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I think unintentionally hit the jackpot. (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I picked up some old CRTs from an ewaste find and had real trouble getting them to work around 2022.

I found a guy in southern California that can fix them but he was 2+ hours away and the monitors weighted around 100 pounds.

Just a few weeks ago I finally made the drive and got the first one repaired. It needed a few small parts and a service, but had a new picture tube installed.

It was a Sony BVM-D24E1WU.

The other monitor takes about 10 minutes to warm up. Pat the repair guy told me it would only support sd resolutions (480i) I didn't take it for repair since I didn't know what I would hook up to a SD only monitor. That one was a Sony BVM-20F1U.

Doing some quick searches it seems I got super lucky in the model both displays they were, as well as finding someone who knows how to fix them.

It seems that I should do some retro gaming. My retro system is a PS3 . Is there anything that just wows on these displays?

Does anyone have an HDMI to sdi recommendation? How do I de-embed the audio?

Update:

I realized that my Taiko Drum Master machine is a PS2. I tried hooking it up the the 20" monitor and discovered the BVM does not have a composite input, component only. I'll get a component cable since I can't imagine I'd get an input card for less.

Is there anything to look out for in PS2/PS3 component cables? I had a Sony set I got by mistake and can't seem to find them now that I need them.

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[–] 108 points 9 months ago (12 children)

My retro system is a PS3

I'll just be over here, dead. 💀

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  • [–] 29 points 9 months ago (10 children)

    Seriously, it was rare/very short lived to see a PS3 played on displays that weren't LCD'S or plasmas

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Dude, I was there and this is not true. Ps3 is what pushed me to opt for HD, and 90% of the time I spent on that system was in HD. That shift happened everywhere very quickly, especially by the time Skyrim came out - the text of which is damn near unreadable on a CRT.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    One of the things that sold the PS3 was it's blue ray player. At a cheap price. As someone who also "was there" I never saw anyone playing blue ray on a crt. Like I said, it was short lived to see any ps3's being played on one as well

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago

    The last of the CRTs were 720/1080i. I didn't have one but for HDDVD/ BD disks it was killer to watch compared to an LCD. Plasma was a very deep pocket purchase, even for someone who could afford an early PS3/Xbox 360 HDDVD.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I only had a projector when i got my ps3

    It was glorious!

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I used a projector and optical out to a receiver with a duel boot of yellowdog Linux on my first PS3. The "bread box" I guess they called it later. Great machine.

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