My CRTs!!
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JVC I'Art
AV-27F704
This big guy is by far my favorite CRT display that I own! It's got a huge flat 27 inch display; on the front it has composite (Video 3) as well a few buttons to control the system, on the back we have composite with s-video (Video 1), composite (Video 2), and even has component (V2-Component)!! So the odd thing is that you can't have like five inputs, s-video and composite share the same audio and are both Video 1, and Video 2 is the same story but with component. So in reality there's just three inputs at a time and one of them is stuck on composite
I currently have an Xbox 360 plugged into s-video and it's what I mostly play on the CRT, I would have it on component but the cables I got for them don't have a switch to run interlaced signals but to my eyes the two signals look pretty much identical. I have my Wii connected to component and I use it for running fun homebrew, emulating SNES and NES mostly, and Wii games of course. I actually got these fancier video cables recently and I even went as far as sniping a bid on a Xbox 360 S over the Xbox 360 E that I have so I could do more than composite out, and oh my gosh these video signals are BEAUTIFUL I can never go back to composite ever again holy
My mom actually found this along with two other CRT TVs!! She was looking at those stories on whatsapp and a family member works or runs a remodeling company something like that and there were those displays on the story, and so she asked about it, and boom now they're in my possession isn't that the coolest thing ever?!?!?! I WAS SO HAPPY YAYYY I'M SO GRATEFUL this thing is heavy AF lol, it weighs more than me like it's that heavy, apparently flat panel CRTs are like significantly heavier than a bulb shaped screen CRT I genuinely can only shuffle it on the ground by myself and that's IT
I have not done a lot to this CRT, only some external cleaning and some service menu geometry adjustment. I can't quite get the geometry quite right, I really don't want to open it up not because I don't wanna get shocked, but because I don't wanna see how dirty it is and then be obligated to clean it..... I will do it though, because I want to adjust the smooshed-ness on the right side of the screen, and I need to fix up the focus and convergence on the corners
Toshiba
MV13L3
I actually really like this little tv, it was actually my first ever CRT display and holy moly it's in such good condition, no scratches on the screen nor is the shell beat up whatsoever!! The size of the screen is 13 inches and it's very crisp and bright! On the back there's a single RF input, and on the front there is a VHS slot along with a composite input with mono audio.
This tv lives at my mom's since it's my nicest one and I only have space for one there. I only ever use the composite input (LINE), since I don't have anything to plug into RF and I only have two VHS-es one of which was inside this tv when I got it. The component input is hooked up to my modded Wii U which I pretty much just use for Wii and emulation, I always play Wii U stuff on my steam deck lol
I found this CRT at goodwill for twenty bucks!! When I saw it there I was astounded, I did not know that goodwill took in CRTs! I immediately bought it and I replaced the LCD I never used in my room with this thing! It was very fun I played through deltarune with it with my friend and then also played like Halo and Yume Nikki and stuff on it.
I only wiped down this CRT with some alchol (bad idea I ruined a big spot on the plastic ;w; then I switched to just soapy water) and then I opened it up and tweaked the focus on the flyback. First time I ever did that was here and I was home alone so maybe that was a little stupid since it needs to be on while I do that, my arm brushed on the flyback cable which was scary, it's okay though I'm okay. I also adjusted the geometry with the remote so it's a very pretty display now!!
Sylvannia
This is a biiiiig tv almost the size of the JVC but the difference is that I can carry this one while the other one I can barely shuffle it on the ground. It has a single RF port on the back
I do not use this CRT since it unfortunately only has an RF jack and I don't have anything to use it with.
All I did to this CRT was wipe it down, I would like to see if I can mod in RGB or domponent input then I could use it for my little ITG setup or something, it's kinda big for that though so probably I'd just give it to someone who would use it.
Toshiba
MLV bla bla
This CRT is just like the other Toshiba, it's about two years newer than the other Toshiba, and the tube appears to be the same! Just like the other Toshiba it's got composite on the front with mono audio and RF on the back the shell is very scratched to hell, but given the condition it's surprising how not scratched the tube is, and even more surprising that the VHS player works fine!! It came with a copy of The Fast and The Furious in the player which is fun.
I use this thing on my projects desk, as a little testing display since I don't have anything else that doesn't take up so much space, ironic because this is a CRT and my other options are LCDs.
This is yet another one of those CRTs that my mom found, the three out of third lol. It was super gross just like the other ones, all I did was wipe it down. I am too scared to open any of those earlier ones that my mom found because they are probably disgusting!!!
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Karayoke box thing
This is kinda a nothingburger in my collection, there's a CRT tube inside this karayoke box that plays CDs and even supports video from the CDs using [insert here]! The cool thing about the tube is that it supports composite! The downside is that the tube is monochrome so it's really not useful for anything and it doesn't help that the audio from composite is like barely audible, it is only meant to play music from CDs unfortunately. The speakers are pretty nice actually!! They're very loud and clear, and also there's a little neat feature where alongside plugging in a mic you can plug in a guitar and a piano keyboard to the front too!!