Yeah those things were always so giant and took up so much room. I also don't understand how we used to move the big screen TVs that were giant black boxes (more 90s style).
Man, this is what my 19" Toshiba CRT/VCR combo unit wishes it could be. Just the same, moment I saw it after walking to the town Thrift Store looking to rebuild my DVD/VHS collection...I knew I was taking the bus home, and I didn't care about the looks I got considering I paid 12 bucks for it, in 2023, in Canadian Loonies. Also, love the shirt, my dude.
Haha too funny, riding on a bus with a CRT - hey I think it's worth it. Especially if that's the best way to get around town. I think these things are going to be hard to find soon so might as well find the best you can while people are still trying to throw them out. I now have 4 CRT TVs and 1 Sony LCD Projection TV - I'm about to clean them up and sell some of them. Keeping the Sony Trinitron and will probably keep one more but rotate it out as I find better ones. For now I'll probably keep the Toshiba 32" I found recently (for $20!) because it's a nice one and I don't feel like moving it again for awhile haha Glad you noticed the shirt too!
This first purchase I made with my paper route money was a 20" Sony Trinitron TV. Similar to yours, but without the vcr. I bought that particular model for its S-Video connector, which nobody I knew ever heard about, but supposedly gave me a sharper picture. It was sharper. I had cleaner graphics in games than any of my friends. That was my gaming tv for many years. Since I never had an allowance that was the first item I purchased with my own money in my life. Thanks for bringing back some nostalgic memories!
Glad you got to see that and relive those memories! Fun and memorable stories. I'll be posting a lot more - I have about 10 CRTs at my place and I'm going to go through the majority of them.
I love this TV, and I think you love it too since it's the one you use the most in your videos, can't blame you it looks great!, some dude in my area was basically giving one away many years ago for $15, it was the European version though, which has stereo and SCART, he even modded it in the back to also accept component and it works with NTSC stuff too, it was an absolute steal and to this day one of my favorite finds.
Damn, that's awesome! What a great and interesting find. Definitely a keeper I hope. And yeah, the display and the actual box looks so awesome on this Sony that I love featuring it in my vids!
Wow! That all black shell with the smooth angled bezels, narrow base, and the VHS slot makes for one aesthetically pleasing CRT!! 🤤 Would love to find one out in the wild. Online prices are f-ing bonkers! And once again awesome work with the filming: your cinematography is on point, sir!
Thank you so much! And yeah, whenever I bought a Super Nintendo last year I went to an estate sale to grab an old TV and this was the first one I found. I found out later that these Sonys are hot commodities! Glad I lucked out on the first try, it was $28 if I remember correctly.
Congratulations 🎉 this is the best snes tv in image quality after bvm and pvm, 14" and 25" looks extreme, mono sound is not a barrier, I used to put mono usualy on my rgb tv, it looks great for my ears 🎮
I always found crt tvs really interesting. Even as a kid it was like a magnifying glass to me. I had many crt tvs. I threw my last one out in 2019. Everything was failing on it. I had it for 17 years. I had the same Sylvania TV you have. The vcr was crap and chewed on my tapes. I only had it for two years. The only good thing was i could watch TV and dvds with it in my bedroom.
That's super neat. I've never really had interest in them until I started buying older games recently and found out the image is way better on CRT TVs. I love this journey so far tho - it's been fun learning all of it.
Tube TVs often had surprisingly beefy speakers, because the large chassis afforded to include them. I love the sound quality of my 32" widescreen Panasonic Quintrix CRT telly. Althought I would love to get a smaller 4:3 set. The Quintrix takes a lot of space and it weighs 60 kg / 132 lbs! The picture quality is lovely too, although its geometry could be better.
Hey Jacob, for current-gen gaming consoles and Blu-ray players you can get an 'HDMI to RF' modulator like from Radio Shack or any online electronic parts vendor... Those are not really expensive at all. Then just pick up all the required cables that you'll need to hook everything up. The reason why I recommend RF over A/V composite, is because RF supports a HIGHER bandwidth. Just make shure the RF coaxial cable you'll be getting is TRIPLE-SHIELDED to prevent noise and artifacts. My friends and I used to do this kinda method to hook up our PS3s and Xbox 360s to older CRTs that don't even support A/V input jacks, and the picture/sound quality KICKS ASS. Everything looks at least 3 or 4 times better than compared to just hookin' up the game consoles up with the included stock A/V composite cables. The graphics looked SO sharp, that they have like a newspaper cut-out quality to them. And the colors will literally POP right off the screen. The modulator will also convert the mono to semi-stereo. You will NOT be needing a separate audio Y adapter for the sound. Tho it will still not be 100% true stereo (cuz your TV only has a single speaker), the processing from digital to analog will no doubt BOOST the audio signal quality significantly. You will begin to notice MUCH clearer/louder audio output from your TV. Hope this helps!
Wow, what the heck - this is all really neat and I appreciate the information! I'll have to try this out and let you know what I think. Maybe I can make a separate video on this exact process - of hooking it up with those cables.
I actually just ended up buying the entire VHS collection at an estate sale yesterday for $40 and we ended up with 381 movies!! Can't believe it. Jurassic Park was definitely in there. I'll have to include it in the next video I make of running the TV!
Yeah the image is amazing. And yes! This is the first one I've bought for decades. Crazy they are coming back but totally makes sense - it looks so much better for playing these old games I've been collecting. Night and Day compared to a newer HDMI style connection.
@@JaWayne yeah the fact it’s 20” and a Trinitron is perfect. I find 20” is the sweet spot for a good screen size without being too heavy and bulky at all to move around. The colors on SMW look really vibrant and crisp
@@RetrofIex Yeah I love that game compared to others for gameplay and colors - I just tried a couple Spider-Man games and they weren't the same - it's tough to beat SMW. I love the 20" as well!
I’ve been thinking about getting one of these old vintage TVs with the built in VCR. Yes, it’d take up space and not really be necessary since I already have a modern smart TV in my room. But there’s this nostalgia about these vintage VCR TV types for me. And I’m beginning to appreciate the durability of VHS tapes, in terms of how DVDs start skipping from a few scratches over time by comparison.
Yeah I've been playing hundreds of tapes and only a small percentage - maybe 1-3% of them have trouble playing. I'm actually looking at my death pile right now: I have 24 that broke or didn't play right out of hundreds that I've gone through (I play all of the tapes through to ensure they actually work). Those are some good odds!
For me 20 inches for a crt is the sweet spot but 32inch sets are incredible especially Toshiba and Panasonic sets you should get a composite switcher for yours get a pelican hd system switcher it looses no image quality
What does a composite switcher do? And the Pelican HD switcher? I've never really heard of those I don't believe. And you're right, 32" would be really nice!
@@JaWayne Do you have a Laserdisc collection by any chance? I remember my first time seeing one back in the early 90s; like a CD the size of a record.😂
The TV looks really slick, but the US version has really underspecced connectors on the back. Here in the EU this series has RGB-SCART with stereo input.
I need to figure out how to do all of that - it definitely looks tilted. Thanks for the info! If you have any recommendations, please pass them my way!
Honestly, they take up so much space - I'd recommend only having one or two at a time You can play consoles on the one you like the best and sell the other one, then when you find an even better model, sell the lesser of the two. It will not only fund your collection (you can probably buy some old games/consoles too with that money) but you'll not have a pile of TVs taking up space. I'd wait to move out before filling your place with these things.
Glad you enjoyed!! I'm wanting to make more of these videos. I love checking out new (well, old haha) CRTs that I acquire. I just bought a Toshiba that has an internal VCR AND an internal DVD player. I'll be making that one next in the CRT world.
@@JaWayneWOW, 15 CRT TVs? That’s awesome dude - would you please consider doing a video to showcase your CRT collection? Are they varied in size, like many are smaller 13” sets?
I just got one for free. A 20" Trinitron from 1988. It is so heavy. 😂 Owner said it didn't work. I plugged it in. After about 5 minutes it popped on. I need to do some more testing. But nice to have a bug monitor for old VHS and console games.
Glad you enjoyed it! I'll be making more of these - I now have 3 CRT TVs and will be making 2 more videos in the next few weeks showcasing those TVs. I'm hoping to pick up another TV this weekend as well!
People like myself I started learning how to fix my own VCR players is whiching all the videos online how to repair VCR players at one time I don't know how to fix them myself
@@albatrosses Take off the back cover of the TV and adjust the yoke. Working with high voltages is dangerous so make sure to take safety precautions so you won't get electrocuted
@@JaWayne(UPDATE) I FINALLY got one! I finally got my own 20 Inch Sony Trinitron VCR Combo! & It's VERY Close to this one! & It's from the year I was born in! 👀✨
I remember that being a weird transition but it's funny how much sense it made since film was typically shot that way and theaters displayed that way. But I remember them doing the easy way sometimes and stretching the image to fit.
@@JaWayne I still have mine but there are issues on the display like the color white is now pink haha then there are lines when switching to video. I will have it fix next week hope the tech can fix the issue.
Great video keep your mode switche clean out in your VCR player itself y because of dirty mode switches causes problem's on it doesn't play tapes at all or sometimes it starts eat tapes or sometimes it doesn't take a tape everything proven people keep there mode switch clean out people will never have that problem at all God bless you God loves you
@@maxxtoan8596 I think it's fun to only own a couple but buy some new finds to sell - but test them out before selling and if you find one that you like better than your 2 TVs, then upgrade the one you want to keep and sell the older one. So you might continue to upgrade slowly over and over again.
@@destructo3915 Yeah I didn't even realize there was a market for this - I just grabbed the first old TV I saw at an estate sale for my Super Nintendo and later realized I got a badass one that everyone talks highly about. I got lucky with that one!
I would not trust my tapes with the VCRs on TVs. I was literally just playing around with the VCR of my JVC TV and two of my tapes snapped because it couldn't auto slow down at the end of the rewind.
@@JaWayne ..Definitely. I got the sony 36xbr800. Bought it with the original stand..remote and instruction manual in mint condition hardly been used for 40 bucks from Craigslist NY in 2020. The old lady I bought it from said her son bought it for her in 2002 and she was never really a tv person and to top it off it was too big and cumbersome from the get go. Just my luck I was browsing Craigslist looking for a crt for my 2600 heavysixer when her granddaughter decided too list like a day before. I honestly love this tv...thank god I got a few of my mates from my gym too go get it. It was truly a motherfucker..she's a total beast but well worth it. Still going strong. Rock On my brother 🤘
@@monsieurmike2072 Damn that's a lucky find indeed! And yeah I can't believe how heavy those things are and I imagine that one was 36 inches? So neat to have at your place.
It's sad to see they put a 4-head VCR in that nice TV. Hi-Fi sound provided by 6-head VCRs considerably improves the sound output. Without it, it's almost unbearable to watch EP-recorded tapes, for example (as long as the original recording was made in such a VCR as well).
That's crazy, I didn't know all of that. And yeah it's a shame the VCR is eating tapes. Not really sure what to do. Should I use the liquid cleaner solution in the tape cleaner? I actually have some of that from decades ago.
@@JaWayne I don't think the heads have any influence regarding the VCR eating tapes. Perhaps the pinch rollers inside are getting sticky and need replacement, or there's an issue with a belt.
No way they would add a 6 head when 4 head was a standard for mid range standalone VCRs from nearly every single manufacturer including JVC and Panasonic
@@nathanpiper1346 Nice! That's awesome you have all the different sizes - and I agree, having a couple 20" (or 21" in your case) is a good thing - that's the perfect size. I also only have one 32", those things take up space!
It’s a good one! Glad I was able to snag one. I actually have a 2nd Sony Trinitron and I’m realizing that this one in the video displays a bit dark in certain areas of the screen.
To fix a break vhs tape take the black part and the white part of the tape itself and put Scotch tape on it and some Scotch tape itself will show it needs to be cut off
VCR belts everywhere online now days for 10 dollars off eBay people like myself are buying VCR belts off eBay and they have every other VCR belts offline now days
That's awesome! I didn't know that. I don't even know how I'd work on this VCR though since it's inside the TV frame. Does it drop down so you can work on it? Or do you have to take out the tube above it first?
You have to take out the chassis to replace belt because it's a combo tv VCR it's going to be a big job to get out but it can be done if you know how to work on one now if you don't know what am saying you can go online and say how to replace a belt in VCR tv combo and your tv is a combo you have to put that down to pull up the video's online what you need to see
Hmm weird - I see what you're saying and I've never noticed that so you think it's the TV? It almost looks like Mario is running slightly uphill the whole time. Can't unsee!
@@JaWayneit’s an easy fix, but you’d have to open the back and manually rotate the yoke slightly to even it out. May not be worth the trouble if it’s not noticeable under most games. 😊
What is bad today you got people trying to stop people from having vhs tapes and whiching them people not want people having them now days people is tilling people what to do on their tapes what you can have or can't have
@@JaWayne that discolor is a chemical reaction to oxygen and light and permanent , Nintendo was using cheaper plastic mixes at one point , but charging us Full-price $$$ for the console 😠 , ,they pulled that on us again with the Wii, they were selling us Wii consoles that were missing Compatibility with GameCube for the same original price $$$ just burns my buttons , ,😠🤔😠
Dang, well when I try it out I'll be filming it for sure so I'll post it no matter what happens! Maybe it will help others too even if it fails@@wyldelf2685
it needs servicing badly, the yoke is likely out of position. i don't know if this set has tilt correction, but you need to get that checked, the image is tilted.
It's fine, stop giving out misinformation. It's tilted from the Earth's magnetic field, if you keep rotating the set it will straighten out but that might not be an option if it's to go inside a cabinet or along a certain wall, it's just something people put up with as you can't tell watching videos. Tilt correction didn't come out until early 2000's flat screens and over 27" in size.
It's actually better on these TVs if you're playing the old stuff - as you convert it to 1080 it actually causes a slight delay and you have to figure out the controls again. But I also am not a gamer so that's only my limited opinion. Maybe you're right! :)
@@Libby_290 I would just said once: unreliable I and my famaily was throw aways at least 3 of them after 4 years and they all well know brand. You like morden TV that fine you do you own ways,I choose CRT TV cause it have better and natrual colors. Oh one more thing,most modern games only have good grahipcs (some of are good one) but boring gameplay.
It is a typical european analoge connection for RGB Video it is similar to your yuv component cables that are more popular in the usa than in europe but we had that rgb connection for best picture qualit way earlier than you i think.. i think back in the they the best option for you was to look for a s-video connection if you want to get a better signal than RF and composite (yellow) I am not shure if the us snes carries rgb from stock without mods .. for europen it delivers the best picture .. if you want to use upscalers like framemeister, ossc, retrotink.. good shielded rgb scart cables are almost mandatory to use otherwise you wont get very happy with modee flat tvs... but as well my bang & olufsen crt never looked that good if i woule not use good rgb scart cables on it.. read the wikipedia page for scart .. but hey you had worse picture back in the day but you always had 60hz we got 60 hz since ps2 era as i remember.. before videogaming was just 50hz in europe
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When I was a kid, the TV was a big wooden piece of furniture that weighed over 100 pounds. And it still only had a 25 inch screen.
Yeah those things were always so giant and took up so much room. I also don't understand how we used to move the big screen TVs that were giant black boxes (more 90s style).
@@JaWayne it was a team effort
@@JaWaynebecause those big 90s TV had projectors and a mirror inside the TV.
I had my big wooden RCA from the 80s and used it until last year when it finally bit the dust.I miss that hulking beast.
They had those in the 80's too i believe@@bjthedjdutchdude1992
Man, so many memories awoken here. You played that Mario level with your eyes closed Nd one hand behind your back. Respect ✊🏼
Hahah it comes back so naturally. That was probably my main game.
I'm just about to trade my 27 inch Trinitron with this one, but I realized it's only mono, luckily I watched this video.
Yeah, mono isn't my top choice but definitely workable and the picture looks fantastic. But glad my video helped you make that decision!
That Sony CRT looks so tempting to buy, pure piece of analog art !!!
Yeah for real!
so is the Super Nintendo.
Man, this is what my 19" Toshiba CRT/VCR combo unit wishes it could be. Just the same, moment I saw it after walking to the town Thrift Store looking to rebuild my DVD/VHS collection...I knew I was taking the bus home, and I didn't care about the looks I got considering I paid 12 bucks for it, in 2023, in Canadian Loonies.
Also, love the shirt, my dude.
Haha too funny, riding on a bus with a CRT - hey I think it's worth it. Especially if that's the best way to get around town. I think these things are going to be hard to find soon so might as well find the best you can while people are still trying to throw them out.
I now have 4 CRT TVs and 1 Sony LCD Projection TV - I'm about to clean them up and sell some of them. Keeping the Sony Trinitron and will probably keep one more but rotate it out as I find better ones. For now I'll probably keep the Toshiba 32" I found recently (for $20!) because it's a nice one and I don't feel like moving it again for awhile haha
Glad you noticed the shirt too!
This first purchase I made with my paper route money was a 20" Sony Trinitron TV. Similar to yours, but without the vcr. I bought that particular model for its S-Video connector, which nobody I knew ever heard about, but supposedly gave me a sharper picture. It was sharper. I had cleaner graphics in games than any of my friends. That was my gaming tv for many years. Since I never had an allowance that was the first item I purchased with my own money in my life. Thanks for bringing back some nostalgic memories!
Glad you got to see that and relive those memories! Fun and memorable stories. I'll be posting a lot more - I have about 10 CRTs at my place and I'm going to go through the majority of them.
I love this TV, and I think you love it too since it's the one you use the most in your videos, can't blame you it looks great!, some dude in my area was basically giving one away many years ago for $15, it was the European version though, which has stereo and SCART, he even modded it in the back to also accept component and it works with NTSC stuff too, it was an absolute steal and to this day one of my favorite finds.
Damn, that's awesome! What a great and interesting find. Definitely a keeper I hope. And yeah, the display and the actual box looks so awesome on this Sony that I love featuring it in my vids!
Wow! That all black shell with the smooth angled bezels, narrow base, and the VHS slot makes for one aesthetically pleasing CRT!! 🤤 Would love to find one out in the wild. Online prices are f-ing bonkers! And once again awesome work with the filming: your cinematography is on point, sir!
Thank you so much! And yeah, whenever I bought a Super Nintendo last year I went to an estate sale to grab an old TV and this was the first one I found. I found out later that these Sonys are hot commodities! Glad I lucked out on the first try, it was $28 if I remember correctly.
Congratulations 🎉 this is the best snes tv in image quality after bvm and pvm, 14" and 25" looks extreme, mono sound is not a barrier, I used to put mono usualy on my rgb tv, it looks great for my ears 🎮
It's hard to find a mono cord for these - so I used that Y stereo to mono adapter. Do you think that's the best way to do it?
I always found crt tvs really interesting. Even as a kid it was like a magnifying glass to me. I had many crt tvs. I threw my last one out in 2019. Everything was failing on it. I had it for 17 years. I had the same Sylvania TV you have. The vcr was crap and chewed on my tapes. I only had it for two years. The only good thing was i could watch TV and dvds with it in my bedroom.
That's super neat. I've never really had interest in them until I started buying older games recently and found out the image is way better on CRT TVs. I love this journey so far tho - it's been fun learning all of it.
@@JaWayne Older games were designed to take advantage of CRTs soft images. Games like Super Mario RPG are unplayable to me when it's pixel perfect.
Yeah I agree - and it's delayed with the adaption to digital.
I have the same one but it just unwinds my vhs and gives it back to me
Oh damn - yeah I'm scared to use this so I've been using an external VCR. It chewed up 2 tapes and I don't want it to chew up more.
Tube TVs often had surprisingly beefy speakers, because the large chassis afforded to include them. I love the sound quality of my 32" widescreen Panasonic Quintrix CRT telly. Althought I would love to get a smaller 4:3 set. The Quintrix takes a lot of space and it weighs 60 kg / 132 lbs! The picture quality is lovely too, although its geometry could be better.
ONLY 132 lbs??? I swore, the last Sony CRT that I used to own must've weighed at least 200+ lbs... It took like 4 guys to haul it up the stairs!
That's so neat! And yeah I love the 4:3 look - especially watching VHS or playing an old Nintendo. And that makes sense about the sound!
Yeah I had to ask a neighbor to help me with the 32" Toshiba CRT that I put in my living room. It's a beast!
sound is something that is rarely mentioned that was great on CRTs, what we don't get with LEDs today
Yeah the sound is great on that one!
Greetings from Dallas Fort Worth Texas!!!!!! Loved the video brother!
Glad you liked it! That's definitely my favorite CRT - it's been fun playing on it and watching VHS!
Hey Jacob, for current-gen gaming consoles and Blu-ray players you can get an 'HDMI to RF' modulator like from Radio Shack or any online electronic parts vendor... Those are not really expensive at all. Then just pick up all the required cables that you'll need to hook everything up. The reason why I recommend RF over A/V composite, is because RF supports a HIGHER bandwidth. Just make shure the RF coaxial cable you'll be getting is TRIPLE-SHIELDED to prevent noise and artifacts. My friends and I used to do this kinda method to hook up our PS3s and Xbox 360s to older CRTs that don't even support A/V input jacks, and the picture/sound quality KICKS ASS. Everything looks at least 3 or 4 times better than compared to just hookin' up the game consoles up with the included stock A/V composite cables. The graphics looked SO sharp, that they have like a newspaper cut-out quality to them. And the colors will literally POP right off the screen. The modulator will also convert the mono to semi-stereo. You will NOT be needing a separate audio Y adapter for the sound. Tho it will still not be 100% true stereo (cuz your TV only has a single speaker), the processing from digital to analog will no doubt BOOST the audio signal quality significantly. You will begin to notice MUCH clearer/louder audio output from your TV. Hope this helps!
Wow, what the heck - this is all really neat and I appreciate the information! I'll have to try this out and let you know what I think. Maybe I can make a separate video on this exact process - of hooking it up with those cables.
My retro gaming CRT is my old Toshiba 20" with built-in DVD from 2005. Excellent TV.
That's awesome. I really like Toshiba's models - super quality.
I picked up a 27" Sony Trinitron with S-Video on 8-28-2024 for 75 dollars on facebook marketplace
I can watch this all day😀
That's good to know! I'll keep making them!
Beautiful video ❤️ thank you for sharing!!
Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching
Nice Tv! Congratulations! You should get a Jurassic Park Vhs Tape!
I actually just ended up buying the entire VHS collection at an estate sale yesterday for $40 and we ended up with 381 movies!! Can't believe it. Jurassic Park was definitely in there. I'll have to include it in the next video I make of running the TV!
Oh man! 28 bucks for that beautiful Trinitron combo! Awesome! Wow so nostalgic with the yellowed SNES. Good stuff!
Yeah such a good price!
And love the yellow look haha - I'm going to try to make it the original color again though!
I got Super Nintendo thirty years ago for Christmas in 1993.
That's so neat. I don't remember when I got it but it would have been around that time. It was our first console and we played the crap out of it.
Me for Christmas in 1994.
I like ctr TV's because very high quality and old school!
Thank you for that video 🇩🇪
Glad you enjoyed! I love finding good CRTs and this is probably my best find so far.
I love Trinitrons. I have a KV27V40 model and the picture is awesome. Is this your only CRT at the moment?
Yeah the image is amazing. And yes! This is the first one I've bought for decades. Crazy they are coming back but totally makes sense - it looks so much better for playing these old games I've been collecting. Night and Day compared to a newer HDMI style connection.
@@JaWayne yeah the fact it’s 20” and a Trinitron is perfect. I find 20” is the sweet spot for a good screen size without being too heavy and bulky at all to move around. The colors on SMW look really vibrant and crisp
@@RetrofIex Yeah I love that game compared to others for gameplay and colors - I just tried a couple Spider-Man games and they weren't the same - it's tough to beat SMW. I love the 20" as well!
I’ve been thinking about getting one of these old vintage TVs with the built in VCR. Yes, it’d take up space and not really be necessary since I already have a modern smart TV in my room. But there’s this nostalgia about these vintage VCR TV types for me. And I’m beginning to appreciate the durability of VHS tapes, in terms of how DVDs start skipping from a few scratches over time by comparison.
Yeah I've been playing hundreds of tapes and only a small percentage - maybe 1-3% of them have trouble playing. I'm actually looking at my death pile right now: I have 24 that broke or didn't play right out of hundreds that I've gone through (I play all of the tapes through to ensure they actually work). Those are some good odds!
For me 20 inches for a crt is the sweet spot but 32inch sets are incredible especially Toshiba and Panasonic sets you should get a composite switcher for yours get a pelican hd system switcher it looses no image quality
What does a composite switcher do? And the Pelican HD switcher? I've never really heard of those I don't believe. And you're right, 32" would be really nice!
When you look at a CRT TV or a computer monitor you either feel nostalgic or terrified. There's no in between.
Haha that's a fascinating observation - I agree 100%!
I have a 20” Sylvania Superset CRT TV and a SV2000 VCR. Retro games and VHS tapes look very good on it.
That's awesome! The next video I'm doing is a 13" Sylvania that I absolutely love. I bet a 20" would be nice. I'll look out for Sylvania finds!
I’ve found that craigslist is a good place to find CRTs. I found a 32” Trinitron for free that was very close to me. However I will not buy it.
That's a great tip. People are still just throwing them away which is great for us!
Using a y adapter on the audio cable can damage it, right?
I've never heard of that, I hope not! Do you really think so? I honestly don't know anything.
CRTs just hit different. 😎
I agree, I love the feel.
@@JaWayne Do you have a Laserdisc collection by any chance? I remember my first time seeing one back in the early 90s; like a CD the size of a record.😂
I don't really have a collection but I do own 7 of them BUT I don't have a player. I need to get one so I can play these giant discs!
@@JaWayne 7 is a pretty good amount considering they're a bit sparse these days.
The TV looks really slick, but the US version has really underspecced connectors on the back. Here in the EU this series has RGB-SCART with stereo input.
That's awesome - yeah we got the short end on that one haha
I LOVE 80S AND EARLY 90S tech!
Especially SONY
It's funny to collect and figure out a good set up. I found an old switcher that I've been using to go in between my consoles!
Actually...that tv is worth big money now.
Nostalgia is big busine$$
It really is! And it's fun.
What a beautiful TV. Amazing picture. But it looks like it needs some adjusting. The image seems to be slightly tilted to the left.
I need to figure out how to do all of that - it definitely looks tilted. Thanks for the info!
If you have any recommendations, please pass them my way!
@@JaWayne I'm not a technician unfortunately and I'd advise against doing it yourself. Better have an expert look at it if you can still find one.
My US Super Nintendo has also this little brown colour.
Yeah it's pretty common and can be reversed with UV lights!
@@JaWayne Just put it in the garden in the sun. Easiest way.
@@lovemadeinjapan Boom - there you go.
Super Mario World just looks so much more vibrant on the CRT.
It really does - I love that game for all of its colors when testing out CRTs.
I been trying to get old tvs lately but the thing is i dont have much room and i still live under my parents house so do you have any recommendations
Honestly, they take up so much space - I'd recommend only having one or two at a time You can play consoles on the one you like the best and sell the other one, then when you find an even better model, sell the lesser of the two. It will not only fund your collection (you can probably buy some old games/consoles too with that money) but you'll not have a pile of TVs taking up space. I'd wait to move out before filling your place with these things.
There is something special about CRTs that modern TVs just dont have ..
Yup! Especially that magnetic *bump* when you turn one on.
@@JaWayne yesss
Ahh! Yes long live retro games! ❤
It's so exciting to relive these classic games!
Nice video jacob i really enjoyed thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed!! I'm wanting to make more of these videos. I love checking out new (well, old haha) CRTs that I acquire. I just bought a Toshiba that has an internal VCR AND an internal DVD player. I'll be making that one next in the CRT world.
@JaWayne nice can't wait to see , I just already buy (new) crt 20inch jvc a series I'm really excited
That's super neat.
I always wanted this tv!
It's a great one and I highly recommend trying to find it!
On such it was played in n64 or in ps1 ...
I have a few N64s now but I don't have any PS1s yet!
@@JaWayne I even play on ps2 on this tv :)
That's awesome!
From where did you purchase this nice television? Didn't you get a remote controller?
I got it at an estate sale for $28 and it came with a remote. It was my first CRT find and my best so far after about 15 CRTs I've bought.
@@JaWayneWOW, 15 CRT TVs? That’s awesome dude - would you please consider doing a video to showcase your CRT collection? Are they varied in size, like many are smaller 13” sets?
Yeah I can definitely do that. I don't know why I haven't thought of that. It'd be neat to showcase all of them and make a neat set up.
I just got one for free. A 20" Trinitron from 1988. It is so heavy. 😂 Owner said it didn't work. I plugged it in. After about 5 minutes it popped on. I need to do some more testing. But nice to have a bug monitor for old VHS and console games.
That's awesome! And I bet it's a neat one if it's from '88. That's badass it was free!!
A very nice channel👍 I like old ctr TV's!
It's fun to find them, especially when they look so sleek and clean.
Very nice video. Just without unnecessary talk, just watch yourself!
Glad you enjoyed it! I'll be making more of these - I now have 3 CRT TVs and will be making 2 more videos in the next few weeks showcasing those TVs. I'm hoping to pick up another TV this weekend as well!
People like myself I started learning how to fix my own VCR players is whiching all the videos online how to repair VCR players at one time I don't know how to fix them myself
It's been fun learning how to fix them and all that!
I have the exact same tv. Love it so much. I got mine for $25
That beats mine - mine was $28. Both AMAZING deals since it's highly sought out. Great CRT.
Just need a bit a fix in the yoke to fix the tilted screen and it’s perfect 👌
Yeah I want to make this thing 100% quality!
How do you do this? I have the same TV
Trinitrons have a pretty robust service menu, should be a tilt correction in there
@@albatrosses Take off the back cover of the TV and adjust the yoke. Working with high voltages is dangerous so make sure to take safety precautions so you won't get electrocuted
I really should add a VHS Combo CRT TV, to my Nostalgia Room! I have 2 CRTs, so far. LoL XD
Yeah those are harder to find - especially one that the TV AND the VCR work.
@@JaWayne(UPDATE) I FINALLY got one! I finally got my own 20 Inch Sony Trinitron VCR Combo! & It's VERY Close to this one! & It's from the year I was born in! 👀✨
That's so awesome, love this combo!
Wow i remember the days when people hated 16:9 ratio. People were so used to 4:3.
I remember that being a weird transition but it's funny how much sense it made since film was typically shot that way and theaters displayed that way. But I remember them doing the easy way sometimes and stretching the image to fit.
I have a new tv and a hdmi converter and i get no where near this picture.
Yeah it's wild how much of a difference it makes! I'm glad I found this one and it was super affordable!
Get a CRT
This is basically my childhood!
That's awesome! haha mine too - although I don't know what type of TV I had.
@@JaWayne I still have mine but there are issues on the display like the color white is now pink haha then there are lines when switching to video. I will have it fix next week hope the tech can fix the issue.
@@danelectr Nice! That'd be awesome to get it fixed and continue it's legacy!!
@@danelectr Oh weird, it's crazy the colors change tints over time but makes sense as the connections fade. Hopefully it is able to be fixed!
Great video keep your mode switche clean out in your VCR player itself y because of dirty mode switches causes problem's on it doesn't play tapes at all or sometimes it starts eat tapes or sometimes it doesn't take a tape everything proven people keep there mode switch clean out people will never have that problem at all God bless you God loves you
That's great to know! I'll have to read about how to clean the mode switch - I've never done that before. Thank you for the tip.
Your welcome they are videos online you can which online to pull up you have to put down how clean out a mode switch in a VCR player tv combo
@@joshuapowell1868 I'll look for them, thank you!
$28 for a beauty like that, great find 👌🏻👍🏻
It's a great one indeed and so lucky to get it for so cheap.
@@JaWayne In great conduction too.
@@leecroft1983 Yup, I love it.
Nice TV sets you got here
It's been fun collecting and selling! I love the hunt. 🔥
@@JaWayne For sure,I would love to find some more even though I already own 2 TV.
@@maxxtoan8596 I think it's fun to only own a couple but buy some new finds to sell - but test them out before selling and if you find one that you like better than your 2 TVs, then upgrade the one you want to keep and sell the older one. So you might continue to upgrade slowly over and over again.
@@JaWayne Thanks for you advise,man.
Also I would like to buy some mini crt like 10 inch bellow to put right next my bed to play games next to me.
@@maxxtoan8596 Yeah that would be neat to find a tiny one! And no problem at all.
Everyone's focused on TV but your house is hella nice
Hahah why, thank you!
Is this 20 wide or diagonally?
I'm not actually sure but most are measured diagonally so probably that way?
@@JaWayne Ah ok. But you're lucky to get this for only $28. I'm trying to find a 9-13 incher on eBay and they all cost a whopping $80-$160.
@@destructo3915 Yeah I didn't even realize there was a market for this - I just grabbed the first old TV I saw at an estate sale for my Super Nintendo and later realized I got a badass one that everyone talks highly about. I got lucky with that one!
wooo such a beauty!
It's a great looking Trinitron!
Bello il sony con il videoregistratore integrato.ottimo il supernes,console leggendaria
Yes, the SNES is the original GOAT haha - and I do love that internal VCR
I would not trust my tapes with the VCRs on TVs. I was literally just playing around with the VCR of my JVC TV and two of my tapes snapped because it couldn't auto slow down at the end of the rewind.
Yeah that's terrifying to me - and it's impossible to take apart with the tube in there too.
Love crts they need to bring them back and have freeview built in
I think they're definitely coming back but I don't know if they'll manufacture them again. So neat to collect them!
Legend!🤘
Trying! haha - definitely a neat TV to have in the retro corner with the old consoles.
@@JaWayne ..Definitely. I got the sony 36xbr800. Bought it with the original stand..remote and instruction manual in mint condition hardly been used for 40 bucks from Craigslist NY in 2020. The old lady I bought it from said her son bought it for her in 2002 and she was never really a tv person and to top it off it was too big and cumbersome from the get go. Just my luck I was browsing Craigslist looking for a crt for my 2600 heavysixer when her granddaughter decided too list like a day before. I honestly love this tv...thank god I got a few of my mates from my gym too go get it. It was truly a motherfucker..she's a total beast but well worth it. Still going strong. Rock On my brother 🤘
@@monsieurmike2072 Damn that's a lucky find indeed! And yeah I can't believe how heavy those things are and I imagine that one was 36 inches? So neat to have at your place.
@@JaWayne 🤘🤘
It's sad to see they put a 4-head VCR in that nice TV. Hi-Fi sound provided by 6-head VCRs considerably improves the sound output. Without it, it's almost unbearable to watch EP-recorded tapes, for example (as long as the original recording was made in such a VCR as well).
That's crazy, I didn't know all of that. And yeah it's a shame the VCR is eating tapes. Not really sure what to do. Should I use the liquid cleaner solution in the tape cleaner? I actually have some of that from decades ago.
@@JaWayne I don't think the heads have any influence regarding the VCR eating tapes. Perhaps the pinch rollers inside are getting sticky and need replacement, or there's an issue with a belt.
No way they would add a 6 head when 4 head was a standard for mid range standalone VCRs from nearly every single manufacturer including JVC and Panasonic
i have 4 crts, 3 sonys, 1 panasonic, really want my 5th one to be with a vcr
Dang that's awesome - which Sonys do you have?
@@JaWayne KV21X5U, KV25F3U & KV32WF1U and a PANASONIC TX-21S1T for all my retro consoles
@@nathanpiper1346 Nice! That's awesome you have all the different sizes - and I agree, having a couple 20" (or 21" in your case) is a good thing - that's the perfect size. I also only have one 32", those things take up space!
@@JaWayne yup custom cabinet for the 32 & 25, just picking up Roadstar TLV1085 and Philips 14PV203/07 both vcr combos, ive gone a bit crt mad
@@nathanpiper1346 It's good stuff - and you can always sell the ones you don't want to keep to fund finding new ones. It's a great hobby!
I still have a sister act VHS and it looks very well, and a titanic VHS too
Both are classics. I see Titanic at every store now haha they must have made millions of copies.
It was a hit
It truly was.
A moment of silence for your VHS copy of "Sister Act".
I appreciate the condolences :)
Hey…this
That into hurts man..
The intro? You mean scratching the record? haha
@@JaWayne yes😭
Nice tv
I love this CRT!
@@JaWaynemy friend had one like that when we were kids. I bet it's been discarded tho unfortunately.
Damn, that's a shame.
When my mom was a kid she had like a Sony vhs/vcr tv 📺
Yeah they're super neat - I wish my VCR was working at 100% but I had to stop using it because it ate a few tapes. I love the image on this Sony tho!
I need that TV
It’s a good one! Glad I was able to snag one. I actually have a 2nd Sony Trinitron and I’m realizing that this one in the video displays a bit dark in certain areas of the screen.
CRT or LED TV
CRT!
Better picture for old game
Yeah it looks really good on there!
Tôi cũng có 1 cái trò chơi tuổi thơ này và giờ tôi 40 tuổi rồi mà cũng rất thích chơi điện tử của hãng này 😊😊😊😊😊🇻🇳lời chào bạn từ vietnam!!!
That’s awesome! I’m about the same age - it’s been fun playing it for the first time in 30 years!
People like myself are fixing broken vhs movies with Scotch tape it starts playing again with out no problem's
That's awesome! Yeah I need to fix a couple movies and learn how to do that.
It is awesome
To fix a break vhs tape take the black part and the white part of the tape itself and put Scotch tape on it and some Scotch tape itself will show it needs to be cut off
@@joshuapowell1868 Awesome - thank you for the information! I'll try that out on the broken tapes.
si los gameplays de los RUclipsrs fuera asi daria mas ganas de ver sus lives
Thank you for watching!
VCR belts everywhere online now days for 10 dollars off eBay people like myself are buying VCR belts off eBay and they have every other VCR belts offline now days
That's awesome! I didn't know that. I don't even know how I'd work on this VCR though since it's inside the TV frame. Does it drop down so you can work on it? Or do you have to take out the tube above it first?
You have to take out the chassis to replace belt because it's a combo tv VCR it's going to be a big job to get out but it can be done if you know how to work on one now if you don't know what am saying you can go online and say how to replace a belt in VCR tv combo and your tv is a combo you have to put that down to pull up the video's online what you need to see
Dang yeah that sounds intense! But definitely worth it.
nice!
Glad you enjoyed! It was fun to make this video.
❤❤❤
Glad you like it!
Is it just me, or does the Super Mario World game look lopsided?
Hmm weird - I see what you're saying and I've never noticed that so you think it's the TV? It almost looks like Mario is running slightly uphill the whole time. Can't unsee!
@@JaWayneit’s an easy fix, but you’d have to open the back and manually rotate the yoke slightly to even it out. May not be worth the trouble if it’s not noticeable under most games. 😊
@@RetrofIex Dang that's wild. That's great info!
Super!
Glad you like it!
Sony TV that came out 1994
I love the 90s Sonys
Niiiiiiice love it
Glad you enjoyed!
👍👍👍👍👍
I'm glad you like it! I'll keep making these videos!
Toss out that suitcase record player unless it's from the 80s. The suitcases after that are all terrible.
Yeah this one isn't great but I'll have to find a good record player first! I frequent estate sales so I'm sure I'll find a better one easily.
@@JaWayne They still sell good record players like hotcakes, they are just more expensive and not at the first department store you find.
That's neat to know!
What is bad today you got people trying to stop people from having vhs tapes and whiching them people not want people having them now days people is tilling people what to do on their tapes what you can have or can't have
I think I have over 1000 VHS now, it's been an amazing journey.
Man great Sony CRT , , but who sneezed all over that SNES ?? Ewwwwww 😋👍
Haha - that's what it looks like and honestly, that's what it smells like - can't wait to clean this thing.
@@JaWayne that discolor is a chemical reaction to oxygen and light and permanent , Nintendo was using cheaper plastic mixes at one point , but charging us Full-price $$$ for the console 😠 , ,they pulled that on us again with the Wii, they were selling us Wii consoles that were missing Compatibility with GameCube for the same original price $$$ just burns my buttons , ,😠🤔😠
Oh wow good to know! I saw you can use UV lights to change them back - I'll try that!
@@JaWayne sometimes the UV light can work but it really depends on the plastic , , , so strong chance the UV will fail in this case, ,🤔🍕🍕
Dang, well when I try it out I'll be filming it for sure so I'll post it no matter what happens! Maybe it will help others too even if it fails@@wyldelf2685
CRT bem bonitos off PASS RGB Luz limpar AV Super Nintendo ❤
Que bonita la CRT!
Buena televideo vhs
It's a nice one!
Saludos
*класс!*
I love this thing!
it needs servicing badly, the yoke is likely out of position.
i don't know if this set has tilt correction, but you need to get that checked, the image is tilted.
Ohhh wow I didn't realize that. So crazy - thanks for the info!!
It's fine, stop giving out misinformation. It's tilted from the Earth's magnetic field, if you keep rotating the set it will straighten out but that might not be an option if it's to go inside a cabinet or along a certain wall, it's just something people put up with as you can't tell watching videos. Tilt correction didn't come out until early 2000's flat screens and over 27" in size.
DID YOU FART 💨
I was farting that whole time.
@@JaWayneYou're one of us brother!
Hell yeah!
in your mine on christmas
Like a memory from Christmas?
sony 1996 tv tope sn 28 av
I love this TV, it displays a beautiful image!
Selena
Good eye! haha
Why do you have that junk? Save your money or upgrade to 1080p tvs or 4k tvs for gaming it's better
It's actually better on these TVs if you're playing the old stuff - as you convert it to 1080 it actually causes a slight delay and you have to figure out the controls again. But I also am not a gamer so that's only my limited opinion. Maybe you're right! :)
Moreden TV is trash
@@maxxtoan8596 No they're not explain yourself why you think new tvs are garbage crt is garbage The blu-ray looks like s***
@@Libby_290 I would just said once: unreliable
I and my famaily was throw aways at least 3 of them after 4 years and they all well know brand.
You like morden TV that fine you do you own ways,I choose CRT TV cause it have better and natrual colors.
Oh one more thing,most modern games only have good grahipcs (some of are good one) but boring gameplay.
@@maxxtoan8596 Dude, modern tvs are easier to buy then crt
Ой гуцалык муцацалык гуцацюнька гуцаца.
What language is that? Google translate says it's not Russian but I'm curious!
For me as a european guy it is shocking to see the back of a crt without scart socket 😂 !!! Terrible
What is a scart socket? I'm interested to know!
It is a typical european analoge connection for RGB Video it is similar to your yuv component cables that are more popular in the usa than in europe but we had that rgb connection for best picture qualit way earlier than you i think.. i think back in the they the best option for you was to look for a s-video connection if you want to get a better signal than RF and composite (yellow) I am not shure if the us snes carries rgb from stock without mods .. for europen it delivers the best picture .. if you want to use upscalers like framemeister, ossc, retrotink.. good shielded rgb scart cables are almost mandatory to use otherwise you wont get very happy with modee flat tvs... but as well my bang & olufsen crt never looked that good if i woule not use good rgb scart cables on it.. read the wikipedia page for scart .. but hey you had worse picture back in the day but you always had 60hz we got 60 hz since ps2 era as i remember.. before videogaming was just 50hz in europe
Super neat info - thanks for all of that information. Great to know!!