Man, that 36” Sony is insane. I helped a friend move his 36” Sony out of his 3rd floor apartment many years ago. Unfortunately he took it to Best Buy to have it recycled when he first upgraded to an LCD. I found out a few months after he got rid of it and was mortified
I have a KV-32XBR400 weighing in at around 200 pounds, your TV is roughly 250 pounds insane! When I first purchased it, I still live with my parents and my bedroom was on the second floor. My dad and I broke our backs bringing it up to my room and I told myself I’d never do that again. Eventually it stopped working and recycled the TV, but then one day I saw a craigslist ad for a free Nintendo Wii. Found out that to take the Wii I had to take a few other items, or no deal. Well, one of the other items was a Sony TV, the exact same model I bought back in 1999. I was so happy that I got a working exact replacement to the broken Sony TV, still works great today.
Could be worse technically..friend had me help move a piano just for him to hire people to throw it out months later…it was up a flight of stairs too. Who cares about the piano it’s more so the principal lol
I need to step my game up! I only have 3 CRT's and I thought that I might have gone a little overboard. This is great motivation and might I say, terrific set up man.
Sounds like you have a great little set up. I may of went a little overboard haha but if you can snag some more nice crts I'd do it! They are going to eventually dry up
What a cozy and badass room, I wish I could dedicate a whole room just for my games and CRTs but I can't so I only have 3 CRTs throughout the house, still I'm pretty content with them, I have a SD Sony VVEGA manufactured in October of 2008 one of the last made with less than a 100hrs of use, it was from my grandparents (I guard it with my life), and one of those Widescreen Sonys which is what I use all the time to play stuff including modern games and I also have a 38" LG FLATRON which was our family TV made in 2002 and is massive and awesome, what I do have a ton nowadays is CRT PC monitors which I love collecting and since they don't take too much space I can have many, they offer very high resolutions and refresh rates and great picture quality that still blows LCDs out of the water, the only thing coming close to them is my new 4K OLED monitor but for old 3D games nothing beats them, PC games look awesome and console games through an emulator running them at 4K internal resolution makes them look like modern games, it sucks to think that someday these CRTs are going to die, nothing can truly replace them but at least we still have the chance to enjoy them.
If only they made CRT's for like 5 more years... Like the shallow-depth sets Samsung were pioneering in the mid 00's. Imagine multiscan 240p to 1080p 16:9 sets, with 1920 actual TVL resolution, going all the way up to 2160i... Just imagine if these were common place, up to sizes of say 45"... What a dream.... Little do people know, it's not just the motion, multiple resolution support amd contrast that make these the ultimate, but it's also their unsurpassed light quality (CRI) of 90+. Reference is CRI 100 (sunlight). Plasma was 70+, LCD 50+, QD/OLED 40+, microLED 30+.... It just keeps getting worse because of energy efficiency pressures and woder colour gamut rubbish. Artificial light will always look harsh and unnatural. Garbage in garbage out. To this day CRT still produces the most natural light and colour and only future upmap-dithering can possibly mitigate this perceptibly. My guess is that display manufacturer shot callers made the decision to kill off their CRT production just as the tech was becoming more feasible for true HD widescreen, because they knew it would kill the market adoption of disgusting LCD's where obscenely increased profit margins were to be had. My thoughts
the only next choice is a high end PLASMA TV they also use phosphorus like CRT you can get them for like 100$ now days but if you are looknig into decent LCD tv i suggest the CCFL type with SPVA panels.(i suggest a sony ) these came out around 2008 2009 ish.. the Coloring rendering is pretty decent.. at 82+% the SPVA is the king of LCDS just don't get the HCFL those have poor color rendering
@@theantiveganchannel3596 Yes, for example a Bravia 40W5500. Great CCFL TV. Plasma's are even cheaper. I have 2, one was 30€, the other one 0€. Just make sure it is a Panasonic. LG's are really bad. My Panasonic plasma's are really amazing, even more stunning than the 40W5500, but the LCD is suitable for computer use (browsing and such), on a plasma you get nuts of the flicker, which is just like a CRT: if you run a plasma on 24p for a movie, and leave it like that, then browsing is a nightmare. On 60Hz it is doable, but an LCD has the edge here, with sample-and-hold, and a backlight running at like 10000Hz.
The old wooden console sets have always been my favorite. Reminds me of my grandparents' house. They used the same 25" Zenith for decades, and it belonged to my great grandma before that. I still remember the mess of different adapters my grandpa had rigged up so they could connect their satellite box to it.
this is such an amazing vibe. i was born in 2000 so by the time i was a bit older and started really getting into technology and playing video games and stuff, i didn't really use CRT's that long before flat screens became a thing so i don't really have any nostalgia for them. but i would absolutely love to be in a room like this and sit back and play some older consoles on a CRT
I was born 2000 so I feel you on that. By the time I was around 13 or so it was all flat screens at my parents. I just assumed that I thought PS2 looked better back in the day because of nostalgia. Then I hooked up a crt at my grandma's house and wow it actually looked good. So I took the tv home with me lol.
Your Toshiba 30HF83C is a nice one. It's made by Toshiba and not Orion, and has a high quality Japanese Toshiba Microfilter tube. It should be lag-free at 1080i, have some lag at 480p though. The previous model years 1999-2002 Toshiba HD CRTs do lag-free 480p as well as 1080i. Keep an eye out for Toshiba's large size 32" and 35-36" standard def models from the 90s-early 2000s as well. They are very good tubes.
So lag, that’s what I was going to comment on. I have a Sony KV30HS510 as well. I hooked up my NES and I found punch out to be too laggy in every “mode”, cinema, pro, etc. I honestly never really notice lag but I did here. I moved the NES to my Sony BVM and it was good. How does the Toshiba achieve no lag on certain inputs? Is the Sony similar I wonder
you are 100% correct in thinking that old game consoles are best played on CRTs. And there's a good reason for that: the game assets were designed expressly to take advantage of some of the characteristics and deficiencies of CRT technology in order to produce an image that has more detail or could be made on a console that couldn't otherwise produce such effects if it had to be rendered properly. Translucency and certain lighting effects being made with dithering is one example while sub-pixel rendering is another. Basically, sprites and low polygon models tend to look better on a CRT due to natural anti-aliasing combined with the way that colors tend to smear slightly between phosphor groups as the electron beam sweeps past. There have been videos and articles about it where they show what the console is outputting compared to how it looks on a CRT and the difference is startling. It's why the old 16 and 32-bit games look like trash compared to how you remember them looking on a CRT. It's also why a lot of gamers who really love that particular generation of console but also have newer consoles capable of outputting 720p/1080i will just have two CRTs (or more) in their collection so they can take more advantage of how the art assets were designed to take advantage of standard definition CRT displays. Honestly, given that CRTs are a finite resource and a consumable one, if you've got the space then there's no shame in hoarding as many good examples as you can find while they're still available and not horrendously expensive. Most people nowadays just don't understand their appeal, and that's a good thing for retro game enthusiasts. I still want to buy a 720p/1080i model to use with my GTX960 with a DVI to component cable for gaming. There's just an aesthetic to how CRTs render images that appeals to me. It's less like looking at a moving picture and more like looking through a window. Unfortunately, I have no space.
Amazing collection!! Especially that Batman one I really want one now😄 I didn’t know it existed so thank you for showing it!! I only have one right now it’s a Panasonic VHS combo in white 😊 it’s on my channel if you want to see it
Happy to share! You never stop learning in this hobby. I love the old crts with vhs players. Your lucky to have it. Thanks for watching and stopping by!
I had a 27 inch Wega from around 2002 or 2003, growing up. I think the weight on it was 160 or 180 lbs, difficult to remember exactly, but they are heavy. All CRT TVs have some heft but the Sonys in particular were built different, no joke moving those around.
Love the CRT tvs 📺 I had to get one for my Game Room the picture isn't the best sound is decent and on wheels it's a RCA Colortrak Plus missing the remote can't remember what the model number is there's AV ports but they don't work got it through Marketplace quite a while ago
@@theconsolecollector Yeah I like this one cause it's on wheels I have everything running through RF to AV Switchers there's scanlines I took the back panel off one day and there's no wires going to the AV ports
I have a SHARP 27FS43 and its amazing for (ps2 by component cables recomended) ps1, Dreamcast, SNES (s video) and PHILIPS 27PT6442 for my xbox and component for dvd movies old movies in fullscreen...
Awesome collection, I'll have to check but I think I have the same kv32 trinitron and absolutely love it. That was heavy enough to get into the game room, slid it down my stairs on a pillow haha, I can't imagine that 36" behemoth, wow! Edit: my bad, mine is a kv-32fv15 older model(1999)
Thank you for taking the time and sharing the knowledge in this video, amazing collection and great information for newbies like me, also u throw me back to those days when we used to play in our friend houses those great games like Halo 3 didn't know it exist something like that split screen it would be a amazing having a game night in your basement congratulations with the collection :)
if you want BIG crt get the WEGA not a xbr well its personal choice really but if you want it for pure performance the wega trinitrons are by far better than the xbr's they have a better refresh rate, and fun fact if you have a broken crt you can buy new modern boards for them other countries still se crt's so there is still a market for them they just are not made by the major manufactures anymore.
That Sony XBR is a great t.v. but unfortunately isn't not good for gaming. It does have latency lag. I'm only pointing this out for other people, but otherwise it's bad ass because it is a CRT that does allow for progressive scan, which for movies that are in full screen, it is going to look really good.
Nice CRT collection! Hey console collector will you do another updated rare gamecube game video? Would love to see an updated one with prices sky rocketing the way they are today!
Always was a JVC guy myself when it comes to CRTs. The iArt or D-Series JVCs are among the best as well. Any of the 1998-2006 CRTs from JVC, SONY, Panasonic, Hitachi, etc. are all great from what I've seen. The flat CRTs that were out towards the end of CRTs in stores are my favorites. You've got some great TVs there. I remember the GXTv coming out when I was in middle school, I wanted that thing so bad lol.
@@petejones6827 Any of those brands top level sets sell for big $. Trinitron was great, no doubt. But later on, they slapped that label on anything. If you know Toyotas, it was like SR5. SR5, Trinitron used to mean something lol..
@@J.Wick. they didnt slap it on anything sony sold the rights to use their technology to other manufacturers you should look up what makes a tube a trinitron tv its not just some label sony MASTERED crt's no one could make one as good they figured it out and patented the technology. if a tv said trinitron it was using sony technology.
Having seen both, the D series and the Trinis are really competitive with each other. Would love to have seen them brand new, as the phosphors on every crt are at least a little worn by this point.
All sorts of crt goodness. The doors on that Samsung GX tv are so damn cool! Dude DUDE! We were literally just talking about the Batman tv and vcr combo. One of our local pawnshops has it but it’s not for sale ugh! We could have gotten a free Trinitron last year but it got snatch up so damn fast we didn’t even have a chance. We have a wide screen crt with hdmi as well but not a Sony trinitron. We really enjoy ours too. Bahahaha so many trinitrons! Love the idea of a big LAN party especially Left 4 dead. Love how perfectly that little tv fits above the GameCube cabinet display. The kiosks are so cool as well: Scott and I constantly gush about how impressive your collection. Great video.
The lan party's are a blast. I'd love to lan party with you guys someday! Happy you have an hd crt. Keep it safe they are getting tough to find! Honestly if shipping wasn't a nightmare I'd probly sell you my batman combo. Just not in love with it anymore
The figurines are idolatry. People must repent idolatry, covetousness and greed, or they will be punished in Hell. Exodus 20:3-6 "You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments." Revelation 21:8 "But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, IDOLATERS, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death." Luke 12:15 Jesus Christ said: "And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all COVETOUSNESS, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." 1 Corinthians 6:10 "nor thieves, nor the GREEDY, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." Mark 7:21-23 "For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come - sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, GREED, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person."
Without watching the video I would say my preferred CRT form factor is the traditional 4:3 cylindrical Trinitron. Better than the "fishbowl", but not flat enough to feel too 2000s for 5th gen gaming and older but still looks great with 6th gen. I get the praise that the flat sets tend to get but it's not for me when it comes to playing SNES/N64 and such. The magic just isn't quite there. The fishbowl TV I find it to be a good experience for light gun games and is my favourite type of TV to use for light gun games (at the larger sizes).
I got a PVM for free 15 years ago that is my pride and joy. Moved from Canada to England and I had to leave it with family. It's hard to find a nice replacement TV, especially when you need a later one that does 60hz. I miss my PVM!
Super envious of some of your sets. I kept all of my old consoles, but regret losing my old crts. I have a two SD Trinitrons but I'm not sure I'm getting the best picture out of them, and I'm too afraid to open them up. I have a 27FV300 and you spoke kindly about your own FV300 so I'm feeling pretty good about it now, so thank you. Do you service your own crts?
if you're going to poke around inside of a CRT, just remember to get an appropriate tool or combination of tools to adequately short the high voltage anode plug on the tube so you can discharge it. Also avoid touching any of the large capacitors until you can confirm that it has a resistor in the circuit to bleed them off. Capacitors can sometimes hold a charge for a lot longer than you'd expect, though a lot of more modern sets include bleed resistors in their circuits so the capacitors can be drained after a few minutes to hours of being unplugged. If you intend to do any adjustments while it's powered on, like it would need to be for any of the focus and alignment ring adjustments or any of the intensity and keystone adjustments using the pots on the control board, then you're just going to have to accept the risk and try to avoid touching anything while you're grounded. You could also use plastic tools to help mitigate risk to yourself. There's a surprising amount of resources on youtube about basic CRT servicing.
My fave is my KV-27FS13. Titanic thing with amazign scanlines and color. Anything Component looks fantastic, even if it's only 480i. It looks even better than my KV30HS510.
Awesome collection, not just of CRTs but games and consoles too. Do you have any recommendations on the best small CRTs for retro gaming? I have a 20 inch one I played my N64 on but I just don't have the space to keep it, I'm looking to replace it with something more around 10. I'm sure a lot of people struggling with space would also appreciate a video on small CRTs haha!
I keep hearing talk of people say they’re getting rid of their crt’s to play retro on oleds. I think it’s a big mistake they’ll regret after a while. There is no replacement for the vibrants/intricacies of a crt, no matter how many filters you use.
Pretty cool collection, very immersive and fun. It certainly hold you to beautifull retro memories, that you can share with your dearest or just within yourself. Awesome! Blessings.
Holy moly I don't want to imagine how much radiation is in that room. I would buy a reader tool to measure because if plugged in and especially on, it cannot be healthy.
I HAVE SPEACIAL CRT TV 13 INCH PORTABLE TV WITH BUILT IN DVD. I GOT THAT TV FROM THE TELEVISION MAN. DO U KNOW THAT HISTORY? In 2018 a man leave in some houses a crt tvs. Im lucky thanks for that man i have that tv. I use to play dvs and my nintendo 64 wii super nintendo etc....Love my TV
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn I need to pick one up too fo rmy N64 and Wii Dx my family TOSSED OUT our old ones in favor of "flatscreens" and didn't even ask for my consent ! sighs ...........
What CRT is best for N64 specifically? I have an old Kv-20vf10 that looks great for GameCube but makes N64 looks oddly pixelated. I’ve played N64 on older, curved 27” trinitrons that I thought looked ok, but curious what is “best” and if any of the flat CRT’s are good for N64.
Do you guys know anything about SONY KV28WS3K SUPER TRINITRON WIDE 100HZ TV? I just found one after old man and I dont know how much to offer him for it. Looks great to me, but couldnt find any specs sheet or anything....
I worked at Circuit City in late 90's/early 2000's and Sony made a 40 inch version of that 36 inch version you have. Talk about a heavy mother. Over 300 lbs if memory is correct. I have a 24 inch Sony for my non HD consoles and a 34 inch XBR widescreen for my HD consoles. Love them and hope to never have to part ways with them.
Greetings, I have an SD CRT that is a KV - 29fs120 Sony Wega Trinitron and most of n64 and ps1 games connected through S-video input look fantastic. Right now, I'm planning to buy a proper tv for consoles like wii and ps3 and I have heard different opinions on sites like reddit. Do you think an HD CRT is worth buying for these consoles? Some people recommend to buy plasma tvs, but not a model that exceeds 32 inches, otherwise the image quality will look pixelated and stretched even being connected with component cables, especially in the case of Wii since only supports 480p, is this statement true? Wii is my main focus right now and as you can see I'm a novice in regards to choose the right tv for that console mainly. I hope you can give me some advices. Thank you!
How much would you say that the shade of the TV glass affects the gaming experience? I just realized that the blackest a CRT can get is how black the screen is when it's off. But the lighting in the room makes a difference of course. A light grey screened CRT will still look black in a dark room where as an LCD will glow even if it should be displaying a black image. Your childhood CRT is a good example of this. In this video where you have lights on, it looks extremely washed out because it's so light grey. So how is gaming on a not-so-dark CRT in the daytime? EDIT: I'm wondering whether I should buy a Trinitron with quite a light grey screen ~
You should run those 4th gen consoles (TG16, SNES, Genesis, etc.) using RGB to component into the Sony 300. You're not seeing it's full potential using compoSHIT.
How do I get the shell off my Sony KV-40XBR800?? I have a board to swap out. It has sat for 2 years. Time to dive in. All the screws are out, but I can't the bottom to let go😳🥺. Help??
I buy a 35" crt tv and 27 crt tv for my snes and dreamcast. It cost me $120 both.. i was really happy finally a retro games in hd. When i connect it. It looks like crap. Very blurry. Than i found . You need a crt tv no more bigger than 19" to have a good quality.
actually i don't see a point coonecting xbox 360\ps3 to crt tv, back in 2006 thay both got a HDMI, so... why connect even Component? there on 7th console gen goes the screen specific, i mean Plasm, TFT , VA, etc.
i own 3, a kv 14 (for amiga and consoles), a kv 21 (for mister fpga) and a grundig vertical 16:9 (for rgb-pi), my problem is that mister fpga for vertical games wont flip the image.
Dude find monitor. You will get way more. Tvs where same as todays conpared to monitors. All stuff was way better on monitors. Better hertz ecen 100 hertz and resolution way more. Damn crt are winning in speed against anything, oled is too slow and will always be. Colors are perfect, only black may little loosing against oled. But for gaming crt is the best. Lcd is worse technilogy and always qill be, it was like this from start. Crt speed is instant, while oled, ips others are showing ussually fake numbers. And have delay
dude I can't believe you don't have any Bang & Olufsen sets in collection, any particular reason as to why, I know they are somewhat a novelty in N/A but still..
How do Wii games look in those HD CRT'S? Some people state that HD CRT'S cause input lag in light gun games, is that true? Wii has a decent amount of Rail Shooter games.
Dude. I found the same Toshiba TV and a Sony Trinitron within a block of each other as this small town has a recycling event where everyone’s tossing their old CRT TV’s out right now. I found both and looked them both up and somehow got them both home. I hope they are working cuz it rained last weekend and these have been outside for several days
Bad ass tv collection 📺 That 1980s Wood grain Hitachi tv with Friday the 13th pt 3 in the background reminds me of a Zenith tv my mom had in her room back in the mid to late 1990s. Man do I miss that thing. It was wood grain, heavy and gave the bedroom a cozy vibe! I recently picked up a few crts and am starting a small collection. 1st is a super tiny Panasonic Roadshow with built in vcr. 2nd is a 1994, 27” Sony trinitron (which is getting worked on as of now) and the most recent one is a 1990, 20” Sony Trinitron. I love the black tube crt’s. I’m not really a fan of the silver/gray flat screen tvs. I did grow up with both but prefer the black tube ones more! Happy hunting 🕵🏻♂️📺
The Sony trinatron...so heavy I had to get a random apartment neighbor to help get it in the house. Sold it to a Mexican cook to get my motorcycle out of impound like a year later lol. Good riddance..hadta be almost 300lbs.
How good do retro consoles look on your 36 inch xbr vs the other tv’s? Would you recommend that tv for retro gaming? Nes through Nintendo 64 and ps2 era?
An old friend had a Samsung CRT that had a HDMI port these things are super rare though as at the time most people who were in the market favoured LCD TV's
the xbr is nice but the wega trinitron is my fav tho 240 hz hdmi at 1080i although i think the 720p looks better and its wide screen which is so cool for those old widescreen movies
It reminds me of when I hook of the cable to a vcr that had a analog tuner and was able to watch Cartoon Network and loved the classic shows the channel had in ‘98 and my mom had pickup a game console from a yard sale and was able to play games on the Tube tv CRT
Wowwww!!! I'm 39 so I think you imagine what my favorites were, I wish I could play / watch all the 80's games and movies from my childhood in your insanely epic room!! WELL DONE GOOD SIR!!! 👌🏻👊🏻🙌🏻🫶🏼
anyone that is a retro gamer that has the xbr as a dream crt doesnt know much about crt's lol the wegas well basicaly every kv model is sought after more hell my kv 32 inch sells for 1k-1.2k all the time on ebay
Wouldn't it make more sense to connect your PS3 to the widescreen KV30HS510 and connect the Gamecube, Dreamcast and OG Xbox to the XBR since most of those games are 4:3?
I had a batman TV when I was a kid. I vivdily remember my grandpa coming into town and taking me to the store to get a robosapian, and while we were there he got me the batman TV.
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Man, that 36” Sony is insane. I helped a friend move his 36” Sony out of his 3rd floor apartment many years ago. Unfortunately he took it to Best Buy to have it recycled when he first upgraded to an LCD. I found out a few months after he got rid of it and was mortified
The horror! 😢
Ever see one of those kv40xbr700 or even xbr800 odels? Or of the kv42drc800?
I have a KV-32XBR400 weighing in at around 200 pounds, your TV is roughly 250 pounds insane! When I first purchased it, I still live with my parents and my bedroom was on the second floor. My dad and I broke our backs bringing it up to my room and I told myself I’d never do that again. Eventually it stopped working and recycled the TV, but then one day I saw a craigslist ad for a free Nintendo Wii. Found out that to take the Wii I had to take a few other items, or no deal. Well, one of the other items was a Sony TV, the exact same model I bought back in 1999. I was so happy that I got a working exact replacement to the broken Sony TV, still works great today.
@@bsanchez3563 38 inch is the biggest they made
Could be worse technically..friend had me help move a piano just for him to hire people to throw it out months later…it was up a flight of stairs too. Who cares about the piano it’s more so the principal lol
the most retro thing in that room is them pop corn ceilings!!!😄 awesome video man It took me straight back to my childhood!
I need to step my game up! I only have 3 CRT's and I thought that I might have gone a little overboard. This is great motivation and might I say, terrific set up man.
Sounds like you have a great little set up. I may of went a little overboard haha but if you can snag some more nice crts I'd do it! They are going to eventually dry up
Only 3? I don't even have one. I don't have the space!
@@danieldougan269There's always room for a 14 incher 📺
I'm drooling! 🤤
What a lovely collection you have!
Personally I have 2 Philips CRT's from the 90's! I'm super happy with them 📺📺🥰
I only have room for 1 CRT, so I rigged up all my consoles to work on a single CRT at the same time using 3 mechanical switchers
Crazy. I find it difficult to play one console at a time let alone all of them at the same time
What a cozy and badass room, I wish I could dedicate a whole room just for my games and CRTs but I can't so I only have 3 CRTs throughout the house, still I'm pretty content with them, I have a SD Sony VVEGA manufactured in October of 2008 one of the last made with less than a 100hrs of use, it was from my grandparents (I guard it with my life), and one of those Widescreen Sonys which is what I use all the time to play stuff including modern games and I also have a 38" LG FLATRON which was our family TV made in 2002 and is massive and awesome, what I do have a ton nowadays is CRT PC monitors which I love collecting and since they don't take too much space I can have many, they offer very high resolutions and refresh rates and great picture quality that still blows LCDs out of the water, the only thing coming close to them is my new 4K OLED monitor but for old 3D games nothing beats them, PC games look awesome and console games through an emulator running them at 4K internal resolution makes them look like modern games, it sucks to think that someday these CRTs are going to die, nothing can truly replace them but at least we still have the chance to enjoy them.
If only they made CRT's for like 5 more years... Like the shallow-depth sets Samsung were pioneering in the mid 00's. Imagine multiscan 240p to 1080p 16:9 sets, with 1920 actual TVL resolution, going all the way up to 2160i... Just imagine if these were common place, up to sizes of say 45"... What a dream.... Little do people know, it's not just the motion, multiple resolution support amd contrast that make these the ultimate, but it's also their unsurpassed light quality (CRI) of 90+. Reference is CRI 100 (sunlight). Plasma was 70+, LCD 50+, QD/OLED 40+, microLED 30+.... It just keeps getting worse because of energy efficiency pressures and woder colour gamut rubbish. Artificial light will always look harsh and unnatural. Garbage in garbage out. To this day CRT still produces the most natural light and colour and only future upmap-dithering can possibly mitigate this perceptibly.
My guess is that display manufacturer shot callers made the decision to kill off their CRT production just as the tech was becoming more feasible for true HD widescreen, because they knew it would kill the market adoption of disgusting LCD's where obscenely increased profit margins were to be had.
My thoughts
the only next choice is a high end PLASMA TV they also use phosphorus like CRT
you can get them for like 100$ now days
but if you are looknig into decent LCD tv i suggest the CCFL type with SPVA panels.(i suggest a sony ) these came out around 2008 2009 ish.. the Coloring rendering is pretty decent.. at 82+%
the SPVA is the king of LCDS
just don't get the HCFL those have poor color rendering
@@theantiveganchannel3596 Yes, for example a Bravia 40W5500. Great CCFL TV. Plasma's are even cheaper. I have 2, one was 30€, the other one 0€. Just make sure it is a Panasonic. LG's are really bad. My Panasonic plasma's are really amazing, even more stunning than the 40W5500, but the LCD is suitable for computer use (browsing and such), on a plasma you get nuts of the flicker, which is just like a CRT: if you run a plasma on 24p for a movie, and leave it like that, then browsing is a nightmare. On 60Hz it is doable, but an LCD has the edge here, with sample-and-hold, and a backlight running at like 10000Hz.
The old wooden console sets have always been my favorite. Reminds me of my grandparents' house. They used the same 25" Zenith for decades, and it belonged to my great grandma before that. I still remember the mess of different adapters my grandpa had rigged up so they could connect their satellite box to it.
this is such an amazing vibe. i was born in 2000 so by the time i was a bit older and started really getting into technology and playing video games and stuff, i didn't really use CRT's that long before flat screens became a thing so i don't really have any nostalgia for them. but i would absolutely love to be in a room like this and sit back and play some older consoles on a CRT
I was born 2000 so I feel you on that. By the time I was around 13 or so it was all flat screens at my parents. I just assumed that I thought PS2 looked better back in the day because of nostalgia. Then I hooked up a crt at my grandma's house and wow it actually looked good. So I took the tv home with me lol.
My family thinks Im nuts for having 3 of them in my game room, but they were never gamers. They need to get a life.
Your Toshiba 30HF83C is a nice one. It's made by Toshiba and not Orion, and has a high quality Japanese Toshiba Microfilter tube. It should be lag-free at 1080i, have some lag at 480p though. The previous model years 1999-2002 Toshiba HD CRTs do lag-free 480p as well as 1080i.
Keep an eye out for Toshiba's large size 32" and 35-36" standard def models from the 90s-early 2000s as well. They are very good tubes.
So lag, that’s what I was going to comment on. I have a Sony KV30HS510 as well. I hooked up my NES and I found punch out to be too laggy in every “mode”, cinema, pro, etc. I honestly never really notice lag but I did here. I moved the NES to my Sony BVM and it was good. How does the Toshiba achieve no lag on certain inputs? Is the Sony similar I wonder
Great video nice little collection you got there I'm jealous of that Samsung 13-in gX!
Thanks as always man! Hopefully you can track down a GXE one day
I kept a 20" Panasonic from when I was a kid, kept it for the memories and it's awesome to play the one I grew up with. Nostalgia galore.
That's real nice and the amount of consoles as well. Me personally i couldn't have this much stuff in my room
you are 100% correct in thinking that old game consoles are best played on CRTs. And there's a good reason for that: the game assets were designed expressly to take advantage of some of the characteristics and deficiencies of CRT technology in order to produce an image that has more detail or could be made on a console that couldn't otherwise produce such effects if it had to be rendered properly. Translucency and certain lighting effects being made with dithering is one example while sub-pixel rendering is another. Basically, sprites and low polygon models tend to look better on a CRT due to natural anti-aliasing combined with the way that colors tend to smear slightly between phosphor groups as the electron beam sweeps past. There have been videos and articles about it where they show what the console is outputting compared to how it looks on a CRT and the difference is startling. It's why the old 16 and 32-bit games look like trash compared to how you remember them looking on a CRT. It's also why a lot of gamers who really love that particular generation of console but also have newer consoles capable of outputting 720p/1080i will just have two CRTs (or more) in their collection so they can take more advantage of how the art assets were designed to take advantage of standard definition CRT displays. Honestly, given that CRTs are a finite resource and a consumable one, if you've got the space then there's no shame in hoarding as many good examples as you can find while they're still available and not horrendously expensive. Most people nowadays just don't understand their appeal, and that's a good thing for retro game enthusiasts. I still want to buy a 720p/1080i model to use with my GTX960 with a DVI to component cable for gaming. There's just an aesthetic to how CRTs render images that appeals to me. It's less like looking at a moving picture and more like looking through a window. Unfortunately, I have no space.
How about you leave some CRT's for the rest of us lol
Ah it’s been awhile since your last crt collection video! Love the update😀 these are my favorite! You have a beautiful collection!!
Thank you! I'm really fortunate and lucky to have so many great sets! I appreciate you watching!
Amazing collection!! Especially that Batman one I really want one now😄 I didn’t know it existed so thank you for showing it!! I only have one right now it’s a Panasonic VHS combo in white 😊 it’s on my channel if you want to see it
Happy to share! You never stop learning in this hobby. I love the old crts with vhs players. Your lucky to have it. Thanks for watching and stopping by!
I had a 27 inch Wega from around 2002 or 2003, growing up. I think the weight on it was 160 or 180 lbs, difficult to remember exactly, but they are heavy. All CRT TVs have some heft but the Sonys in particular were built different, no joke moving those around.
Love the CRT tvs 📺 I had to get one for my Game Room the picture isn't the best sound is decent and on wheels it's a RCA Colortrak Plus missing the remote can't remember what the model number is there's AV ports but they don't work got it through Marketplace quite a while ago
Hey at least you have a crt. Hopefully you can upgrade one day soon
@@theconsolecollector Yeah I like this one cause it's on wheels I have everything running through RF to AV Switchers there's scanlines I took the back panel off one day and there's no wires going to the AV ports
I have a SHARP 27FS43 and its amazing for (ps2 by component cables recomended) ps1, Dreamcast, SNES (s video) and PHILIPS 27PT6442 for my xbox and component for dvd movies old movies in fullscreen...
Them HD wide screens are a beauty
Awesome collection, I'll have to check but I think I have the same kv32 trinitron and absolutely love it. That was heavy enough to get into the game room, slid it down my stairs on a pillow haha, I can't imagine that 36" behemoth, wow!
Edit: my bad, mine is a kv-32fv15 older model(1999)
Thank you for taking the time and sharing the knowledge in this video, amazing collection and great information for newbies like me, also u throw me back to those days when we used to play in our friend houses those great games like Halo 3 didn't know it exist something like that split screen it would be a amazing having a game night in your basement congratulations with the collection :)
if you want BIG crt get the WEGA not a xbr well its personal choice really but if you want it for pure performance the wega trinitrons are by far better than the xbr's they have a better refresh rate, and fun fact if you have a broken crt you can buy new modern boards for them other countries still se crt's so there is still a market for them they just are not made by the major manufactures anymore.
That Sony XBR is a great t.v. but unfortunately isn't not good for gaming. It does have latency lag. I'm only pointing this out for other people, but otherwise it's bad ass because it is a CRT that does allow for progressive scan, which for movies that are in full screen, it is going to look really good.
Which trinitron size and model are you referring too?
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Nice CRT collection! Hey console collector will you do another updated rare gamecube game video? Would love to see an updated one with prices sky rocketing the way they are today!
Thank you I appreciate that. That's a great idea however it's probably going to be me telling you every game is expensive now haha
Great collection, have you considered adding a PVM or BVM for the ultimate CRT experience?
What are your thoughts on a 36 inch trinitron? Specifically a KV-36FS13
Superb video mate. I really enjoy your videos like this. Excellent set up
Thanks as always for stopping by
Always was a JVC guy myself when it comes to CRTs. The iArt or D-Series JVCs are among the best as well. Any of the 1998-2006 CRTs from JVC, SONY, Panasonic, Hitachi, etc. are all great from what I've seen. The flat CRTs that were out towards the end of CRTs in stores are my favorites. You've got some great TVs there. I remember the GXTv coming out when I was in middle school, I wanted that thing so bad lol.
yep but none compared to trinitron technology not even close its the reason why they still sell for over 1k on ebay
@@petejones6827 Any of those brands top level sets sell for big $. Trinitron was great, no doubt. But later on, they slapped that label on anything. If you know Toyotas, it was like SR5. SR5, Trinitron used to mean something lol..
@@J.Wick. they didnt slap it on anything sony sold the rights to use their technology to other manufacturers you should look up what makes a tube a trinitron tv its not just some label sony MASTERED crt's no one could make one as good they figured it out and patented the technology. if a tv said trinitron it was using sony technology.
Having seen both, the D series and the Trinis are really competitive with each other. Would love to have seen them brand new, as the phosphors on every crt are at least a little worn by this point.
All sorts of crt goodness.
The doors on that Samsung GX tv are so damn cool!
Dude DUDE! We were literally just talking about the Batman tv and vcr combo. One of our local pawnshops has it but it’s not for sale ugh!
We could have gotten a free Trinitron last year but it got snatch up so damn fast we didn’t even have a chance.
We have a wide screen crt with hdmi as well but not a Sony trinitron. We really enjoy ours too.
Bahahaha so many trinitrons!
Love the idea of a big LAN party especially Left 4 dead.
Love how perfectly that little tv fits above the GameCube cabinet display.
The kiosks are so cool as well: Scott and I constantly gush about how impressive your collection. Great video.
The lan party's are a blast. I'd love to lan party with you guys someday! Happy you have an hd crt. Keep it safe they are getting tough to find! Honestly if shipping wasn't a nightmare I'd probly sell you my batman combo. Just not in love with it anymore
@@theconsolecollector Don’t go teasing me with that. I’d pay the shipping without complaint
@@RetroRivals when I sold my shrek TV to Rickey Berwick in Toronto it was nearly $400 in shipping!
my heart stopped when i seen the n64 kiosk, i wasnt ready to see all of that holy man, you are living my dream
awesome collection dude. are either of the Sony KV-27FS120 or the Sony KV-36FS13 good for gaming?
The only bad thing about high def crt is light guns don't work. I have the 36 Sony trinitron wega wide screen high Def.
it should work make sure the aspect ratio is correct and in native 480i mode
Retro gaming on new televisions is awful, no matter what you do crt's will still look better
100% agree. I have one of those overpriced junky gamecube HDMI adapters and it looks terrible on my 4k tv
@@theconsolecollector Yep
You have my dream crt. The Sony trinitron 300. Great video bro
Thanks I'm very lucky to have it
you like the 300 more than the 310?
Awesome collection man! I wasn’t just admiring ur CRTs but also the other random stuff u have in that room🙌🏼🙌🏼
Beautiful sets my man. The one with the doors is spectacular
The figurines are idolatry. People must repent idolatry, covetousness and greed, or they will be punished in Hell.
Exodus 20:3-6
"You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments."
Revelation 21:8
"But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, IDOLATERS, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
Luke 12:15
Jesus Christ said: "And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all COVETOUSNESS, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
1 Corinthians 6:10
"nor thieves, nor the GREEDY, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God."
Mark 7:21-23
"For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come - sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, GREED, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person."
Without watching the video I would say my preferred CRT form factor is the traditional 4:3 cylindrical Trinitron. Better than the "fishbowl", but not flat enough to feel too 2000s for 5th gen gaming and older but still looks great with 6th gen. I get the praise that the flat sets tend to get but it's not for me when it comes to playing SNES/N64 and such. The magic just isn't quite there. The fishbowl TV I find it to be a good experience for light gun games and is my favourite type of TV to use for light gun games (at the larger sizes).
still to this day every time i go outside see one of my nieghbors i say
" HIDY HO NEIGHBOR" and peek over my privacy fence lol i cant help myself
I got a PVM for free 15 years ago that is my pride and joy. Moved from Canada to England and I had to leave it with family. It's hard to find a nice replacement TV, especially when you need a later one that does 60hz. I miss my PVM!
I do know your favorite is Nintendo GameCube but your video is amazing and great too
@Jedistache uh
I love the gamecube absolutely!
@@theconsolecollector yeah it the best game ever
Super envious of some of your sets.
I kept all of my old consoles, but regret losing my old crts. I have a two SD Trinitrons but I'm not sure I'm getting the best picture out of them, and I'm too afraid to open them up.
I have a 27FV300 and you spoke kindly about your own FV300 so I'm feeling pretty good about it now, so thank you.
Do you service your own crts?
if you're going to poke around inside of a CRT, just remember to get an appropriate tool or combination of tools to adequately short the high voltage anode plug on the tube so you can discharge it. Also avoid touching any of the large capacitors until you can confirm that it has a resistor in the circuit to bleed them off. Capacitors can sometimes hold a charge for a lot longer than you'd expect, though a lot of more modern sets include bleed resistors in their circuits so the capacitors can be drained after a few minutes to hours of being unplugged. If you intend to do any adjustments while it's powered on, like it would need to be for any of the focus and alignment ring adjustments or any of the intensity and keystone adjustments using the pots on the control board, then you're just going to have to accept the risk and try to avoid touching anything while you're grounded. You could also use plastic tools to help mitigate risk to yourself. There's a surprising amount of resources on youtube about basic CRT servicing.
My fave is my KV-27FS13. Titanic thing with amazign scanlines and color. Anything Component looks fantastic, even if it's only 480i. It looks even better than my KV30HS510.
Those flat crt tv’s are definitely a must have😁
Awesome collection, not just of CRTs but games and consoles too. Do you have any recommendations on the best small CRTs for retro gaming? I have a 20 inch one I played my N64 on but I just don't have the space to keep it, I'm looking to replace it with something more around 10. I'm sure a lot of people struggling with space would also appreciate a video on small CRTs haha!
My favorite crt is a pc monitor I got. 1600x1200 native and will accept a 1080p signal. Got it to fit perfectly. Games look so amazing on it.
I keep hearing talk of people say they’re getting rid of their crt’s to play retro on oleds. I think it’s a big mistake they’ll regret after a while. There is no replacement for the vibrants/intricacies of a crt, no matter how many filters you use.
Pretty cool collection, very immersive and fun. It certainly hold you to beautifull retro memories, that you can share with your dearest or just within yourself. Awesome! Blessings.
Holy moly I don't want to imagine how much radiation is in that room. I would buy a reader tool to measure because if plugged in and especially on, it cannot be healthy.
Serious? It can be unhealthy?
I HAVE SPEACIAL CRT TV 13 INCH PORTABLE TV WITH BUILT IN DVD. I GOT THAT TV FROM THE TELEVISION MAN. DO U KNOW THAT HISTORY? In 2018 a man leave in some houses a crt tvs. Im lucky thanks for that man i have that tv. I use to play dvs and my nintendo 64 wii super nintendo etc....Love my TV
I have the exact 14" CRT Toshiba in my bedroom. It's perfect and it does surprisingly have a great image and audio. Great video!
Beautiful collection. I'm 25 plus CRTs in deep now. Wish i had more room to display them all.
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn I need to pick one up too fo rmy N64 and Wii Dx my family TOSSED OUT our old ones in favor of "flatscreens" and didn't even ask for my consent ! sighs ...........
What CRT is best for N64 specifically? I have an old Kv-20vf10 that looks great for GameCube but makes N64 looks oddly pixelated. I’ve played N64 on older, curved 27” trinitrons that I thought looked ok, but curious what is “best” and if any of the flat CRT’s are good for N64.
Do you guys know anything about SONY KV28WS3K SUPER TRINITRON WIDE 100HZ TV?
I just found one after old man and I dont know how much to offer him for it. Looks great to me, but couldnt find any specs sheet or anything....
You are special, I really meant it - such care, such passion, such collection. Congratz!
Hey thanks I really appreciate your nice comment!
I worked at Circuit City in late 90's/early 2000's and Sony made a 40 inch version of that 36 inch version you have. Talk about a heavy mother. Over 300 lbs if memory is correct. I have a 24 inch Sony for my non HD consoles and a 34 inch XBR widescreen for my HD consoles. Love them and hope to never have to part ways with them.
Greetings, I have an SD CRT that is a KV - 29fs120 Sony Wega Trinitron and most of n64 and ps1 games connected through S-video input look fantastic. Right now, I'm planning to buy a proper tv for consoles like wii and ps3 and I have heard different opinions on sites like reddit. Do you think an HD CRT is worth buying for these consoles? Some people recommend to buy plasma tvs, but not a model that exceeds 32 inches, otherwise the image quality will look pixelated and stretched even being connected with component cables, especially in the case of Wii since only supports 480p, is this statement true? Wii is my main focus right now and as you can see I'm a novice in regards to choose the right tv for that console mainly. I hope you can give me some advices. Thank you!
How much would you say that the shade of the TV glass affects the gaming experience?
I just realized that the blackest a CRT can get is how black the screen is when it's off. But the lighting in the room makes a difference of course. A light grey screened CRT will still look black in a dark room where as an LCD will glow even if it should be displaying a black image. Your childhood CRT is a good example of this. In this video where you have lights on, it looks extremely washed out because it's so light grey. So how is gaming on a not-so-dark CRT in the daytime?
EDIT: I'm wondering whether I should buy a Trinitron with quite a light grey screen ~
You should run those 4th gen consoles (TG16, SNES, Genesis, etc.) using RGB to component into the Sony 300. You're not seeing it's full potential using compoSHIT.
I'll take a high end Toshiba over a Sony any day.
Shhh. Don't let the Sony hype train in on our secret. Let them have their inferior FV310s
How do I get the shell off my Sony KV-40XBR800??
I have a board to swap out. It has sat for 2 years. Time to dive in.
All the screws are out, but I can't the bottom to let go😳🥺.
Help??
I buy a 35" crt tv and 27 crt tv for my snes and dreamcast. It cost me $120 both.. i was really happy finally a retro games in hd. When i connect it. It looks like crap. Very blurry.
Than i found . You need a crt tv no more bigger than 19" to have a good quality.
actually i don't see a point coonecting xbox 360\ps3 to crt tv, back in 2006 thay both got a HDMI, so... why connect even Component? there on 7th console gen goes the screen specific, i mean Plasm, TFT , VA, etc.
i own 3, a kv 14 (for amiga and consoles), a kv 21 (for mister fpga) and a grundig vertical 16:9 (for rgb-pi), my problem is that mister fpga for vertical games wont flip the image.
Man said who needs a component switch, just get more CRTs for more inputs. The Panasonic Q is jealousy inducing, even with the Panasonic GBA player.
Dude find monitor. You will get way more. Tvs where same as todays conpared to monitors. All stuff was way better on monitors. Better hertz ecen 100 hertz and resolution way more. Damn crt are winning in speed against anything, oled is too slow and will always be. Colors are perfect, only black may little loosing against oled. But for gaming crt is the best. Lcd is worse technilogy and always qill be, it was like this from start. Crt speed is instant, while oled, ips others are showing ussually fake numbers. And have delay
dude I can't believe you don't have any Bang & Olufsen sets in collection, any particular reason as to why, I know they are somewhat a novelty in N/A but still..
How do Wii games look in those HD CRT'S? Some people state that HD CRT'S cause input lag in light gun games, is that true? Wii has a decent amount of Rail Shooter games.
Hello, what do you think about sony wega kv-32cs71k. I want to buy it in 2 hours for 50$. Need fast reply, thanks!
I wonder if this guy will ever come across a Toshiba MW14F52/F51 or a Toshiba MW26/30G71
Dude. I found the same Toshiba TV and a Sony Trinitron within a block of each other as this small town has a recycling event where everyone’s tossing their old CRT TV’s out right now. I found both and looked them both up and somehow got them both home. I hope they are working cuz it rained last weekend and these have been outside for several days
I jsut got a CRT for my old console but the image shakes up and down, do you know how to fix that? its 50Hz pal but it really shakes way too much
Bad ass tv collection 📺 That 1980s Wood grain Hitachi tv with Friday the 13th pt 3 in the background reminds me of a Zenith tv my mom had in her room back in the mid to late 1990s. Man do I miss that thing. It was wood grain, heavy and gave the bedroom a cozy vibe!
I recently picked up a few crts and am starting a small collection. 1st is a super tiny Panasonic Roadshow with built in vcr. 2nd is a 1994, 27” Sony trinitron (which is getting worked on as of now) and the most recent one is a 1990, 20” Sony Trinitron. I love the black tube crt’s. I’m not really a fan of the silver/gray flat screen tvs. I did grow up with both but prefer the black tube ones more! Happy hunting 🕵🏻♂️📺
black crt tvs with the rounded screens** Those are the ones I prefer over the gray/silver flat screen ones.
The Sony trinatron...so heavy I had to get a random apartment neighbor to help get it in the house. Sold it to a Mexican cook to get my motorcycle out of impound like a year later lol. Good riddance..hadta be almost 300lbs.
Great video brother really enjoyed this one
Thank you man appreciate that
I have a SpongeBob CRT TV & my N64/GameCube looks awesome on there, it’s the best experience
How good do retro consoles look on your 36 inch xbr vs the other tv’s? Would you recommend that tv for retro gaming? Nes through Nintendo 64 and ps2 era?
I wish you did more crt-focused videos, this one’s awesome watched it a few times.
I would love to but not too sure on what I could do as a video for it. Always open to ideas. I love crts and would love to feature more crt content
An old friend had a Samsung CRT that had a HDMI port these things are super rare though as at the time most people who were in the market favoured LCD TV's
the xbr is nice but the wega trinitron is my fav tho 240 hz hdmi at 1080i although i think the 720p looks better and its wide screen which is so cool for those old widescreen movies
according to my experience, CRT are easier to play video game on than the newer big flat screen TV because they cause performance lag.
It reminds me of when I hook of the cable to a vcr that had a analog tuner and was able to watch Cartoon Network and loved the classic shows the channel had in ‘98 and my mom had pickup a game console from a yard sale and was able to play games on the Tube tv CRT
The Sony widescreen XBR Super Fine Pitch CRT's are even better options.
I remember seeing the gx tv advertised on mtv. If i remember right it was marketed to gamers. Can probably find the commercial on youtube.
Wowwww!!! I'm 39 so I think you imagine what my favorites were, I wish I could play / watch all the 80's games and movies from my childhood in your insanely epic room!! WELL DONE GOOD SIR!!! 👌🏻👊🏻🙌🏻🫶🏼
anyone that is a retro gamer that has the xbr as a dream crt doesnt know much about crt's lol the wegas well basicaly every kv model is sought after more hell my kv 32 inch sells for 1k-1.2k all the time on ebay
I just recently got one of those HD Toshiba CRTs as well. They look quite good, and indeed the sound is stunning.
Wouldn't it make more sense to connect your PS3 to the widescreen KV30HS510 and connect the Gamecube, Dreamcast and OG Xbox to the XBR since most of those games are 4:3?
Planning to pickup a sony kv-30hs420. Now I'm more excited!
Would you be willing to sell one of them sony crts? I used to have one and my parents trashed it even though i bought it when i was a teen.
Unfortunately for me, there’s only enough space for one CRT in my life lol
1 is better then none!
My lord! How many CRTs do you have? I never had that many even when they were still in production 😂
No one ever just buys old school big screen tvs. That's what I'd get.
I had a batman TV when I was a kid. I vivdily remember my grandpa coming into town and taking me to the store to get a robosapian, and while we were there he got me the batman TV.