@@zUltra3D Not entirely, RGB video has sync on green, so the RGBHV from VGA/DVI-A would need conversion before being sent to the TV, but at least you already have 5v in the VGA/DVI-A connector for the combining circuit
I bet patreon supporters “excited” for such quality of content, totally worth it It’s like he talking to toddlers or dummies or something: “I unscrew this, than solder a wire here, my technique is called “I’m first day at my job””, hard to watch honestly Main theme is of course his “projects”, games and computer, neither of which is good, to be honest I used to love this channel, but ether I became old and grumpy, or interesting videos on this channel were last seen several years ago
My dad started out as a repair tech for Wards back in the 40’s. He could fix anything. He eventually ran their nationwide service division, but would still refuse to buy a new fridge, washer, dryer, or TV… he would just bring home broken appliances that customers did not want to pay the repair costs on and fix them. Our first color TV, in 1971, was an ancient RCA that still had a picture tube that was mostly round. My Dad kept replacing tubes and fixing that thing to keep it going so he could watch football in color. Then, one day the picture tube died and I watch as my dad hand Rewound the coils around the tube neck to get it working again. The second time the picture tube died, he finally threw in the towel and bought a new color TV. Even though he was a nationwide executive by that time, I think it was the first major appliance he ever actually paid for, new.
@@MDLuffy1234YT yeah, he was. Even at 75, still grabbed a shovel to dig a trench to find a water leak under my driveway. When I built my own studio, he did all the electrical work and helped hang all the drywall. He taught me self reliance and that a man can do anything that is doable.
I grew up basically ghetto poor, I remember my older sibling finding a VCR in the trash and he took it back to my dads, this would of been the chunky old ones that weighed probably as much as a modern tv if not more and my dad spent spent hours just taking the circuit boards out and testing components and cleaning it, think he paid a small amount of cash for some replacement capacitors or whatever from Radio Shack and we had a working VCR, this war around 1990, the tv he was given by a friend as it was faulty and he fixed it again cheaply. Finding things in the trash or being given broken devices was how I owned everything I did until my teen years, from a games console, even toys sometimes.
My mom has an AEG dryer that run for hours every week since the mid 70's. The only thing that has to be replaced once was the main belt. She renew it few years ago because newer models are less energy hungry but it was still working fine.
As an old git i remember growing up with TVs like this ( and older). This was a common problem, we had a local TV repair shop that would fix our TVs if this happened or if the SCART socket became loose , even after he "retired" and sold his shop he would still help out his longest running customers for a bit of extra cash when he retied. I guess he must be long gone by now, kind of sad.
Growing up back in the day my dad would take the tubes from the console TV down to the drug store to test them on the tube testing vending machine, and if he couldn't figure out how to fix the TV that way we'd pay for a TV repairman to come over the house and fix the TV, bringing his tool kit into the living room. Those big console TVs are too heavy to just casually put in the car and drive to a shop.
I have a vague memory of the 1st scart compatible tv I had around 2000 that I think a pin bent as it kept losing sync dad fixed it but had to hot glue the connector to the case to stop it wiggling about after that.
David, i started watching you when i was about 7 years old when you were the ibook guy,i was fascinated by everything you did, now i own a small computer repair business, thank you for sparking my computer interest!
My dad used to be a TV repair engineer, he was doing stuff like this in the 90s when people wanted more inputs/outputs and even then (here in the UK) we had SCART, so we were getting the best pic possible on CRT TVs/monitors. He passed away 2 years ago.
I wonder why Scart never took off on the USA, it basically was SVHS/RGB but many years earlier, I was actually pretty shocked how bad the picture quality was when I first came to the US, given I was exposed to scart many years earlier and thought it to be a worldwide standard and then I ran into a composite/NTSC combination and my view on the world was crushed...
@werpu12 There was an attempt to bring SCART to the US, but at the time it only did composite video and therefore wasn't really anything special, which is probably why it never took off. We never got RGB, because we never needed it here. Over in Europe there were two standards for color TV, PAL and SECAM, that were completely incompatible with each other so RGB had to be standardized as a necessity. Instead, as time went on and we got better TV's and we wanted better picture, we just expanded on existing luma-chroma systems to get S-Video and Component. This kept backwards compatibility with older TV's and let us get better fidelity with older equipment.
I had the same model TV. My parents bought it for me when I broke my hip and was stuck in a wheelchair and body cast. It was my constant companion. After MANY years of use it did the same thing as yours. I'd have to bang on the side of it to make it work. Thanks for the awesome vid!
That TV has been through so much and the memories we have from it in this channel are so precious! I’m happy it gets to live another day and also I love that it keeps being upgraded! It’s just getting better and better!
This is one of those little channels where whenever a new video comes out, I watch it ASAP and while the intro is rolling, I already hit the thumbs up button because I know it's going to be good, I don't have to watch it first to know. And as always, I was not disappointed.
I think you can also make this TV work on 50 Hz, on IC 901 (SZM-284EV) on pin 7 there's a 50/60 Hz mode, your TV has that pulled to ground, I believe if you pull it high it will switch to 50 Hz mode. So it should work with your BBC micro on RGB 50 Hz. You can install a toggle switch to set the sync between 50 and 60 Hz
8-bit guy. Thanks for getting back to what you used to do. these were the videos I used to love to watch and that's the reason I found your channel cuz I found you modding old stuff is so fascinating
I've been collecting CRT TVs to play my Atari and NES on as well as VHS thank you 8-bit guy for making these videos to give us information cuz I really like your videos and how informative they are
1:39 I see on the bottom of the monitor’s screen it says “FidoNet”. By the time I was using I was accessing Fido Net I had an Amiga 500 with a 2400 baud modem. Still brings back memories. Want to give you a big hug.
I’m glad you’re able to fix that Samsung CRT TV, because no company makes these type of TVs anymore! My last CRT I owned was a Samsung HD CRT, it was a great from rhythm games like Dance Dance Revolution, but I got rid of it and sold it on Craigslist that had a pickup truck.
Yeah, it's much more likely these days to get a new laser-projector based TV than a CRT one, since the laser option can be aimed with achievable hardware instead of large vacuum tubes.
Mate, I've been a very long subscriber and till to this day, it just eases up my mind watching your videos, listening to your voice, your camera work, video editing but the best of all, it's content and how you get us entertained!!! I love your intro (never change it) and love how its perfectly written. Again, that was a very fun video and please, keep those videos coming even tho I know how hard it is to come up with something. Also, still have the exact same TV but with VHS player/recorder. My father bought it for me when I was a kid, still working to this day.
My 27” Samsung that appears to be a very similar model developed the same issue, on the front-mounted composite input. I haven’t gotten around to fixing it yet, just wedged something in to tweak the connection a bit to make contact. I should fix it this weekend, thanks for the inspiration!
You tapping all that TV in the beginning of the video was shockingly realistic acoustically, I'm running on cheap earbuds and I genuinely thought that was in my room and I am scared s*** less lmao
Funny coincidence that you'd upload this now, I just bought my first CRT television and I'm totally in love with it. Great video, and for what it's worth I would enjoy seeing more CRT repairs on this channel, be they televisions or monitors. Cheers from Dallas, TX
I bought this kind of little Samsung tv as my first tv when I went on living on myself in a student dorm. I have no idea what happened to it, but it never failed.
I saw a guy on TH-cam who circuit-bent one of these small CRTs once. Very risky to do, but the sounds and visuals that came out of that thing were wild.
This guy never disappoints. I’ve been watching this guy’s videos since I was a kid and they still never disappoint to teach me about stuff that I never knew I’d be interested in.
I love how chill your content is. You're always a calming channel to watch for me while also being both entertaining and informative. Even though it's almost always inapplicable for me I find myself learning something new with almost every video of yours I watch. I love nerd shit.
Exact same CRT I have for my Xbox Original Kiosk. Such a killer CRT that works solid when fully cleaned up, rebuilt or in my case brand new when I got it from some RV owners who never used it.
Honestly, I really want to get one of those little Samsung TVs, because when I moved out of state, the way I had to move I ended up having to leave behind my beloved little Orion TV that my mom and I bought ages ago back in 2000 when we started playing video games together in my room. That TV is so amazing, and I really miss it. Hopefully, I'll be able to go back and pick it up one day and play my classic consoles on it again. Obviously, with it being 24 years old, there will come a point where I'll have to learn how to solder so I can replace resistors, capacitors and so on to keep it working well in the future. I would also love to do some mods to it to be able to add component and S-Video upgrades as well. Seriously, for a $99 Walmart sold TV from a brand I'd never heard of in 2000, this little TV is an absolute trooper.
Just picked up a very similar model, inexpensively from Facebook Market Place. It is a quality TV, & has survived the test of time. I may attempt this mod as well. Thanks for demonstrating its value & functionality.
"Your meticulous approach to maintaining and enhancing your Samsung TV is truly commendable. The RGB and S-Video modifications demonstrate a remarkable understanding of electronic systems and signal processing. The persistence you've shown in troubleshooting and repairing solder joints highlights a dedication to precision that I greatly admire. It's always satisfying to see someone preserving and improving vintage technology with such expertise. Well done!"
Glad you were able to fix it! I'm also very happy you showed the composite vs. s-video vs. RGB comparison. I've always been curious what you can expect from s-video when rapidly changing luma while keeping chroma the same, and your comparison answers exactly that question. Thanks!
it's always nice to see others getting into the RGB side of retro hardware. although this is a new take I didn't know was even possible till your first video on the subject. I know you don't speak as an authority on the subject but your videos do serve as an inspiration for others to get into the hobby.
Great video and awesome work. A little correction on the N64 supporting RGB 9:31. It weirdly doesn’t out of box. Even though the SNES and GameCube do. You need a RGB mod chip installed in the N64. It’s cheap, like $30, and very easy to do. A great first time mod for someone just starting out soldering. If you’re interested, it would make a great future project/video. 👍
5:12 it's for recording live TV with your VCR. I did this in 2014, when I found old VCR, and my TV also had composite video output. But if TV has SCART connector, with special adapter you can also get composite video output of live TV.
My mother's CRT from 98 or 99 is still operational, i inherited it when she felt it was time for a flat panel, i keep this thing running nearly 24/7, never been serviced or cleaned. Sony made some solid stuff back in the day for sure.
And now a moments silence for the original legendary 8 Bit Samsung TV 1997-2024. (Yes I know it lives again but it’s original life lasted and impressive 27 years without repair)
We never really used S-Video here in europe, but I have added that to all of my old consoles, because it just works so well with Retrotink and HDMI monitor.
Currently use a Sanyo Spectra 2000. I would love to have it looked at by a caring professional. A speaker dusting, re capping, dent removal, and overall inspection would be a godsend. In the meantime, I just use it carefully.
David, if the heat shrink still has room to shrink, you can just score the outside lengthwise and apply heat. It will pull itself apart at the score line has it shrinks. This work especially well on the glue lined heat shrink.
I used the same tapping method to troubleshoot my brother's old GameBoy with jumpy audio (oddly enough, it was the power switch). I didn't quite remember where I learned it, then I remember I saw this video six months ago. Well, thank you lots ^_^
Excellent episode! Needless to say, all of my 8-bit adventures back in the day were via a conventional CRT TV (Panasonic in my case), so it was cool to see some CRT love. Best regards from Missouri!
Whenever you have a crt open for work, I always suggest reflowing solder on any high stress areas like pin headers or inputs. Good practice and preventative maintenance for those 20+ year old solder joints.
That's a really common failure point in single sided home appliances (TVs, VCRs Stereos) but TVs are the worst culprit. Solder just does not make a good permanent mechanical bond. Throw in thermal expansion (wide metal brackets with tabs) and its a guaranteed point of failure. Cheers,
connectors like composite and scart just don't hold up well over time when subject to lots of cable changes, the port is usually fine but the solder joints crack and need a service every once in a while.
To save on swapping resistors I'd probably put some potentiometers in line instead, with an external control board so I could tweak the video signal for fine tuning as necessary. Cool mod! I may have to try this on my little CRT.
Honestly David, you should probably get yourself a project box that you can "strap" to the side, convert the RGB to fully distinct component (so distinct sync signals too, and probably an extra connection for those switches on the inputs), run that into the project box, and build a cross-bar system in the project box so that you can just pop off the project box and add a new connection type (CGA, VGA, anything else you can think of) to the project box any time you feel like without having to risk yourself with an unshielded CRT.
I had a Samsung TXJ1366 13" (looks identical, assuming it's the same one?) back in the 90s for years to use with my C64 (when my 1802, the kind with the plastic shield over the screen, died a horrible death). It stayed with me until I got my A600 and eventually gave it away, but wish I kept it. That screen was so fantastic, small, and portable. Definitely one of my favorites as well, and some great memories.
I knew it was the RCA connectors as soon as you said it was a loose connection somewhere, I have a vintage Sanyo stereo from the 80's and had the same issue with one of the audio-in RCA jacks, I resoldered both RCA jacks and the TRS jacks to make sure I won't have to take it back apart again for a long time and it started working right again, now I just need to fix the tape decks and I want to put a Ni-Mh charger in it that draws off the transformer on the back panel so I can put rechargeable D cells in it and put an RF connector on the back panel so it can be used in areas with poor AM/FM reception also figure out how to connect a single subwoofer to both audio outputs without changing the output to mono (the speakers are nice and do have some bass but the speakers plus a sub would make it sound even better).
That's where I landed too on contemporary S-Video modding standards, using RCA ports like Composite did and later Component also. Sure the standard S-Video DIN is smaller but historically it was a mistake Eg. changing the AV cable completely was unnecessary since LCA existed. Long term S-video ports were kind of fragile based on all the prodding/probing wear I've seen often in the aftermath, plus it was easy to bend those cable pins. Some nice ground pins in the S-Video cable standard but it was proprietary garbage much like HDMI is today. Pretty sweet picture, S-Video/LCA was a huge leap in clarity over Composite that too many of us in NA missed out on average since SDTV manufacturers put speedbumps in the way of realistically speaking, casual AV enthusiasm.🙂
I had this exact set in my bedroom as a kid, but a PAL version I guess. Played many hours of Nintendo 64 and Xbox on it. I still remember clearing out my parents garage just a few years ago and taking it to e-waste disposal.
Everybody gangsta until David starts adding VGA, DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI support on that TV.
Don't forget SCART ;3
He just starts chrome-casting games to it.
VGA and DVI-A are already technically supported with a proper adapter since it's just RGB again
@@zUltra3D
Not entirely, RGB video has sync on green, so the RGBHV from VGA/DVI-A would need conversion before being sent to the TV, but at least you already have 5v in the VGA/DVI-A connector for the combining circuit
Today we are going to add 4K video resolution
I bet patreon supporters “excited” for such quality of content, totally worth it
It’s like he talking to toddlers or dummies or something: “I unscrew this, than solder a wire here, my technique is called “I’m first day at my job””, hard to watch honestly
Main theme is of course his “projects”, games and computer, neither of which is good, to be honest
I used to love this channel, but ether I became old and grumpy, or interesting videos on this channel were last seen several years ago
My dad started out as a repair tech for Wards back in the 40’s. He could fix anything. He eventually ran their nationwide service division, but would still refuse to buy a new fridge, washer, dryer, or TV… he would just bring home broken appliances that customers did not want to pay the repair costs on and fix them. Our first color TV, in 1971, was an ancient RCA that still had a picture tube that was mostly round. My Dad kept replacing tubes and fixing that thing to keep it going so he could watch football in color. Then, one day the picture tube died and I watch as my dad hand Rewound the coils around the tube neck to get it working again. The second time the picture tube died, he finally threw in the towel and bought a new color TV. Even though he was a nationwide executive by that time, I think it was the first major appliance he ever actually paid for, new.
Eventually he replaced it nice.
But now you can't just replace crt tvs now you have to repair them or it's just gone forever.
Ngl, your dad is an actual GOAT for that.
I can't stop respecting ppl who stick to their work ethic despite moving up.
@@MDLuffy1234YT yeah, he was. Even at 75, still grabbed a shovel to dig a trench to find a water leak under my driveway. When I built my own studio, he did all the electrical work and helped hang all the drywall. He taught me self reliance and that a man can do anything that is doable.
You don't get stories like this anymore. Thanks for sharing.
I grew up basically ghetto poor, I remember my older sibling finding a VCR in the trash and he took it back to my dads, this would of been the chunky old ones that weighed probably as much as a modern tv if not more and my dad spent spent hours just taking the circuit boards out and testing components and cleaning it, think he paid a small amount of cash for some replacement capacitors or whatever from Radio Shack and we had a working VCR, this war around 1990, the tv he was given by a friend as it was faulty and he fixed it again cheaply. Finding things in the trash or being given broken devices was how I owned everything I did until my teen years, from a games console, even toys sometimes.
27 years without any issues? That's...quality
My mom has an AEG dryer that run for hours every week since the mid 70's. The only thing that has to be replaced once was the main belt. She renew it few years ago because newer models are less energy hungry but it was still working fine.
Most CRT's are pretty reliable like that. Theres not backlight or anything to go out eather
Plenty of CRTs work fine for decades
And I bet it wouldn't have happened had that RCA connector not been plugged and unplugged what I assume was way more than what'd be typical.
They don't make them like they used to that's for sure.
As an old git i remember growing up with TVs like this ( and older). This was a common problem, we had a local TV repair shop that would fix our TVs if this happened or if the SCART socket became loose , even after he "retired" and sold his shop he would still help out his longest running customers for a bit of extra cash when he retied. I guess he must be long gone by now, kind of sad.
The fact that you remember him and speak so fondly of him is a great testament to him and his work.
Growing up back in the day my dad would take the tubes from the console TV down to the drug store to test them on the tube testing vending machine, and if he couldn't figure out how to fix the TV that way we'd pay for a TV repairman to come over the house and fix the TV, bringing his tool kit into the living room. Those big console TVs are too heavy to just casually put in the car and drive to a shop.
I have a vague memory of the 1st scart compatible tv I had around 2000 that I think a pin bent as it kept losing sync dad fixed it but had to hot glue the connector to the case to stop it wiggling about after that.
That little Samsung TV just keeps getting better. Looking forward to your next "while I'm in there" upgrade.
Lol
What are the chances it becomes sentient?
@@Broken_robot1986 That should be in a Block 5 version. About a year away. Lol!
The last time things were made to last was around 2005!
At this point, this tv is probably like a family pet to him
tv was sick
Welcome back repair videos
Amen.
@@andymouse he has a ton on his other channel
Did he ever say he was stopping repairs? I thought it was just restorations.
@@KingNothing22 I didn't know ! cheers
I prefer his videos on pescii robots. Especially the ones that go into detail about how you can make the game black and white if you want to
David, i started watching you when i was about 7 years old when you were the ibook guy,i was fascinated by everything you did, now i own a small computer repair business, thank you for sparking my computer interest!
My dad used to be a TV repair engineer, he was doing stuff like this in the 90s when people wanted more inputs/outputs and even then (here in the UK) we had SCART, so we were getting the best pic possible on CRT TVs/monitors. He passed away 2 years ago.
I am sure his repairs are still working
I wonder why Scart never took off on the USA, it basically was SVHS/RGB but many years earlier, I was actually pretty shocked how bad the picture quality was when I first came to the US, given I was exposed to scart many years earlier and thought it to be a worldwide standard and then I ran into a composite/NTSC combination and my view on the world was crushed...
@@werpu12Because it was an European thing, then snubbed.
@werpu12 There was an attempt to bring SCART to the US, but at the time it only did composite video and therefore wasn't really anything special, which is probably why it never took off.
We never got RGB, because we never needed it here. Over in Europe there were two standards for color TV, PAL and SECAM, that were completely incompatible with each other so RGB had to be standardized as a necessity.
Instead, as time went on and we got better TV's and we wanted better picture, we just expanded on existing luma-chroma systems to get S-Video and Component. This kept backwards compatibility with older TV's and let us get better fidelity with older equipment.
This SAMSUNG is a real hero of this channel
The unSUNG hero
If there ever was a walking billboard for Samsung, it's that little TV.
I just watched dankpod's latest video and now I can't stop calling it SMASNUG
@948320z there’s a video from the TH-camr f4mi that tracks down what’s the deal with the SMASNUG bootleg brand that is very funny!
@@EmielRoumen I would argue it's SomeSUNG
I had the same model TV. My parents bought it for me when I broke my hip and was stuck in a wheelchair and body cast. It was my constant companion. After MANY years of use it did the same thing as yours. I'd have to bang on the side of it to make it work. Thanks for the awesome vid!
This TV has achieved legendary status at this point
Finally some real 8-bit Guy Content, the community definitely liked this one!
Did you not like his unreal content?
@@matthewdevenish1106 There was a tournament of opinions to be sure
That TV has been through so much and the memories we have from it in this channel are so precious! I’m happy it gets to live another day and also I love that it keeps being upgraded! It’s just getting better and better!
This is one of those little channels where whenever a new video comes out, I watch it ASAP and while the intro is rolling, I already hit the thumbs up button because I know it's going to be good, I don't have to watch it first to know. And as always, I was not disappointed.
The music itself deserves the thumbs up.
Its not little and in a odd coincidence the last 8 bit vid I watched ws the original mod He did. Watched it this morning.
@@cheeseparis1 I agree, one of the best intro songs of the channels that I sub to.
the quality of David's intro in and of itself deserves a thumbs up - not over the top, not half-as*ed, not too short, not too long, is just right
@@TheSulross Angers Jenson made that intro and outro.
Hey look at you rockin' that Time Rift Arcade shirt!
0:54 - Being turned on and off for 27 years straight is highly relatable. 😅😅
lol
Fair enough, like deserved. 😂
On and off 27 years gay
You're married too, huh?
holup
This TV is practically a main character on this channel. Awesome work, David!
Just like my Admiral GOJ 12332 I found at a dumpster in 2019.
R.I.P., David's Samsung TV, at least for a little while, then it becomes reborn an even better TV than before. 😊
If you strike me down, I shall come back more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
it had an NDE and came back from that with super powers - pretty typical
It was one of those patients that was dead for a few minutes on the operating table.
Man, I have been watching your stuff for years and years at this point. I still love your repair and take apart videos. Much love 8-bit Guy
Always love the repair vids. Thanks for sharing!
I think you can also make this TV work on 50 Hz, on IC 901 (SZM-284EV) on pin 7 there's a 50/60 Hz mode, your TV has that pulled to ground, I believe if you pull it high it will switch to 50 Hz mode. So it should work with your BBC micro on RGB 50 Hz. You can install a toggle switch to set the sync between 50 and 60 Hz
8-bit guy.
Thanks for getting back to what you used to do. these were the videos I used to love to watch and that's the reason I found your channel cuz I found you modding old stuff is so fascinating
Watching you save this TV gives me hope for repairing/salvaging some of the CRT tvs I’ve been saving the last few years.
i have the same exact set and i always look forward to seeing it's appearances on the show
I've been collecting CRT TVs to play my Atari and NES on as well as VHS thank you 8-bit guy for making these videos to give us information cuz I really like your videos and how informative they are
1:39 I see on the bottom of the monitor’s screen it says “FidoNet”. By the time I was using I was accessing Fido Net I had an Amiga 500 with a 2400 baud modem. Still brings back memories. Want to give you a big hug.
I’m glad you’re able to fix that Samsung CRT TV, because no company makes these type of TVs anymore! My last CRT I owned was a Samsung HD CRT, it was a great from rhythm games like Dance Dance Revolution, but I got rid of it and sold it on Craigslist that had a pickup truck.
Yeah, it's much more likely these days to get a new laser-projector based TV than a CRT one, since the laser option can be aimed with achievable hardware instead of large vacuum tubes.
@@absalomdraconis but laser projection is way too expensive, and it’s not suitable for retro gaming. CRT is like the vinyl of display technology.
Someone has to make a 4k CRT
@@gabrielv.4358 it would be too expensive and heavy to make big 4K CRTs. It would only be a small CRT for industrial uses.
@@gabrielv.4358some higher end PC CRT monitors from LaCie could display 2160 lines interlaced
I love your "Time Rift" t-shirt in the talking head parts of the video.
I love how the back cover still has the hole for Scart at the back and they just slapped the composite into the scart hole :DDD
Mate, I've been a very long subscriber and till to this day, it just eases up my mind watching your videos, listening to your voice, your camera work, video editing but the best of all, it's content and how you get us entertained!!!
I love your intro (never change it) and love how its perfectly written.
Again, that was a very fun video and please, keep those videos coming even tho I know how hard it is to come up with something.
Also, still have the exact same TV but with VHS player/recorder. My father bought it for me when I was a kid, still working to this day.
My 27” Samsung that appears to be a very similar model developed the same issue, on the front-mounted composite input. I haven’t gotten around to fixing it yet, just wedged something in to tweak the connection a bit to make contact. I should fix it this weekend, thanks for the inspiration!
After all of these years, IMO, still the best retro/tech channel on the interwebs.
You tapping all that TV in the beginning of the video was shockingly realistic acoustically, I'm running on cheap earbuds and I genuinely thought that was in my room and I am scared s*** less lmao
Funny coincidence that you'd upload this now, I just bought my first CRT television and I'm totally in love with it. Great video, and for what it's worth I would enjoy seeing more CRT repairs on this channel, be they televisions or monitors. Cheers from Dallas, TX
Nothing lightens up a drab day at the office like an upload from Dave 🎉🎉🎉
I bought this kind of little Samsung tv as my first tv when I went on living on myself in a student dorm. I have no idea what happened to it, but it never failed.
It was a very useful episode as a CRT display user. Thanks, David!
I saw a guy on TH-cam who circuit-bent one of these small CRTs once. Very risky to do, but the sounds and visuals that came out of that thing were wild.
This guy never disappoints. I’ve been watching this guy’s videos since I was a kid and they still never disappoint to teach me about stuff that I never knew I’d be interested in.
Whenever I see this TV in your videos I get a hit of nostalgia cause I'm pretty sure it's the exact model I had as a kid in my bedroom.
5:15 those outputs are for daisy chaining. either for mobile applications (like a touring bus) or for restaurants
I love how chill your content is. You're always a calming channel to watch for me while also being both entertaining and informative. Even though it's almost always inapplicable for me I find myself learning something new with almost every video of yours I watch. I love nerd shit.
We live in a 'throw away if it gives me trouble' world. Good to see you repairing, modifying, upgrading.
Exact same CRT I have for my Xbox Original Kiosk. Such a killer CRT that works solid when fully cleaned up, rebuilt or in my case brand new when I got it from some RV owners who never used it.
These are the videos I love to watch. Thanks for upload David!
The hero rises once again!
Honestly, I really want to get one of those little Samsung TVs, because when I moved out of state, the way I had to move I ended up having to leave behind my beloved little Orion TV that my mom and I bought ages ago back in 2000 when we started playing video games together in my room. That TV is so amazing, and I really miss it. Hopefully, I'll be able to go back and pick it up one day and play my classic consoles on it again.
Obviously, with it being 24 years old, there will come a point where I'll have to learn how to solder so I can replace resistors, capacitors and so on to keep it working well in the future. I would also love to do some mods to it to be able to add component and S-Video upgrades as well. Seriously, for a $99 Walmart sold TV from a brand I'd never heard of in 2000, this little TV is an absolute trooper.
Just picked up a very similar model, inexpensively from Facebook Market Place. It is a quality TV, & has survived the test of time. I may attempt this mod as well. Thanks for demonstrating its value & functionality.
"Your meticulous approach to maintaining and enhancing your Samsung TV is truly commendable. The RGB and S-Video modifications demonstrate a remarkable understanding of electronic systems and signal processing. The persistence you've shown in troubleshooting and repairing solder joints highlights a dedication to precision that I greatly admire. It's always satisfying to see someone preserving and improving vintage technology with such expertise. Well done!"
Wow! We got this TV when I was 3-4 years old and retired after 18 years. Solid piece of tech
Bro still hasn’t let it die
Kudos to you for keeping it running
I’m glad you were able to fix that little tv… I basically consider it a co-Star of your channel!
As your RGB mod on this tv was the first video I watched from you, seeing this in my notifications made me really happy
It's a good day when an 8BG video comes out. Love the BBS reference. Miss those days.
Glad you were able to fix it! I'm also very happy you showed the composite vs. s-video vs. RGB comparison. I've always been curious what you can expect from s-video when rapidly changing luma while keeping chroma the same, and your comparison answers exactly that question. Thanks!
I had a huge 1080i CRT back in the day, I should have never gotten rid of it, the picture was amazing.
The joy of having a SCART socket on PAL TVs.
I love it when you post content like this; just straight up technical nerditry.
Always makes me smile when I see a new 8BG video in my YT feed.
I love a good electronics repair video! Documenting the troubleshooting process is always fun to watch.
it's always nice to see others getting into the RGB side of retro hardware. although this is a new take I didn't know was even possible till your first video on the subject.
I know you don't speak as an authority on the subject but your videos do serve as an inspiration for others to get into the hobby.
Great video and awesome work. A little correction on the N64 supporting RGB 9:31. It weirdly doesn’t out of box. Even though the SNES and GameCube do. You need a RGB mod chip installed in the N64. It’s cheap, like $30, and very easy to do. A great first time mod for someone just starting out soldering. If you’re interested, it would make a great future project/video. 👍
That commodore video jack looks so nice, good job man
Man, always love it when 8-Bit Guy does a tear down and modding/repair video. Could watch those and his retrobrighting ones all day! ❤
5:12 it's for recording live TV with your VCR. I did this in 2014, when I found old VCR, and my TV also had composite video output.
But if TV has SCART connector, with special adapter you can also get composite video output of live TV.
My mother's CRT from 98 or 99 is still operational, i inherited it when she felt it was time for a flat panel, i keep this thing running nearly 24/7, never been serviced or cleaned. Sony made some solid stuff back in the day for sure.
Really great video. This channel, and Adrian's basement makes me not so scared to work on a CRT.
Just want to say that I'm always happy when I see a notification for one of your videos. Thanks for being so rad.
I Remember when you first did the repair it was fun to watch hope you the Best ❤
"My Samsung thing died" is a sentence I've said way to many times. It's actually a miracle this CRT still worked
Old samsung tvs > new samsung tvs+ all tvs these days
No miracle, decent TV built properly back in the day.
No. Its not. CRTS are that strong
I have the same tv for my arcade game, same mod ( thanks to your former tutorial ) and same grayish background issue. Thanks for sharing the update !
And now a moments silence for the original legendary 8 Bit Samsung TV 1997-2024. (Yes I know it lives again but it’s original life lasted and impressive 27 years without repair)
Thanks so much. I really enjoy watching you work on these machines
We never really used S-Video here in europe, but I have added that to all of my old consoles, because it just works so well with Retrotink and HDMI monitor.
Currently use a Sanyo Spectra 2000. I would love to have it looked at by a caring professional. A speaker dusting, re capping, dent removal, and overall inspection would be a godsend. In the meantime, I just use it carefully.
David, if the heat shrink still has room to shrink, you can just score the outside lengthwise and apply heat. It will pull itself apart at the score line has it shrinks. This work especially well on the glue lined heat shrink.
I used the same tapping method to troubleshoot my brother's old GameBoy with jumpy audio (oddly enough, it was the power switch). I didn't quite remember where I learned it, then I remember I saw this video six months ago.
Well, thank you lots ^_^
honeslty every time this guy posts i get so much joy
Excellent episode! Needless to say, all of my 8-bit adventures back in the day were via a conventional CRT TV (Panasonic in my case), so it was cool to see some CRT love. Best regards from Missouri!
I had a massive twinge of nostalgia when you fired up that Plus/4 - it was my first computer and had it for Xmas 1985
Repair videos are so awesome. Keep doing them please
Any video from 8BG is a good video.
Whenever you have a crt open for work, I always suggest reflowing solder on any high stress areas like pin headers or inputs. Good practice and preventative maintenance for those 20+ year old solder joints.
Very strange that i had a dream about you where you showed me you TV but you were much younger and a day later this pops up in my recommendation... x
Your work has been such a great inspiration over the years. You make things so very approachable brotha. Thank you!
Lets go, repair video
That's a really common failure point in single sided home appliances (TVs, VCRs Stereos) but TVs are the worst culprit. Solder just does not make a good permanent mechanical bond. Throw in thermal expansion (wide metal brackets with tabs) and its a guaranteed point of failure.
Cheers,
connectors like composite and scart just don't hold up well over time when subject to lots of cable changes, the port is usually fine but the solder joints crack and need a service every once in a while.
Thank you David I always appreciate you work.
i like that the mono composite jacks in the rear are in a cutout that would CLEARLY be scart in other regions lol
To save on swapping resistors I'd probably put some potentiometers in line instead, with an external control board so I could tweak the video signal for fine tuning as necessary. Cool mod! I may have to try this on my little CRT.
Awesome David. I'll pray your CRT holds out
Honestly David, you should probably get yourself a project box that you can "strap" to the side, convert the RGB to fully distinct component (so distinct sync signals too, and probably an extra connection for those switches on the inputs), run that into the project box, and build a cross-bar system in the project box so that you can just pop off the project box and add a new connection type (CGA, VGA, anything else you can think of) to the project box any time you feel like without having to risk yourself with an unshielded CRT.
I had a Samsung TXJ1366 13" (looks identical, assuming it's the same one?) back in the 90s for years to use with my C64 (when my 1802, the kind with the plastic shield over the screen, died a horrible death). It stayed with me until I got my A600 and eventually gave it away, but wish I kept it. That screen was so fantastic, small, and portable. Definitely one of my favorites as well, and some great memories.
I knew it was the RCA connectors as soon as you said it was a loose connection somewhere, I have a vintage Sanyo stereo from the 80's and had the same issue with one of the audio-in RCA jacks, I resoldered both RCA jacks and the TRS jacks to make sure I won't have to take it back apart again for a long time and it started working right again, now I just need to fix the tape decks and I want to put a Ni-Mh charger in it that draws off the transformer on the back panel so I can put rechargeable D cells in it and put an RF connector on the back panel so it can be used in areas with poor AM/FM reception also figure out how to connect a single subwoofer to both audio outputs without changing the output to mono (the speakers are nice and do have some bass but the speakers plus a sub would make it sound even better).
I love my CRT's...🙂 And thank you for another awesome video!!!
This guy can repair almost everything. He is the 5th member of the A-team
NICE SHIRT! Where do I get one? I can't wait for opening day!
That's where I landed too on contemporary S-Video modding standards, using RCA ports like Composite did and later Component also. Sure the standard S-Video DIN is smaller but historically it was a mistake Eg. changing the AV cable completely was unnecessary since LCA existed.
Long term S-video ports were kind of fragile based on all the prodding/probing wear I've seen often in the aftermath, plus it was easy to bend those cable pins. Some nice ground pins in the S-Video cable standard but it was proprietary garbage much like HDMI is today.
Pretty sweet picture, S-Video/LCA was a huge leap in clarity over Composite that too many of us in NA missed out on average since SDTV manufacturers put speedbumps in the way of realistically speaking, casual AV enthusiasm.🙂
8:41 you can clearly see how the assembly bends during insertion. Not surprisingly, the solder joints loosens after a while.
I had this exact set in my bedroom as a kid, but a PAL version I guess. Played many hours of Nintendo 64 and Xbox on it.
I still remember clearing out my parents garage just a few years ago and taking it to e-waste disposal.