Letting go of the CRT

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Flashback2012:

--- Quote from: burningdoom on December 03, 2020, 12:52:13 pm ---Even with composite connections on modern TVs, it just doesn't look as good as on a CRT with older consoles; same goes for VHS. Hanging onto my CRTs until they finally die.

But if I was still stuck in a small apartment like when I first moved out, decisions would have to be made.

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I had a decent Sony CRT sitting in the basement for a while. I was trying to move it from one end to the other and took it off the TV stand and tried to place it down. The entire plastic back shell just disintegrated and I had to scrap the thing. :(

Like OP, I've been looking into those Hyperkin cables as an alternative but I realize if I go that route any light gun games I own effectively become paperweights. My only option to play those is this tiny TV/DVD combo unit I still have though I don't know how effective light gun games would be on it for being such a tiny screen. :P

bigbossman:
There was a large 36 inch CRT that I had for several years. I ended up having to get rid of it because the tint started getting too green. Then the picture started getting too dark. After I still had my 13 inch CRT, but even it ended up going out. Since I didn't have the money to pay a TV repair guy to fix either of them, I had no choice but to get rid of them & get the more modern, updated ones.

While I don't have a problem with playing my games on a modern TV, I just don't like that TV signals are done digitally. When a TV signal started to go out when it was analog, you would get a snowy picture, but could still watch the programming. With digital, the images freeze or sometime the sound goes out completely. That makes it very hard or impossible to watch. I hate digital TV signals.

retromangia:
Dont' do it. You'll be kicking yourself in a few years time when you can't find a good one anymore. There only going up in value. Trust me, you'll thank me ;)

droaa:
I got rid of mines early this year. I found myself not using it as much as I wanted despite having a good amount of consoles hooked up to it but also more importantly, I wanted to use the space that was occupied with something else. As it stands, I have no regrets and even before I got rid of it, I did have alternative solutions for modern TVs like the RetroTink with component cables which have been a great solution. Granted at this time I dont have all my retro consoles hooked up but this would be a suggestion that you could use.

Warmsignal:
It's not a big deal. You can pick them up all day long off of Facebook marketplace. Between my brother and me, we have about 15 of them in storage right now. I've kept one to play on. All my consoles that are non-HD capable are staying with the CRT, hooked up preferably via s-video. There were some groups teasing component cables for some of the classic systems, if those ever actually materialize I might consider those. Having two types of TV breaks up the need to have a million consoles all huddled around a single unit.

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