by Arenegeth Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:31 am
I game on a 29" Sony Trinitron KV-29FS60 Series, which I bought with its stand for about $50 a few years ago, from a second hand store.
I say I 'game' on it but is mostly for my PS1 currently, though I tried my Saturn on it once, it had a problem with the Aspect Ratio probably because I got a US Model 2 and the SCART cable was for European Saturn's.
Though I have a few other CRT's they are either for back-up or don't work.
I still have my 1998 bought 100hz 29" Sony Trinitron KV-29C3D, but is broken beyond repair, I keep it because there may be some parts I can salvage.
I also got another Sony Trinitron, looks like a 20", I found it on the side of the road last year and rescued it, but it has that issue where the light at the front turns on but the screen doesn't turn on, probably fixable, but since it doesn't look better (potentially, looks like a cheaper, older model), or bigger than my KV-29FS60, I'm not in a rush to fix it.
I also got a crappy Samsung (24" I think) that's one of those that's bundled with a VHS (that doesn't work) that looks like is from the mid 90's, I consider it my last resort if everything else breaks.
And finally, a Toshiba 19" that seems to have the better picture from all of my working backups and is currently my second choice if my main unit gives up the ghost.
I'm always on the look-out for CRT's abandoned and alone at the side of the road while I'm walking my dog. I saw what must have been a 29" LG that looked pretty modern (as from the early 00's) sat upside-down next to some trashcans one night, but it was too far from home to carry on foot, and I didn't have any other means to carry it at the time, it might have been busted for all I know, but I'm still sad I couldn't pick it up.
Outside of Sony PVM/BVM's (which is impossible to find locally) I'm looking for a 32" Sony Wega, a 61" Rear Projection Sony one (I know they suck but I always wanted one god damn it) and a Projector from the late 90's that I specifically plan to use for Light Gun games, considering they work on it, I haven't looked it up yet.
All in all, I love CRT's for anything 240p and 480i native, and I plan to hoard as many of them as I can find!