Console modder hunts down world's largest CRT TV — saves it from noodle restaurant demolition death half the way around the globe
Console modder hunts down world's largest CRT TV — saves it from noodle restaurant demolition death half the way around the globe
US enthusiast got this 440 pound behemoth shipped from Japan.
My first job in IT 20-some years ago began swapping their CRTs for LCDs and I got to take home a Dell rebadge of a 19” Trinitron. It did 1600x1200 at 75hz. It had a fantastic picture for gaming. I can't for the life of me remember what happened to it.
After the divorce, my dad got a top of the line desktop with the biggest crt monitor is ever seen at that point. It must have been 19-20". He didn't know shit about computers, but he knew he wanted the biggest ones when he walked into best buy.
He never did a damn thing with that powerhouse but watch porn, a fact I unfortunately stumbled upon when clearing all the malware from shady Y2K era porn sites.
Folks, never Ever learn your folks sexual preferences.
I had one like that. It gave up its magic smoke a short time after I discovered you could enter custom horizontal timings in Linux for higher-than-standard resolutions
400+ pound television? My spine spontaneously slipped three disks just by watching this video
They seem to all be lifting it properly in the picture, though. Putting the strain in their backs, not on their knees, while making quick, jerking, twisting motions.
Fucking Sony Trinitron man. Heaviest damn monitor I've ever had to deal with.
Felt like the glass was between 3-5” thick on those damn things. It was the closest to being stuck in a stairway I’ve ever been. Like call the fire department stuck.
They were so good though.
My brain buzzed a bit when it was turned on too. That's normal, right?
This is insane and awesome!
Totally random... but I just found a CRT Trinitron with original rabbit ears and I shit you not, the original Trinitron sticker on the front of the glass :o
This was pretty fun to watch. But also kinda hearbreaking. That thing isn't going to last forever. The longer this goes the less excited I am about someone figuring out how to make CRTs as a boutique thing for nerds, but it's also a thing that should happen, even if I'm past my personal vinyl moment where I would overspend like crazy for it.
CRTs have so many advantages!
...ish
Like yeah, a CRT suddenly makes it so all of the fancy filters you have configured on retroarch are no longer necessary, and neither is frame advance for input latency if you're using native hardware or a mistr.
But is it worth it?
....gonna be that guy and say no, for me.
They don't have to figure it out. It's well documented.
The technology is no secret but making them somewhat affordable and profitable is the issue. The Verge made a video about portable cassette players recently which talks about this challenge.
Really great video! Glad the community was able to help this person out, love stories like this
Love shank and his videos, and this one was phenomenl. Truly showcases his passion and dedication for something few people would see worthy of saving.
This was an amazing watch. I’m going to crosspost to a few places to get more eyes.
I love getting my eyes bombarded with the occasional ionization electron beam fired from the electron gun that make it past the phosphorescent screen.
I do not envy some of the ocular conditions some of the old long-time programmers in the industry had, although this is from personal experience. All CRTs generate Xrays, even if later on regulation would attempt to minimize the amount generated. and using them should still mean keeping your distance. The effects it has on your eyes are not instant, specially if you don't use them as part of your job.
A lot of the excessive warning from screens came from this era, where there was an actual risk. Unfortunately, there are planty of antivax-like CRT-radiation deniers, but fortunately, it's no longer a problem.
Sounds like CRTs do produce some radiation but the amount it produces is marginal. Modern CRTs should have leaded glass which should substantially reduce the amount of X-rays you would receive.
The above article says 0.3 microS/hour which is less than one tenth of the radiation you get from an hour of flight, or about 10 hours of sun exposure.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight-time_equivalent_dose#Radiological_exposures_and_limits
So it looks like you will get radiation exposure from CRTs but it is not much higher than background radiation. Bring sedentary for hours in front of a CRT TV is probably worse for you than the radiation you would get from the CRT.
Now consider your typical 40 hour week, for 52 weeks, for several decades. It is higher than background radiation, objectively so. You get 10 hours of sun exposure, you risk sunburn and higher skin cancer rates as it adds up. There have to be dose limits for pilots, 100 hours of flight time per 28 days. For people who were stuck in front of a CRT display, most of the radiation was also focused on their eyes. You got the numbers, now actually think about them.
Radiation builds character!
Kids these days....
I had one of those.
Edit: Y'all have exactly zero sense of humor. ZERO!
You had a TV that cost $40,000 ($100,000 adusted for inflation) and only a dozen or so were ever made?
You had a TV that cost $40,000 ($100,000 adusted for inflation) and only a dozen or so were ever made?
I had a TV that weighed 400 lbs. Probably more.