FE021 - How to convert a TV into an arcade monitor!
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- Опубликовано: 13 апр 2017
- So you want to convert a TV into an arcade monitor but don't know how? Well this video is for you! I'll walk you through my own TV to arcade monitor conversion project and share with you what I learnt along the way. I hope you can use this info to keep CRT's in arcade machines for as long as possible by up-cycling compatible TV tubes!. Cheers!
The TV sizes are different in the US because they are the viewable size, not the tube size. They were only allowed to quote the proper viewing size of the tube. Most 19in TVs were actually 20 in tubes but only 19inches were viewable.
Wait! What? You can't discharge that tube using another chassis as ground!!! Where would the discharge current go? Through the floor carpet? There is metal on the TV chassis that is supposed to be ground for the TV. Fortunately that TV was already discharged. And "modern" CRT TV's are usually discharged by itself within 15 minutes without power anyway.
Why take it apart? Just shove the whole tv in there.
Now I just want to build myself an arcade cabinet with my old crt tv.
This is so cool. I never imagined you could yank the tube from a junk CRT and do something like this with it. What a wonderful way to recycle an old TV.
How can I do this with composite and not take the CRT tv apart? (I don’t need color) and I am using a centipede board.
I've been building and fixing these arcade crt monitors for years, these days with new tubes so very thin on the ground I tend to pull tubes from later tvs as they usually have virtually new tubes in them with low hours on, it's surprising still how popular they are with arcade lovers and retro gamers, your right about Sony tubes... they can't be used. Well they can but it's a pain because of the dual focus pins, different pin configurations, voltages etc, normal flat and square tubes can be used though ive built a few of 25 and 28" flats for customers who wanted to upgrade over the traditional curved tubes
I know this is an old video now and maybe others have also suggested this - but, you cn use any SCART RGB CRT tvs. Even Sony tvs - you can make a really easy Jamma (or whatever game you have in the cab) converter to scart. You just need 3 capacitors and 1 resistor.
Very nice NEC tube.
Wow! What an awesome video. This video was done better than any video I've seen on RUclips -- On ANY subject. Nice work sir! If I ever need to make this kind of change to a machine, I'll be back to this video for sure. Thank you so much for putting this together.
Just found your channel. Great stuff. Now I'm gonna binge watch your stuff 👌👍☺️
Well done. I like your videos and love to see more. Keep up the good work mate :D
I did a tube swap on a U.N. Squadron cabinet with some serious burn-in years ago. I just bought several old TVs which looked the correct size and swapped tubes. Worked great! I think I may have gotten lucky with the resistance. I can't remember if I used the old or new yoke.
excellent job and thanks for your helpful advice
Just found your channel
I subscribed because of the intro :)
I ordered a universal chassis from the same place quoted all the specifics and although it worked the image completely distorted I later found another tv that has the right yoke readings and had a more curved glass and it works better but still warped in side scrolling games now i just picked up another tube thats even more curved hoping it would be compatitble but the pinout is different so i cant use it. Now im still on a wild goose chase a tube that will work with the arcade chassis nothings showing up for sale anywhere.
I had the same problem with the neck being to long on a Sony monitor in my Electrocoin as it barely touched my access panel in the back. So I routed out a small square hole in the access panel to let the neck clear then bolted a new, smaller board over the hole and bought myself half an inch of extra clearance. The access panel looks a little strange but it worked and I can get to my neck without pulling the whole access panel off.
You can also use a jamma to scart converter and just swap all components. RGB the easy way. I’m planning to do this with a Sony trinitron
My first crt was an rca from a doctors office that stayed on 24/7 for 8 years and it still lasted me like another 7 before the flyback converter I think it was died. I ended up getting rid of it because it wasn't worth trying fix especially before a move.