This is fucking hilarious. I watched a video the other day that was posted 3 years ago. The guy pointed a camera at his CRT and said "Don't mind me filming my CRT instead of using a capture card, I'm always ahead of the curve. This will become popular in a few years"
nice lol , i too have not invested into a capture card and thus back in the day recorded several of my lps with a camera , and my most recent being half a year ago i used my webcam to recording my crt screen of me playing grandai 3 lol....
I saw that Cybershell video when it was new...somehow I just knew that he was right...as I already saw traces of older people on twitter getting nostalgic about playing old games on their CRTs and realized it was just a matter of time before younger people started doing it to. His entire point about it feeling more "real" really sticks as well! We're so used to seeing everything through a digital lens that looking at something through a more "real" lens helps it feel...well...more real! lol :P
a low resolution on a CRT matters a lot less than a low resolution on an LCD. I loooove the natural blurring and it's way too hard to imitate with a filter
100% the phosphor scan lines and the apature grilles are somehow the ultimate type of anti-aliasing for 480p and lower content. Old games and shows look so much worse than you remember when you see them on large 4K screens
I’m watching Spy x Family on Blu-Ray via a PS3 hooked up to a 19” Magnavox CRT from 2001-ish. I never upgraded that TV in my bedroom. The TV has worked all these years and never saw reason to get rid of it.
Unfortunately the economics for making new CRTs would be ludicrous. So much specialized, expensive equipment that no longer exists, so many hazardous and toxic materials. It's just not gonna happen. VHS might be feasible, but I don't really see anyone getting nostalgic over them.
I feel like anime looks like it is painted right behind the glass and lit up, especially on pc crt monitors I think it's because of the natural glow that hides those small lines separating sub and full "pixels" where as a standart lcd monitor/tv they don't glow as much and you see those lines separating the pixels subconsciously
and small amounts of plasma created in front of the screen which heavily reacts with the magnetic and electrostatic fields causing it to actually create some kind of layer in front of the screen., ofcource it also reacts with many other particles than just plasma.
I recently started using CRTs again and you are right about how the colours look great, i have a high end OLED monitor that has great colour accuracy, but despite that even my budget CRT can produce more vibrancy, the colours look punchy.
Color looks punchy precisely because it's less color accurate. Usually you can just increase the color saturation settings or changing the color range to bring out the colors in a modern TV, especially OLED which is absolutely capable to show punchy colors, but tuned by default to show more subdued and natural, realistic colors because they were designed to show more realistic looking TV content most of the time, not animations. My TV has a separate preset just for animation that by default raises the color saturation and changes the color range to sRGB to make animation colors pop better. Only issue is it also activates the motion smoothing/interpolation which thankfully can be turned off because it looks bad.
Y'all realize OLEDs are notoriously poor at colour accuracy right.¿ The technology has punchy colors sure, but not accurate colours & if it's a WRGB OLED not only will it be inaccurate in dark scenes like all OLEDs but be washed out in bright scenes also The other issue with OLED is the constant voltage limiter on the panels which constantly shifts values throughout even more than they already do towards the ends of their range., but yes the Sony Trinitron technology is/was vibrant display tech, but all CRTs are still damaging to human vision
Great video. Another positive of watching anime on a CRT is that the DVDs for a lot of series tend to be cheaper and in less demand than the Blurays. I picked up all 8 volumes of Vision of Escaflowne for $20, while the blu-ray goes for $80-$90.
@@iamLI3 Can you give some examples? Not saying your wrong but just want to know for sure... (Unless your talking about old magical girl shows...though even then I'd like some examples! lol :P)
Me too! I put a 1TB hard drive in my PS3 years ago and it’s filled with literally hundreds of hours of old 4:3 shows. I watch stuff on my CRTs all the time; it’s great. I’m honestly considering shelling out for a new in box PS3 super slim because I’m paranoid about my current one eventually dying on me. It’s still the best media player ever made IMO.
@@stupidbluebird I’m still a bit salty they did away with the “other OS” mode, but I got a lot of use out of it at the time, and I think it’s the reason I still prefer Linux operating systems to this day. I also wish I was able to fix my old backwards compatible 80gb model, but it’s probably a lost cause. What did you use to set up your media server? I’ve wanted to make a NAS server out of my old Raspberry Pi for years now, but for one reason or another just never got around to it, and at this point I imagine there are other better alternatives available. As it is I tend to just download media and import it to the PS3, but having a media server I can stream from seems nice.
YEEES, I was waiting for Inuyasha :D Best shounen/shoujo for me, too. One thing I love about it actually is how it was shounen AND shoujo at the same time.
I literally keep my PS3 plugged in in order to watch old 4:3 shows on my CRT TV. I’ve been rewatching Digimon Tamers lately and it’s been such a nostalgia trip. I just love everything about it. Btw I’m so glad that Netflix still works on PS3 and still supports 4:3; I watched through all of Inuyasha just last year and it was amazing. Unfortunately Hulu no longer supports the PS3, which really bums me out because it was a great source of 4:3 content to watch on my CRT.
I believe part of the magic of watching old anime is if the anime also has the white noise in that I’ve seen some early anime have, it’s a touch of heaven that really makes the experience shine.
@@Rhodochrone That’s a huge part of it, but no. I mean the literal noise. Of course it doesn’t sound as good as having its audio re-mastered, but hearing the ‘sizzle’ can really set itself in the mood. If you don’t know what I’m referring to look up old recordings of vhs commercials and listen to the background noise. For some people its not their thing, but we are talking about watching anime on a crt.
So few people comment on this. That light, barely audible sizzle make all the difference. It's one of the reasons I collect cassettes. If you have a decent stereo, music on cassette has a feel that you cannot replicate elsewhere
I recently completed my DVD collection of Inuyasha, the whole 50 or so volumes of it. The reasons being that I don't own a Blu-Ray player, and all the cover art is nice to look at. Once I find a set of component cables, I will be watching the whole series on my CRT, the same one I watched a lot of Toonami on way back when.
I find it amazing how stuff from my childhood like VHS tapes and CRT TV’s are suddenly making a huge comeback in recent years. It makes me happy to know this kinda stuff still means something to people and how it’s being given a second life. ^^
I absolutely love CRTs. Used to use them in my setup. Unfortunately, circumstances have changed. Hopefully once I move I can incorporate them into my life again cause I love them so dearly!
The best way to use an old CRT TV, regardless of its generation, is to embrace some seriously retro-tech wizardry. Get yourself a Chromecast, Plex media server, and HDMI to RCA adapters. If things get tricky, RCA to coax adapters can save the day. You can even hook up multiple HDMIs using an HDMI hub. That’s right-four levels of tech-tastic connections before it even hits your CRT! I did this less than five years ago with eight HDMI devices linked through a hub, RCA to HDMI, RCA to coax, and coax splitters to all my TVs. I even added an infrared breakout box to extend remote control signals to every room using 3.5mm extension cables. I could point a universal remote at any TV and change HDMI inputs or sources on every screen. And if you’re feeling really nostalgic, you could even go further back-coax to radio signals and watch your TV on rabbit ears in glorious black and white!
Watching Yu Yu Hakusho right now on a HP pavilion CRT computer monitor I restored and calibrated. VGA input, 1024x768 @85hz. The display tube was made by LG. Model is the M50. Looks a bit round but damn good picture oh my GOD. Such an awesome technology. It pains my heart to know how many were tossed.
Hey I have the same monitor, it won’t turn on I’m pretty sure the power supply is the problem cause the led on the right hand corner doesn’t even light up. Any feed back would be appreciated
@@Faygo2215 gotta pop it open and check the mains fuse. Common failure mechanism in CRTs is either a shorted horizontal deflection transistor, or a shorted high voltage regulator transistor. Pull both, and measure them. Also check for bad electrolytic capacitors. The ones in mine measured fine but I replaced a bunch of them anyways. If none of the big transistors are shorted, check for power supply voltage on the control board. This is not beginner stuff. Cathode can hold a 600v charge so be careful! Discharge the cathode before doing any troubleshooting. All you need is a soldering iron, a desoldering method (i use a hakko fr301) and a multimeter. A transistor tester like ones made by PEAK ( the DCA55) are useful tools as well. Always remember repair is noble! You got this!!!
@@Faygo2215 Find someone who knows what they're doing and can SAFELY measure the internal components for electrical current. There's probably something wrong in the power supply.
@@FoulUnderworldCreature my dad and uncle are retired tv repair men, I could probably ask them about it then again it’s been awhile since they worked on tvs
i just miss all the weirdness with crt's like our old tv would make a clunk sound when you turned it on as the image slowly got brighter .when you turned it off you had a very short flash with distorted colors its not practical but its just interesting .
Two of the top Anime I would watch on a CRTs for the Aesthetic Vibes of it are Serial Experiments Lain and Boogiepop Phantom. Lain is interesting in how it kind of has unintentional Analog Futurism vibes even though it's subject matter is all about the dawning of the digital age. Thing is Japan was making stuff in 16:9 was sooner then the US, they had HD TV as early as 1989, you can see a 16:9 Flat Screen TV in Hotaru's Bedroom in Sailor Moon S. And Lain was one of those. So I kind of want someone to create a 16:9 CRT just to watch Serial Experiments Lain on it.
I feel you. 4 years ago I used to have a CRT TV. I played on it my ps3 games or watched stuff from VHS tapes. But I also downloaded anime on USB and watched it on a CRT TV. It was great seeing Detective Conan or Naruto on it. I also downloaded old 4:3 UA-cam videos. And they looked crazy good on a CRT TV. But later in life got broken the TV. And since that day. I miss that TV.
People didn’t know what they had and they threw them away as junk. Too bad! Now they may never be manufactured again. (I am reminded though that there are small audiophile companies that make vacuum-tubed players to this day, so I wonder if a company like that could exist for videophiles. But the vacuum tubes for audio may be sourced from old stock laying in warehouses, and this does not exist for TVs and monitors?)
Couldn't agree more! Last year I found an awesome Symphonic CRT at a yard sale for just 5 bucks, and I've enjoyed playing lots of retro games on it (just did Sonic Adventure 2 on Dreamcast not too long ago) and also watching old movies and anime, picked up a whole set of Evangelion on VHS!
If I had to guess, I'd say the anime that looks good on a CRT was likely produced with CRT displays in mind since they used to be so popular. Plus, we probably don't see all the glaring issues with the animation as crisply on a CRT as opposed to plasma or OLED, I'd say. 🤔
It's due to licensing issues with Johnny's, the company who manages the band V6. They are notorious to overseas fans due to how strict they are to stuff outside Japan.
This video was quite the coincidence popping up in my recommended. I recently bought a CRT tv myself, and I've also been watching Inuyasha! I'm still in an area where older folk are selling these things for cheap. I was lucky enough to get the same model I had in my kitchen as a kid, a 13" Toshiba MD13P1. The color on these older TVs beat out early LED models by a long shot
Still remember playing silent hill 1 on my old beat up 17" Sony KV-1720 made in 1972 that I found on a trash day back in my teens. Carried that TV all the way home and hey it still worked lol. Kinda made the gaming experience more creepy playing it on that TV with the old school dials and fake wood finish and bent up rabbit ears.
I have a small CRT in my room to play old games and watch Disney movies and other VHS tapes (it has a built in VCR). It’s really cozy and - this is embarrassing to say - makes me feel safe.
I remember having a crt tv in my bedroom as a kid and watching lots of anime and animated shows on it. Had till 2016 which I’m glad I was able to experience since it was considered obsolete as a kid growing up in the early 2010s.
I enjoy watching as much media, of all types, as possible on my CRT. I've had two recently. One I got for free, one was $10 locally. The first one broke, the second one has been working nicely. I hoard VHS Tapes, and it is not uncommon for me to record off of my computer, onto a tape, so that I can have a physical copy of whatever I like. If you're looking for a good, well maintained, CRT, I recommend becoming friends with as many old people in your town as possible, and then just casually dropping that you want an old TV in conversation. When you throw out words like "retro" - or say that you want to use it for anything specifically - people see dollar signs. I like watching old cartoons (non-anime) and horror movies on mine, primarily. Other than that, it's my dedicated Gamecube / PS2 screen.
I had to pause around the time you were talking about how heavy your 20" was, considering I originally started watching the video on my 36" Sony Trinitron I got off Facebook Marketplace a couple years back, and that I now call my roommate as it weighs 230 lbs. But yeah, beyond even Anime, I had old Babylon 5 DVDs that just look complete arse on a modern display, but I throw it on a quality era DVD player on that Sony, and Chefs Kiss. To that point, I've started collecting VHS in that gacha game of "Will this one work/or will it look like scrambled cable from the early 90s?" Enjoyable video!
I remember back then having a small crt tv and enjoying the Sony PlayStation 1 and Nintendo Gamecube and watching anime from those times It was wonderful. Cool video. ^_^
Fun Fact: one anime in particular is actually optimized for CRT TVs. Serial Experiments Lain. I'm not sure the exact details, but in some of the episodes there are images and text that are overlayed onto scenes that you can just barely make out with a CRT TV. they were added to make the viewer feel creeped out to add to the psychological horror experience. however, on a modern LED TV, these little things are not only much more visible, they're clearly present. There's no second guessing yourself to make you think: "Did I really just see that?" like when it originally aired on TV and you couldn't rewind it.
I recently dug out my childhood CRT television. My grandparents bought it for me in 2001! What I've been doing is using a Raspberry Pi 3 with OSMC installed and watching anime that way. Akira. Inuyasha. Bebop. Looks amazing. I'd also encourage anybody to learn some minor maintenance under the hood on these things. Learn some preventative safety measures and they're not that scary to work on as long as you're mindful. But odds are depending on how old the set is, you'd be well served to get something running the 240p Test Suite (I use it w/ the Wii HBC) to figure out the focus, color rings, convergence, etc, smpte color and contrast accuracy. The endgame, though, is figuring out how to get RGBS out of the OSD and getting component output. Then, a whole world of console modding is open. I'd never say that these old tv's are better than a modern hi-res LCD or OLED, but I'd also never use pliers like a socket wrench or a flathead screwdriver like a chisel. These tv's still have their place for older formats.
I've also found cheap projectors to be very nice for retro anime viewing! Watched through the original Gundam as well as the original Hunter x Hunter anime on one recently. You have to deal with adjusting it properly, and the fan noises but it's cool to blow the image up on a wall.
We live in a culture that has been near obsessed with picture quality and high detail graphics for over 20 years now, and high fidelity sound longer than that, assuming the whole time that objectively better technology and objectively clearer picture quality means an objectively better experience. But I think we're starting to slowly find out that that isn't true. I remember when Red Dead Redemption 1 came out and hearing people complain that they're using "older graphic styles like past gen games." Now that's not entirely true, but the visual style of the game was NOT as clear and high-detail as some of the its contemporaries. And I LOVED it. I loved it so much I didn't understand why people were complaining. It reminded me of the Godfather game's visual style. It was gritty, dirty, imperfect, and rugged. Perfect for an old west game, just like it was perfect for an inner-city mafia game. There's something about the dirtiness that both blurs certain elements together while maintaining their raw look. This is similar to a lot of anime made in the 90s and 2000s that excelled in that realistically slightly-dirty and "lived-in" visual design. And CRTs display this rather perfectly. And yes, I played RDR1 on a CRT. When I watch most TV shows made these days with ultra HD camera tech, displayed on a 4K flatscreen, I actually hate it. It LOOKS like a movie set with actors, not a realistic depiction of a scene. I can see so much more detail in the show than I would even see in real life, it's actually distracting from the actual story, and makes any kind of bad acting (even some good acting) look hilariously fake. Because it's displaying something MORE "realistic" than things actually look in real life. Real life is dirty, gritty, imperfect, and flawed. I can't usually see every stitch in someone's coat, or at least I don't notice, I see the person and how they behave. And speaking of anime made these days, it's like much of it exists in a world entirely devoid of dirt. The characters are often overly simplistic looking because of this, and rather the visual style focuses on lighting, shading, and special fx. Which they do a great job of, or would in a vacuum, but the fight scenes now just up looking like a planetarium light show, rather than a high stakes battle with the characters' lives on the line in a raw, unforgiving world. Now, a lot of that is due to styles and tones just changing over time, but it's also due to this long history of assuming that "better picture" and "better special fx" means better art. I saw a poll asking whether fans preferred the old hand-drawn style of DBZ vs the new software-based animations, and a decisive majority chose the former. I find the shading and overall effect of the modern style to be beautiful, but... just hard to take too seriously. Everyone looks like an idealized, sanitized version of their character, whereas the old style depicted a grittily realistic world where dirt and dust flew as the characters pummeled each other and ripped their enemies limb from limb. In fact, because of this, this old gritty style contains a lot MORE detail than the new style! It looks as if I stepped right out my door to witness a battle between Saiyans, instead of a perfectly manicured media product for my viewing entertainment. Anyways, all of this is to say that sometimes clearer picture, high definition, and super flashy special fx, DOESN'T necessarily make a better picture. In fact, as some of us are finding out, a grittier style with a CRT actually... often looks better.
This is why 4K and 8K video has not taken off. You can see makeup, skin blemishes, studio lighting, too much background detail that is unimportant to the frame. It really takes you out of the experience and less immersed.
I got mine originally for retro games, then I started watching a lot on western cartoons. Old or new cartoons it doesn't really matter they actually all look pretty good on it. I honestly get when you say I got nerd strength. I had need strength then I started body building for a while and I was able to get a huge 37" CRT when I saw it on the side of the rode. It is awesome, I watch mostly UA-cam on it through my PS3 with component cables and you have to hope the stuff your watching has a good quality upload. The rest I get stuf on DVD or blu-ray to watch on so I get the best of both worlds. Things like Ben 10 and Teen Titans can be picked up at a decent price.
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Glad you are spreading the love of CRT anime. I've done two methods on my Sony Trinitron PVM 20M2U. Watching on a PS3 Original Fat Model with Component cables and watching blu-rays off that (some adjustments have to be made to remove the borders but after that is done it looks phenomenal). The other is playing off a modded Wii and playing media off a USB/external HDD. Also with component cables. Despite my PVM only allowing up to 480i instead of 480p, interlaced picture feels more authentic to the retro feel imo. 480p is great if you prefer sharper picture but most people don't notice on CRT's, I'd say the 480i/480p difference is more transparent on LCD's anyways.
I do like CRTVs but what bother's me the most is the mosquito noise that came out of the CRTV. Its retrospective, but I do like flat screen tv's that every Japanese households, hostels, hotels, motels, and net cafes have.
had that happen to my CTR pc screen when pc games where just new, I played a pc game where they had something and said you needed to find a magnet to pull it to you, I had a magnet in my room, so decided to use that magnet. didn't work, since apaerently the game wanted me to use a very speciffic magnet found in the game itself. from that I have learned however that if I ever make a game where I tell people to use a magnet, that I should also check the devices magnet sensors to see if they try to use a real magnet to allow that to also work.
I still hook my PS3 to my CRT every once in a while for Netflix on my CRT. I watched all of Hi Score Girl on there because that felt fitting lol. Love watching older content on there.
Sometimes you must loose something to appreciate it. I guess CRT's are like that, they had so much vibe to them, so many true benefits as well. Then we focused on certain features that are awesome but don't benefit all of us and we all switched to plasma, then to LED's and now OLEDs (and some others now). I feel CRT's still have some place on our shelves, maybe not as a replacement of our big OLED tv's but as an extension.
I have my PS3 hooked up to my HD TV and my CRT. This way I can choose which TV i want to output to. I even watch **newer** anime on the CRT, and it looks great tbh. :D I have a 27" Panasonic from the early 2000s that someone had put out at the curb for trash. I passed it on my way home and immediately turned around and picked it up and put it in the car to take it home. I had a 20 inch at the time that I got on ebay, but it was dying. I got lucky and the Panasonic worked great. It was also nice to get a size and image upgrade. The Panasonic has component and S-Video as well. Mine is mainly used for games, but I defenitely enjoy watching videos on there as well!
In my case, I have a small Thomson CRT TV which I started using as a videogames screen, but one day I was watching Sakura Cardcaptor on my main TV and the thougth came to my mind. "These old anime/cartoons where made in a world where CRT's where almost the only option, and even tho they look grate, they're only using 480P, I wonder how they would look on my CRT" Then I started using my old Chromecast on that TV for almost a week, since it stopped working because of overheating (The Chromecast), but I loved how they look. So I'm glad this video came out, because I also think that CRTs should be known for more than gaming.
"orz I can't believe the way I used to watch anime is now called "retro" and "trendy." lol. I remember when all my friends were upgrading their anime collections to DVDs and selling off their VHS collections. I kept all mine. Truly, nothing beats owning phsyical media, especially VHS tapes. I love seeing all the Tenchi/Ryoko on that subreddit.
It doesn’t have to be CRTs, it can also be old TVs that didn’t have the VCR feature. As long as it works SMS you have an antenna that works, you can play old consoles on it. You can also use a separate VCR, DVD player, or even a 2 in 1 VCR/DVD player like what I have. I have 2 since the 2000’s and they still work. Me and my family use one of them the most that’s always plugged into the living room TV. We often watch DVDs on it and we sometimes watch whatever VHS tapes we still have if we’re in the mood to watch a certain movie, mainly because they’re often the only copies of a movie that we have! I’m glad I still have most of them that still work!
It just looks more beautiful like it can be the highest resolution but it's missing the soul, the blood sweat and tears put into the anime is loss when watching on higher resolutions but you can see the passion, the little frames, the tiny details in crts and such
I had a 13" Sony Trinitron, and some others. Last gorgeous one was a Sony flat CRT ~30". While I agree videogames around that era were designed for CRTs, a good Sony OLED nowadays blows me away every time with HDR content. Aint no way Im going back. VHS and Beta are low resolution, home grade copies. Even DVDs are crap. If anime is available in blu ray, go for it and use a modern OLED. For games, either nostalgia into a CRT or live with it. The emulators have filters to blend the pixels and they do a great job, since modern screens have ~16 pixels were there was 1, the original "art" apperance is back, as opposed to those early pixelated images when the transition was happening (screens had still around the same pixel size so there is no blending opportunity and the pixels were clearly swuare dots visible to naked eye). Sure, Id be thrilled to see content on CRT every once in a while, but its a small screen and after decades, I feel we can close this chapter of tech transition issues.
My internal monolouge: "Yura of the demon hair in the thumbnail? Sorry I dont fall for obvious bait bud." "..dammit" "oh wait a minute...this is actually pretty cool."
Digipaint era anime definitely made them look a lot better, the HD displays doesn't do them much favors, Digimon Adventure looked more appealing on my old tv over my hd screen
something you have to remember is how much a director might have accounted for the CRT TVs particular blooming effect in the final composition of the show. A good example is the OP from Serial Experiments Lain. Watched now on an LCD monitor in HD it just looks like Lain is on TV. Watched on a CRT she's a ghost barely fading in over the static.
I want to get a nice CRT as I want to build a game room in my house (pool table, gaming, music set up) But I want to only use 90s furniture and stuff. I want to be able to walk into the room and be transported back to the 90s.
Maybe it would be a happier time in my life. In 1998 and 1999, I did see every English dub DiC Sailor Moon episode that made it here. I did buy all the Viz remastered DVDs back in 2016. Maybe if I did use a CRT and subtitles, it would be like the first time all over again.
I still have a old CRT TV, but it actually also is still my only own and main tv. I guess it would be a good use for it since modern screens really annoy my eyes. next to that CRT's have that electrostatic 3d mist effect on when which happens when they are on for a while. I mostly only used it for my ps1. high powerusage indeed will be a problem however. availability will indeed probably also go down a lot, because obviously they aren't really made anymore, and have some charm, but next to that getting repair parts might get harder and people might also use certain parts from them for self made medical equipment or for defence related uses, especially with big countries making wars everywhere these days(many old CRT tv's actually contain parts very hard and expensive to get these days which with some slight modification can be used to make highly advanced and super effective practically invisible defence/weapon systems/direct energy weapons, might also be some governments might even at some point try to ban them from being sold or such at some point due to this. ofcource it requires a lot of understanding and skill to be able to use those parts to make such devices, but it is possible if you know how and they are insanely effective mostly due to being essentially invisible and unhearable. as for tips on how to use those tv's for anime and such I know little other than the basics and ofcource to perhaps get more, especially if you can get them for free since some parts are things as good as impossible to get your hands on these days.
Based off my experience finding anime VHS ive had the most luck at half priced books, but i also live in texas, texas back in the day was home of alot of dubbing and distribution companies
I have a CRT as a second monitor for my PC setup, was made possible by using a hdmi converter and a pair of hdmi to hdmi cables.... one of my best purchases ever!
It's all about what the media was made for and what's the prevalent display tech at the time. For old content that was made when CRT was the de facto display standard, CRT obviously wins. HDTVs aren't great for low resolution media - makes many of them looking too sharp and aliased. CRT does well at masking the rough edges. Properly remastered content and newer content made for HDTV displays on the other hand, HDTV all the way. Not early LCDs though, those are trash. But Plasma, full grid LED LCD TVs and OLED all are great for newer or properly remastered content. Also newer TVs and displays tend to be set up for realistic, more color accurate but less saturation/popping colors by default. You can change the settings to make the colors actually pop, usually by increasing contrast, saturation, and changing color depth to sRGB if your TV has the option.
My family still kept our smaller CRT. It was an early 00s Sony 20". Still works today, but has a crazy build up of static energy. For procuring CRT im fine. I can still find them on the side of the street or for very cheap on makret place. And my scout troop use to do a videogame night where we go to his wood shop and play ps2 and wii games all night. So he has a lot of CRT. Im waiting on a larger 38"(i think thats how big it is) to get when i clear out space in my basement
When I watch anime from 90’s and Early 00’s on a CRT it is more for nostalgia. I prefer DVDs, that was how I watched anime in 2000’s outside of Cable TV. I bought my anime DVDs from FYE or Best Buy. There a couple 13 inch Sony Trinitrons in my setup, one is from 1994 and the other is from 2005. The one from 2005 has a component port to get the best picture quality from my DVD player and some of my consoles. I use a Sony 5 Disc DVD Player, which I recommend getting one if you like to binge watch TV series, don’t feel like getting up to switch your discs every 4-5 episodes.
CRTs are pretty difficult to get around my area as well now, but CRTs definitely made retro anime, cartoons, and games look way better. I used to have a CRT but got rid of it since it was super bulky and heavy and HDTVs were a lot slimmer and more convenient to move around. I would probably cop one if I saw a really nice and decent sized one but other than that, there's ways to emulate CRT lines and adjust colors even on LCD screens while keeping the high resolution let alone OLED. The good ones are not super easy to find but when you do find one, even a native CRT wouldn't be able to beat the retro appeal with very few exceptions
I recently tried watching Mushishi on my CRT, it was unfortunately a pain to setup and get working but the result was a really immersive experience, especially given that shows tone
I would recommend a ps2/3 since the 360 had a pretty aggressive deflicker filter which could degrade video quality, especially if you're using higher quality video than composite
I use a raspberry pi with av out and vlc or kodi, i then set the screen to adjust for overscan so nothing gets cropped. In another set up i actually use a firestick with a hdmi to av out and then stn beta... Works great for watchinb retro anime thats on youtube and again can change settings in stn beta so no black borders for 4:3 content that thinks its outputting to 16:9 screen
I run my CRT with an HDMI to component converter box. My PC runs both the main TV and the CRT. The CRT sits right below the main TV. The CRT i run a youtube playlist of anime and PS1 letsplay. Usually with the volume on the CRT off or low. Anime is next next level with the CRT having a black tinted tube. It is a entertainment series 32" 2003 Panasonic, round tube, component inputs. Really have to see it in person to appreciate. CT-27E13G
Its so cool thats is becoming a thing, I found an old samsung CRT in a donation bin a few years back, and I use my ps4 with an HDMI to RCA adapter, i feel like even modern anime looks fantastic on a crt, unfortunately old media is still letter boxed as most streaming services dont expect people to actually have a crt, but even modern media shines in my opinion
I posted a sequel video! Why I Watch These Anime On My CRT TV
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This is fucking hilarious. I watched a video the other day that was posted 3 years ago. The guy pointed a camera at his CRT and said "Don't mind me filming my CRT instead of using a capture card, I'm always ahead of the curve. This will become popular in a few years"
nice lol , i too have not invested into a capture card and thus back in the day recorded several of my lps with a camera , and my most recent being half a year ago i used my webcam to recording my crt screen of me playing grandai 3 lol....
Thats hilarious! Yeah, I guess he was right haha
I saw that Cybershell video when it was new...somehow I just knew that he was right...as I already saw traces of older people on twitter getting nostalgic about playing old games on their CRTs and realized it was just a matter of time before younger people started doing it to. His entire point about it feeling more "real" really sticks as well! We're so used to seeing everything through a digital lens that looking at something through a more "real" lens helps it feel...well...more real! lol :P
HA I thought the same thing during that video
The only downside is that 4:3 anime gets slightly cropped on curved crts, but then again maybe they were produced with the overscan in mind
I didn’t know that. I’ll have to take a look when I get home!
@@21eny You can actually see it happening in the thumbnail of this video. Look at your PC monitor vs the CRT and you will see what I mean.
They indeed was produced with overscan in mind. I have scatches of Dragon Ball from Toei showing this.
I bought a Wii two days ago and the only reason I bought this console was for watching old anime on my crt using WiiMC, my crt is a Medion MD 6226
That won't be a problem if you have a DVD player and set it to 4:3 letterbox or a 16:9 CRT
a low resolution on a CRT matters a lot less than a low resolution on an LCD. I loooove the natural blurring and it's way too hard to imitate with a filter
not really. just lower the sharpness and saturation
You slayed that glazer. Respect @@kidrobot.
100% the phosphor scan lines and the apature grilles are somehow the ultimate type of anti-aliasing for 480p and lower content. Old games and shows look so much worse than you remember when you see them on large 4K screens
@@kidrobot. if it was that easy it'd look good on my emulators hehe
@@croozerdog nah, you need to try harder hehe
I’m watching Spy x Family on Blu-Ray via a PS3 hooked up to a 19” Magnavox CRT from 2001-ish. I never upgraded that TV in my bedroom. The TV has worked all these years and never saw reason to get rid of it.
They used to be built to last, I still have a big screen from around that time and it still looks decent
Ew spy x family. Watch a real anime like Bible Black
It's amazing how good Blurays look on a CRT. :D
Me, a CRT Repair Person: "my time has come"
Those bright bold colors. Childhood really was full of more color.
I love the bright colours! It does feel like the 90s and 2000s had more colour.
Watch CRT's and VHS make a comeback like the vinyl record to where companies start making new ones again. 😂
that'd be tits
Unfortunately the economics for making new CRTs would be ludicrous. So much specialized, expensive equipment that no longer exists, so many hazardous and toxic materials. It's just not gonna happen.
VHS might be feasible, but I don't really see anyone getting nostalgic over them.
Yo! I'm the head mod on CRTAnime thanks for the shout out
No, worries! Thank you for your service! I enjoy the CRTAnime subreddit and hope more people sub😀
I love the use of Ryoko as the banner for the sub. Best Girl. ❤
@@AlottaBoulchit Yes she's awesome I even have a figure of her now
I feel like anime looks like it is painted right behind the glass and lit up, especially on pc crt monitors
I think it's because of the natural glow that hides those small lines separating sub and full "pixels" where as a standart lcd monitor/tv they don't glow as much and you see those lines separating the pixels subconsciously
and small amounts of plasma created in front of the screen which heavily reacts with the magnetic and electrostatic fields causing it to actually create some kind of layer in front of the screen., ofcource it also reacts with many other particles than just plasma.
inuyasha on crt is fucking groovy and classic, I love it-
I recently started using CRTs again and you are right about how the colours look great, i have a high end OLED monitor that has great colour accuracy, but despite that even my budget CRT can produce more vibrancy, the colours look punchy.
find a CRT that supports HD resolutions like 720p/1080i/1080p
sounds like you need to tweek the settings on the "high end oled"
Color looks punchy precisely because it's less color accurate.
Usually you can just increase the color saturation settings or changing the color range to bring out the colors in a modern TV, especially OLED which is absolutely capable to show punchy colors, but tuned by default to show more subdued and natural, realistic colors because they were designed to show more realistic looking TV content most of the time, not animations.
My TV has a separate preset just for animation that by default raises the color saturation and changes the color range to sRGB to make animation colors pop better. Only issue is it also activates the motion smoothing/interpolation which thankfully can be turned off because it looks bad.
Y'all realize OLEDs are notoriously poor at colour accuracy right.¿
The technology has punchy colors sure, but not accurate colours & if it's a WRGB OLED not only will it be inaccurate in dark scenes like all OLEDs but be washed out in bright scenes also
The other issue with OLED is the constant voltage limiter on the panels which constantly shifts values throughout even more than they already do towards the ends of their range., but yes the Sony Trinitron technology is/was vibrant display tech, but all CRTs are still damaging to human vision
@@kidrobot.Bro is in all these comments making a war on CRTs 😂
Great video. Another positive of watching anime on a CRT is that the DVDs for a lot of series tend to be cheaper and in less demand than the Blurays. I picked up all 8 volumes of Vision of Escaflowne for $20, while the blu-ray goes for $80-$90.
Yup! It can also be easier to find DVDs then blu rays for some series
Prices are going up because new games and TV's suck dick.
And so do new movies. Anime is still pretty good, for now...
@@Vulpas Not really… even anime has been declining
@@officialfumofeltingchannel1490 you can't possibly think that when it's reached a new current peak with gushing over magical girls....
@@iamLI3 Can you give some examples? Not saying your wrong but just want to know for sure... (Unless your talking about old magical girl shows...though even then I'd like some examples! lol :P)
@@Alienrun gushing over magical girls is the example
i use my ps3 on crt to watch all my 4:3 content from both disc and through my media server. i love the feel it gives.
Same! I used to use my PS3 with one of my CRTs a lot in my old room. I miss using them regularly, but I would love to figure out something.
Me too! I put a 1TB hard drive in my PS3 years ago and it’s filled with literally hundreds of hours of old 4:3 shows. I watch stuff on my CRTs all the time; it’s great.
I’m honestly considering shelling out for a new in box PS3 super slim because I’m paranoid about my current one eventually dying on me. It’s still the best media player ever made IMO.
@@alexcallender thats the reason i have never passed up ps3s at thrift stores. best media players ever.
@@stupidbluebird I’m still a bit salty they did away with the “other OS” mode, but I got a lot of use out of it at the time, and I think it’s the reason I still prefer Linux operating systems to this day. I also wish I was able to fix my old backwards compatible 80gb model, but it’s probably a lost cause.
What did you use to set up your media server? I’ve wanted to make a NAS server out of my old Raspberry Pi for years now, but for one reason or another just never got around to it, and at this point I imagine there are other better alternatives available. As it is I tend to just download media and import it to the PS3, but having a media server I can stream from seems nice.
@@alexcallender the ps3 has a Plex app but it's not very good so I'm just running an old PC with DLNA file sharing
YEEES, I was waiting for Inuyasha :D Best shounen/shoujo for me, too. One thing I love about it actually is how it was shounen AND shoujo at the same time.
im seeing those huge vinyl records being sold at stores now new. im surprised old tech is back
I literally keep my PS3 plugged in in order to watch old 4:3 shows on my CRT TV. I’ve been rewatching Digimon Tamers lately and it’s been such a nostalgia trip. I just love everything about it.
Btw I’m so glad that Netflix still works on PS3 and still supports 4:3; I watched through all of Inuyasha just last year and it was amazing. Unfortunately Hulu no longer supports the PS3, which really bums me out because it was a great source of 4:3 content to watch on my CRT.
I was tempted to pickup a ps3 to play Blu ray anime on it
I believe part of the magic of watching old anime is if the anime also has the white noise in that I’ve seen some early anime have, it’s a touch of heaven that really makes the experience shine.
are you referring to film grain?
@@Rhodochrone That’s a huge part of it, but no. I mean the literal noise. Of course it doesn’t sound as good as having its audio re-mastered, but hearing the ‘sizzle’ can really set itself in the mood. If you don’t know what I’m referring to look up old recordings of vhs commercials and listen to the background noise. For some people its not their thing, but we are talking about watching anime on a crt.
So few people comment on this. That light, barely audible sizzle make all the difference. It's one of the reasons I collect cassettes. If you have a decent stereo, music on cassette has a feel that you cannot replicate elsewhere
@@infraredplayer ah, right, I know what you mean.
I recently completed my DVD collection of Inuyasha, the whole 50 or so volumes of it. The reasons being that I don't own a Blu-Ray player, and all the cover art is nice to look at. Once I find a set of component cables, I will be watching the whole series on my CRT, the same one I watched a lot of Toonami on way back when.
I find it amazing how stuff from my childhood like VHS tapes and CRT TV’s are suddenly making a huge comeback in recent years. It makes me happy to know this kinda stuff still means something to people and how it’s being given a second life. ^^
I absolutely love CRTs. Used to use them in my setup. Unfortunately, circumstances have changed. Hopefully once I move I can incorporate them into my life again cause I love them so dearly!
The best way to use an old CRT TV, regardless of its generation, is to embrace some seriously retro-tech wizardry. Get yourself a Chromecast, Plex media server, and HDMI to RCA adapters. If things get tricky, RCA to coax adapters can save the day. You can even hook up multiple HDMIs using an HDMI hub. That’s right-four levels of tech-tastic connections before it even hits your CRT!
I did this less than five years ago with eight HDMI devices linked through a hub, RCA to HDMI, RCA to coax, and coax splitters to all my TVs. I even added an infrared breakout box to extend remote control signals to every room using 3.5mm extension cables. I could point a universal remote at any TV and change HDMI inputs or sources on every screen. And if you’re feeling really nostalgic, you could even go further back-coax to radio signals and watch your TV on rabbit ears in glorious black and white!
I have a Sony Trinitron (big TV) that supports component ables, HD 720p/1080p and lemme tell ya, it ALWAYS looks jaw dropping amazing
Watching Yu Yu Hakusho right now on a HP pavilion CRT computer monitor I restored and calibrated. VGA input, 1024x768 @85hz. The display tube was made by LG. Model is the M50. Looks a bit round but damn good picture oh my GOD. Such an awesome technology. It pains my heart to know how many were tossed.
Hey I have the same monitor, it won’t turn on I’m pretty sure the power supply is the problem cause the led on the right hand corner doesn’t even light up. Any feed back would be appreciated
@@Faygo2215 gotta pop it open and check the mains fuse. Common failure mechanism in CRTs is either a shorted horizontal deflection transistor, or a shorted high voltage regulator transistor. Pull both, and measure them. Also check for bad electrolytic capacitors. The ones in mine measured fine but I replaced a bunch of them anyways. If none of the big transistors are shorted, check for power supply voltage on the control board. This is not beginner stuff. Cathode can hold a 600v charge so be careful! Discharge the cathode before doing any troubleshooting. All you need is a soldering iron, a desoldering method (i use a hakko fr301) and a multimeter. A transistor tester like ones made by PEAK ( the DCA55) are useful tools as well. Always remember repair is noble! You got this!!!
@@Faygo2215 Find someone who knows what they're doing and can SAFELY measure the internal components for electrical current. There's probably something wrong in the power supply.
@@FoulUnderworldCreature my dad and uncle are retired tv repair men, I could probably ask them about it then again it’s been awhile since they worked on tvs
i just miss all the weirdness with crt's like our old tv would make a clunk sound when you turned it on as the image slowly got brighter .when you turned it off you had a very short flash with distorted colors its not practical but its just interesting .
feeling the static "fuzz" by holding your hand so it almost touches the screen... that was the best thing about CRTs lol
I still use CTR and VCR happy to see other people still useing them
Two of the top Anime I would watch on a CRTs for the Aesthetic Vibes of it are Serial Experiments Lain and Boogiepop Phantom.
Lain is interesting in how it kind of has unintentional Analog Futurism vibes even though it's subject matter is all about the dawning of the digital age.
Thing is Japan was making stuff in 16:9 was sooner then the US, they had HD TV as early as 1989, you can see a 16:9 Flat Screen TV in Hotaru's Bedroom in Sailor Moon S. And Lain was one of those.
So I kind of want someone to create a 16:9 CRT just to watch Serial Experiments Lain on it.
I feel you.
4 years ago I used to have a CRT TV. I played on it my ps3 games or watched stuff from VHS tapes. But I also downloaded anime on USB and watched it on a CRT TV. It was great seeing Detective Conan or Naruto on it. I also downloaded old 4:3 UA-cam videos. And they looked crazy good on a CRT TV. But later in life got broken the TV. And since that day. I miss that TV.
People didn’t know what they had and they threw them away as junk. Too bad! Now they may never be manufactured again. (I am reminded though that there are small audiophile companies that make vacuum-tubed players to this day, so I wonder if a company like that could exist for videophiles. But the vacuum tubes for audio may be sourced from old stock laying in warehouses, and this does not exist for TVs and monitors?)
Couldn't agree more! Last year I found an awesome Symphonic CRT at a yard sale for just 5 bucks, and I've enjoyed playing lots of retro games on it (just did Sonic Adventure 2 on Dreamcast not too long ago) and also watching old movies and anime, picked up a whole set of Evangelion on VHS!
If I had to guess, I'd say the anime that looks good on a CRT was likely produced with CRT displays in mind since they used to be so popular. Plus, we probably don't see all the glaring issues with the animation as crisply on a CRT as opposed to plasma or OLED, I'd say. 🤔
I’m guessing so as well! Maybe its similar to gaming where they were produced with those displays in mind.
The Netflix version doesn’t include the openings…wtf?! Unforgivable!
@@immanisaur what's worse is I watched Inuyasha on Netflix back in 2011 and I'm pretty sure they had the openings back then.
Probably licensing issue, sad!
It's due to licensing issues with Johnny's, the company who manages the band V6. They are notorious to overseas fans due to how strict they are to stuff outside Japan.
This video was quite the coincidence popping up in my recommended. I recently bought a CRT tv myself, and I've also been watching Inuyasha! I'm still in an area where older folk are selling these things for cheap. I was lucky enough to get the same model I had in my kitchen as a kid, a 13" Toshiba MD13P1. The color on these older TVs beat out early LED models by a long shot
Still remember playing silent hill 1 on my old beat up 17" Sony KV-1720 made in 1972 that I found on a trash day back in my teens. Carried that TV all the way home and hey it still worked lol. Kinda made the gaming experience more creepy playing it on that TV with the old school dials and fake wood finish and bent up rabbit ears.
I have a small CRT in my room to play old games and watch Disney movies and other VHS tapes (it has a built in VCR). It’s really cozy and - this is embarrassing to say - makes me feel safe.
It's a matter of artists/game developers/ect... designing their works for the displays of the time.
I have a 4K TV and two 1440p computer monitors, and I'm still blown away by how good my 30" CRT TV looks when I play old games or watch DVDs on it.
I remember having a crt tv in my bedroom as a kid and watching lots of anime and animated shows on it. Had till 2016 which I’m glad I was able to experience since it was considered obsolete as a kid growing up in the early 2010s.
Wow lucky! I remember them being “obsolete” in the 2010s. What happened to your crt?
I enjoy watching as much media, of all types, as possible on my CRT. I've had two recently. One I got for free, one was $10 locally. The first one broke, the second one has been working nicely. I hoard VHS Tapes, and it is not uncommon for me to record off of my computer, onto a tape, so that I can have a physical copy of whatever I like. If you're looking for a good, well maintained, CRT, I recommend becoming friends with as many old people in your town as possible, and then just casually dropping that you want an old TV in conversation. When you throw out words like "retro" - or say that you want to use it for anything specifically - people see dollar signs. I like watching old cartoons (non-anime) and horror movies on mine, primarily. Other than that, it's my dedicated Gamecube / PS2 screen.
I had to pause around the time you were talking about how heavy your 20" was, considering I originally started watching the video on my 36" Sony Trinitron I got off Facebook Marketplace a couple years back, and that I now call my roommate as it weighs 230 lbs.
But yeah, beyond even Anime, I had old Babylon 5 DVDs that just look complete arse on a modern display, but I throw it on a quality era DVD player on that Sony, and Chefs Kiss.
To that point, I've started collecting VHS in that gacha game of "Will this one work/or will it look like scrambled cable from the early 90s?"
Enjoyable video!
I remember back then having a small crt tv and enjoying the Sony PlayStation 1 and Nintendo Gamecube and watching anime from those times It was wonderful. Cool video. ^_^
I like the calm atmosphere on your video. So serene 😌
Fun Fact: one anime in particular is actually optimized for CRT TVs. Serial Experiments Lain. I'm not sure the exact details, but in some of the episodes there are images and text that are overlayed onto scenes that you can just barely make out with a CRT TV. they were added to make the viewer feel creeped out to add to the psychological horror experience. however, on a modern LED TV, these little things are not only much more visible, they're clearly present. There's no second guessing yourself to make you think: "Did I really just see that?" like when it originally aired on TV and you couldn't rewind it.
Thats so cool! I definitely want to watch that now!
@@21eny I do too. but sadly, no CRT TV. T-T
I recently dug out my childhood CRT television. My grandparents bought it for me in 2001! What I've been doing is using a Raspberry Pi 3 with OSMC installed and watching anime that way. Akira. Inuyasha. Bebop. Looks amazing. I'd also encourage anybody to learn some minor maintenance under the hood on these things. Learn some preventative safety measures and they're not that scary to work on as long as you're mindful. But odds are depending on how old the set is, you'd be well served to get something running the 240p Test Suite (I use it w/ the Wii HBC) to figure out the focus, color rings, convergence, etc, smpte color and contrast accuracy. The endgame, though, is figuring out how to get RGBS out of the OSD and getting component output. Then, a whole world of console modding is open.
I'd never say that these old tv's are better than a modern hi-res LCD or OLED, but I'd also never use pliers like a socket wrench or a flathead screwdriver like a chisel. These tv's still have their place for older formats.
It's almost like these are the TVs that the show was designed to be watched on.
I've also found cheap projectors to be very nice for retro anime viewing! Watched through the original Gundam as well as the original Hunter x Hunter anime on one recently. You have to deal with adjusting it properly, and the fan noises but it's cool to blow the image up on a wall.
We live in a culture that has been near obsessed with picture quality and high detail graphics for over 20 years now, and high fidelity sound longer than that, assuming the whole time that objectively better technology and objectively clearer picture quality means an objectively better experience. But I think we're starting to slowly find out that that isn't true.
I remember when Red Dead Redemption 1 came out and hearing people complain that they're using "older graphic styles like past gen games." Now that's not entirely true, but the visual style of the game was NOT as clear and high-detail as some of the its contemporaries. And I LOVED it. I loved it so much I didn't understand why people were complaining. It reminded me of the Godfather game's visual style. It was gritty, dirty, imperfect, and rugged. Perfect for an old west game, just like it was perfect for an inner-city mafia game. There's something about the dirtiness that both blurs certain elements together while maintaining their raw look. This is similar to a lot of anime made in the 90s and 2000s that excelled in that realistically slightly-dirty and "lived-in" visual design. And CRTs display this rather perfectly. And yes, I played RDR1 on a CRT. When I watch most TV shows made these days with ultra HD camera tech, displayed on a 4K flatscreen, I actually hate it. It LOOKS like a movie set with actors, not a realistic depiction of a scene. I can see so much more detail in the show than I would even see in real life, it's actually distracting from the actual story, and makes any kind of bad acting (even some good acting) look hilariously fake. Because it's displaying something MORE "realistic" than things actually look in real life. Real life is dirty, gritty, imperfect, and flawed. I can't usually see every stitch in someone's coat, or at least I don't notice, I see the person and how they behave. And speaking of anime made these days, it's like much of it exists in a world entirely devoid of dirt. The characters are often overly simplistic looking because of this, and rather the visual style focuses on lighting, shading, and special fx. Which they do a great job of, or would in a vacuum, but the fight scenes now just up looking like a planetarium light show, rather than a high stakes battle with the characters' lives on the line in a raw, unforgiving world. Now, a lot of that is due to styles and tones just changing over time, but it's also due to this long history of assuming that "better picture" and "better special fx" means better art.
I saw a poll asking whether fans preferred the old hand-drawn style of DBZ vs the new software-based animations, and a decisive majority chose the former. I find the shading and overall effect of the modern style to be beautiful, but... just hard to take too seriously. Everyone looks like an idealized, sanitized version of their character, whereas the old style depicted a grittily realistic world where dirt and dust flew as the characters pummeled each other and ripped their enemies limb from limb. In fact, because of this, this old gritty style contains a lot MORE detail than the new style! It looks as if I stepped right out my door to witness a battle between Saiyans, instead of a perfectly manicured media product for my viewing entertainment. Anyways, all of this is to say that sometimes clearer picture, high definition, and super flashy special fx, DOESN'T necessarily make a better picture. In fact, as some of us are finding out, a grittier style with a CRT actually... often looks better.
This is why 4K and 8K video has not taken off. You can see makeup, skin blemishes, studio lighting, too much background detail that is unimportant to the frame. It really takes you out of the experience and less immersed.
I got mine originally for retro games, then I started watching a lot on western cartoons. Old or new cartoons it doesn't really matter they actually all look pretty good on it.
I honestly get when you say I got nerd strength. I had need strength then I started body building for a while and I was able to get a huge 37" CRT when I saw it on the side of the rode. It is awesome, I watch mostly UA-cam on it through my PS3 with component cables and you have to hope the stuff your watching has a good quality upload. The rest I get stuf on DVD or blu-ray to watch on so I get the best of both worlds. Things like Ben 10 and Teen Titans can be picked up at a decent price.
Wow 15k views! Thank you guys so much!😊 I didn't know this video would get so much attention and become my most viewed video. I'm currently making a video about the top 10 anime I like to watch on my CRT, if you'd like to get notified to see it please subscribe! 😀 Any other videos you'd like to see in the future, please feel free to give some suggestions.😄
I will try this for sure. Also, this is the most relaxing video I've seen in a while. Thank you.
When an anime wasnt remastered in 1080p I usually would also advise to watch it on a CRT. Somehow it really does look much better
Glad you are spreading the love of CRT anime. I've done two methods on my Sony Trinitron PVM 20M2U. Watching on a PS3 Original Fat Model with Component cables and watching blu-rays off that (some adjustments have to be made to remove the borders but after that is done it looks phenomenal). The other is playing off a modded Wii and playing media off a USB/external HDD. Also with component cables. Despite my PVM only allowing up to 480i instead of 480p, interlaced picture feels more authentic to the retro feel imo. 480p is great if you prefer sharper picture but most people don't notice on CRT's, I'd say the 480i/480p difference is more transparent on LCD's anyways.
Wow, I’d love to have a PVM! I envy you!
I do like CRTVs but what bother's me the most is the mosquito noise that came out of the CRTV. Its retrospective, but I do like flat screen tv's that every Japanese households, hostels, hotels, motels, and net cafes have.
Love seein YGO season 0, it looks so good on crt. Thank you for sharing!!
Yup, I love Season 0! It is so underrated!
the most surprising thing in this video is that the xbox360 Netflix still works smoothly.
I was surprised too! I wish I got the youtube app before the store shut down.
That magnet damage at the upper right corner. I remember when I caused that on our TV 😂😂
had that happen to my CTR pc screen when pc games where just new, I played a pc game where they had something and said you needed to find a magnet to pull it to you, I had a magnet in my room, so decided to use that magnet. didn't work, since apaerently the game wanted me to use a very speciffic magnet found in the game itself.
from that I have learned however that if I ever make a game where I tell people to use a magnet, that I should also check the devices magnet sensors to see if they try to use a real magnet to allow that to also work.
I still hook my PS3 to my CRT every once in a while for Netflix on my CRT. I watched all of Hi Score Girl on there because that felt fitting lol. Love watching older content on there.
Sometimes you must loose something to appreciate it. I guess CRT's are like that, they had so much vibe to them, so many true benefits as well. Then we focused on certain features that are awesome but don't benefit all of us and we all switched to plasma, then to LED's and now OLEDs (and some others now). I feel CRT's still have some place on our shelves, maybe not as a replacement of our big OLED tv's but as an extension.
Zelda Windwaker on a CRT :D
Watched Initial D First and Second Stage on my 25 inch Trinitron. It was such an awesome experience.
5:17 r/TVTooHigh
I have my PS3 hooked up to my HD TV and my CRT. This way I can choose which TV i want to output to. I even watch **newer** anime on the CRT, and it looks great tbh. :D I have a 27" Panasonic from the early 2000s that someone had put out at the curb for trash. I passed it on my way home and immediately turned around and picked it up and put it in the car to take it home. I had a 20 inch at the time that I got on ebay, but it was dying. I got lucky and the Panasonic worked great. It was also nice to get a size and image upgrade. The Panasonic has component and S-Video as well. Mine is mainly used for games, but I defenitely enjoy watching videos on there as well!
In my case, I have a small Thomson CRT TV which I started using as a videogames screen, but one day I was watching Sakura Cardcaptor on my main TV and the thougth came to my mind. "These old anime/cartoons where made in a world where CRT's where almost the only option, and even tho they look grate, they're only using 480P, I wonder how they would look on my CRT"
Then I started using my old Chromecast on that TV for almost a week, since it stopped working because of overheating (The Chromecast), but I loved how they look. So I'm glad this video came out, because I also think that CRTs should be known for more than gaming.
"orz I can't believe the way I used to watch anime is now called "retro" and "trendy." lol. I remember when all my friends were upgrading their anime collections to DVDs and selling off their VHS collections. I kept all mine. Truly, nothing beats owning phsyical media, especially VHS tapes.
I love seeing all the Tenchi/Ryoko on that subreddit.
It doesn’t have to be CRTs, it can also be old TVs that didn’t have the VCR feature. As long as it works SMS you have an antenna that works, you can play old consoles on it. You can also use a separate VCR, DVD player, or even a 2 in 1 VCR/DVD player like what I have. I have 2 since the 2000’s and they still work. Me and my family use one of them the most that’s always plugged into the living room TV. We often watch DVDs on it and we sometimes watch whatever VHS tapes we still have if we’re in the mood to watch a certain movie, mainly because they’re often the only copies of a movie that we have! I’m glad I still have most of them that still work!
CRT monitor *looks at curve monitors*: look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power
It just looks more beautiful like it can be the highest resolution but it's missing the soul, the blood sweat and tears put into the anime is loss when watching on higher resolutions but you can see the passion, the little frames, the tiny details in crts and such
What an odd coincidence, I've been rewatching inuyasha on a CRT for the last few weeks
If it were up to me, I’d pick a widescreen CRT TV. Best of both worlds, y’know? Old school feel with modern aspect ratio!
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It'd be so sick if CRTs somehow started to be manufactured again. I have one CRT left that I cherish
Definitely would be sick if they did!
I had a 13" Sony Trinitron, and some others. Last gorgeous one was a Sony flat CRT ~30".
While I agree videogames around that era were designed for CRTs, a good Sony OLED nowadays blows me away every time with HDR content. Aint no way Im going back.
VHS and Beta are low resolution, home grade copies. Even DVDs are crap.
If anime is available in blu ray, go for it and use a modern OLED.
For games, either nostalgia into a CRT or live with it.
The emulators have filters to blend the pixels and they do a great job, since modern screens have ~16 pixels were there was 1, the original "art" apperance is back, as opposed to those early pixelated images when the transition was happening (screens had still around the same pixel size so there is no blending opportunity and the pixels were clearly swuare dots visible to naked eye).
Sure, Id be thrilled to see content on CRT every once in a while, but its a small screen and after decades, I feel we can close this chapter of tech transition issues.
My internal monolouge:
"Yura of the demon hair in the thumbnail? Sorry I dont fall for obvious bait bud."
"..dammit"
"oh wait a minute...this is actually pretty cool."
Digipaint era anime definitely made them look a lot better, the HD displays doesn't do them much favors, Digimon Adventure looked more appealing on my old tv over my hd screen
something you have to remember is how much a director might have accounted for the CRT TVs particular blooming effect in the final composition of the show. A good example is the OP from Serial Experiments Lain. Watched now on an LCD monitor in HD it just looks like Lain is on TV. Watched on a CRT she's a ghost barely fading in over the static.
Ah the old xbox 360, still getting mileage out of it after all these years haha.
You sir, have inspired me to hook up my Xbox 360 to my CRT TV, now if you excuse me, I shall watch the original Dragon Ball Z ocean/ Z dub
I want to get a nice CRT as I want to build a game room in my house (pool table, gaming, music set up) But I want to only use 90s furniture and stuff. I want to be able to walk into the room and be transported back to the 90s.
Serial Experiments Lain on this hits hard
You know what? good video Wolf Dawgz. You earn yourself a subscriber.
Good video!
Maybe it would be a happier time in my life. In 1998 and 1999, I did see every English dub DiC Sailor Moon episode that made it here.
I did buy all the Viz remastered DVDs back in 2016. Maybe if I did use a CRT and subtitles, it would be like the first time all over again.
It might be. I definitely felt like that and its why I made then video. 😊
The scenes where there are a lot of flashing lights are the best. CRTs can be very bright and certain anime scenes look amazing on them
I still have a old CRT TV, but it actually also is still my only own and main tv. I guess it would be a good use for it since modern screens really annoy my eyes.
next to that CRT's have that electrostatic 3d mist effect on when which happens when they are on for a while.
I mostly only used it for my ps1.
high powerusage indeed will be a problem however.
availability will indeed probably also go down a lot, because obviously they aren't really made anymore, and have some charm, but next to that getting repair parts might get harder and people might also use certain parts from them for self made medical equipment or for defence related uses, especially with big countries making wars everywhere these days(many old CRT tv's actually contain parts very hard and expensive to get these days which with some slight modification can be used to make highly advanced and super effective practically invisible defence/weapon systems/direct energy weapons, might also be some governments might even at some point try to ban them from being sold or such at some point due to this. ofcource it requires a lot of understanding and skill to be able to use those parts to make such devices, but it is possible if you know how and they are insanely effective mostly due to being essentially invisible and unhearable.
as for tips on how to use those tv's for anime and such I know little other than the basics and ofcource to perhaps get more, especially if you can get them for free since some parts are things as good as impossible to get your hands on these days.
Enjoyed this, nice one.
Would if I had a CRT television.
But I'm fine with what I have.
I do agree with you that anime (from 80s-90s-00s) should be watched on a CRT.
Based off my experience finding anime VHS ive had the most luck at half priced books, but i also live in texas, texas back in the day was home of alot of dubbing and distribution companies
I have a CRT as a second monitor for my PC setup, was made possible by using a hdmi converter and a pair of hdmi to hdmi cables.... one of my best purchases ever!
The way I popped off when you said “$50 Canadian” 😂😂
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Yup haha! 🦫
It's all about what the media was made for and what's the prevalent display tech at the time.
For old content that was made when CRT was the de facto display standard, CRT obviously wins. HDTVs aren't great for low resolution media - makes many of them looking too sharp and aliased. CRT does well at masking the rough edges.
Properly remastered content and newer content made for HDTV displays on the other hand, HDTV all the way. Not early LCDs though, those are trash. But Plasma, full grid LED LCD TVs and OLED all are great for newer or properly remastered content.
Also newer TVs and displays tend to be set up for realistic, more color accurate but less saturation/popping colors by default. You can change the settings to make the colors actually pop, usually by increasing contrast, saturation, and changing color depth to sRGB if your TV has the option.
My family still kept our smaller CRT. It was an early 00s Sony 20". Still works today, but has a crazy build up of static energy. For procuring CRT im fine. I can still find them on the side of the street or for very cheap on makret place. And my scout troop use to do a videogame night where we go to his wood shop and play ps2 and wii games all night. So he has a lot of CRT. Im waiting on a larger 38"(i think thats how big it is) to get when i clear out space in my basement
Great video :D
When I watch anime from 90’s and Early 00’s on a CRT it is more for nostalgia. I prefer DVDs, that was how I watched anime in 2000’s outside of Cable TV. I bought my anime DVDs from FYE or Best Buy. There a couple 13 inch Sony Trinitrons in my setup, one is from 1994 and the other is from 2005. The one from 2005 has a component port to get the best picture quality from my DVD player and some of my consoles. I use a Sony 5 Disc DVD Player, which I recommend getting one if you like to binge watch TV series, don’t feel like getting up to switch your discs every 4-5 episodes.
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CRTs are pretty difficult to get around my area as well now, but CRTs definitely made retro anime, cartoons, and games look way better. I used to have a CRT but got rid of it since it was super bulky and heavy and HDTVs were a lot slimmer and more convenient to move around. I would probably cop one if I saw a really nice and decent sized one but other than that, there's ways to emulate CRT lines and adjust colors even on LCD screens while keeping the high resolution let alone OLED. The good ones are not super easy to find but when you do find one, even a native CRT wouldn't be able to beat the retro appeal with very few exceptions
I recently tried watching Mushishi on my CRT, it was unfortunately a pain to setup and get working but the result was a really immersive experience, especially given that shows tone
I would recommend a ps2/3 since the 360 had a pretty aggressive deflicker filter which could degrade video quality, especially if you're using higher quality video than composite
just watched all of samurai champloo through s video on crt, best way to watch anime by far
I use a raspberry pi with av out and vlc or kodi, i then set the screen to adjust for overscan so nothing gets cropped. In another set up i actually use a firestick with a hdmi to av out and then stn beta... Works great for watchinb retro anime thats on youtube and again can change settings in stn beta so no black borders for 4:3 content that thinks its outputting to 16:9 screen
I run my CRT with an HDMI to component converter box. My PC runs both the main TV and the CRT. The CRT sits right below the main TV. The CRT i run a youtube playlist of anime and PS1 letsplay. Usually with the volume on the CRT off or low.
Anime is next next level with the CRT having a black tinted tube. It is a entertainment series 32" 2003 Panasonic, round tube, component inputs. Really have to see it in person to appreciate. CT-27E13G
Its so cool thats is becoming a thing, I found an old samsung CRT in a donation bin a few years back, and I use my ps4 with an HDMI to RCA adapter, i feel like even modern anime looks fantastic on a crt, unfortunately old media is still letter boxed as most streaming services dont expect people to actually have a crt, but even modern media shines in my opinion