They are better. Better Motion handling, great Contrast, great Colours, no Upscaling, no Input Lag, Great Viewing Angles. Its a Shame that we got inferior products now.
Alexey Voevoda 1990 today’s TVs are easily breakable and can be way too expensive! And it’s pathetic how these companies are always upgrading the picture quality just so people buy these new TVs! 4K has not been around that long and they are already making 8K TVs! The CRT TVs I grew up watching, I still to this very day wish I still had them! I really miss CRT TVs. :(
@@md6722 I still have one. And the Picture Quality is better than on flat screens. And there is no need to screw around with the picture settings. And everything looks great without needing the best source material.
Definitely better for old games. Retrogamers know it. LCD can be better (in some aspects) for newer systems with higher resolutions and progressive scan.
The D series has the most Trinitron looking non-aperture grille I've ever seen! I also like that they didn't jump on the silver plastic bandwagon. Thank you for sharing!
I just bought a Sony Trinitron 32 inch for 30 bucks. Mint condition, love using it on my NES, SNES,N64, GENESIS, DREAMCAST and all my other retro consoles. 😁
Great video! Trinitron had sharp clarity over the d-series. D-series was more vibrant in color I thought. Both looked amazing though! Just what I thought from what the settings looked like on both.
I had a trinitron from 2006 to 2011, the image was very good,the sound was amazing with deep bass,it also has controls for volume and channels on top of the tv.
Great video. I wish youtube was around back then to do more head to head comparisons. I never really new about the d series, I just grew up hearing that sony was the best of the best without understanding why. Just picked up a KV-32FV310 from good will for $10 best purchase ever. Yeah it weighs 235lb but man that picture is sharp. I love it. And its my favorite color combo of silver and blue.
Dude thank you so much for putting together this video. I wanted to especially thank you for the note about the vertical position setting on the JVC. I have a AV-27D201, and was unable to find a VPOS setting in the service menu. I wanted to know if it was different on the other 27 inch models - but I’m guessing it’s not! Cool going the extra mile and getting this answer straight from JVC. I’m a big fan of both of these sets.
I got component cables for the JVC - to a DVD player. But all I'm getting is wavy red/green lines. Got any idea? I hooked up the audio r/l to input 2 - so I'm getting sound... but the video is just wavy color lines. Composite RCA works for the DVD/JVC... hmm
I used to game only on Trinitrons but switched to a concaved 36" JVC 📺 and never looked back. The sound is the best I've ever heard and I can only go up to 4 out of 40 since it's so beefy. The S-video resolution is spot on and really cleans up the graphics. My Wii with homebrew channel is hooked up 24/7
I agree on the curved glass. The "moustache" bowing on the Wegas takes getting used to. I unfortunately cheated on my D series with a Trinitron 27fs120, had no room to store the JVC also, so I sold it. Trinitron A board fried...wah wah. Back to a curved Trinitron. Both Wegas I've had, had various issues. D series was solid.
@@RetroGameRarities I found a 42" LG flat screen on the street last month. It was crazy because not only did it work perfectly, it had HDMI, component AND S-video. I was going to keep it but gave it to my mom since she needed a tv and I already have 4. I wonder what retro games would have looked like on a modern tv with native s-video
@@writeronfire that's a score! I feel ya, I have a TV sickness myself. S-video looks outstanding on a flat display. GameCube through s-video makes a strong case against upgrading to component or hdmi. Composite is awful.
Man I loved my JVC D series, sadly it kicked the bucket last year. The colors were vibrant and without making the picture too dark. Also the sound was really good I only had to turn the volume to 3 to get really clear and loud audio!
@@RetroGameRarities Sweet! I picked up a 27 version a couple weeks ago after casually looking for about a year. I love how it looks with the high voltage regulator and HD retrovision component cables. Although that being said I never played on a PVM
my 20L5 PVM was fully refurbished and calibrated by a Sony tech and component is very dark. RGB is soooo much brighter and better. Component on my Trinitron tv looks way better than my PVMs component
You really need to get a Sony FS or KV series with component and run it using using component along with the D-series to truly see what the tubes are capable of, (the D-series look astounding with it's 7-800 line count over YpbpR) no output handicap XD!
Well but that doesn't affect the main issue which is geometry imo. S-Video is pretty darn good, there is not too much left to squeeze out from Component. The biggest boost in image quality is from Composite to S-Video. Not trying to sound picky, but I probably could not live happily with either set shown, because of those geometry effects. Due to this I prefer curved Trinitrons over the flat ones. I also think 21" is the sweet spot. Larger tubes tend to have more issues with geometry and also convergence. Anyway, great video.
@@overkill7990 It's not significantly better. First let's look at it from a technical point of view. In S-Video there is Luminance (Y-Signal) and Chrominance (C-Signal). In fact the Y-Signal is the very same signal you get out of the green Component RCA connector (the green one is called "Y" for a reason). Yes, you could take the Y-Signal of S-Video and use some (weird) adapter to connect it to the green Component RCA input of a display and have a perfect black and white image of great sharpness (just like Component, since it also uses the same Luminance bandwidth). Thus it's only, and really only, the Chrominance which gains some improvement going from S-Video to Component. It does so by getting rid of color modulation and using a higher color bandwidth. BUT how big of a difference it really is on the screen depends on how your TV or monitor deals with. I can see a difference between S-Video and RGB on my consumer CRT TV but on my Sony PVM it gets really hard to see a difference between S-Video and RGB or Component (although RGB is indeed best looking since it is not compromised by bandwidth limitations at all). Thus, technically S-Video by itself is pretty good and depending on your display there might be an improvement using Component or just very little.
Martin Weizenacker is you think 21” is best just get bvm. If your going for a small size go for the better product. I only use 32/36 inch consumer sets
@@martinweizenacker7129 "Thus it's only, and really only, the Chrominance which gains some improvement going from S-Video to Component. It does so by getting rid of color modulation and using a higher color bandwidth. BUT how big of a difference it really is on the screen depends on how your TV or monitor deals with." On my Sony FV300 the difference is big.
The JVC does not have 700 tvl. It has 700 lines horizontal resolution which is different from TVL. The screen footage you capture is excellent and really shows what both sets are capable of.
@@ShamanNoodles I am not familiar with the JVC D-Series. Unfortunately I cannot answer that question. But in my humble opinion the condition of used CRTs is much more important than some marginal differences in resolution of the mask. Therefore I recommend you to put your main focus on that. I'd rather have an excellent condition CRT with few hours on it but maybe not the highest resolution mask ever put into a consumer CRT TV than one with a superb mask that has developed issues.
Great comparison video! I have 2 32" JVC D Series and a 24" Trinitron. The JVCs are used for my consoles (NES, SNES, Turbo Duo, Genesis, GameCube, and PS2) and the Trinitron is for my C64. Personally, I prefer the D Series picture because I grew up with shadow mask sets. The nostalgia gets me every time. The Trinitron looks really good with the C64 though and the smaller screen size works better for it. You should check out the Panasonic Tau line and also the Toshiba AF / DF series too. They are both quite comparable to the JVC and Sony sets. The audio on the Tau sets is awesome too!
@@RetroGameRarities The 32" JVC is a little over 100lbs so it's not actually that bad to move. I was able to get both of mine in and out of the house by myself without pretty easily. Now my old Sony KV-32FS120, that thing definitely needed 2 people. It was around 170lbs and even with 2 people it was awkward.
@@RetroGameRarities Haha! Yes, indeed they do. They're not the worst though. The Mitsubishi 40" CRT was an absolute nightmare to move. A friend had one and it took 4 of us to move that monstrosity. Never again...
The audio on the Panasonic Tau line is astounding and the blacks are just as good or better than the Wega Trinitron! Personally I think the JVC iArt sets have the best(Flat Screen) geometry..
I remember my dad and I buying a brand new 32" JVC D-Series(Black bezel) in 1999. I distinctly remember this older eccentric salesman pointing at the D-Series and saying "it's like looking through a window" lol If only I knew about the Sega Dreamcast's S-Video cable. :P Heck, the D-Series even supported component too. but by 2005/2006 I had already upgraded to a 32" Sony wega trinitron CRT.
Im a tv tech . And i miss the old tvs. Sony made one hell of a good crt tv . The only thing bad was the weight. Otherwise they were the best set that i worked on.
Wait, why test in s-video rather than component? I hate flat screen crts lol that center compression and bowing bugs me. I kept a d series tv over a flat Trinitron mainly because of this. My d series doesn't bow on top and bottom just a bit on the sides.
Just picked up a 27" trinitron from the late 90's for free. He's not kidding about how heavy these sets are! The number of CRT sets on craigslist is diminishing though, most I see are the large screen chinese made RCA/westinghouse/other once great brand cheapie sets, but if they work they work.
I picked up a 2005 27" Trinitron from FB marketplace from an older couple recently. Pristine condition! This one was about 15lbs lighter than the one I had from 99.
I only ever owned Trinitron CRT tv. The last CRT TV I owned was a WEGA from Sony. Once LCD TVs took off, the Brand never became a priority as long they were full HD and had HDMI.
Truth. I purchased a Hisense 4K when UHD was up n coming. Never heard of them before but the specs and budget were on point. Plus the warranty was an unheard of 4 years. Now Hisense is a major player in the States.
@@RetroGameRarities , I agree with you. Hisense is a major player now. I have LCD TV from them. TBH I never heard of Hisense when Sony WEGA was a thing in the late 90s. All I knew was Sony was making television in Pittsburgh or somewhere, made in the good ol US of A quality n reliability. We don't get that anymore. Every brand today is made by the same factory somewhere out there, they just slapped different brands for different customer. It's just not the same as in the good old days. Brands don't matter anymore. It's not as well built or has the quality of days of Sony WEGA when it was made in USA. But I guess you get what you pay for, you want cheap, you get cheap n cheerful Tvs that break with no quality. But again, who want a TV to last when TV technology is upgrading this fast 😂😂😂😂😂
Picked up a kv-32fs120 for free with original remote. Hooked up my SNES with S-video and it looked beautiful. Meant to just test the TV, ended up playing through Super Mario World.
I'm looking to get a 1998 Sony Trinitron 27" CRT. But wouldn't the picture look dimmer, less vibrant/colourful and have lighter black levels due to Age and based on how many hours have been poured into it, compared to how it originally looked new out of the box?
Thanks for the video, man. I have found JVC D-Series 32" but silver color. do you think there's major changes between the black and silver color? model number is JVC AV-32D302. because I might pick it up soon. also what is that game in 3:24 ?
You are welcome! No major differences, just silver. I would go for it. Test it first, if you can. The game is Pocky & Rocky, great fun and hard as well!
Will do. Thanks a lot, man. already have a flat screen Trinitron, but what I want is a curved screen CRT with a component inputs and this JVC is the perfect match.
I hate that Sony didn't put component on any curved glass sets besides a couple XBR models. I love Triniton curved glass sets but I am a component enthusiast all the way.
JVC iArt series was the pinnacle of crt technology before being phased out for led. Ive owned countless Sony units and the HD iArt jvc was hands down the best 👍
Over the past year I've had the opportunity to test and try about 10 or 15 trinitrons. Every flat screen trinitron had poor to mediocre geometry especially in the top left corner where they always seem to sag. I highly reccomend curved glass for any trinitron above 24". The most impressive TV I've seen was a Toshiba 36AF43. It is a flat screen with incredible geometry, bright & vibrant colors, and wonderful sharpness. The other flat screen I saw with perfect geometry was a 27" Panasonic Tau. Has anyone else noticed that Sony flat screens have these issues? Do their tubes age differently or did they come out of the factory like that?
For the average user, the geometry issues would not likely being picked up nor offer an interference to their enjoyment. You failed to discuss the colour rendition during your comparison demonstrations. While its down to personal preference, i like the browns/greys (dirt, rocks/pebble surfaces, tree stumps), the shadows of the fence (6:55min mark) and the general details displayed on the JVC. Blues look a bit darker too. I think its due to the nature of shadow marks and how it blends colours, more gracefully in my opinion. The crispness, particularly closer to centre on the sony looks sharper and more pleasing to me. If there was a commercial grade shadow mask set to get, what is the most desired?
Great video, but i think it would've been better and fair if you had compared a curved sony trinitron to the jvc set because as you know it's impossible to get perfect geometry on flat crt screens
what is the deffirent between sony WEGA and sony with no WEGA ? i have two sony wega Trinitron and one only Trinitron no wega , the non wega the menu look deffirent than the two WEGA models ?
Hi! Thanks for watching. Here's info from Sony's site Trinitron is Sony's name for its patented CRT technology. 'Wega' is Sony's name for its patented picture/motion processing technology - its a digital processing 'system' which enhances the quality of the signals which enventually 'drive' the actual (trinitron) crt. So they are quite different. If your tv has Wega and Trinitron on it then it has both of these quite separate technologies.
Have you used the same exposure to capture them in side by side Pocky and Rocky comparison? Trinitron looks like twice as bright as the JVC set. There is a lot less black crush with Trinitron. It also looks a bit sharper than JVC.
Hey sr, for see dvd, laser disc vcrs o satellite tv digital(old analogue video c band are digital now)are you tested?thanks for your time a dedicated channel
I’d rather have the D-series than that crappy flatscreen. Flatscreen CRTs are shit. But if I could get a cylindrical Trinitron, then I’d totally go for that instead.
This D-Series thing would have to really be incredible to top the Trinitron. I just brought a beautiful KV-21X5U, one of the greatest CRTs ever made; it’s beautiful and I love it! Like seriously, I have never seen such a beautiful, clear, and bright picture. It’s honestly astounding. It is a massive pain in the arse to lift however, like Jesus Christ it’s heavier than my brother, and he’s very fat. It’s seriously brilliant, my cheap 14-inch shadow mask I thought looked great, but this Trinitron blows it right out of the water, and then right over the island and back into some more water. It’s a beautiful curved screen model, like all good Trinitrons, and as such the geometry is still nearly perfect even after so many years! I picked 21 inches specifically as I thought that would be the maximum size I could fit in my setup, but it wasn’t a good fit even then so I just threw out an extra wardrobe and put it there instead, so I might update to a 28X5U later.
@@RetroGameRarities Yeah! I love the curves too, and the geometry is definitely usually better. The flat tube requires lots of advanced electronic convergence circuitry which often malfunctions and still isn't perfect.
I have both, and have had multiple units of both over the last 10 years or so. Although my Trini is Fs120. I think this is a little unfair of a comparison. I think a JVC I’art should be compared in the future. Flat compared to flat. I preferred a curved screen, even though last week I grabbed that Wega I comment about in your other vid with the stand, which is now my main retro rig. Feel a little guilty moving the d-series to the side.
Great great explanation and comparison. I myself picked up a D-series 27d201 that I mostly use for laserdisc, PS2, and gamecube games running on a wii. Does anyone know if there are any differences between the 501 and 201 models apart from the 2nd s-video input on the 501?
Just got the Trinitron KV-27FS100L for ten bucks at a garage sale. Great condition but you are spot on about that minor bowing at the bottom. Great quality pic on the NES with crisp scanlines. 109 lbs makes it a tad hard to set-up
I picked one of these up last week on a whim and you are not kidding about the bowing. These models bow like a mofo no matter how much you adjust in the service menu, or how many potentiometers you turn. But man, that screen!!!
The JVC looks way better .Those scanlines on the trinitron are so distracting, ill take a bit of clarity loss to not have it look like im playing my game through some miniblinds on a window lol. Plus that center screen warping is a complete deal breaker.
Thinking about picking up a D-Series tomorrow, already have a Trinitron but the geometry and scrolling distortions bother me. The D-Series looks like it has more detailed textures, but the colors and brightness of the Trinitron definitely pop more.
@@RetroGameRarities My current set and the D-Series in question are both 32" sets. I don't know if I'll end up getting the D-Series though, he's holding it for a repeat customer. Plus he's asking $80 while my Trinitron was free. I've also noticed that the D-Series has some really wonky scrolling distortions as well, arguably worse than the Trinitron. In your video at 8:13 you can see the "rollers" effect on the left and right side of the D-Series.
@@busterscrugs $80 is steep. FREE is my sweet spot. And yes the side distortion on the D is brutal. I honestly don't look for the perfect set anymore, we are spoiled with flat panel geometry now. Just as long as it works without convergence issues, I'm happy.
@@RetroGameRaritiesD series are infamous for having bad linearity (the warping on the screen) especially the black ones. Picking up a sharp, philips, non Orion toshiba or an non Orion Panasonic will give you high chances of getting sets without linearity issues. Jvc just didn’t have good quality control in this aspect.
@@RetroGameRarities I use Super Metroid and Shinobi 3's cave levels for fine tuning blacks. Both games have backgrounds that are both detailed and very dark, and it can literally be a matter of one tick making the difference between getting all the detail and blacks starting to turn gray. Black level is the hardest thing to get exactly right in general, imho, as far as options menu settings go.
The d-series is still a great TV, don't you noobs get confused. If you can find one for less than $40 you'll be happy. The remote is universal for other JVC products too, meaning if you have a dvd player or VCR, you can use the same remote with a switch.
I had a massive trinitron that easily weighed 300 pounds my dad bought brand new but I gave it away. The thing was just too big and too heavy for my liking. I would like to get a smaller bvm or pvm though or any clean crt that has component.
Hahaha yeah, that's out of my league as well. I don't want to need another person's help when moving a CRT. From what I understand the 20"-24" is the sweet spot anyway for solid geometry.
in 2023, excellent video, I have both. But to my personal taste, Sony is brighter and has more clarity. On the other hand, JVC D Series presents a darker image and a black crush effect.
A powerful and valuable analysis indeed. I’m about to get a 14” Trinitron for my Commodore 128. These TV set rocks! And I can find many of these in awesome condition for no more than $25 here in Argentina. 😄👍
@@spcsola Gotcha! Unfortunately both of these sets are long gone from my collection and this particular Trinitron only had s-video. Thanks for watching!
I think both these tv's are just bad sets of their kind, not all D-Series will have the geometry issues and same with the trinitron, I had a flat glass tube tv not a trinitron from 2004 and up until last year it had amazing geometry. Just aging sets.
Yeah I won't do the 90s KV trinitron again had a 32" one and couldn't stand how it bent stuff in and that plastic broke after like a 1 foot drop ending the tv after a few weeks plus that weight man
@@makemedisappear8003 I think colors look oversaturated on the JVC. The trinitron colors look more accurate. I am aware that it may just be a result of the settings "Retro Game Rarities" selected
damn, I wish I had seen this video before getting a Trinitron recently.. it just doesn't look right. The contrast seems too high and the geometry is messed up for 2D games.
There's still hope! If your Trini is out of spec, you'll need to use the settings menu first and get the picture as best as you can. Then load up the homebrew app 240p Test Suite from a flash cart or other homebrew option, this will give you professional calibration tools to use. Load up the grid from the tools. This will show you how well or off the geometry is. Next, access the Sony service menu and execute the adjusts needed to get the grid squared up. Good luck!
@@RetroGameRarities Thanks. I'd forgotten about that, or had noticed people using tests like it on /r/crtgaming but wasn't sure if it was specific ones they had. I don't have a flash cart but maybe I'll find a way to get that displaying to test. It's interesting watching your other video of the 27FS120. That's the one I used to have! Pretty sure. And I gave it away to a retro game shop near me because I just wasn't getting much use out of it, and I thought something was off about the color and geometry of it that bugged me. I wasn't sure if it was just a "Trinitron" thing. Now I've oddly bought a smaller, older Trinitron off eBay because of a good deal (KV-13FM12). Hope it's not too bad. It has only composite/mono and RF inputs despite being made in 2000. I think I may prefer shadow mask type displays and curved screens like the JVC, but they don't have to be on that level. I like my RCA TruFlat even though that is probably a mediocre TV compared to good JVCs and Toshibas. So I dunno. I'll see about it... but it's intersting to see your review going over that TV I used to own and now I wish I'd kept it.
@@RetroGameRarities Thanks also for showing Wani Wani World... all these years I seem to have overlooked this one. It's like Lode Runner meets the styling of Snow Bros.
@@msd5808 I also used to have an FS120 until the flyback blew out...wah wah. That was probably my favorite. Honestly, whatever CRT makes you happy is the best one for you. I've gone through a handful of them within the last few years and they all had something missing that the other one had. Wani wani world is one of my favs! It's so bright and weird.
Yep. It's definitely what level of distortion you're comfortable with. I've had curved Trinitrons that didn't have rough side distortion but the color and clarity weren't as good. I'm currently on the hunt for a late 90s curved Trinitron. Thanks for watching!
I wish these TVs never disappeared. Am I the only one who thinks these are better than the new modern TVs of today?
They are better. Better Motion handling, great Contrast, great Colours, no Upscaling, no Input Lag, Great Viewing Angles. Its a Shame that we got inferior products now.
Alexey Voevoda 1990 today’s TVs are easily breakable and can be way too expensive! And it’s pathetic how these companies are always upgrading the picture quality just so people buy these new TVs! 4K has not been around that long and they are already making 8K TVs! The CRT TVs I grew up watching, I still to this very day wish I still had them! I really miss CRT TVs. :(
@@md6722 I still have one. And the Picture Quality is better than on flat screens. And there is no need to screw around with the picture settings. And everything looks great without needing the best source material.
Definitely better for old games. Retrogamers know it. LCD can be better (in some aspects) for newer systems with higher resolutions and progressive scan.
Profit rules over everything now.
Just got my 36 JVC D series back after over 10 years. Still looks amazing and is now more than ever a lovely sight to behold
I have a 32 and it's just...so...fun!
The D series has the most Trinitron looking non-aperture grille I've ever seen! I also like that they didn't jump on the silver plastic bandwagon. Thank you for sharing!
Agreed 100%!
They did switch to silver/black from 2003 till end of production, both the AV-s series and D series.
Oh but they did do silver
I just bought a Sony Trinitron 32 inch for 30 bucks. Mint condition, love using it on my NES, SNES,N64, GENESIS, DREAMCAST and all my other retro consoles. 😁
Nice pickup! The CRTs can't be beat for retro consoles.
Just wait till HDRetrovision come out with the Dreamcast component cables!!
i use a crt monitor for modern fps games, try the same with ur crt tv
@@erickmonroy5363 we’ll be waiting forever for these. You’d think this would have been top priority from them.
@@NodakSavage I'm giving up hope on this cables honestly man😤🥺
I have a 32” D series, very nice CRT makes playing sonic very fun :) especially with a good scart to component adaptor, makes it seem like true RGB
That sounds like an amazing setup!
Great video! Trinitron had sharp clarity over the d-series. D-series was more vibrant in color I thought. Both looked amazing though! Just what I thought from what the settings looked like on both.
Thanks for watching! Agreed, I enjoy both sets for their differences. Can't go wrong with either. 👍
The d-series looks like it has more contrast, the stone tiles look more 3 dimensional on the JVC for instance
There's no wrong answer here at all. But I'll take the JVC.
I had a trinitron from 2006 to 2011, the image was very good,the sound was amazing with deep bass,it also has controls for volume and channels on top of the tv.
Great video. I wish youtube was around back then to do more head to head comparisons. I never really new about the d series, I just grew up hearing that sony was the best of the best without understanding why. Just picked up a KV-32FV310 from good will for $10 best purchase ever. Yeah it weighs 235lb but man that picture is sharp. I love it. And its my favorite color combo of silver and blue.
Thanks! That Trinitron is outstanding, glad you love it! I've had a few Trinitrons over the years and they were all great.
Dude thank you so much for putting together this video. I wanted to especially thank you for the note about the vertical position setting on the JVC. I have a AV-27D201, and was unable to find a VPOS setting in the service menu. I wanted to know if it was different on the other 27 inch models - but I’m guessing it’s not! Cool going the extra mile and getting this answer straight from JVC. I’m a big fan of both of these sets.
You are most welcome! JVC was actually helpful in my inquiry based on an almost 20yo discontinued product. Thanks for watching!
Some of the D Series models do have VPOS adjustments in the service menu. I have 2 32" D Series and one of them has it but the other does not.
@@RetroGameRarities Just got a FREE JVC 27 inch D-series on Craig's List. What do these normally sell?
@@RetroGameRarities Oh you answered my question - thanks
I got component cables for the JVC - to a DVD player. But all I'm getting is wavy red/green lines. Got any idea? I hooked up the audio r/l to input 2 - so I'm getting sound... but the video is just wavy color lines. Composite RCA works for the DVD/JVC... hmm
I used to game only on Trinitrons but switched to a concaved 36" JVC 📺 and never looked back. The sound is the best I've ever heard and I can only go up to 4 out of 40 since it's so beefy. The S-video resolution is spot on and really cleans up the graphics. My Wii with homebrew channel is hooked up 24/7
I agree on the curved glass. The "moustache" bowing on the Wegas takes getting used to. I unfortunately cheated on my D series with a Trinitron 27fs120, had no room to store the JVC also, so I sold it. Trinitron A board fried...wah wah. Back to a curved Trinitron. Both Wegas I've had, had various issues. D series was solid.
@@RetroGameRarities I found a 42" LG flat screen on the street last month. It was crazy because not only did it work perfectly, it had HDMI, component AND S-video. I was going to keep it but gave it to my mom since she needed a tv and I already have 4. I wonder what retro games would have looked like on a modern tv with native s-video
@@writeronfire that's a score! I feel ya, I have a TV sickness myself. S-video looks outstanding on a flat display. GameCube through s-video makes a strong case against upgrading to component or hdmi. Composite is awful.
That Trinitron looks exacly like mine and has component
Man I loved my JVC D series, sadly it kicked the bucket last year. The colors were vibrant and without making the picture too dark. Also the sound was really good I only had to turn the volume to 3 to get really clear and loud audio!
I'd like to suggest as a future episode perhaps an FV310 Sony versus a PVM with component.
Funny you mention this...I seriously just got offered an FV310 about 15 minutes ago.
@@RetroGameRarities Sweet! I picked up a 27 version a couple weeks ago after casually looking for about a year. I love how it looks with the high voltage regulator and HD retrovision component cables. Although that being said I never played on a PVM
my 20L5 PVM was fully refurbished and calibrated by a Sony tech and component is very dark. RGB is soooo much brighter and better. Component on my Trinitron tv looks way better than my PVMs component
You really need to get a Sony FS or KV series with component and run it using using component along with the D-series to truly see what the tubes are capable of, (the D-series look astounding with it's 7-800 line count over YpbpR) no output handicap XD!
Well but that doesn't affect the main issue which is geometry imo. S-Video is pretty darn good, there is not too much left to squeeze out from Component. The biggest boost in image quality is from Composite to S-Video.
Not trying to sound picky, but I probably could not live happily with either set shown, because of those geometry effects. Due to this I prefer curved Trinitrons over the flat ones. I also think 21" is the sweet spot. Larger tubes tend to have more issues with geometry and also convergence. Anyway, great video.
@@martinweizenacker7129 No component is significantly better than s-video so this is not apples to apples.
@@overkill7990 It's not significantly better. First let's look at it from a technical point of view. In S-Video there is Luminance (Y-Signal) and Chrominance (C-Signal). In fact the Y-Signal is the very same signal you get out of the green Component RCA connector (the green one is called "Y" for a reason). Yes, you could take the Y-Signal of S-Video and use some (weird) adapter to connect it to the green Component RCA input of a display and have a perfect black and white image of great sharpness (just like Component, since it also uses the same Luminance bandwidth).
Thus it's only, and really only, the Chrominance which gains some improvement going from S-Video to Component. It does so by getting rid of color modulation and using a higher color bandwidth. BUT how big of a difference it really is on the screen depends on how your TV or monitor deals with.
I can see a difference between S-Video and RGB on my consumer CRT TV but on my Sony PVM it gets really hard to see a difference between S-Video and RGB or Component (although RGB is indeed best looking since it is not compromised by bandwidth limitations at all). Thus, technically S-Video by itself is pretty good and depending on your display there might be an improvement using Component or just very little.
Martin Weizenacker is you think 21” is best just get bvm. If your going for a small size go for the better product. I only use 32/36 inch consumer sets
@@martinweizenacker7129 "Thus it's only, and really only, the Chrominance which gains some improvement going from S-Video to Component. It does so by getting rid of color modulation and using a higher color bandwidth. BUT how big of a difference it really is on the screen depends on how your TV or monitor deals with."
On my Sony FV300 the difference is big.
There is a switch on the monitor chassis to adjust the vertical position on the JVC.
Have you by chance found anything for HSIZE?
i LOVED this video!! i really like this kinda content about CRTs and such :)
Thanks for the feedback! It was a lot of fun comparing these two.
Panasonic VS Phillips CRT showdown or more brand match ups would be cool
We'll see what we can do. 👍
Great video. Would like to see a review comparison on Panasonic m tube models too compared to Trinitrons
The JVC does not have 700 tvl. It has 700 lines horizontal resolution which is different from TVL. The screen footage you capture is excellent and really shows what both sets are capable of.
Thanks for the correction and the compliment!
@@RetroGameRarities In TVL it has 525 which is very good for a consumer TV.
@@martinweizenacker7129 Do all D series have 525? I just got a 32D303 and i can't seem to find the info
@@ShamanNoodles I am not familiar with the JVC D-Series. Unfortunately I cannot answer that question.
But in my humble opinion the condition of used CRTs is much more important than some marginal differences in resolution of the mask. Therefore I recommend you to put your main focus on that.
I'd rather have an excellent condition CRT with few hours on it but maybe not the highest resolution mask ever put into a consumer CRT TV than one with a superb mask that has developed issues.
I'll keep my Trinitron.
no!, give it to me please
i have a jvc AV Series CRT TV. Its works very well for Retro Gaming
Same here. Silver with component, svid and multiple composites. Love it. Have 8 systems hooked up to it.
A great follow up to this would be if you did a component vs component comparison of the D Series to the Sony KV-27FS120.
Great comparison video! I have 2 32" JVC D Series and a 24" Trinitron. The JVCs are used for my consoles (NES, SNES, Turbo Duo, Genesis, GameCube, and PS2) and the Trinitron is for my C64. Personally, I prefer the D Series picture because I grew up with shadow mask sets. The nostalgia gets me every time. The Trinitron looks really good with the C64 though and the smaller screen size works better for it.
You should check out the Panasonic Tau line and also the Toshiba AF / DF series too. They are both quite comparable to the JVC and Sony sets. The audio on the Tau sets is awesome too!
Great setup! Those 32s are beasts. Will definitely give the Tau sets a look!
@@RetroGameRarities The 32" JVC is a little over 100lbs so it's not actually that bad to move. I was able to get both of mine in and out of the house by myself without pretty easily. Now my old Sony KV-32FS120, that thing definitely needed 2 people. It was around 170lbs and even with 2 people it was awkward.
@@low_e_music The Sony's feel like they are built with titanium.
@@RetroGameRarities Haha! Yes, indeed they do. They're not the worst though. The Mitsubishi 40" CRT was an absolute nightmare to move. A friend had one and it took 4 of us to move that monstrosity. Never again...
The audio on the Panasonic Tau line is astounding and the blacks are just as good or better than the Wega Trinitron! Personally I think the JVC iArt sets have the best(Flat Screen) geometry..
I have 3 JVC D-Series. A 32 inch, 27 inch, and 21 inch. I love them all. I'm currently modding the 27 and 21 to take RGB input.
Let me know if you found any solid guides for the RGB mod on these please.
I remember my dad and I buying a brand new 32" JVC D-Series(Black bezel) in 1999. I distinctly remember this older eccentric salesman pointing at the D-Series and saying "it's like looking through a window" lol
If only I knew about the Sega Dreamcast's S-Video cable. :P Heck, the D-Series even supported component too. but by 2005/2006 I had already upgraded to a 32" Sony wega trinitron CRT.
Im a tv tech . And i miss the old tvs. Sony made one hell of a good crt tv . The only thing bad was the weight. Otherwise they were the best set that i worked on.
I think I've had more CRT sets in the past 5 years than most in their lifetime. 😎
@@RetroGameRarities same!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Just picked up my 27’ Sony Trinitron from 2000 what a difference it makes from the other 27 inch crt I was using
Wait, why test in s-video rather than component? I hate flat screen crts lol that center compression and bowing bugs me. I kept a d series tv over a flat Trinitron mainly because of this. My d series doesn't bow on top and bottom just a bit on the sides.
The Trinitron that was tested didn't come equipped with component.
Just picked up a 27" trinitron from the late 90's for free. He's not kidding about how heavy these sets are! The number of CRT sets on craigslist is diminishing though, most I see are the large screen chinese made RCA/westinghouse/other once great brand cheapie sets, but if they work they work.
I picked up a 2005 27" Trinitron from FB marketplace from an older couple recently. Pristine condition! This one was about 15lbs lighter than the one I had from 99.
What's cool about those off brands, especially the curved ones, is they're more similar to arcade monitors than Sonys. Worth preserving.
I only ever owned Trinitron CRT tv. The last CRT TV I owned was a WEGA from Sony. Once LCD TVs took off, the Brand never became a priority as long they were full HD and had HDMI.
Truth. I purchased a Hisense 4K when UHD was up n coming. Never heard of them before but the specs and budget were on point. Plus the warranty was an unheard of 4 years. Now Hisense is a major player in the States.
@@RetroGameRarities , I agree with you. Hisense is a major player now. I have LCD TV from them.
TBH I never heard of Hisense when Sony WEGA was a thing in the late 90s. All I knew was Sony was making television in Pittsburgh or somewhere, made in the good ol US of A quality n reliability. We don't get that anymore. Every brand today is made by the same factory somewhere out there, they just slapped different brands for different customer. It's just not the same as in the good old days.
Brands don't matter anymore. It's not as well built or has the quality of days of Sony WEGA when it was made in USA.
But I guess you get what you pay for, you want cheap, you get cheap n cheerful Tvs that break with no quality.
But again, who want a TV to last when TV technology is upgrading this fast 😂😂😂😂😂
Picked up a kv-32fs120 for free with original remote. Hooked up my SNES with S-video and it looked beautiful. Meant to just test the TV, ended up playing through Super Mario World.
Great score!
Trinitron is a tad sharper, D-series is much richer in color.
I think this battle comes down to preference, honestly
I'm looking to get a 1998 Sony Trinitron 27" CRT. But wouldn't the picture look dimmer, less vibrant/colourful and have lighter black levels due to Age and based on how many hours have been poured into it, compared to how it originally looked new out of the box?
Thanks for the video, man. I have found JVC D-Series 32" but silver color. do you think there's major changes between the black and silver color? model number is JVC AV-32D302. because I might pick it up soon. also what is that game in 3:24 ?
You are welcome! No major differences, just silver. I would go for it. Test it first, if you can. The game is Pocky & Rocky, great fun and hard as well!
Will do. Thanks a lot, man. already have a flat screen Trinitron, but what I want is a curved screen CRT with a component inputs and this JVC is the perfect match.
@@APOL1000 Rock on! That'll be a solid setup.
I hate that Sony didn't put component on any curved glass sets besides a couple XBR models. I love Triniton curved glass sets but I am a component enthusiast all the way.
Trinitron looked sharper
You have an awesome voice. Gotta get you in my recording studio.
I'm getting a trinitron soon. Early or mid 90s i think. Curved screen, matte black, 14 inch. And because I live in EU, RGB SCART! Can't wait to get it
Awesome! RGB on a curved screen will be great!
Hi from Australia! Great vid. Would like to see more of these please. New Subscriber too.
Hi! Thanks for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed it.
JVC iArt series was the pinnacle of crt technology before being phased out for led. Ive owned countless Sony units and the HD iArt jvc was hands down the best 👍
Over the past year I've had the opportunity to test and try about 10 or 15 trinitrons. Every flat screen trinitron had poor to mediocre geometry especially in the top left corner where they always seem to sag. I highly reccomend curved glass for any trinitron above 24". The most impressive TV I've seen was a Toshiba 36AF43. It is a flat screen with incredible geometry, bright & vibrant colors, and wonderful sharpness. The other flat screen I saw with perfect geometry was a 27" Panasonic Tau. Has anyone else noticed that Sony flat screens have these issues? Do their tubes age differently or did they come out of the factory like that?
For the average user, the geometry issues would not likely being picked up nor offer an interference to their enjoyment.
You failed to discuss the colour rendition during your comparison demonstrations.
While its down to personal preference, i like the browns/greys (dirt, rocks/pebble surfaces, tree stumps), the shadows of the fence (6:55min mark) and the general details displayed on the JVC. Blues look a bit darker too. I think its due to the nature of shadow marks and how it blends colours, more gracefully in my opinion.
The crispness, particularly closer to centre on the sony looks sharper and more pleasing to me.
If there was a commercial grade shadow mask set to get, what is the most desired?
Great video, but i think it would've been better and fair if you had compared a curved sony trinitron to the jvc set because as you know it's impossible to get perfect geometry on flat crt screens
what is the deffirent between sony WEGA and sony with no WEGA ? i have two sony wega Trinitron and one only Trinitron no wega , the non wega the menu look deffirent than the two WEGA models ?
Hi! Thanks for watching. Here's info from Sony's site Trinitron is Sony's name for its patented CRT technology. 'Wega' is Sony's name for its patented picture/motion processing technology - its a digital processing 'system' which enhances the quality of the signals which enventually 'drive' the actual (trinitron) crt. So they are quite different. If your tv has Wega and Trinitron on it then it has both of these quite separate technologies.
@@RetroGameRarities Wow, first time hearing about this. Thanks for the info. I always thought Wega is just a new FD Trinitron branding.
Have you used the same exposure to capture them in side by side Pocky and Rocky comparison? Trinitron looks like twice as bright as the JVC set. There is a lot less black crush with Trinitron.
It also looks a bit sharper than JVC.
Yeppers! ISO 50 at 1/60 shutter speed. Typically, Sony has a brighter, sharper picture. Nothing can compete with the sharpness of the aperture grille.
What game was that?
Hey sr, for see dvd, laser disc vcrs o satellite tv digital(old analogue video c band are digital now)are you tested?thanks for your time a dedicated channel
Hi! I have not tested these but would assume the quality is similar. Always use S-video, component or RGB for best quality.
I’d rather have the D-series than that crappy flatscreen. Flatscreen CRTs are shit. But if I could get a cylindrical Trinitron, then I’d totally go for that instead.
Agreed, curved screens look so much better. My vote goes to the d series!
Are you familiar with JVC’s I’Art series and if it is similar to the D-Series?
Oh yeah! Hard to come by. They're the flat screens to compete with Sony's flats and are awesome.
This is a very nice video! I play on a Bang & Olufsen Beovision 1 and i'd compare the scrolling and distortion to the D series TV.
Thanks for the feedback! I'll have to check that set out. I love the Bang & Olufsen brand.
@@RetroGameRarities It's pretty sweet and has great built in speakers! With some configuration the image becomes really nice a crisp!
@@DanielAyy I definitely need to check one of these out. 🤘🤘
How would you rate a Bang and Olufsen MX 8000 I am planning to get one coming from MX 6000
@@ManOfAttitudeLP1998 can't really say, i've never used it. The general opinion seems to be the MX7000 and MX8000 are favored over the MX6000 though.
You should do a JVC Iart vs the Sony and or JVC Iart vs the D series
What's the difference between this JVC and the 201 model?
This D-Series thing would have to really be incredible to top the Trinitron. I just brought a beautiful KV-21X5U, one of the greatest CRTs ever made; it’s beautiful and I love it! Like seriously, I have never seen such a beautiful, clear, and bright picture. It’s honestly astounding. It is a massive pain in the arse to lift however, like Jesus Christ it’s heavier than my brother, and he’s very fat. It’s seriously brilliant, my cheap 14-inch shadow mask I thought looked great, but this Trinitron blows it right out of the water, and then right over the island and back into some more water. It’s a beautiful curved screen model, like all good Trinitrons, and as such the geometry is still nearly perfect even after so many years!
I picked 21 inches specifically as I thought that would be the maximum size I could fit in my setup, but it wasn’t a good fit even then so I just threw out an extra wardrobe and put it there instead, so I might update to a 28X5U later.
NICE pickup! I had a KV-27V10 from 1993 and the geometry was better than the flat tube. Love the curves!
@@RetroGameRarities Yeah! I love the curves too, and the geometry is definitely usually better. The flat tube requires lots of advanced electronic convergence circuitry which often malfunctions and still isn't perfect.
I have both, and have had multiple units of both over the last 10 years or so. Although my Trini is Fs120.
I think this is a little unfair of a comparison. I think a JVC I’art should be compared in the future. Flat compared to flat. I preferred a curved screen, even though last week I grabbed that Wega I comment about in your other vid with the stand, which is now my main retro rig. Feel a little guilty moving the d-series to the side.
Great great explanation and comparison. I myself picked up a D-series 27d201 that I mostly use for laserdisc, PS2, and gamecube games running on a wii. Does anyone know if there are any differences between the 501 and 201 models apart from the 2nd s-video input on the 501?
Thanks for watching! Main difference is bells n whistles. Example: Trinitron 36" will have a subwoofer, etc.
Just got the Trinitron KV-27FS100L for ten bucks at a garage sale. Great condition but you are spot on about that minor bowing at the bottom. Great quality pic on the NES with crisp scanlines. 109 lbs makes it a tad hard to set-up
I like to call it the Flat Screen 'Stache.
I picked one of these up last week on a whim and you are not kidding about the bowing. These models bow like a mofo no matter how much you adjust in the service menu, or how many potentiometers you turn. But man, that screen!!!
@@RetroGameRarities I like that. Think i'm gonna have to start using that! lol
Just got the36"
I have the exact same set and yeah the bowing is rough. I'll probably open it up soon to fix that. Other than that though, it's great!
The Trinitron bowing can be fixed by the circuit board..."potentiometer" .
How hard is it to get at this "Potentiometer"? Is there documentation?
The JVC also has component...so it would be even better still, I would think.
The JVC looks way better .Those scanlines on the trinitron are so distracting, ill take a bit of clarity loss to not have it look like im playing my game through some miniblinds on a window lol. Plus that center screen warping is a complete deal breaker.
What did you use to split the image to both crt tvs?
The video wasn't split. It's two separate videos recording the demo mode of Pocky and Rocky on each TV.
Anyone know how to factory reset the d series?
Thinking about picking up a D-Series tomorrow, already have a Trinitron but the geometry and scrolling distortions bother me. The D-Series looks like it has more detailed textures, but the colors and brightness of the Trinitron definitely pop more.
Can't go wrong with either set. What size are you looking at?
@@RetroGameRarities My current set and the D-Series in question are both 32" sets. I don't know if I'll end up getting the D-Series though, he's holding it for a repeat customer. Plus he's asking $80 while my Trinitron was free. I've also noticed that the D-Series has some really wonky scrolling distortions as well, arguably worse than the Trinitron.
In your video at 8:13 you can see the "rollers" effect on the left and right side of the D-Series.
@@busterscrugs $80 is steep. FREE is my sweet spot. And yes the side distortion on the D is brutal. I honestly don't look for the perfect set anymore, we are spoiled with flat panel geometry now. Just as long as it works without convergence issues, I'm happy.
@@RetroGameRaritiesD series are infamous for having bad linearity (the warping on the screen) especially the black ones. Picking up a sharp, philips, non Orion toshiba or an non Orion Panasonic will give you high chances of getting sets without linearity issues. Jvc just didn’t have good quality control in this aspect.
7:01 the JVC loses a lot of detail in the dark scenes
Good eye. Both sets are vastly different in the darks. All about fine tuning so your blacks don't look gray. Thanks for watching!
@@RetroGameRarities I use Super Metroid and Shinobi 3's cave levels for fine tuning blacks. Both games have backgrounds that are both detailed and very dark, and it can literally be a matter of one tick making the difference between getting all the detail and blacks starting to turn gray. Black level is the hardest thing to get exactly right in general, imho, as far as options menu settings go.
6:40 triniton is sharper
Wow, curved TVs also have geometry issues. I never really noticed that when I was young. I guess I am spoiled to perfect geometry from LCDs.
Light gun games seem to work better on them tho
The d-series is still a great TV, don't you noobs get confused. If you can find one for less than $40 you'll be happy. The remote is universal for other JVC products too, meaning if you have a dvd player or VCR, you can use the same remote with a switch.
Metal Jesus put a 20" d-series in his GameCube kiosk and it almost looks like it came from the factory that way.
I think 40 is a bit much, I often see them going around for 10-25, sometimes even free
How did you access the service menu?
JVC: press [sleep timer] on the remote. When the On Screen Display (OSD) reads sleep timer = 0, immediately press [video status] and [display] simultaneously.
Sony: [PWR OFF] - [DISP], [5], [VOL+], [PWR ON]
I had a massive trinitron that easily weighed 300 pounds my dad bought brand new but I gave it away. The thing was just too big and too heavy for my liking. I would like to get a smaller bvm or pvm though or any clean crt that has component.
Hahaha yeah, that's out of my league as well. I don't want to need another person's help when moving a CRT. From what I understand the 20"-24" is the sweet spot anyway for solid geometry.
in 2023, excellent video, I have both. But to my personal taste, Sony is brighter and has more clarity. On the other hand, JVC D Series presents a darker image and a black crush effect.
Thanks for watching! Agreed 100%. 👍
A powerful and valuable analysis indeed. I’m about to get a 14” Trinitron for my Commodore 128. These TV set rocks! And I can find many of these in awesome condition for no more than $25 here in Argentina. 😄👍
Go for it! A 14" Trinitron will be amazingly sharp.
@@RetroGameRarities Thanks so much! Your vid helped me go for this great choice. Have a good one!
@@MatiasERuiz My pleasure. Enjoy your Trinitron!
Bro recorded this in his bathroom lol.
Thanks for watching! Be sure to check out more of my toilet vids. lol
Component vs Composite comparison is a bit unfair, no?
Give it a full watch! We never compare the two, that would be unfair. 😁
@@RetroGameRarities I watched the whole, was hoping you would do a component to component so we could see if it could match or exceed the Trinitron.
@@spcsola Gotcha! Unfortunately both of these sets are long gone from my collection and this particular Trinitron only had s-video. Thanks for watching!
I don't like the flat tube era Sony's. The 90's curved ones are so much better and don't have that horizontal distortion with side scrolling games. :D
Agreed. I had a curved '93 Trinitron that had far better geometry than the flat tube.
The flat screen Trinitrons are distortion free from 24" and down, anything higher will have unfixable distortion. LOVE my 20" flat 2000 Trinitron!
I like the flames. Yeah
I like more the black on the jvc
Isn't the equation: Heavier= higher quality? :D
😂
trinitron is the best
Yo tenía una jvc de 14 con la sega genesis 3 en el año 1998 jugaba yo tendría 4 5 años mi infancia
Estaba bien metido en Nintendo 64 en 1998. Soy un veterano. 😁
What game is that
Pocky & Rocky. Outstanding 2-player fun!
I think both these tv's are just bad sets of their kind, not all D-Series will have the geometry issues and same with the trinitron, I had a flat glass tube tv not a trinitron from 2004 and up until last year it had amazing geometry. Just aging sets.
Yeah I won't do the 90s KV trinitron again had a 32" one and couldn't stand how it bent stuff in and that plastic broke after like a 1 foot drop ending the tv after a few weeks plus that weight man
Sharp c2199b RGB the best.15 hearts MHz 240p
The Sony has very noticeable scanlines.
trinitron smokes it.
I have to disagree, color looks better on jvc.
@@makemedisappear8003 I think colors look oversaturated on the JVC. The trinitron colors look more accurate. I am aware that it may just be a result of the settings "Retro Game Rarities" selected
damn, I wish I had seen this video before getting a Trinitron recently.. it just doesn't look right. The contrast seems too high and the geometry is messed up for 2D games.
There's still hope! If your Trini is out of spec, you'll need to use the settings menu first and get the picture as best as you can. Then load up the homebrew app 240p Test Suite from a flash cart or other homebrew option, this will give you professional calibration tools to use. Load up the grid from the tools. This will show you how well or off the geometry is. Next, access the Sony service menu and execute the adjusts needed to get the grid squared up. Good luck!
@@RetroGameRarities Thanks. I'd forgotten about that, or had noticed people using tests like it on /r/crtgaming but wasn't sure if it was specific ones they had. I don't have a flash cart but maybe I'll find a way to get that displaying to test.
It's interesting watching your other video of the 27FS120. That's the one I used to have! Pretty sure. And I gave it away to a retro game shop near me because I just wasn't getting much use out of it, and I thought something was off about the color and geometry of it that bugged me. I wasn't sure if it was just a "Trinitron" thing. Now I've oddly bought a smaller, older Trinitron off eBay because of a good deal (KV-13FM12). Hope it's not too bad. It has only composite/mono and RF inputs despite being made in 2000. I think I may prefer shadow mask type displays and curved screens like the JVC, but they don't have to be on that level. I like my RCA TruFlat even though that is probably a mediocre TV compared to good JVCs and Toshibas. So I dunno. I'll see about it... but it's intersting to see your review going over that TV I used to own and now I wish I'd kept it.
@@RetroGameRarities Thanks also for showing Wani Wani World... all these years I seem to have overlooked this one. It's like Lode Runner meets the styling of Snow Bros.
@@msd5808 I also used to have an FS120 until the flyback blew out...wah wah. That was probably my favorite. Honestly, whatever CRT makes you happy is the best one for you. I've gone through a handful of them within the last few years and they all had something missing that the other one had.
Wani wani world is one of my favs! It's so bright and weird.
P.S. if you have a modded Wii, you can load 240p Test Suite. 👍
JVC tubes are great, but nothing holds a candle to a Trinitron.
I have a friend with a late 90s curved Trinitron I may pick up. No component but S-video looks great on these sets. 🤘🤘
I actually picked up a 2005 Wega which is amazing. Video on the way. 🤘🤘
Sween size when he said it on trknitron
JVC crt has a greenish tint
25 bucks is nothing lol. Most of you spend that much eating out.
Una de mis crt tv son jvc con su tenologia mascara de sombras
¡Uno de los mejores!
@@RetroGameRarities asi es pero tanbien sin contar a philips que tanbien pose la misma tecnologia que jvc esos crt me recurdan alas arcade
I actually think the JVC looks better in the side by side comparison, but that screen curving is a deal breaker
Yep. It's definitely what level of distortion you're comfortable with. I've had curved Trinitrons that didn't have rough side distortion but the color and clarity weren't as good. I'm currently on the hunt for a late 90s curved Trinitron. Thanks for watching!
Agreed, jvcs color looks so much better.
7:57 what mario is this!?
It's SNES Super Mario All-stars. Upgraded 16-bit graphics. It has all 3 Mario's plus Lost Levels. Highly recommend it.
@@RetroGameRarities definitely will thanks!
Tv sharp rgb sharp mpd c2199b the best .
sony trinitron XBR 1985 year
what game was that you were playing?
The shmup is Pocky & Rocky.