I need a better CRT for my retro gaming room at the house. Help!
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:05 pm
Hey guys!
I recently set up a retro gaming room at mine and my fiance's house. It has a Sanyo HD TV for the more recent of my old systems (N64, Gamecube, Dreamcast, and PS2), and a CRT TV for my most old school stuff (NES, SNES, Genesis, Genesis plug and play, Saturn, and PSX). I actually own two CRT TV's currently, but they both have issues.
One is a Sharp CRT from the early 2000's that only has two composite inputs, one of which you can alternatively use S-Video. The picture is okay, but you can tell that age has caught up with it.
The other is a really nice Samsung CRT that my best friend gave me. It has a flat screen and a very sharp picture. Not to mention it has 3 composite inputs with one of them allowing for S-Video AND it has a set of component inputs as well. It's a killer TV. Unfortunately, I've discovered 2 issues with it. 1) There are a couple of places on the screen that are dark spots. Not black or anything...but when I move my character in those spots the colors become a darker shade. 2) This is the big one. The audio inputs that correlate to the S-Video don't work whatsoever. Zero sound.
With all this being said, I'm in the market for a new (to me) CRT. I don't want to have to pay an arm and a leg though. The surge of retro gaming these past few years has jacked up the prices of CRT's. Yes, I've tried Goodwill. The prices are WAY low, but the selection is practically non-existent. Anyway, I'd like to hear your recommendations for CRT TV's. I know the Sony Tritintron is supposed to be good, but it's super heavy and typically expensive. Not to mention there are some many Tritintron models that I wouldn't know which one is best.
What do you think guys? Help! Lol.
I recently set up a retro gaming room at mine and my fiance's house. It has a Sanyo HD TV for the more recent of my old systems (N64, Gamecube, Dreamcast, and PS2), and a CRT TV for my most old school stuff (NES, SNES, Genesis, Genesis plug and play, Saturn, and PSX). I actually own two CRT TV's currently, but they both have issues.
One is a Sharp CRT from the early 2000's that only has two composite inputs, one of which you can alternatively use S-Video. The picture is okay, but you can tell that age has caught up with it.
The other is a really nice Samsung CRT that my best friend gave me. It has a flat screen and a very sharp picture. Not to mention it has 3 composite inputs with one of them allowing for S-Video AND it has a set of component inputs as well. It's a killer TV. Unfortunately, I've discovered 2 issues with it. 1) There are a couple of places on the screen that are dark spots. Not black or anything...but when I move my character in those spots the colors become a darker shade. 2) This is the big one. The audio inputs that correlate to the S-Video don't work whatsoever. Zero sound.
With all this being said, I'm in the market for a new (to me) CRT. I don't want to have to pay an arm and a leg though. The surge of retro gaming these past few years has jacked up the prices of CRT's. Yes, I've tried Goodwill. The prices are WAY low, but the selection is practically non-existent. Anyway, I'd like to hear your recommendations for CRT TV's. I know the Sony Tritintron is supposed to be good, but it's super heavy and typically expensive. Not to mention there are some many Tritintron models that I wouldn't know which one is best.
What do you think guys? Help! Lol.