Is anyone else here stockpiling CRT televisions ?

[stargate]

IMO, there is nothing like playing classic gaming systems on a nice, high end CRT television. It's great because people are GIVING these things away. Last month, I grabbed a 36" Sony Trinitron for $75. This TV went for $2,500 in the stores. It is a BEAST and almost killed me getting it home, but it was well worth it. It's like brand new and came with the original stand.

Last week I got a 32" Toshiba from a coworker for free.

Then tonight I got a 27" Sony Trinitron for $25 off CL. Great condition, I have Ninja Spirit running on it in attract mode as we speak.

This might become a problem though. My girlfriend is already giving me funny looks like I'm crazy.

[Pete Rittwage]

I've got one of those 36" Sony's and it's the heaviest thing I've ever tried to move. I've moved a Gauntlet arcade machine that I think weighed less than that television.

[stargate]

I've got one of those 36" Sony's and it's the heaviest thing I've ever tried to move. I've moved a Gauntlet arcade machine that I think weighed less than that television.

Dude, no lie, it almost killed me. It was the heaviest and most awkward thing I have ever moved in my life. My buddy and I literally had to build a ramp down my hatchway and lower it into my basement. Every time I look at it, I think, "how the hell did we ever move this thing". It has to way about 275 pounds.

Having said this, CV: Rondo of Blood has never looked better !

[wiggyx]

I can't think of anything of value in em :/

I see a lot more old rear projection TVs than anything at this point. Use to pick em up and fix-flip em. Pretty damned easy to fix. 90% of the time a new bulb would do it

[MetalFRO]

I'm wondering about others' experience with rear-projection LCD sets. I bought a 55" Sony WEGA from an acquaintance, and it's a great TV. It does 720p max output, but I think it looks good at lower resolutions as well. I was playing my TG-16 for a few hours on it the other day, and other than a bit of light discoloration in spots (could be my crappy ancient composite switchbox I have it hooked to), I thought the graphics all looked nice. I don't know about how that compares with a full 1080p set, since I've never owned anything higher res or nicer than this unit, but I've played several consoles on it, including a Genesis (composite), Saturn (S-Video), XBox (Component), Gamecube (S-Video), etc. and I think they all look pretty good. It kind of marries the advantages of LCD and CRT together in a way, because it's screen is flat and there's no image distortion in the corners like you'd get with a CRT. Plus the colors are bright and clear, and nearly as accurate as my last 2 CRT sets (one of which I still have/use). Anyone else have any experience with rear-projection LCD and older consoles? I'd be curious to know what others think. Assuming I can afford it when it's released, I'm considering the Retron5, and that will be hooked up via HDMI alongside my PS3 and Roku, and I suspect that will look fantastic on this set.

[bigbacon]

there is a huge yard crawl this weekend out by me and I will be on the lookout for a decent CRT TV.

[wiggyx]

I'm wondering about others' experience with rear-projection LCD sets. I bought a 55" Sony WEGA from an acquaintance, and it's a great TV. It does 720p max output, but I think it looks good at lower resolutions as well. I was playing my TG-16 for a few hours on it the other day, and other than a bit of light discoloration in spots (could be my crappy ancient composite switchbox I have it hooked to), I thought the graphics all looked nice. I don't know about how that compares with a full 1080p set, since I've never owned anything higher res or nicer than this unit, but I've played several consoles on it, including a Genesis (composite), Saturn (S-Video), XBox (Component), Gamecube (S-Video), etc. and I think they all look pretty good. It kind of marries the advantages of LCD and CRT together in a way, because it's screen is flat and there's no image distortion in the corners like you'd get with a CRT. Plus the colors are bright and clear, and nearly as accurate as my last 2 CRT sets (one of which I still have/use). Anyone else have any experience with rear-projection LCD and older consoles? I'd be curious to know what others think. Assuming I can afford it when it's released, I'm considering the Retron5, and that will be hooked up via HDMI alongside my PS3 and Roku, and I suspect that will look fantastic on this set.

I have a 60" Sony. Wouldn't trade it for any other TV. Seems to handle 240P like a champ and just about anything else I throw at it.

[savageone]

I do wish I could find a really nice one in a wood cabinet (you know the type that sit on the floor), but that would be purely for nostalgic reasons.

I'm hopeful that eventually a nice HD set is going to come around that has awesome upscaling built in.

[guitargary75]

I've got 4!

[lotec25]

I also have a 36inch sony, coworker gave it to me about a month ago, all i could think of was playing my Nes and atari on it. i got a small 13 incher and a very old Sears tv. The Sony was heavy as all heck, luckley i had a small moving cart. I would like to have a few more and have seen some on CL down here, but i dont have anyplace to put them for storage incase my old one craps out on me. games just dont look as good on an LCD

[Raedon]

I've got a MITSUBISHI 42" tube TV from 1989 I've already had moved into my game room as my main classic TV.

It's easily the heaviest technology item I've ever seen. It's my parents old TV. it has left/right swivel buttons on the remote and has it's own subwoofer. I wasn't there when the movers moved the thing but I heard that it was an effort well beyond the other large items moved (a grandfather clock, several large glass cases.)

Great S-video picture and great sound. Plus, it was the same TV I played early SNES games on.

[stargate]

I've got a MITSUBISHI 42" tube TV from 1989 I've already had moved into my game room as my main classic TV.

It's easily the heaviest technology item I've ever seen. It's my parents old TV. it has left/right swivel buttons on the remote and has it's own subwoofer. I wasn't there when the movers moved the thing but I heard that it was an effort well beyond the other large items moved (a grandfather clock, several large glass cases.)

Great S-video picture and great sound. Plus, it was the same TV I played early SNES games on.

I can't even imagine what that monstrosity would look like.

I think from now on I am sticking with 27" CRT's.

[NEOFREAK9189]

I got 27 inch panasonic crt flat does have 1s-video . 1component 480i . 2 composite for $75 in craigslist


free 20 inch zenith 1 composite mono audio perfect for nes

[Gameguy]

I thought about keeping spare CRT TVs since they're going to be hard to find in the future but I just don't have the space to hoard them all. I have a few already, but nothing too huge. The largest is 19". Even thrift stores around me don't sell them anymore, I was told they trash any that get donated.

[cityside75]

I've got a MITSUBISHI 42" tube TV from 1989 I've already had moved into my game room as my main classic TV.

It's easily the heaviest technology item I've ever seen. It's my parents old TV. it has left/right swivel buttons on the remote and has it's own subwoofer. I wasn't there when the movers moved the thing but I heard that it was an effort well beyond the other large items moved (a grandfather clock, several large glass cases.)

Great S-video picture and great sound. Plus, it was the same TV I played early SNES games on.

I'd love to see a picture of this TV!

[YoshiM]

I've got my Commodore monitor stored safely in the basement and a Samsung 27" 4:3 HD CRT television in my game room. Picture on that Sammy looks awesome.

[Lerxstnj]

I got 14, but the biggest one is only a 27". Mostly old 19"ers.

[Tallise]

In my friends neighborhood if you get up early on trash day and stalk the streets you can find one or two good tvs. Usually they are nice older TV that still work, just missing the remote or the family got a newer one for whatever reason. I have a friend with a gigantic plasma that just barely fits in his room and consumes most of his wall. I got it free because some guys gf threw a fit or something and there is now a crack in the top right corner.

[SplashChick]

In my friends neighborhood if you get up early on trash day and stalk the streets you can find one or two good tvs. Usually they are nice older TV that still work, just missing the remote or the family got a newer one for whatever reason. I have a friend with a gigantic plasma that just barely fits in his room and consumes most of his wall. I got it free because some guys gf threw a fit or something and there is now a crack in the top right corner.

That's pretty funny since it's illegal to throw away CRTs. =x

On topic, I've thought about it, but it just does not seem worth the effort and space to me. I've got a nice 19" and 13" that are pretty easy to move, but I just do not want to deal with a heavy piece of furniture like that. I've moved some other CRTs that were just in the 20"s and just that was enough of a pain to not be worth it. I see it like even if I do move that monster into my house, I'm going to have to move it out again some day when it finally breaks down.

[Raedon]

When I moved into my house the only thing besides some old furniture that was left behind were the old CRT TVs. there is a 25" and a 19" in the house and a little portable TV in one of the sheds.