This is great! I really enjoyed the presentation and information. I loved the bit at the end where you were talking about passing into the digital age and were sort of realizing that analog as a format is maybe just a bit more pure or better. It's crazy to have been able to live through the time when trinitron crts and there technologies were at there zenith. Pass into this digital age and then have that recognition and nostalgia for a more pure and physical format and tech.
Hi Steve and greetings from Germany! I again watched a few of your videos and this time i wanted to shout out a big "tank you" to you and your terrific work. For me as a crt-enthusiast and collector it is always a pleassure to visit, for me RT is definetly one of the best crt-related channels on web. Carry on this great work! Just one annotation: that Sony build only 300 BKM-68X cards is a internet-myth - mine is from 2005 and shows a serial of 843.
Great history! Sony's BVM-1910 was a great broadcast monitor, our go-to monitor producing high-end graphics in the 90's, and the monitors used in TBS's two production control rooms, and they can still be had for only a couple of hundred dollars! Heavy as hell! Those little Ikegami's (14" 15" I think) were the only pro monitors, other than Sony's BVM's, that absolutely stunned me with resolution and quality. We used those in TBS graphics lab in the 80's/90's. I still have and use Sony PVM-80420 for old video, and those are absolutely great little 9" monitors. Having grown up in television on Sony's BVM's, I still can't say I've met a flatscreen that beats the old CRT Trinitron monitors! The brightness and richness ... it's just missing with flatscreens. :(
This really is an awesome lecture. Thank you for reuploading a higher quality one AND activating the subtitles. :D I'm sorry but there is one thing I disagree about: your stance towards widescreen HD CRTs. They're quite awesome for modern gaming. The phosphors, black levels, and the way CRTs scans the images onto the glass just looks flat out amazing. After trying my PS4 and Xbox One on a KV-30HS420, I'm not as huge a fan of LCDs anymore. There are more people trying out modern consoles and PCs on widescreen HD CRT TVs and end up getting similarly blown away, both here on UA-cam and on r/crtgaming. :D
Hi, i really enjoyed the presentation. I’m starting to lean heavily into retro gaming and found a 32” Toshiba A series for 50 bucks. But I didn’t realize it was pretty special till you gave it a shout out in the presentation 🤗
CRT TV’s 📺 were the best kind of TV 📺 to watch. They were more than just vintage, or retro (which is now), they were a way of life. Yes CRT’s did get weak, burn out, or ultimately fail, but these were some bad ass TV’s 📺. There’s nothing like 👍 the news 🗞, a movie 🎥, or the game, to come over a CRT TV. Color resolution of these TV’s was great 😊. Even the sound was great 😊, even if the speaker 🔊 wasn’t that big. There was something about going to your local store 🏬, when a tube burned out. Coming home 🏠, and putting the tube in. Tube type radios 📻, and tube type TV’s were what were the fabric of our lives. These TV’s lasted something like 👍 42 years before they were finally retired. TV’s and radios, alike, were serviceable then. It is such a shame now, with these flat screen TV’s. The color resolution sucks, and, at best, you’re likely to get 2 years out of one ☝️(5, if lucky). It is really sad 😞 to see these TV’s repurposed into fish 🐟 tanks, dog 🐶 beds 🛌, and such. Although these TV’s remain in the household this way (protected from the weather, and not in the dump), I’d rather the person(s), would give it a second thought 💭, and repurpose it back into a TV, like 👍 it should be. I realize that these old TV’s took more power, and they took up a lot of floor space, but that was so worth it. These TV’s were furniture, as well as a TV. Pictures placed on top of these TV’s, made them really the focal point of the house. Happy and safe Halloween 🎃👻. Your friend, Jeff.
This is an excellent topic that I have to watch this with some pizza and soda pop Steve. Over an hours worth on listening on on this subject. Well done bro. This will be a pleasure to hear what you have to say. 8^) Anthony..
Excellent presentation, thank you sir, I've learned a good bit. I've only recently become conscious of the impending mortality of all crts lol. So I've started to take a few locally before there aren't anymore to grab ever. I spent the past 5 years obliviously retro gaming on my sole JVC I'Art, and forgot that everyone is throwing these displays away. I'm glad I'm not too late to the party as I managed to grab a nice KV20FV12, and an AOpen A90 PC monitor very recently. Trying to learn how to repair when needed and currently looking for a PVM of some kind.
Hi, amazing seminar! Your channel is great, I've been watching your videos the last couple months. Would you ever have time to do a video on the bkm-129x chip? I understand it for the most part, but I kinda get confused with component vs rgbs. I picked up a pvm with the bkm-129x chip and I am trying to get the best picture possible :)
very interesting, and thank you for discussing the environmental impact of e-waste. This is honestly the first time i've considered that far down the pipeline in that regard.
Nowadays people get rid of crt's. I got several crt's for free and otherwise most them can be found for 20€ max. I have a tendency to get trinitrons if I can. For the price these represent fantastic retrogaming screens.
It's not just the caps although by now many electrolytic are dry or leaking, they generally should be replaced from power supply units but other components can be flaky, check them. Ohm after removing caps check traces for any shorts. Also please don't twist caps off a board, you can ruin the traces or capacitor pads, desolder them instead. Reflow solder on the board, this can fix any cracks in the solder. Checking cables for good continuity, keep dust off the components (heat is the enemy of electronics). Try to keep everything in good shape. Maintenance is important.
I have an Sony Wega 21" manufactured between 2006 - 2007, so the picture/treatment of this one is not as good as the "1996-2005" ones? So glad you uploaded this presentation, thank you!
I am still so happy to have NEC FE2111SB for modern gaming and retro. The Sony PVM OEV143 is still nicer to look at because it is brighter by not having that high resolution I guess. I love watching movies and making fun of people not understanding why CRTs are great. To me it is the accurate black levels and infinite brightness zones. LG CX 48" is the smallest and too big for me so CRT stays the most important part in my life. DisplayPort to VGA makes my day!
25:25 You mention Widescreen CRTs and LAG. Does standard definition Widescreen CRTs also have scalers? I have a Sony Trinitron kv-32ls36e which I believe is 50hz, and cant remember LAG etc. Might the issue be SD CRTs that are 100hz Refresh? We mostly has SD Widescreen in Europe, while HD Widescreen CRTs were more common in USA. I also have an Phillips HD CRT (rare unicorn in my area), and have seen 240p (SNES) on it, and yea, its handled like an LCD would. Much better on my B&O MX4000 etc 😉 Anyway, been googling, but answers are scarce 😜
The 1850s and 1897 were in the mid and late 19th century (the 19th century being 1801-1900) which was not the "1800s" (the 1800s is the decade of the years 1800-1809).
The stupid thing about the EPA warning, is that the lead in the glass is EXACTLY that, lead in the glass. ...for it to leak out into the environment, the glass would have to be melted. ...its like lead-crystal wine glasses.
Excellent information. I have one unservicable sony trinitron crt used for display in aircraft cockpit, its size is 3.7 inches. Can you please help me repairing the crt or you can direct me to the expert?
@@RWL2012 Although that I the same conclusion I have come to, I still appreciate receiving a reply, even if it's not exactly what all I wanted it hear. Thank you anyways, have a Blessed Christmas Season.
Thank you for bringing up the issue surrounding the EPA and the dreadful environmental impact. Go buy a CRT! Keep them out landfills. @EPA shame on you!
Guy in the audience is giving a presentation of his own.
I love the history of the CRT. Amazing that they worked at all. Nice presentation, very thorough.
Thank you
Great detailed history lesson. Perfect type of panel for a game convention.
Thanks, I hope you give it again starting pretty soon. I've also been working on a follow up presentations to this one.
Really great presentation, I have a new interest in CRT gaming. This was very informative to a newcomer like myself
This is great! I really enjoyed the presentation and information. I loved the bit at the end where you were talking about passing into the digital age and were sort of realizing that analog as a format is maybe just a bit more pure or better. It's crazy to have been able to live through the time when trinitron crts and there technologies were at there zenith. Pass into this digital age and then have that recognition and nostalgia for a more pure and physical format and tech.
Hi Steve and greetings from Germany! I again watched a few of your videos and this time i wanted to shout out a big "tank you" to you and your terrific work. For me as a crt-enthusiast and collector it is always a pleassure to visit, for me RT is definetly one of the best crt-related channels on web. Carry on this great work!
Just one annotation: that Sony build only 300 BKM-68X cards is a internet-myth - mine is from 2005 and shows a serial of 843.
Great history! Sony's BVM-1910 was a great broadcast monitor, our go-to monitor producing high-end graphics in the 90's, and the monitors used in TBS's two production control rooms, and they can still be had for only a couple of hundred dollars! Heavy as hell! Those little Ikegami's (14" 15" I think) were the only pro monitors, other than Sony's BVM's, that absolutely stunned me with resolution and quality. We used those in TBS graphics lab in the 80's/90's. I still have and use Sony PVM-80420 for old video, and those are absolutely great little 9" monitors. Having grown up in television on Sony's BVM's, I still can't say I've met a flatscreen that beats the old CRT Trinitron monitors! The brightness and richness ... it's just missing with flatscreens. :(
Men, I love your work, watching you from Chile and trying to learn!!
Amazing work!
Thanks
Thanks for sharing!
Your welcome, thanks for watching
Super informative! Awesome video Steve!
Thanks
Great Presentation dude
Great stuff steve
This really is an awesome lecture. Thank you for reuploading a higher quality one AND activating the subtitles. :D
I'm sorry but there is one thing I disagree about: your stance towards widescreen HD CRTs. They're quite awesome for modern gaming. The phosphors, black levels, and the way CRTs scans the images onto the glass just looks flat out amazing. After trying my PS4 and Xbox One on a KV-30HS420, I'm not as huge a fan of LCDs anymore. There are more people trying out modern consoles and PCs on widescreen HD CRT TVs and end up getting similarly blown away, both here on UA-cam and on r/crtgaming. :D
Much applause. I had the week off for vacation, so i decided to watch a video, glad it was this one!
Hey man I just bought your clone card for my JVC. Thank you!
Hi, i really enjoyed the presentation. I’m starting to lean heavily into retro gaming and found a 32” Toshiba A series for 50 bucks. But I didn’t realize it was pretty special till you gave it a shout out in the presentation 🤗
What was AMAZING!!!!
Loved learning and listening to teacher Steve!
This is really great material
CRT TV’s 📺 were the best kind of TV 📺 to watch. They were more than just vintage, or retro (which is now), they were a way of life. Yes CRT’s did get weak, burn out, or ultimately fail, but these were some bad ass TV’s 📺. There’s nothing like 👍 the news 🗞, a movie 🎥, or the game, to come over a CRT TV. Color resolution of these TV’s was great 😊. Even the sound was great 😊, even if the speaker 🔊 wasn’t that big. There was something about going to your local store 🏬, when a tube burned out. Coming home 🏠, and putting the tube in. Tube type radios 📻, and tube type TV’s were what were the fabric of our lives. These TV’s lasted something like 👍 42 years before they were finally retired. TV’s and radios, alike, were serviceable then. It is such a shame now, with these flat screen TV’s. The color resolution sucks, and, at best, you’re likely to get 2 years out of one ☝️(5, if lucky). It is really sad 😞 to see these TV’s repurposed into fish 🐟 tanks, dog 🐶 beds 🛌, and such. Although these TV’s remain in the household this way (protected from the weather, and not in the dump), I’d rather the person(s), would give it a second thought 💭, and repurpose it back into a TV, like 👍 it should be. I realize that these old TV’s took more power, and they took up a lot of floor space, but that was so worth it. These TV’s were furniture, as well as a TV. Pictures placed on top of these TV’s, made them really the focal point of the house. Happy and safe Halloween 🎃👻. Your friend, Jeff.
This is an excellent topic that I have to watch this with some pizza and soda pop Steve. Over an hours worth on listening on on this subject. Well done bro. This will be a pleasure to hear what you have to say. 8^)
Anthony..
My last Sony was a 32" widescreen which was actually flat at the face. The tube face was effectively a lens which corrected the picture form.
That is not a lens in an optical sense, but a lens-shaped "beam" to deal with the physical forces on the glass. Like an arch bridge.
Such a great video, i've been getting into PVM lately after many years of retro video game collecting and it's such a rabbit hole.
Thanks for this upload. Really enjoyed sitting listening.
Excellent presentation, thank you sir, I've learned a good bit. I've only recently become conscious of the impending mortality of all crts lol. So I've started to take a few locally before there aren't anymore to grab ever. I spent the past 5 years obliviously retro gaming on my sole JVC I'Art, and forgot that everyone is throwing these displays away. I'm glad I'm not too late to the party as I managed to grab a nice KV20FV12, and an AOpen A90 PC monitor very recently. Trying to learn how to repair when needed and currently looking for a PVM of some kind.
Great lecture. The fact that it is being presented on a projector made me laugh deeply. Hahahahaha, yes, just like that. 😂
Excellent content
Hi, amazing seminar! Your channel is great, I've been watching your videos the last couple months. Would you ever have time to do a video on the bkm-129x chip? I understand it for the most part, but I kinda get confused with component vs rgbs. I picked up a pvm with the bkm-129x chip and I am trying to get the best picture possible :)
Thanks. There are a lot of things I need to cover and that is one of them. I'll try to cover it relatively soon.
very interesting, and thank you for discussing the environmental impact of e-waste. This is honestly the first time i've considered that far down the pipeline in that regard.
Nowadays people get rid of crt's. I got several crt's for free and otherwise most them can be found for 20€ max. I have a tendency to get trinitrons if I can. For the price these represent fantastic retrogaming screens.
I see FW900 very close to me. Its almost like I could even touch it if I leaned forward few inches ;)
It's not just the caps although by now many electrolytic are dry or leaking, they generally should be replaced from power supply units but other components can be flaky, check them. Ohm after removing caps check traces for any shorts. Also please don't twist caps off a board, you can ruin the traces or capacitor pads, desolder them instead. Reflow solder on the board, this can fix any cracks in the solder. Checking cables for good continuity, keep dust off the components (heat is the enemy of electronics). Try to keep everything in good shape. Maintenance is important.
I have an Sony Wega 21" manufactured between 2006 - 2007, so the picture/treatment of this one is not as good as the "1996-2005" ones? So glad you uploaded this presentation, thank you!
I am still so happy to have NEC FE2111SB for modern gaming and retro. The Sony PVM OEV143 is still nicer to look at because it is brighter by not having that high resolution I guess. I love watching movies and making fun of people not understanding why CRTs are great. To me it is the accurate black levels and infinite brightness zones. LG CX 48" is the smallest and too big for me so CRT stays the most important part in my life. DisplayPort to VGA makes my day!
great now I want a pvm lol
At first I thought this was Chris Jericho lol
Are PHILIPS and LG FLAT CRTs (flat screen *CRT* not LCD or plasma) on the level of Trinitrons, or TOSHIBA and JVC D models?
Flat crts typically suck for geometry and were made in the middle of the capacitor plague
25:25 You mention Widescreen CRTs and LAG.
Does standard definition Widescreen CRTs also have scalers? I have a Sony Trinitron kv-32ls36e which I believe is 50hz, and cant remember LAG etc.
Might the issue be SD CRTs that are 100hz Refresh?
We mostly has SD Widescreen in Europe, while HD Widescreen CRTs were more common in USA.
I also have an Phillips HD CRT (rare unicorn in my area), and have seen 240p (SNES) on it, and yea, its handled like an LCD would. Much better on my B&O MX4000 etc 😉
Anyway, been googling, but answers are scarce 😜
Are there picture quality differences between de Sony's BVM A and D series?
The 1850s and 1897 were in the mid and late 19th century (the 19th century being 1801-1900) which was not the "1800s" (the 1800s is the decade of the years 1800-1809).
Hey man! I’m looking at getting either a Sony Trinitron KV-24FV15 or Sony PVM 2030 for my N64, which one do you think I should get??? Thanks!
What is the best C.R.T. for retro gaming?
I would say just a KV-M1450D or something. These are like 20 bucks, have RGB input and are very easy to find.
Oh yes please
Hi pokenerd
Hi doge
excellent video! watched the whole thing. anyone happen to know who Steve trusts for CRT repair in Southern California?
His name is Savon Pat.
The stupid thing about the EPA warning, is that the lead in the glass is EXACTLY that, lead in the glass. ...for it to leak out into the environment, the glass would have to be melted. ...its like lead-crystal wine glasses.
Excellent information. I have one unservicable sony trinitron crt used for display in aircraft cockpit, its size is 3.7 inches. Can you please help me repairing the crt or you can direct me to the expert?
you said nothing about 100hz crts and what's wrong with them
I really need to know the name of the tech in brooklyn ny. Ive been needing to get my pvm serviced
The Heck is a Symphonic brand CRT TV? Got one I picked up for free. Needing more information from anyone.
Budget brand apparently
@@RWL2012 Although that I the same conclusion I have come to, I still appreciate receiving a reply, even if it's not exactly what all I wanted it hear. Thank you anyways, have a Blessed Christmas Season.
Thank you for bringing up the issue surrounding the EPA and the dreadful environmental impact. Go buy a CRT! Keep them out landfills. @EPA shame on you!
BVMs are just microwaves.