I finally got my FIRST CRT TV!

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  • I've been wanting to get a CRT TV for a while, and I finally did. Here's a first look at it!
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    Analog TV Transmitter Video: • Building a 1950s TV Tr...
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    [0:00] - Intro
    [0:37] - Antenna Viewing/First Power On
    [1:16] - Direct Cable Hookup
    [1:42] - Remote Features
    [1:52] - Cool Technology
    [2:34] - Retro Games
    [2:46] - The Company
    [3:15] - Conclusion
    [3:30] - Thanks for Watching!
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  • @Sb129
    @Sb129 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Nice, there really is something about a real CRT that isn't captured on camera.
    I have the old family TV from like 1983 and it works just fine as old as it is.

  • @rty0m
    @rty0m 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I love the enthusiasm you show in your videos, I hope you continue making content and that your channel grows!

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!

  • @BlueMSX.
    @BlueMSX. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Hey congrats on getting your hands on one of these bad boys, love CRTs!
    Great video showing them off!

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! Yeah I love CRTs..

  • @avahahmor
    @avahahmor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    1:55 im in chemistry class all over again !
    but on the real...great video simon! CRT's are awesome n timeless.
    oh, and that 500 in 1 classic video game console is v cool ! how nice of your friend to gift you that !

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LOL great comment 😂😂
      Thank you!

  • @leonardotakanashi333
    @leonardotakanashi333 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Another very interesting video coming from this channel, congratulations! Here where I live, in Brazil, it is still quite common to see families with lower incomes use CRT TVs, and there is a certain devaluation in them. I bought a Magnavox brand TV (yes, the same as the odyssey, the first home console to be sold) and it was manufactured in the 2000s, I really like it because it's better to play old video games on CRT TVs than new TVs, since New TVs distort the analog signal a lot. The TV standard here in Brazil is Pal-M, and it is very similar to NTSC, the only difference is that it has 576i, but maintains a frequency of 60Hz. Sorry my English, I used a translator to make this comment

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you :) CRTs are awesome for games.. That's interesting they use more lines but the same 60hz.. didn't know that was a thing!

    • @RemoWilliams1227
      @RemoWilliams1227 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@SimonVideosame here that's interesting

  • @RealEpikCartfrenYT
    @RealEpikCartfrenYT 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    when I was little I had a really obscure "Buxtron" brand 14" CRT at my home, and an old Sony CRT at my grandma's house. I still have the Sony there but unfortunately it doesn't longer work. I now live in a different town for most of the year where I have a dying LG LCD TV and I hope to get another CRT because their image is infinitely better
    Also in the country I live you can find these CRTs everywhere, often for as low as around $5 when converted from local currency.
    Retro gaming boomers like to jack up prices of CRTs whenever they can, so no surprise one can get massively ripped off on eBay for paying $100 on something that was likely found at the dump, or bought at a thrift store for $10 and then sold to you for ten times the price.
    Also I feel sorry for those few people who paid like $300 for a Sony PVM when all European TVs come equipped with RF, Composite, SVideo and even RGB and component, in the form of a SCART jack and can be found thrown into the curb and still working

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your comment! I hope you can get another one.. That's interesting how cheap CRTs are though.. sucks they're being marked up so much

  • @LesStarport
    @LesStarport 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I mainly use a CRT for watching my VHS collection on these days, I’ve found they’re the best way of doing so.
    of course I have a digital set top box hocked up to a crappy vcr dvd combo (which I only have as a backup incase my good VCR fails) that transmits to the TV Via the RF output. Meaning I have a fully working analogue TV Setup that’s as future proof as I can get and close to actual Analogue TV as possible. (Well I could get closer but i don’t really need to).
    It also goes to show people that old analogue TVs aren’t really obsolete yet, there are still ways to make them compatible with modern TV Transmissions and other modern equipment.

  • @stask4499
    @stask4499 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hay, if you are interested in some smaller CRT tvs I would strongly recommend the Sony Maga watchman.

    • @stask4499
      @stask4499 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have the FD-500 and it works great. And just a side note if you do get one, don't waste money on 10 huge batteries only for them to go dead an in hour.

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @stask4499 That actually looks awesome! I'll have to look into it... Thank you for the recommendation!

    • @stask4499
      @stask4499 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      * FD-510

  • @xenorac
    @xenorac 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Many many many years ago... One time I was messing around with a magnet on the family TV when everyone had gone to bed, just watching the weird patterns and colours blending. After that, panic set in. The screen was, to put it mildly, fu&*ed. Everything was distorted and weird rainbows all over. After what seemed like an eternity I figured out that waving the magnet all over the screen in different orientations may fix it. It actually worked. Still can not believe it!

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      😂 that's awesome.. glad you fixed it!

    • @purplrshadowyay
      @purplrshadowyay 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Did it have a degauss button? That's what it's for

    • @xenorac
      @xenorac 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@purplrshadowyay No lol, I would have used it in that case!

    • @purplrshadowyay
      @purplrshadowyay 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@xenorac Lmao rip

  • @user-le9pv9ge3s
    @user-le9pv9ge3s 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I have an old 1985 tv, i think its quite cool tbh

    • @RedTroPc
      @RedTroPc 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hope to get one

  • @unlokia
    @unlokia 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I find it amusing that someone is excited about a CRT TV. I used to repair these as an apprentice back in the 1990s.

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah.. that's awesome. We had CRTs for a while but never cared about them and we got rid of them :/

    • @unlokia
      @unlokia 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SimonVideoGot a few here. Dad and I won’t get rid. Ever.

  • @kyftvr
    @kyftvr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sorry I’m late but ENJOY UR REAL CRT! Also Simon, ur analog signal gave me some nostalgic ATV channels cuz before 2022 we had a Analog TV Signal that was pretty cool to see the analog quality but when December 2022 hit… they shutdown the rest of the channels due to analog tv due to other areas wasn’t watching ATV so yeah. Thx Simon For Making Me Remember The Good Old Days of Analog TV (btw I’m in Canada)

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      THANK YOU! Yeah, that sucks they got rid of analog.. I'm surprised they kept it going that long actually !

    • @kyftvr
      @kyftvr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@SimonVideoNp! and actually I wish I could do a ATV transmitter but due to the CRTC rules, I need a license that can be expensive then a Car! (between 12,000 to 70,000 $CAD I think) If I don’t have a license then the CRTC is at my door.
      EDIT:I'm reading the crtc rules so I can understand more but yeah imma see if I can do it in my area (Canada)

  • @springleman
    @springleman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    congrats on getting a crt tv! I think they have a picture that no other display technology can match and I've got like 5 crt's that go from being a little portable model to a giant 36" that can even display HD video from component and DVI

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Woahhh that's crazy! That 36 inch one sounds AWESOME

    • @unlokia
      @unlokia 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How much does the crane cost to hire? 😛

  • @The_SonicFan2010
    @The_SonicFan2010 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Neat video 👍

  • @wilfredwayne7139
    @wilfredwayne7139 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Had several of these growing up used to watch videos on one and play my ps2 on the other.

  • @pepsiman5067
    @pepsiman5067 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    HECK YEAH!!!

    • @SrNumsei
      @SrNumsei 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      dude we have the similar profiile pic wtf

    • @pepsiman5067
      @pepsiman5067 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SrNumsei noodle

  • @anonrex565
    @anonrex565 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congrats!

  • @KingDavinciAnimations
    @KingDavinciAnimations 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m getting one tomorrow!

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Niiice!

  • @ponali.mememaker
    @ponali.mememaker 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:35 if you have a language selection for english and chinese, and you get a rabbit in the background afterwards then you have EXACTLY the one i have

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice!

  • @AtlasCesar
    @AtlasCesar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a Sylvania CRT TV and has RCA and S-video Jack’s
    Also big fan👍

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you :)) And that's awesome!

  • @MrConstant23.
    @MrConstant23. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lol aww I love this

  • @gmodisthebestghh
    @gmodisthebestghh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where did you buy the crt?

  • @hwjebwlsndqgajsbsksnd
    @hwjebwlsndqgajsbsksnd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You should build a a digital ntsc modulator using gnu radio and a red pitaya. There’s probably a pre built one out there.

    • @hwjebwlsndqgajsbsksnd
      @hwjebwlsndqgajsbsksnd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also if you want to I can design a schematic for an amplifier to make a further range station. That modulator that you have is probably around -10dbm which is barely anything (100 microwatts XD) so you could think about getting a high gain broadband buffer amplifier to bring up the power a bit. Just be sure not to plug the coax back into the tv. Oh and if you want even more tandem consider building an antenna that is resonant for your frequency “range” as ntsc is astonishingly wide bandwidth. The formula for a dipole is (frequency[mhz]/300)/2) then take that length split it in half again and solder one end to the shield of your coax and solder the center conductor to the other wire and run it out in a “T” formation with the coax driving the center. That should increase your range decently.

    • @hwjebwlsndqgajsbsksnd
      @hwjebwlsndqgajsbsksnd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorry another tangent but 3 years back freshman year of high school me and a friend built a big 500w transmitter and transmitted on the low end of the vhf spectrum like channel 1 and we specifically timed it so that it corresponded with a sporadic E layer ionospheric opening (which happens a bunch in the spring and winter) and we sent a tv signal all the way from Washington to California. 😂

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I haven't heard of the red pitaya before, thank you for bringing it to my attention! That amplifier would be cool, and thanks for the tip with the antenna. I'm not all to familiar with RF stuff, so I appreciate it. Also WHAT.. 500 watts is crazy! How did it get that much range though... was that 500w ERP?

  • @MakarovFox
    @MakarovFox 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i have a lot of memories whit analog tv well crt tvs in fact all my tv always where crt my first monitor that i fond in the trash, my granpa had like a 32 inches crt monitor was like going to the cinema, i bought my first lcd tv last year, obviously i use a lcd monitor since 2011 but i dont know why really love analog things

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's awesome! Yeah I love analog things

  • @stereomann83
    @stereomann83 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    there was a store called Montgomery Ward that sold the Admiral Brand. the store went out of business in 2001

  • @sirbimsaranadirangaalmedaa403
    @sirbimsaranadirangaalmedaa403 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello, what a great television. I also want to purchase such televisions from 80s and 90s. From where did you purchase this exclusive old crt?

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I got it from a friend.. not sure where he got it though

  • @JustPlaneHistory
    @JustPlaneHistory 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you are gonna try and find old crt tvs, i would recommend going to your local goodwill. This is because i got 2 old crts from goodwill for only 25 dollars (one tv was $15, while the other was $10)

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh wow! I'll have to look

    • @JustPlaneHistory
      @JustPlaneHistory 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SimonVideo They're pretty common at goodwill or thrift stores. The 15 dollar one was made in 1995, while the other one was made in 2003. If you check like every 2-3 weeks, there will probably be one there.

  • @Shadowo199
    @Shadowo199 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I stole my grandparents crt tv that they were gonna throw in the dump, I absolutely adore the tech
    Quite the vibe to it indeed

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      LOL glad you saved it!

  • @calvinrempel
    @calvinrempel 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yeah, putting magnets up to the screen isn't a great idea - it can "permanently" leave some distortion on the screen that may require degaussing to correct (I know a lot of CRTs came with a degaussing wire built in and I think they would run at start up, but I have no idea if that is enough to correct it).
    On a related note, apparently if you take a CRT far from its intendid market, you will notice some artifacts resembling what you get whej playing with magnets: I remember hearing that these TVs would in some way be adjusted to compensate for earths magnetic field in the area they were being sold in (I'm not sure, but I suspect such "adjusting" might just amount to more degaussing).
    I get a kick out of your enthusiasm for this tech (to be sure, it is a really cool technology) - its interesting how one generation can appreciate a particular technology in ways that those who grew up with it generallu do not (for me, I have a quirky appreciation for earlier computer tech - with a special fondness right now for monochrome serial terminals: granted, I did use monochrome displays in elementary school, but I hated them then, but now that they are largely gone... I've grown a certain fondness for them). Mind you, I am developing a bit of a hankering for a CRT like what I grew up using (though one even more analogue in its controls and with more faux wood paneling).
    If you ever delve into the history of computing, there are a lot of cool and wild technologies that came and went over the years (one of my favorites being core memory - little magnetic toroids woven into strands of copper wire that could be used as RAM by magnetizing and demagnetizing them).

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, probably wasn't the best idea with the magnet. Funny, I was literally just looking into serial terminals the other day 😂
      That core memory thing is really interesting, thanks for sharing. I'll have to look into that more

  • @MTN1601
    @MTN1601 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to be watching cartoon network every 10pm with the lg crt tv inside my grandma's bedroom in 2016 (I was in 3rd grade at the time). Sadly, my family gave the tv to other people and later, it died

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's awesome! Too bad it stopped working

  • @ShidSnorkel
    @ShidSnorkel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Him saying “my first” just made me feel old as sh!t.

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😭

  • @sdfghgtrew
    @sdfghgtrew 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Plug in nintendo Wii with homebrew and enjoy all older consoles.

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yess for real

  • @willemdosestuff6525
    @willemdosestuff6525 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It happened !!!

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah !!!

  • @nakdad
    @nakdad 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i just had to get rid of my storage which had in it my 30th b day present to myself. RCA 36" screen tv. No one wanted it. So hard to see it go, truly

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Aww that sucks :(

    • @nakdad
      @nakdad 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SimonVideo it really did.. it also shows you how relatively well we had it in some countries that would go for tons of money whether it is scrap here I couldn’t even give it away.

    • @nakdad
      @nakdad 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SimonVideo keep up the good work can I ask you what got you interested in some of this older tech? I love when I see a new generation interest is a different different generation time

  • @Jimiscool88
    @Jimiscool88 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i have a grundig CRT that doesn't even have an analog (coax) cable on it and that makes it useless! bc i live in Greece and all channels are on cable (analog) so bc that is digital (pretty sure released in 1989 rlly old tv) it just shows static so i have to buy (i don't remember its like a black box thing) i think its a transmitter but it works in another roadstar crt we have and its in my village cuz who needs crts when u got samsung 32'' tvs!

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting!

  • @diesegeties8918
    @diesegeties8918 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Do you have a discord fan channel where your fans are so thy can send in pictures from any analog devices such as televisions or computers😅😊

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Unfortunately I don't! At some point I'd love to, but I don't have enough time rn

    • @diesegeties8918
      @diesegeties8918 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SimonVideo okay 😞

  • @Backintoons8515
    @Backintoons8515 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I got 6 at home ! My girlfriend is about to leave me !

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂

  • @jackbrown1319
    @jackbrown1319 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    tv

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      that's a good point

  • @RetrofIex
    @RetrofIex 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just dont fall victim to the CRT hoarding habit!! Many people who get one and love it end up with 7-8 !

    • @gleamingtv3946
      @gleamingtv3946 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How many do you have

    • @sdfghgtrew
      @sdfghgtrew 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What do you mean victim? Its great to have many

  • @ads1035
    @ads1035 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I viscerally cringed when you held the magnet up to the screen. I wonder if your TV has a degaussing feature... As memory serves, degauss was more common on PC monitors than TVs. Would still be helpful in situations like that, though.

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂 yeah.. I figured that would happen.. The TV degussed after being unplugged for a couple of minutes

    • @rcmac206
      @rcmac206 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      consumer CRT TVs usually degaus once it gets plugged in, or sometimes when it turns on

  • @Tbal_96
    @Tbal_96 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is the most zoomer video I've ever seen.

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😭😭

    • @illkid86
      @illkid86 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I got about 4 portable analog tvs and 3 digital portable tvs I like the analog because I grew up in analog

    • @nakdad
      @nakdad 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      get out haha throw Gen X in there we represent! great comment. keep these videos going kid

    • @kaelandin
      @kaelandin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m a zoomer raised on CRTs…

    • @purplrshadowyay
      @purplrshadowyay 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Literally me lmao

  • @illkid86
    @illkid86 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Got my first analog in September 1999

  • @mr.monocle4812
    @mr.monocle4812 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You got a discord sever or something?

    • @SimonVideo
      @SimonVideo  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Unfortunately not... I might make one in the future!

    • @mr.monocle4812
      @mr.monocle4812 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SimonVideo Make it! Make it!