CRT

I thought this might be fitting for anyone in this community, who hadn’t yet seen this video by Shank Mods - where he goes on an adventure to find the Holy Grail of CRTs!

Hello,

A little while back I got an Samsung CW-29Z418T (Pal without hdmi) for free (someone was throwing it away) to which I connected my PS2 and a vhs/dvd player my grandpa had lying around.

Recently I saw a video by Epos Vox where he connected it to a pc and just today on Lemmy I saw someone use a Steam Deck on a tv.

My question, is there a budget converter with which I could connect my pc to the TV? Preferably Display Port but if HDMi is the only option I can work with it.

I would like to thank you guys, gals and anyone in between for any help you could give me.

Amazing resource for CRT specs, manuals, and mods.

I got a ton of questions asking how I set up my steamdeck to my CRT. This is the specific adapter, although theres actually a ton out there just like this one, but it works. Just FYI, the plastic case is super cheap.

I got it in 2022 and it still works. Although Ive had to repair it once. It was outside for a little bit and the plastic got warped.

Info about getting a Sony GDM-1960/GDM-1961 usable on a regular (SVGA) computer.

This used to be mirrored several places, it seems archive.org is the last one remaining.

One of the most cozy, heartfelt, and Flyleaf-like videos (artworks) of CRT I am aware of...
And it's quite informative, too!

[00:04:16] I'm just gonna zoom out and show you how I connected this TV literally going out from my RF modulator into an antenna and then connecting it with this gator clip to the other side of the antenna...

Source: https://youtu.be/i1sGprmPcNk?t=256

it had a recycling depot in the back, unfortunetly I saw another one that looked similar but had a wood-grain housing and when I asked about that one, but they said they couldnt find it 😔 I just know its in tv heaven now. RIP

This is my crt with my Nintendo running Final Fantasy!

Also have Philip 19inch not currently hooked up, but plan cleaning up and having it sit on top of this one.

Just grabbed a recent photo. I have way too many CRTs but theyre just so fun. Thats my Dreamcast over VGA on a little emachines CRT I got cheap.

I have a decent Philips CRT PC monitor as well. My TVs are

JVC 27" component (one of the later curve tubes you can get, kinda rare ish)

sansui 27" flat, actually a Toshiba. Very clear . needs a recap though.

21" rca truflatel component looks insanely crisp off a Sega genesis

21" junky no name w DVD player , just a spare I may give away

14" Samsung flat w component, my main ps2 TV right now.

43" Sony wega projection TV, actually looks amazing despite folks hating projection TVs.