I probably should’ve mentioned this in the video, but there’s a weird effect when recording where areas of the CRT will darken. You will not see this effect when viewing a CRT in person. It’s just an issue with the camera.
I'm glad you included the uncensored Japanese Anime as the example for the CRT TV. For a moment when I saw that scene with Maria from Sonic X, I thought it will cut to the old man saying "She was so young, I'll never forget her face", but the version you had turned out to be the original, because it suddenly had the YAMERO! and explosion.
There are Enhanced Definition and High Definition CRT TV’s, I still run into them at thrift stores. I recently bought a Standard Definition RCA CRT TV from 2002 at a thrift store, I am in love with it.
Considering how there's a market for CRTs again like this, you would think that companies would start making them again. Or at least some small company trying to fill the niche. It doesn't really seem like they'd be more expensive than a modern super high quality LCD or OLED, so..
@@jeffystreet that's never going to happen. There's not enough of a market. Not to mention, the manufacturing process involves a lot of chemicals that are considered environmental unfriendly. I think the closest we are ever going to get is upscalers that basically replicate the retro gaming experience on newer TV's.
I have recently took my PS2 to my sister´s house over the weekend. We tried to play Guitar Hero 3, but her TV had so horrible input lag over the AV input, that it made the game unplayable. I have no problem playing it on my 30 years old Trinitron though. Also regarding the light guns, they only work on CRTs, because of the way the screen works. Our eyes can´t register the changes in lighting fast enough, hence why you see the screen as a whole, despite it being only one point of illuminated phosporous coated mesh at a time. The TV basically draws the image one line at a time. Since the electorn beam can be only at one point of the screen a the time, the console can determine where are you aiming. The gun´s lens is made in a way that it focuses only on a small point of the TV, the video signal is fed into the gun. When you pull the trigger the gun waits for the moment when the electron beam shoots to the spot you are aiming at, cince there is inherently no input lag, the console compares the signal from the gun vith the video signal, to determine which line and column were you aiming for. It is important to note that this only works on the "DUMB CRTs", some of the newest 4:3s and widescreens are built to output 100hz image, which itroduce an input lag, making it impossible to hit anything, since what coumes trough the video cable doesn´t match what is shown on the screen.
Great video! I like your 20 in Philips Magnavox. I had a 20 in Magnavox from 2006 last year, I recently upgraded to a 27 Trinitron from 1999. 20 inches is a great size for most games though, it was not bad for split screen either.
I started using an old CRT monitor Ive had for decades again, and I’m really enjoying it! CRTs have awesome dynamic range, so I’ve been running PS1 games through Emudeck on my PC and having a great time! Hell, even modded minecraft looks really good on it, and it’s got a digital VGA input so it’s still nice and crisp when you want it to be
Some crt tv’s can also introduce input lag if there’re digital cirquictry for conversion and/or post processing analogue signals into digital ones. 100hz crt tv’s and prgressive scan crt tv’s with deinterlacing feature can cause input lag as well.
I recommend getting a CRT with S-video (or any SCART CRT if you live in Europe or Australia) if you still live in an area where CRTs are easy to find. The Philips Magnavox in this vid looks REALLY GOOD for RF but S-video or higher really makes the colors pop and you get rid of the dot crawl. RF/composite has it's charm though, some ps1 games probably look better like this than with a better quality connection.
You can watch DVDs through a PS4/PS5 or Xbox because they usually have HDMI. For VCRs, if they don't have HDMI, you may need one of those Composite to HDMI adapters.
@@hanouzz_yt the brightness and color are separated onto three different cables. This allows for a clearer image with less artifacting and less dot crawl.
Anything with analog interlaced video will only look correct on a CRT TV. Modern displays are all progressive. It's a real pain getting it to work on them. You can either have 60 fps video at half resolution or 30 fps video that has full resolution when deinterlaced. On the other hand, a CRT TV is made for interlaced video and will give you fluid motion at 640 x 480 if Super Video or Component is available. Composite gives you a max of 360 because of the chromia signal interference.
After using a CRT for retro gaming, I just could never go back to using a modern display. I was so excited to get my Famicom I ordered, and when I plugged it into my TV, it looked so bad.
nice video i still have an CRT around, with one of my GameCubes hooked up in the other room, but we use the 21 pin Scart-RGB connection here(Switzerland) as for my main setup i put alll my consoles trough an Onkyo Home Cinema Amp, wich has an upscaler/video decoder built in. works perfectly fine. TV gets a perfect HD signal everytime be it from DVD, wii or PS3
Though to counter act the problems with using old consoles on modern displays is thankfully scalers like the Retrotink and OSSC and better quality video cables. But still can't use lightguns which is a shame but hey that's why I have my CRT around.
Yeah I was gonna comment something similar to this. It kinda just looks like the TV has gone a bit off spec overtime. Some TVs have a service menu but this one is not that new and looks a bit cheaper. I'm pretty sure inside the TV, there is a potentiometer that you can use to adjust the vertical size. It's easier than it sounds honestly. I have multiple CRTs and I regularly open them up to do some small fixes like this. I only know what is dangerous and I don't really have that much knowledge when it comes to CRTs.
@@BitterspitBand I mean, Enthusiasts and Professionals has more knowledge and skill of servicing the TV than the average people who had one. but an average person like me don't know most of what goes where and whats is right and safe
@ I know that average person wouldn't know that much about CRTs, but I was just trying to say that anyone could actually do it. I'm really not an expert and I'm usually scared to fix stuff myself. I had to do a similar "fix" for the first time on my CRT and it turned out to be super easy and it was quite rewarding. It's only challenging if the potentiometer is hard to reach.
Obviously but I don't like crts personally, they sound scary to me, and are very heavy, so I just use a Retrotink 5x for my retro console gaming. Also, you forgot to mention RGB scart, it was mainly used in pal countries but it was by far the best output, even better than component, super colourful and nice!
Gameboy Advance Virtual Console games on Wii U look good in 480P on a 4:3 Aspect Ratio Sharp Aquos LCD TV. I think it could be worth trying out Gameboy Advance Virtual Console Games on a CRT EDTV via component cables, at 480P or 480i on a Standard Definition CRT. Up to you.
I probably should’ve mentioned this in the video, but there’s a weird effect when recording where areas of the CRT will darken. You will not see this effect when viewing a CRT in person. It’s just an issue with the camera.
It's due to the refresh rate of the CRT not matching up with the framerate of the camera, if you do it JUST right you can record a CRT *perfectly*
I remember playing Mario Golf and having the television be out of sync because it was not a CRT. It was sad.
I'm glad you included the uncensored Japanese Anime as the example for the CRT TV. For a moment when I saw that scene with Maria from Sonic X, I thought it will cut to the old man saying "She was so young, I'll never forget her face", but the version you had turned out to be the original, because it suddenly had the YAMERO! and explosion.
I’m surprised someone noticed that. I also used the same uncensored footage for One Piece and Shaman King, the other two anime that were shown here.
Awesome. I liked that you used your OC for this video
There are Enhanced Definition and High Definition CRT TV’s, I still run into them at thrift stores. I recently bought a Standard Definition RCA CRT TV from 2002 at a thrift store, I am in love with it.
Considering how there's a market for CRTs again like this, you would think that companies would start making them again. Or at least some small company trying to fill the niche. It doesn't really seem like they'd be more expensive than a modern super high quality LCD or OLED, so..
@@jeffystreet that's never going to happen. There's not enough of a market. Not to mention, the manufacturing process involves a lot of chemicals that are considered environmental unfriendly. I think the closest we are ever going to get is upscalers that basically replicate the retro gaming experience on newer TV's.
@@computerkid1416 And then those upscalers either result in input lag or are expensive as all fucking hell..
I have recently took my PS2 to my sister´s house over the weekend. We tried to play Guitar Hero 3, but her TV had so horrible input lag over the AV input, that it made the game unplayable. I have no problem playing it on my 30 years old Trinitron though.
Also regarding the light guns, they only work on CRTs, because of the way the screen works. Our eyes can´t register the changes in lighting fast enough, hence why you see the screen as a whole, despite it being only one point of illuminated phosporous coated mesh at a time. The TV basically draws the image one line at a time. Since the electorn beam can be only at one point of the screen a the time, the console can determine where are you aiming. The gun´s lens is made in a way that it focuses only on a small point of the TV, the video signal is fed into the gun. When you pull the trigger the gun waits for the moment when the electron beam shoots to the spot you are aiming at, cince there is inherently no input lag, the console compares the signal from the gun vith the video signal, to determine which line and column were you aiming for. It is important to note that this only works on the "DUMB CRTs", some of the newest 4:3s and widescreens are built to output 100hz image, which itroduce an input lag, making it impossible to hit anything, since what coumes trough the video cable doesn´t match what is shown on the screen.
Great video! I like your 20 in Philips Magnavox. I had a 20 in Magnavox from 2006 last year, I recently upgraded to a 27 Trinitron from 1999. 20 inches is a great size for most games though, it was not bad for split screen either.
I started using an old CRT monitor Ive had for decades again, and I’m really enjoying it!
CRTs have awesome dynamic range, so I’ve been running PS1 games through Emudeck on my PC and having a great time!
Hell, even modded minecraft looks really good on it, and it’s got a digital VGA input so it’s still nice and crisp when you want it to be
Some crt tv’s can also introduce input lag if there’re digital cirquictry for conversion and/or post processing analogue signals into digital ones.
100hz crt tv’s and prgressive scan crt tv’s with deinterlacing feature can cause input lag as well.
@@johneygd i’ve seen HD CRTs do this
I have 21 inch Sony Trinitron with RGB Scart, it displays really nice colourful image on my retro consoles
I recommend getting a CRT with S-video (or any SCART CRT if you live in Europe or Australia) if you still live in an area where CRTs are easy to find. The Philips Magnavox in this vid looks REALLY GOOD for RF but S-video or higher really makes the colors pop and you get rid of the dot crawl. RF/composite has it's charm though, some ps1 games probably look better like this than with a better quality connection.
All the good CRTs went to the Melee players
No actually they went to me.
I ate them.
I have 45 more yet to have consumed.
I still have a good crt
I Recently Got A 65" Samsung TV, And It Does Not Have A Composite Port On It. What Can I Do If I Want To Use A DVD Player Or VCR On This TV?
You can watch DVDs through a PS4/PS5 or Xbox because they usually have HDMI. For VCRs, if they don't have HDMI, you may need one of those Composite to HDMI adapters.
@@EvanTetro Can I Also Try To Tune To Channel 3 Or 4 Manually To Connect My VCR Using A Coax Cable?
Is using component ever necessary on a CRT TV? And what is it's advantage over composite AV?
@@hanouzz_yt the brightness and color are separated onto three different cables. This allows for a clearer image with less artifacting and less dot crawl.
@@EvanTetro do you know of any systems that use this?
@@hanouzz_yt PS2, PS3, GameCube, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360
Anything with analog interlaced video will only look correct on a CRT TV. Modern displays are all progressive. It's a real pain getting it to work on them. You can either have 60 fps video at half resolution or 30 fps video that has full resolution when deinterlaced. On the other hand, a CRT TV is made for interlaced video and will give you fluid motion at 640 x 480 if Super Video or Component is available. Composite gives you a max of 360 because of the chromia signal interference.
That wasn't vertical collapse at all. It just needed vertical size adjustment.
After using a CRT for retro gaming, I just could never go back to using a modern display. I was so excited to get my Famicom I ordered, and when I plugged it into my TV, it looked so bad.
nice video
i still have an CRT around, with one of my GameCubes hooked up in the other room, but we use the 21 pin Scart-RGB connection here(Switzerland)
as for my main setup i put alll my consoles trough an Onkyo Home Cinema Amp, wich has an upscaler/video decoder built in. works perfectly fine. TV gets a perfect HD signal everytime be it from DVD, wii or PS3
Though to counter act the problems with using old consoles on modern displays is thankfully scalers like the Retrotink and OSSC and better quality video cables. But still can't use lightguns which is a shame but hey that's why I have my CRT around.
I don't get why ebay sells crts over 500$ for tv thats RF only?
In mostly likely in any crts, there could be V-hold and H-hold dials.
I bet that could fix the 13 inch crt
Yeah I was gonna comment something similar to this. It kinda just looks like the TV has gone a bit off spec overtime. Some TVs have a service menu but this one is not that new and looks a bit cheaper. I'm pretty sure inside the TV, there is a potentiometer that you can use to adjust the vertical size.
It's easier than it sounds honestly. I have multiple CRTs and I regularly open them up to do some small fixes like this. I only know what is dangerous and I don't really have that much knowledge when it comes to CRTs.
@@BitterspitBand I mean, Enthusiasts and Professionals has more knowledge and skill of servicing the TV than the average people who had one. but an average person like me don't know most of what goes where and whats is right and safe
@ I know that average person wouldn't know that much about CRTs, but I was just trying to say that anyone could actually do it. I'm really not an expert and I'm usually scared to fix stuff myself. I had to do a similar "fix" for the first time on my CRT and it turned out to be super easy and it was quite rewarding. It's only challenging if the potentiometer is hard to reach.
Obviously but I don't like crts personally, they sound scary to me, and are very heavy, so I just use a Retrotink 5x for my retro console gaming. Also, you forgot to mention RGB scart, it was mainly used in pal countries but it was by far the best output, even better than component, super colourful and nice!
you forgot mention scart, in europe all tv since the 80s - 90s have it
there is less noise on the ps1 because it outputs 240p not 480i like the ps2 does the flicker is there because of the interlacing
Gameboy Advance Virtual Console games on Wii U look good in 480P on a 4:3 Aspect Ratio Sharp Aquos LCD TV. I think it could be worth trying out Gameboy Advance Virtual Console Games on a CRT EDTV via component cables, at 480P or 480i on a Standard Definition CRT. Up to you.
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Last used one today
honestly i think gta v looks really nice there
You mentioned PS1 and N64 but not Dreamcast?🤔
@@storeboughtbread6692 😬
6:23 Sonic X mentioned
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GTA5 looks retro on CRT
Exists 16:9 CRT too.
@@debranchelowtone true, but they’re not as easy to find.
Not me. I have a Nintendo.
mama mia
Nope, they’re not better. At all.
@@airforcex9412 why?