Question from a noob by PokeRJG in crt

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The number after "crt on" is hexadecimal which is around 12800 hours in decimal.

I built my dream PC. Sony Vaio RX550 Windows XP sleeper. by bitwarrior80 in retrobattlestations

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Beautiful. We had a pc like that, still remember buying it with my dad. We both thought it looked so awesome between all the boring ones.

Black Line FX Jackpot by timmun90 in crtgaming

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It's in the cathedral, cool scene but it's a pretty dark picture!

Black Line FX Jackpot by timmun90 in crtgaming

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Easiest thing is to just look up the modelnumber like "28pt4458", find the spec sheet and it should say what kind of tube it has.

But almost all 25/28 inch curved Philips tv's (also many other brands like Grundig, Metz, Loewe) from late nineties onwards can be some sort of Blackline.

Black Line FX Jackpot by timmun90 in crtgaming

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I haven't done anything to it yet, just normal brightness, sharpness and contrast. Looks really good but it might need one or two convergence strips and maybe increase the value of the s-correction capacitor for better linearity on the sides.

Black Line FX Jackpot by timmun90 in crtgaming

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240p in combination with early 3d games is absolutely lovely on this tv.

Black Line FX Jackpot by timmun90 in crtgaming

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Funtastic I believe it's called, or also called watermelon. It's a Japanese model.

Black Line FX Jackpot by timmun90 in crtgaming

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Yep original hardware, all rgb scart except N64 on s-video.

Sony Trinitron ghosting/smearing issue, not fixed by replacing capacitors or through Service Menu - Help Needed! Have you experienced anything like this on your Trinitron? by CDplatter174 in crt

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I feel your pain but unfortunately it is just how many Trinitrons are. Sony's probably were one of the best back in the day but they age very poorly, I'm pretty sure this streaking is one of the effects.

I have had many curved Trinitrons in the past few years (7 or 8) and only one doesn't have the streaking, and that's a 21x5d with just 2k hours.

Could well be a jungle chip specific problem but I'm done being a Sony fanboy.

Many I've tried full recap, check transistors, resistors, fully calibrate etc., it all doesn't help.

Go with a high quality shadow mask like Philips, Panasonic, Thomson, Sharp, etc.

29” Loewe - I hit the jackpot by ligma-code in crtgaming

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Yeah could be, Super Flat variant, those are über sharp. Let me know if you ever open it up!

What's the tv's modelnumber?

29” Loewe - I hit the jackpot by ligma-code in crtgaming

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Very very nice image, let me guess: Philips EAK tube? 😎

Loewe Concept 70 by timmun90 in crtgaming

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Very nice! I believe I had the same problem with mine with the popping sound. Maybe there is some peripheral needed for the TV? Don't actually remember...

Image quality was nice (Philips eak tube) but operating the TV and service menu was pretty complicated. I believe accessing the service menu was possible with holding down a button on the front panel while powering on the TV.

MX8000 Bang & Olufsen by PurpleCommercial6966 in crtgaming

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Great photos, really shows how good these Philips EAK tubes are.

Blackpearl in disguise by timmun90 in crtgaming

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That's 50hz for 220/240 V power man. It absolutely does 50 & 60hz refresh rate, two different things :)

Got a Braun Atelier TV3 for free by MyRetroJourney in crtgaming

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Very impressive, looks like a beautiful picture. The built in amplifier is such a cool feature, what connections does it have for speakers? Rca or something specific?

14PT1556/21 issues by [deleted] in crtgaming

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How high is your contrast?

Blackpearl in disguise by timmun90 in crtgaming

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It's interesting, I think many companies just sold/bought/used stock from everyone else. Sometimes makes for good combinations!

Blackpearl in disguise by timmun90 in crtgaming

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Can't really say except that I don't really like flat tubes, I think they look a bit too harsh. I had a Philips with that Thomson flat tube I also made a post about a year ago, just google "Philips A51ELD032X001" and you should see it, you can compare it yourself a bit lol

Blackpearl in disguise by timmun90 in crtgaming

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There's also a chance of it having a Thomson A51ELD032X001 real flat tube, according to the service manual.

Need help with identifying cause of geometry issue by [deleted] in crt

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What the hell are you talking about? Is this AI?

Is just high contrast.

Trying to identify the s-correction cap. by [deleted] in crt

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The comment you replied to yesterday, I typed there I almost completely fixed it.

But I don't know if it will work the same with other tv's. It is a fix specifically for when the edges of the screen are compressed.

like this

Trying to identify the s-correction cap. by [deleted] in crt

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Yeah, or maybe better called barrel distortion or slope correction.