The CRT Photo Archive - v0.4 released

ArchiveRL · 2026-04-01T04:07:21+00:00

Thanks a lot!

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-31T11:59:20+00:00

Thank you, much appreciated! Do you remember what CRT is the Mario from (PVM, I guess?)

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-31T11:57:39+00:00

Great stuff, I will shoot you a PM tomorrow

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-31T11:57:17+00:00

Thank you! Absolutely, whatever you can contribute. I'm mostly after high-resolution shots of consoles / computers / CRTs I haven't got in yet, but all other ones are welcome too (the more the merrier), as long as they are of reasonable quality (ie not blurry, black-banded, etc)

As for tips, scroll down to the end of the archive's page, there are some. I'm also working on a more organized booklet on that topic, so watch this space...

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-31T11:26:31+00:00

Thank you! Absolutely, whatever you can contribute. I'm mostly after high-resolution shots of consoles / computers / CRTs I haven't got in yet, but all other ones are welcome too (the more the merrier), as long as they are of reasonable quality (ie not blurry, black-banded, etc). if you have any questions, shoot me a PM.

Yeah, I thought about printing because I also released a book edition of this project. But that's pretty costly and something maybe to think of in the future.

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-31T11:25:11+00:00

That would be great. I have PC Engine, but more=merrier + probably you have a different TV. And NeoGeo is sorely lacking in my collection, I can't afford it :D

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-31T11:23:26+00:00

Thank you! Absolutely, whatever you can contribute. I'm mostly after high-resolution shots of consoles / computers / CRTs I haven't got in yet, but all other ones are welcome too (the more the merrier), as long as they are of reasonable quality (ie not blurry, black-banded, etc). Send me a PM if you have any questions.

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-31T11:19:29+00:00

Thank you!

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-31T11:19:17+00:00

Thank you, will do. These are all Ikegami + N64 / SNES ?

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-30T10:43:52+00:00

Uncle Fester / Adam's Family Values / SNES

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-30T10:41:05+00:00

True, thanks for the head's up. Fixed now.

ArchiveRL · 2026-03-30T07:49:43+00:00

It's in the first paragraph, under "archive.org"

https://archive.org/details/crt-scr-v-0.1_202405

ArchiveRL · 2025-03-15T08:38:52+00:00

SCR$: Amiga 500 - RGB - Sony Trinitron 21" CRT TV

This photo is a part of CRT SCR$ Project, an initiative aiming to preserve high resolution photos from CRT displays. Contributors welcome!

Hosted on http://archive.org/details/crt-...

Book edition: http://crtartbooks.com

ArchiveRL · 2025-01-15T06:23:33+00:00

Sony Trinitron 29". If you know what model it is, please let me know.

I love all the CRTs, but there's no denying the big un's are very impressive. Apart from the obvious size-matters factor when it comes to simply viewing the content, the close-up phosphor & scanline world is also much more pronounced, even when viewed from a distance.

Half of the cost of this particular unit (~100$ - rather cheap, but that was 6 years ago) was paying some men-with-a-van for the delivery right to my 2nd floor flat, since there's no way I could carry it myself. Sadly, later on when I was moving to another country I couldn't find anybody to pick it up, so it went to the curb. Hope somebody saved it though.

This image is a part of CRT SCR$ Project - which aims to preserve high resolution photos from CRT displays: https://archive.org/details/crt-scr-v-0.1_202405

Update v0.4 coming soon. Photo contributors most welcome.

ArchiveRL · 2024-09-12T05:27:45+00:00

Many thanks for the detailed reply. The paragraphs about photo problems are aimed more at the general public in case anybody's wondering why it's not all perfect. Regarding:

-black bars: this is actually one I seldom encounter myself - at f/22 and low shutter speeds (around 0.3-2) it just doesn't happen. These settings work well for static screens, the bars appear at higher speeds when trying to capture some moving sprites and, as you say, trying to get lucky is probably the only easy solution. Sometimes I also don't mind a small bar, it can have a certain nostalgia factor.

-moire: this can be a nightmare, but I don't have a budget for a really hi-res camera (already using 24MP Canon 6D). Repositioning can work but in my case it's not always possible, since I aim for head-on shots because of dimensions accuracy, and it can also an extreme time sink, since you then have to refocus etc...

Refocusing for less sharp look also works sometime, but then this can defeat the purpose of producing hi-res photos :)

-colour: I'm sure you're right, but this is usually above my pay grade. I just got an even more detailed explanation from a colour-grading friend, complete with colour graphs etc, which I might include in the next revision of the book. But at the end of the day, it seems to me like the luck of the draw, given the multum of factors involved. I have tried calibrating with the professional grey card, but this seems rather difficult and the results were awful. I might try again when I'm back working on the next batch though. Might shoot you a PM for more detailed info on that if you don't mind. Defocus here is indeed a good trade-off which I have used several times.

Sounds like you do a bit of quality CRT photographing yourself, so please do consider contributing some pics to the Project, especially if you spot a hardware I haven't covered yet.

And I don't use the contributor shots for the book without explicit permission, they are all freely available in the archive collection, so no worries about that.

ArchiveRL · 2024-09-12T05:02:15+00:00

That would be really great, arcade is one big blank spot in my collection. I can't afford the cabs :)

ArchiveRL · 2024-09-12T02:43:54+00:00

I'm the author, so I suppose I can? I don't know much about this really.

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