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Windows 9x Flying Windows screensaver on a VGA CRT, showing cyan-colored phosphor persistence

What's the furthest you've traveled to acquire a CRT?

Curious just how far some of you have gone for a CRT, and why!...

Help me ID this TV Philips 20/21 inches (imgur.io)

AV (audio mono) and SVideo in the front....

Playing with Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs - with full explanation) (www.youtube.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/463960...

OC The GBA may have had a tiny LCD display, but these games look damn good on a CRT in 240p

Super Mario Sunshine at 480p on VGA CRT

Love this PVM! Small but beautiful. Sony PVM-8045Q

Lemmy.world CRTgaming sub/mag (lemmy.world)

Like many, I’ve been exploring fediverse alternatives to Reddit lately, and I found this sub on Kbin, but didn’t see anything like it on Lemmy, so I created /c/crtgaming. Figured folks might be interested in subbing to both, like me.

Anime-style art looks good on CRTs (if arguably too fuzzy).

[RetroRGB] The Dell P1130 Trinitron – A High Performance PC CRT (www.retrorgb.com)

The Dell P1130 is a 4:3 bland Dell PC monitor from the early 2000s. So, why is it significant now?

Sony CRT Factory Tour (www.retrorgb.com)

The Computer History Archives Project recently posted two 1998 Sony promotional videos, showing the manufacturing process for Trinitron CRTs. It also describes the difference between curved and flat glass CRT’s…

Modding a Wii into a BVM (Shank Mods) (youtube.com)

This has to be one of the coolest mods out there....

OC Fire Emblem 1 (Switch) @480p on the Lacie Electron Blue IV

Two fantastic resources everyone should know about - CRT Database and CRT Wiki

Both of these websites are actively cataloguing the vast number of CRTs in existence, complete with specifications, service manuals, and photos. They also provide extremely helpful guides to help walk through some of the more complicated repair procedures....

OC Wii is right at home @480p on a PC CRT. Jet Set Radio Sonic agrees!

What's your story of how you got into CRTs?

For me, it was joining the Super Smash Bros. competitive scene roughly a decade ago. Before then I had switched over all my consoles to an LCD, but something always felt off about it, even if I didn't have the vocabulary to explain it back then. I just kinda assumed that display tech was always going to be getting better, and...

The Open Source CRT Chassis could be the future of CRTs and their preservation - interview with RetroRGB (www.youtube.com)

This video is a little old, but I think it's worth sharing again in case others aren't aware of this exciting project. The chassis is one component of a CRT that can be realistically remade in today's supply chain, and this project is aiming to provide a way to extend the capabilities of any CRT beyond what was originally...

Cathode Ray Tubes