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CRT Fetish Thread
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On my very first supergun I had a triple-ganged pot and soon after I changed it to individual. Once in a while you may run into a board that has uneven color levels and if you don't know how to fix it then you're stuck adjust only the brightness instead of the balance.
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uneven color levels? really?
That seems kinda crazy that the individual levels have to be balanced out
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Last board I had that did that was a Shinobi and before that it was a Sky Shark I think. The Shinobi had a strong blue tint so I had to turn it way down.
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If I had a board with colors out of balance, theoretically I could just adjust the colors and white balance in my PVMs service menu. Probably not the best solution in the world, but it only takes me a second to pull that menu up.
I'm not really worried about a bunch of JAMMA boards, at least for now. My main concerns are NAOMI (which I have working fine on both 15khz and 31khz displays), MVS, and CPS2. I might grab a PCB here and there down the road after I have a CPS2 and MVS set up, but like I said, that's not my immediate concern. Thanks for all the input.
I'm not really worried about a bunch of JAMMA boards, at least for now. My main concerns are NAOMI (which I have working fine on both 15khz and 31khz displays), MVS, and CPS2. I might grab a PCB here and there down the road after I have a CPS2 and MVS set up, but like I said, that's not my immediate concern. Thanks for all the input.
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Trinitron with Component
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According to the manual it weights 304lbs.
Payed a transport company and 3 strong dudes brought it in.
EDIT: Does anyone know if I build a direct SCART to DVI cable it would work on this TV?
I've been using scart rgb to component for ages but if this DVI input has analog RGB pins this would make it convertionless and improve picture quality.
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Jonny l3lanka
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That 40 inch crt is a thing of beauty!! What's the 240p signal like through RGB?
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My friend had that same TV in perfect condition and it was a really beautiful TV but holy crap was it heavy. Just lifting it onto the table he had for it took me and 2 friends. It blew something in the back though and the image bowed in and he gave it away. The thought of transporting it to the repair shop and back was too much trouble. Oh well, beautiful image though. It's too big for my house with kids running around, if it fell it'd kill someone
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This site is going to make me poor(er). I thought working my way to having Scart -> Component on my 27" Trinitron would be the pinnacle of what I could shoot for. Now I know about Sony PVMs, and I want one...
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That said, I'm probably still going to shoot for getting component out of my systems, current and future, because I'd like to be able to capture card my gameplay at some point and I think component is the easiest option for that.
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Welcome to neo-geo.com, haha! Where people will have great ideas for ways to blow your cash on what most people think are "useless" things.
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You could always get a *powered* SCART splitter, then on one output of the splitter feed it to a SCART to component video converter for your capture needs.... then the other output of the splitter to your future Sony PVM/BVM.
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The 40 inches CRT I got isn't working. I'm getting the 7 blink code.
This is related to the ICs that regulate voltage.
Here's a tutorial to fix it:
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1366567/sony-trinitron-wega-rlod-twenty-dollar-repair-guide
The IC are in the mail, when I get this beast fixed I'll post pictures of it working.
This is related to the ICs that regulate voltage.
Here's a tutorial to fix it:
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1366567/sony-trinitron-wega-rlod-twenty-dollar-repair-guide
The IC are in the mail, when I get this beast fixed I'll post pictures of it working.
PVM has distorted color in top right corner
I snagged a pvm-20m2mdu off craigslist the other day, only to find this when I got home (color distortion in the top right corner). I can make it go away if i turn the monitor on its side for some reason...any ideas?
I snagged a pvm-20m2mdu off craigslist the other day, only to find this when I got home (color distortion in the top right corner). I can make it go away if i turn the monitor on its side for some reason...any ideas?
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Doesn't go away with degauss?
I have the service manual for that monitor if you need it. Likely that will require phyiscal adjustment, I don't think anything in the service menus can fix that.
I have the service manual for that monitor if you need it. Likely that will require phyiscal adjustment, I don't think anything in the service menus can fix that.
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I have not had to open mine. Convergence etc is fine. All the adjustments I've had to make were just using the service menu (phase, pincushion, V and H size, etc).