SXRD set. The have great picture quality but they are known to be plagued with green blob issues. It was so bad, many customers filled a class action lawsuit with Sony.
I wonder if you could shift the location of the osd and menus around in the service menu?
Would love to see some restored/modern 4:3 content on there. That's awesome!
EDIT: Oh duh, you gotta show the Synder Cut on it.
I really messed up by not putting a full screen vhs in there for the video
@@ChadBoughton VHS tapes are low quality compared to LaserDiscs though, I would say a full screen LD
Beauty
Awesome!!! Nice Work!
looks good
09:53 just had to see that kkkk
Just wow!!!
i did the same thing with my pioneer this is awesome
You did? Did you use a rear projection chassis or a portable projector? Tell me more....
@@ChadBoughton it was a crt projector too but i used a dlp projecter it was a toshiba 720 1080i 50inch. the pioneer tv was already 16x9 65inch /so i put the toshibe inside it with the toshiba fresnel lens outta it. where the old crt projecter was i installed my av reciever and my vcr dvd combo. alll in all looks great sounds awesome i wanna hook up the buttons how did you do it? that movis in 16x9 you should use the zoom so you dont get the black bars
i did get the pioneer remote working
People like you are the reason crt's are so rare and old tv's.. you litterally cut the lifespan in half@@ChadBoughton
Very cool 😎
cool
Awesome. I have a question did you restore your LD player? If so do you know anyplace that specializes in laserdisc replacement parts? I have a Pioneer CLD D504 that I bought new back in 95. It definitely needs some repairs. My picture looks horrible. I am hoping it just the laser that needs to be replaced.
I've seen a movie with Michael Jackson ... and something like THIS was there ... (?)
What's the film called
1983?
Why is there a bred tie on the ground next to it? What message is this sending?
That I have cats
so what did he do
Ruined the rare tv
ruined it
But overscan problem can fix it？ HDMI connection？better use glossy screen instead of matte🙏📺🌴🤗🖥🤔
dude you dont need a hdmi a regular cable box, or dvd player
@@Warp3326 overscan problem can fix it？
what@@lsg303
This is so wrong 😥
EXACTLY. Everyone here is saying its awesome but it isnt
get this pinned!!!
true
Die hard 3
seems something a boomer would have in his house lol
Where do you think I found it
DIE HARD movies
You just ruined a perfectly good tv holy shit lmfao
Oh piss of!
FAX
shut @@frankderossi795
exactly
be quiet@@frankderossi795
He completely ruined it
I'd offer $1K.
It's so beautiful
but he ruined it
Are you able to get into the service menu?
Muito legal! Parabéns pela tv televisão
As a kid I would have killed for one of those, now 600 hundred thousand million years later I've got a Samsung 98" and Im very happy. Better later than never.
looks just gorgeous!! these absolute behemoths just have a charm to them that i absolutely adore lol. wish i had enough room to fit one of these sets in my home.
They should do a DIY version of Space Screen 45 for any big TV set
Can I install a new front projector (as cheap as possible cost) in my old 60" diag. Hitachi RPTV. Will any type of projector work by projecting directly onto the Fresnel lens screen from the rear? (after gutting old CRT guns)
I was considering making a wine bar / storage out of it but It would be cool to have an image on front.
This guy is so sick
1983 es el Año qué Nací,
Un Televisor del Futuro?
Antes del Siglo XXI
I suggest to set the projector in its menu to always be 4:3 if it supports it, so it wouldn't be cut off. 😉
seriously cool as hell. if i ever get my dream MCM pad and decide to keep a room period correct i would totally try to do something just like this
man if u do this you are a bad person
Nice to see how you have given this gorgeous set a second life. I love this!
Dontcha kno I reely loved your video, eh? Yuh reely pulled oat ALL the stops, ya kno? ‘Die Hard 3:With a Vengeance’ is what it’s all aboot, buddy!
That chassis is beautiful!
I would absolutely love a retro home bar,, with a fancy hifi system.. I've long wondered how I would get a retro tv in there, which would look the part of 20th century luxury.. But with modern convenience.. This would solve all my problems.. an amazing idea!
V cool!!
waw ! good job man. Cheers from Belgium.
Is 2 by 4 just a generic term or something?
In june7 83 i was 10 that year
I would LOVE to squeeze a nice new oled screen inside one of these. Think that'd be possible? Anyways for my 4:3 applications I prefer CRT but that's just me. However, this set is a work of art. It should not be forgotten. Nice mods!
Oled projectors arent a thing
@@Warp3326 doesn't need to project. just retrofit a nice screen into it is what i mean
But a projector would be better and more reliable.@@billy7889
I love projects like these that transform your TV from a regular TV into a better technology
Better? No it isnt. He cut the lifespan in half and ruined it.
*worse technoligy
Beautiful man wow love it
I don't even understand what an LCD rear projection means. I understand the original tv, but not the mod.
Projectors today work by LCD, DLP or LCoC. This has an LCD projection unit in it. So it’s modem viewing in an old enclosure
What was wrong with the old one?@@ChadBoughton
il buy that for a dollar
Epic build 🚀
I love retrofitting so much!!
Ruining*
Nice