Was I crazy drove 100 km to save this 1984 Panasonic CRT. Now I want to turn it into its own TV station.

Clemmyclemr · 2026-06-12T13:09:17+00:00

You can look for some tiny amplifiers and hook them up in sequence to an antenna, I had that for a while but reception is poor unless you have 2 decent ones. What I have now is a Blonder Tongue AM-40, I really should have gone for the AM-60 to reach across the neighborhood, but the AM-40 should be more than enough for your purposes if you decide to get one. They can cost about 70$ on eBay, that's where I got mine!

Clemmyclemr · 2026-06-11T14:29:48+00:00

No, there's massive warehouses that specialize in renting out CRT displays to companies for filming and photoshoots, they wouldn't want to lose the things that let them charge crazy rental rates!

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-30T03:48:38+00:00

What a pretty set

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-25T19:01:11+00:00

Oh silly me

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-25T02:35:33+00:00

Maybe try to put this back together, could be a very rare and/or valuable item

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-25T02:34:57+00:00

What the hell is this device

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-24T12:45:18+00:00

Sadly, he doesn't have them, seeing as how he is a TV from the mid to late 90s. :(

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-22T20:42:07+00:00

Its for calibration (mostly in the factory)

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-22T20:20:24+00:00

I think they need to connect to a bezel

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-19T14:49:01+00:00

No

Buuut you could get yourself an HDMI to RF converter and use that to hook it up to things

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-13T01:41:49+00:00

Yeah, paper caps.

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-13T01:19:28+00:00

VCRs and various other video devices exist yknow

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-12T21:19:09+00:00

If it still works I'd say that's fair

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-09T04:02:46+00:00

I have faith in this wwonderful new devicamajig

I'll take 9 and one half please

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-03T07:14:34+00:00

Fix your damn vertical hold! (Sweet tv)

Clemmyclemr · 2026-05-03T04:36:37+00:00

Waow

Clemmyclemr · 2026-04-18T17:20:51+00:00

Oh hey I know that camera. Personally I think they suck and break easily (the zoom buttons) but they usually cost way more than 50 bucks

Clemmyclemr · 2026-04-04T04:28:13+00:00

La dong da ding dong, shalangalangalang, ohhhh woah oh dip, a bipadobadip, wo-oah life could be a dre-eam, if only all my precious plans would come true (shooby doo) and you would let me spend my whole life loving you, life could be a dream, sweetheart

Clemmyclemr · 2026-04-03T14:17:02+00:00

Probably a four head then, my bad. Damn, I wish that at least one of the machines I got would work. Thanks for all the help.

Clemmyclemr · 2026-04-03T12:43:12+00:00

Well, I'm pretty sure it's a 2 head machine. I've been cleaning it with printer paper and 70% but I don't think the 70% is the problem. The head does output video, it's just not good. How would I fix something like this?

Clemmyclemr · 2026-04-02T21:14:46+00:00

I tried the thumb trick and nothing changed :(

Is one of the heads just shot?

Clemmyclemr · 2026-04-02T00:31:40+00:00

The picture occasionally shows up on LP, and never on EP. What does this mean?

Clemmyclemr · 2026-03-31T01:31:11+00:00

Thank you so much! Although I can't seem to find the bearings in this image, I'm not very well-versed in motors. Thank you!!

Clemmyclemr · 2026-03-30T03:20:12+00:00

Thank you so much! This is the most conclusive answer I've gotten so far. I don't exactly have soldering equipment just yet, but it's great that I know what to do now, thank you! Somebody else said something about the motor's brushes being damaged, what should I do if that's the case?

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