I love your content. I remember when I was about 11 yrs. old I needed a TV to play my Sega Genesis and I found a Junker TV in an alley, took it home and I figured out how to do this and my mom was concerned that I would electrocute myself rightfully so, but I wanted to learn and I liked it. I didn't use those proper strips but I did use a bunch of magnets the size of quarters to fix the convergence in the top right and bottom left corners and I guess the Degaussing in the TV fixed the purple spot on top of screen after maybe 10-15 on off cycles fine tuned the colors the best I could but it looked great! And I used that TV for about 3 yrs before it finally died. Not bad for a beginner I think 😁

Great video! Picked up one of these up a couple years back from a gentleman who had modded it to accept RGB Scart. Has served me well but recently seem to have lost the green signal somehow. I’ve never personally worked on fixing CRTs, but obviously finding it difficult to find someone local who can help so this video will come in very handy when I inevitably have to go about trying to fix the issue myself. Thanks Spud! :)

To be honest, the front panel being broken off is more relatable and true to my own nostalgia LOL

I love how you're visible sweating after putting it on the bench

"from trash to treasure" as they say. This stuff makes me so happy!

@GE1463

Жыл бұрын

I mean before it wasnt rlly trash, just not as many ports lol

Awesome watching you play with the convergence! I’ve got a few spots with convergence issues on my PVM and would love to get a crack at doing this someday to clear them up…

Great work. Playing around with the corner convergence is fun and very satisfying once you get it right. I have a tip about the blanking voltage divider. I'm not sure if this applies to the chassis you have there, but on the BG-2T which I have done a mod on, the blanking line already has a resistor going to ground. It is usually a value like 390, 470 or 560 ohms. That means all you need to get a 2.5V blanking from your 5V input to the switch, is a resistor that matches the blanking ground resistor, placed on the input to the switch. Rather than making a new voltage divider on the switch. Adding the single resistor will give you a more accurate blanking voltage. Not that it really matters in the end, as long as it blanks, it works :)

Nice solution. I didn't know SONY made tv's without scart. Since I'm from Europe and all tv's have a RGB input by default from the factory here. Cool bypass video👍👍

@lancepage1914

Жыл бұрын

Australia is a PAL region just like Europe. However we were still gimped with the dreadful composite input for all 90's TVs. SCART was never a thing here, although there was the odd ball cheap brand that sported them but it was so rare and made for European market anyway. The only consumer TVs that had SCART here were Japanese rear projection or projector CRTs and European brands TVs like Grundig, Loewe, B&O ect. They were all very expensive too.

@HIDHIFDB

4 ай бұрын

Same with Argentina we are PAL but never got de scart also our tvs were kind of cheap Mexican/brasilian multiformat tvs who can decode ntsc/pal

Nice video would be nice to see how you clean the boards of dust with your brush and what not to do while cleaning the TV.

Hey Spud! Just found your channel today - I hope you keep doing what you do. I love CRT's, PVM's, and their restoration. Your videos are fantastic for a growing community of enthusiasts!

Top notch. I've got some good curb pick ups but I missed out on a few CRTs due to the copper scrappers. CRTs seem to be getting a little more uncommon through, I reckon most people will have chucked em out already

Great work

Thank you enjoyed watching and learned a few new things. We'll done.

This is amazing

Wooow Amazing 🎉🎉🎉🎉

it has both yellow and white sound connectors, so I bet it's a stereo set! Correct me if it was indeed a mono set. Great find nonetheless!

@lancepage1914

Жыл бұрын

It's a stereo set. If the RCA has a White and Red inputs thats stereo. Mono is when there is just a White RCA input and a Yellow RCA, Yellow always being the Composite Video.

@michaelaurelius8507

16 күн бұрын

My question is how can you NOT tell if it's stereo or mono when it has TWO speakers on the front AND the Red and White RCA inputs? If it was just composite with the white RCA input of course it's gonna be mono. If you know and understand electronics, I don't understand how you don't see that! 🙄🙄🙄

Love content! Please lower volume on intro guitar killer riffs or raise your mic levels to have a more even balance!

@spudzgames4361

2 жыл бұрын

Will do. Thanks

Retro gamers: _picking up CRTs from trash and RGB modding them_ European CRTs: _laughing in Scart_

@madfinntech

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. We got lots of short ends of sticks when it comes to classic gaming here in Europe but RGB isn't one of them, fortunately. I just plug my PlayStation into my TV with the same RGB SCART cable I did back in the day and it just works. Sure the mods lie elsewhere but at least I don't have to mod my TV, those CRTs are scary beasts.

@RealEpikCartfrenYT

2 жыл бұрын

@@madfinntech a capacitor exploded in my face when i was looking at the inside of a CRT TV. I'm never touching them agaun

@megaigor

2 жыл бұрын

50hz...

@lancepage1914

Жыл бұрын

Yep. SCART was never a thing here in Australia. Unless you had a European made TV and those were never cheap.

@jimbotron70

4 ай бұрын

@@megaigorThere's also PAL60...

CRT forever!

Excelente

Great video. Not to be an annoying pedant, but it's in parallel not series for the resistors you were talking about haha (series adds up)

Hey Spud you should check out this video on here called "JVC CRT monitor repair pt. 2 - film replacement". For these light colored screens it's a way to put a tinted film over it that makes it like having dark glass.

I like how you say 'stand back you never know with these things what's gonna happen'" just saying usually it will work or wont, I've never heard of someone turning on a crt it is just spontaneously explodes lol.

@spudzgames4361

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen the flyback do all sorts of wonderful things if there's a crack it haha.

@bryanchester08

2 жыл бұрын

@@spudzgames4361 interesting I will have to keep that in mind when doing my RGB mod. Thanks for the video, have a good one man.

are only TVs with jungle chips RGB modable? or could older TVs be modded with perhaps a little extra work? also is there a way to insert a sync signal without using the composite input for sync?

i livestream myself searching the streets of LA for these

Hi! Love your Channel! I was wondering if you’d offer some guidance on repairing a trinitron it’s a J29SZ2 with a weird issue and can’t find anything to get it sort it. Happy to pay for your time. Also where in Australia are you? Thanks a lot!!

640 vertical lines say this is a cool concept.

@lancepage1914

Жыл бұрын

Wait to you try super resolution with GroovyMAME. But that's whole another rabbit hole.

As if these are still getting thrown out when people are happy to collect them for free. Getting rare.

@emmettturner9452

2 жыл бұрын

My friend recently sold some property forcing me to move all my CRTs that have been stored there since I was displaced by an EF4 tornado last year. I still didn’t have room for them (literally homeless), but I couldn’t even give them away. Every thrift store refused to take them so I was forced to throw some out. I even offered to buy them back if they were still there by the time I had a place for them but Goodwill still refused to take them. I managed to give one away to a retro game shop, made some room for a few more in another storage unit, but I had dozens. The deadline is passed and the building is supposed to be bulldozed if it hasn’t been already. Point is, people who appreciate CRTs are niche. There aren’t enough takers and people still throw them out. Sucks, but it’s the truth.

@leifcian4288

2 жыл бұрын

@@emmettturner9452 I suppose it might depend on the area. Retro games and media is getting somewhat more popular as time goes on as modern media formats are less of a novelty than 5/10/15 odd years ago while the nostalgia factor gets greater. Plus the way modern improvements can be applied to old tech ect. It's nice hooking up a old TV to stream old SD tv shows and having so many options for emulating back catalogues on plenty different systems and such as I'm sure you know. We're you listing them online for free in a very populated area? Sorry to hear about your circumstances.

@leifcian4288

2 жыл бұрын

@@emmettturner9452 I guess the thing to do would be list them as a bulk lot for storage and resale to go ASAP. That seems to happen over here, companies will just put them in a wear house and list them for a fair amount, yeah they might have to wait a while for them to sell for what their asking but they don't mind as long as the value is going to gradually increase or at least remain around the same. Sort of thing I've seen people do on ebay listings, offer out a load of old TVs and electronics as a job lot with no reserve to whoever is able to collect, seen a nice lot of stuff go for about £20 the other week the sort of large Trinitrons that will also be listed at listed at a couple of hundred for as long as it takes. If you want to buy a large CRT any day of the week for delivery that's what it costs or else you have to be patient and wait for the chance to pick something up with a bit of luck and not too much hassle.

Where can i find the 240p test suite for the ps1?

I'm looking for these old school sony trinitron tvs

Is a similar mod capable of bypassing the digital processing on a Toshiba HD CRT?

If it has 3 RCA connectors it is Stereo, mono models only have 2.

Hey man I know this is an old video but is there any chance you can do a video about the Mod G1? I’ve seen posts about it but no videos.

Cant u tell its stereo from the L and R audio inputs??

@lancepage1914

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can and it is a stereo set. My grandparents had the same set and it's a stereo alright.

Hello 👋🏽 question; can a Sony KV-27FS17 be RGB modified?

Ho do you survived all these years without SCART RGB that was Standard here in Europe.

Hi buddy. I have a Sony Trinitron KV-DR29M69 TV. Is it possible to convert this TV to rgb mode? Does it support? I would be very happy if you reply. Thanks in advance.

Boa noite, meu amigo pode me tirar uma dúvida tenho um tv Sony Triniton, está com imagem desregulada e funcionando somente preto e branco, com um controle e manual dela, dá para fazer as configurações? Ou somente com técnico em eletrônica?

What year was this tv manufactured? The service manual doesn’t say

🙏

There are TVs that have a mark that indicates where to incorporate the scart port, with these TVs it is easier to make the modification or is it the same?

@spudzgames4361

2 жыл бұрын

All depends. Some companies re use shells and some use the same boards with small differences. I've seen tvs scart ports aren't physically installed but are ready to go. I've seen others that would indicate the same but it didn't work. You need to review each on its own merits.

Is there a Way to Remove marks or Burns from The Screens

Do you live in my neighbourhood? I have a nice 78cm Mitsubishi DIVA I would love to RGB mod, but could never do this myself. I would kill my TV, and more than likely myself at the same time. 🤣🤣🤣

Kv-21t1k is same tv?

Actualmente que tanto se puede modernizar o mejorar en sus componentes un Sony Trinitron k21 para mayor rendimiento 🧐

It's still scrap because the tube is heavily worn out.

if I make my convergence strips with freezer magnets dou you think they work as fine as these you bought¿¿

@spudzgames4361

2 жыл бұрын

I don't buy any. I get them off TVs that scrappers ruin or ones that die. I'm not sure how they would go..I don't see why they wouldn't work

Just found one in the big rubbish this weekend. Great condition. It has sound but unfortunately no image on any input...any advice how to fix it? Cheers

@lancepage1914

Жыл бұрын

Personally I would just keep looking for another TV with a picture that works.

Can crt tvs with rf be modded? I know it needs a osd and jungle chip but I read even with rf input, it can still be modded. Can you do that?

@spudzgames4361

Жыл бұрын

Depends on the Jungle.

Hah, Europeans not need to mod any television at all, because the "Euroscart" connector is also an RGB input! 😁

@spudzgames4361

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Which is why I love finding Euro brands I Australia. My main CRT is a B&O MX8000 with dual RGB scart sockets.

@zsombor_99

2 жыл бұрын

@@spudzgames4361 Hehe... I see videos Americans modify RGB input into their televisions, but here in Europe, we just simply connect a single Scart cable and it's done. Lucky us. 😁

Trouble we are going to find is less and less people remain understanding crtTV's to work on them.

@arootube

Жыл бұрын

You're about to see that happen to a lot of very modern technologies too.

SONY KV27V15EHT

do u know what causes jitter and shaking text on crt?

@zeebpc

Жыл бұрын

yes exactly like 21:30 that flickery text . my sony trinitron does that too. drives me mad trying to fix it ..

@zeebpc

Жыл бұрын

u fixed it when u "turned it to rgb" HOW do i do that?? is it just S-video? well the problem on my Trinitron the text flickers like that even on the menu/TV built in text like volume slider and channel numbers .. so i dont know if using rgb would help then?

@spudzgames4361

Жыл бұрын

Check the power supply caps

@spudzgames4361

Жыл бұрын

Also you could be using an interlaced signal which can be a bit shaky. Such as 480i rather than 240p. Good example is the PS2

@zeebpc

Жыл бұрын

@@spudzgames4361 i think it was 480i. my n64 looks kinda good and thats not interlaced. but the TV menu shakes like crazy, so does the ps1 menu screen which are both interlaced i think . is it possible to reduce interlace flicker or does it just look that terrible? like 21:30 in this video, you fix the flicker - is that on interlaced ?

Make it smart tv or conect with mobile

ever sell any of these?

@vincentjohnson2920

Жыл бұрын

like I've been looking for a decent pvm or bvm for a good 4 years but they cost a fortune and theres almost none in australia I swear!

so you can run test suit on the ps1¿¿

@spudzgames4361

2 жыл бұрын

On a chipped ps1 sure can

There is only one God

Consoles put out 5v. Why not use that?

@spudzgames4361

2 жыл бұрын

If I used a scart connection I probably would have

I miss my ws crt a little bit..it died..altho new sony 43inch 4k panel is pretty good..I don't miss it's scart only input tho..which was terrible.terrible terrible.

PS3 on TV Sony Trinitron CRT

What kind of remote does the TV use?

@GE1463

Жыл бұрын

a regular one?

Can you mod a vga crt monitor to accept scart rgb 240p?

@spudzgames4361

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think that can be done. VGA monitors operate around 480p 31khz, RGB scart is 240p 15khz. You can get multisync CRT monitors which can do both but they are expensive. You can get old GPUs which will.output composite and Y/C and some old Raedon GPUs can actually do analogue 15khz out of their DVI output. People do that all the time with emulators.

@lancepage1914

Жыл бұрын

You wouldn't mod you monitor if you wanted to play 240p on a VGA monitor. What you need is a downscaler. Look up something like a GBS control on KZread or Google.

@WingmanLive

Жыл бұрын

I can't remember why i asked this question, lol😂 Seams like a really mad question to ask. Ive got a wii set up over scart rgb to a 14 inch alba crt looks good running retroarch so i guess thats where i ended up.

why they always cut the ac cord lol

@lancepage1914

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I hate electrical scrappers.

How can you not know just by looking at the front that it is a STEREO TV!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus christ man.

EHT NUMBER

It is extremelly Dangerous to mess with the TV without using proper protective rubber gloves, even more if the TV is on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@martinweizenacker7129

2 жыл бұрын

Touching the bare copper on the yoke while messing with the magnet will give you a bit of a zap if you don't use an isolation transformer, but nothing major.

Clean the thing first before you start a video 😅

@spudzgames4361

2 жыл бұрын

Normally I would. But I think it's good to show what condition you will find these CRTS on the curbside and just because they have been out and have cobwebs on them doesn not mean they won't work...And yes it got thoroughly cleaned at the end.

1k5 inline on the 5v gives ~2.6v I used a 7805 using the 7v input from the header where the RGB lines are. My issue is the colour are off and there's interference, so im not sure what's gone wrong here - i checked this video after the install to see what you did. I used 75r terminating but also .1uf in series (which i don't always do) This is a job i took reluctantly and I am now remembering why i was ok to mod his N64 but didn't want to touch his failed RGB installation :P edit: OK i hacked up a SCART adapter PCB i made to take scart and convert to BNC, so forgetting that was all inputs and not outputs, i had to fix that, then somehow the different type of socket i was using (panel mount, not PCB mount) being installed made R and B switch from the PCB markings lol. Ok issue was the inline .1uf caps! not beneficial :)