Who still has a CRT then?

[Decider-VT]

I've got 2 21" Sony CRTs, a 14" consumer Sony, a 14" PVM and a CRT monitor. I can't stand retro stuff on flat panels so I'm trying to stock up while I still can, space be damned. Currently using one of my 21" Sony sets for FFVII and old episodes of The X-Files. The sound from the set is immense, a flat panel could never compete with that and the flattering treatment SD gets.

[JazzFunk]

Got 3 CRTs sitting about, a 14" Bush (which actually looks great in RGB), a 14" Bush w/inbuilt VHS (which looks ****e thru RGB) and a biggish 'Baier' CRT I got from ASDA four years ago, which doesn't even *do* RGB, so is - in essence - terminally ****e, and by far the worst TV I've ever tried gaming on. They're all gathering dust, sadly, it's 1080p LCDs all the way (though I'm keeping the good Bush, and when I get a bit more room, might grab a decent, 20"+ CRT 'cos - try as I might - I've *still* not managed to get older consoles looking fab on my LCD, though I've got 'em looking OK).

[number9dream]

I still have an LG Netee 21" (it's one of those that looks like an iMac G3). I use it for Wii, watching DVDs and any retro consoles that use RGB Scart or Compo****e. I wouldn't mind something better as the is slightly annoying flicker in 60hz/NTSC. I don't know if i can be bothered to try and find something better 2nd hand in a CRT though, might just get a 26" LCD and a blu-ray player. Just worried that older consoles will look really bad on the LCD.

[Btang84]

CRTs rule! I've heard about these HD CRTs that were available just before LCDs and plasmas started to dominate but were they as great as those 5 letters would suggest?

[Baseley09]

CRTs rule! I've heard about these HD CRTs that were available just before LCDs and plasmas started to dominate but were they as great as those 5 letters would suggest?

Yes and no, all the qualities and negatives of CRT's magnified. Wonderful SD production, room for quality speakers, razor sharp HD, actual unsynthetic black blacks.........bigger sets meaning more potential for geometry woe, spazzing out producing whites, typically 1080i max resolution, deeper than the Abyss.

[egparadigm]

I have two! Neither the greatest models known to man, but infinitely preferable for retro. One I actually gave away, but it worked its way back home. The other I use regularly for all my retro consoles.

1x 21" Toshiba.
1x 21" Samsung.

The Samsung sadly is crap at lining the image up automatically (Saturn games are way off to one side) and has "purple speaker corner". The other is great for everything except Dreamcast, which it always has a hissy fit about when connected.

Now I think about it, I suppose I also have the family's 32" Phillips downstairs for my spare GameCube and Dreamcast.

[bwi]

3 x sony KV 29's one stored at my mums, one in my little game room and one in the bedroom. Bought one new about 6 years ago and of the other two one was ?30 and the other was free. I love them and perfect for pre this generation consoles. Though my AES does have a fair bit of overscan and i can never seem to get the service menu to appear.

bri

[Skull Commander]

I have two more 14" CRT teles in the cupboard. Another older Sony Trinitron and a Panasonic. We also had a 32" Samsung widescreen in my daughters room, but put it to the tip the other week, although it was with a heavy heart. The reality is we needed the space for her Christmas/birthday gifts and no one wanted to take it, even for free.

[Oldgamingfart]

I have a 16" trinitron widescreen, mainly used for retro gaming.

I have the 20" version with the built-in Subwoofer. Looks great set up next to the original fat PS2. Quite rare to come across such small-screen Widescreen TV's. I remember they used to give away the 16" version along with an N64 on 'Bruce's Price is Right'!

Got a few other CRT TV's lurking around, one's a large 28" (stereo) FST set from the mid-eighties that was the main TV up until a few years ago. Features an Italian made 'Videocolor' tube which is the exact same type that was used in the Hantarex Arcade monitors (Polo/ MTC9000 etc).
The sound's great on it as it has a chipboard cabinet rather than the all-plastic affair that became the norm only a few years later. Manufactured by Finnish company 'Salora', who I believe had their own mobile phone division 'Mobira' (they later went on to merge with Nokia - some info on Mobira can be found here).

Couple of other TV's - a Panasonic 24" set from 1988 made in Wales (same chipboard cabinet as the Salora), sporting a Philips FST tube. What else ummmm, a 17" Bush TV from around 2002 with an LG-Philips 'flat' tube (come to think of it the chassis is made by Philips as well), and x2 Panasonic (JVC clone) 14" professional video monitors. The monitors handle everything (PAL/ NTSC, S-Video, composite, RGB, Component video, and even SDI).

[charlesr]

Good to see that Bordersdown is still populated by a bunch of obsessives who like scanlines and real blacks

[Finsbury Girl]

What's a CRT?

[charlesr]

A little off topic, but who uses an HD console on an SD CRT?

[CMcK]

I don't personally but a lot of my friends have their 360 or PS3 hooked up to old SD CRTs.

[Atticus]

I've got a 20" Trinitron. A fine set.

[koopatroopa90]

My girlfriends brother uses his 360 on a SD CRT, mainly because he'd prefer to buy loads of games rather than spend out on an HD TV To me it makes the games look no better than those of the previous gen!