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- Today we have another Sony Trinitron 12" television from 1982. This one was also given to me in unknown condition -- so let's take a tour, test it out and tune it up!
Sony KV-1221R
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The “R” on Sony’s model numbering system indicates the product is pirate friendly.
it actually just means it has a remote. but still lol
@@phantom3rdchannel Arrrr ye sure about that me matey?
@@HeffeJeffe78 I mean I guess he could try playing a pirated tape and see if it works
Press x on remote to doubt.
The picture seemed slightly tilted, but otherwise good. So stylish!
I noticed this too, I wonder if Adrian had noticed at any stage?
So far, every one of them seemed this way. Not sure if that’s a failure mode of the yoke driver on these sets, or if Adrian tweaked them while they were on a crooked table.
Minor correction. When you mentioned the purity issues with the previous TV you used the term shadowmask. These Trinitron tubes don't use shadow mask. They are referred to as aperture grill. If there was damage to the grills I think the purity issues would be way more pronounced and not limited to those small areas. I think you just need to get a degaussing wand as the internal degausser isn't strong enough to get rid of it.
I agree
I always wanted a Sony Trinitron T.V. when I was a kid in the '80's. They were the gold standard back then.
for sure ! Sony made some great sets .
I really miss fixing 80's and 90's TV's they were built so awesome and designed so well.
I made a living repair old Sony tv's .
Wow... used to own one of these.
Had been my Commodore 64 monitor and, of course, TV occasionally.
One cool feature was the ability to program any channel on any of those numbered channel buttons. And, of course, it was a Trinitron, i.e. awesome colors.
LGR won’t be happy with a lack of wood grain on that set 😂
Oh my god, I used to have this EXACT TV years ago. I even had that same 5 button remote. Just looking at this brings back memories, thanks for the blast from my past!
Man, I've been trying to find pictures or videos showing a tv from my childhood, but no luck! :(
It's a GE 17 inch "performance television" from 1983. I was able to find one ad from a newspaper, but that's it.
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Agreed!
Disagree
Seeing so many nice other retro tech on here makes me think: "Why not call it Adrian's Analog Basement? " XD
Thank you so much for this video. My sister and I both had this exact model TV. They were purchased for our rooms by Mom and Dad when I was 6 and she was 12, right in late 1982 when we moved to a new house. Yeah, maybe my parents shouldn't have put a TV in my room at 6, but hey, I turned out ok... I think :) My sister kept hers until the late 1990s and I kept mine until summer 1999, when I was 23 years old and purchased 27" Sony for my first apartment where I moved later that summer after college graduation. Even after that point, I gave it back to my dad as adult and he put it in his kitchen until around 2008 when the small flat screens became affordable. It was still working perfectly, 26 years later, at time of replacement. Unbelievable. Yes, I did get a replacement universal remote in the 1990s for it. I used it for TV + Commodore 128 monitor in the late 80s' .... I had a sharp VCR hooked up to it around 1991 or so, which I used the CATV tuner on the VCR to get the channels. Adrian was correct that the antenna was a V for the VHF with the twin leads and was from Sony, and the UHF antenna was a circle. He was also correct that the tuner allowed you to set every button as a preset and the TV came with a sheet of those plastic numbers you could pop out and put into those presets. I think it included some symbols too you could use. They were high quality plastic. Adrian also didn't mention that Radio shack sold a simple ARCHER brand converter box you could hook into the TV that would allow you to tune the CABLE TV channels on those presets as well (instead of VHF and UHF), once you ran the coaxial line to the jack on back of TV. Once connected, you flip open the top and you can tune to MTV, CNN, HBO, SHO, whatever your cable system had at the time, and set the presets. SO this is before I used the VCR as a tuner and also before the digital separate converter boxes were cheap enough. This TV went with me after high school to a college out in the midwest and then back to east coast college. It was used all the time, no issues! Imagine that, I was using same TV in college dorm and apartment that I had when I was 6. I remember the feel of all the buttons, the handle, the controls on the top of the TV had a nice spring in them when you pushed them down. Made in Japan and there was so much pride and quality parts in this TV. To this day its rare to see products of this quality.
"This TV was manufactured in April, 1982"
Hey, so was I :D
Manufactured or actually delivered?
Another fine entry into Adrian's Analog Basement.
a little dance party at the end of these videos, on the fixed crt, would be such a nice addition...
The plastic inside probably yellowed from the flyback voltage leaking slightly and creating ozone. That's what the smell of a CRT after you first turn it on is, the static discharge creates ozone.
Anyone else having an OCD reaction to the slight clockwise tilt to the picture?
Yeah, I noticed it on all 3 of the Trinitrons he's shown here (to varying degrees). I think these Trinitrons had all the deflection yoke glued on, so I'm not sure how they all got slightly rotated like that, or how they could be fixed.
This set from 82 will outlive my 2018 4K Bravia that is already on it’s second mainboard, and it will be „obsolete“ as soon as Sony will stop issuing update for it’s Android OS.
The LEDs will fail way before that happens
@@DavePoo been there, done that in a Samsung 32ES6100 where a light strip failed, it was replaced for 25 euros, and the TV is still alive, being diverted from the scrap heap.
LOL stylistic pleasure! I'm going to be giggling about this all day today! 😁🐶
ribbed, no less...
“a little thick along the bottom” - TV Got Back! (apologies to Sir Mix-a-lot)
Those lines clearly are there to make the TV go faster.
These videos crave for a retro computer to be plugged in one of those!
Perhaps a filter cap related to the tuner has also gone out of spec? That might be causing the noise. (I say this with limited experience so i could be talking out of my butt.)
Time for a 3rd channel - Adrians Trinitron basement
I'm loving these TVs! I have a KV-1370R (with wood grain) that I use for older game systems. It needs a little adjustment. I get red streaks to the right of anything that is red. But it's not that bad. I don't have the nerve to open it up yet. I am inspired by your ability to fix the color issues, but not so naive to think I can just do it myself without a lot of research.
Loving the Trinitron content! All the crt content, really
Soon as I seen the thumbnail a flood of memories came rushing in my brain. My uncle had this TV back in the day and his Intellivision was hooked up to it. I had such great childhood memories visiting my grandparents house and staying in his room when he was at college. To have a TV in your bedroom was a big deal in the 80s lol.
I might have totally forgotten this if it wasn't for this video. Thanks so much Adrian for this and all the other entertainment you have given me!
With all of these analog devices on the second channel, you should really consider calling it Adrian's Analog Basement
Nice review. It's fun to see this TV made in 1982, while I was watching black and white TV as a kid even in 1990 :)
The quality of the RF image can vary greatly these days, especially in city areas where the frequencies are now reallocated for mobile/ internet, etc. I've heard people living out in the sticks get rock-solid RF between connected devices, with it being much worse in larger cities e.g. NY.
Nice TV! I actually like the proportions. I prefer the look of the controls and speaker being on the bottom rather than the side or the top. Makes it look like it's on a stand or console. The angular styling is also really nice. :)
This layout is probably better for a TV that wasn't in a living room. If it was on a dresser in a bedroom or somewhere else with stuff on the same surface, i wouldn't block the TV picture.
Hey Adrian. What I really miss here is a mirror. When I was a child, my parents took the TV to the repair shop (frequently if I am not wrong) and they had a mirror on the bench's back wall. This allowed them to touch all controls/repair the tv with the tv's back facing the person while repairing it and, at the same time, allowing him (normally it was a he) to see the TV image reflected on the mirror. Perhaps this could help future repairings avoiding you to move the tv so much to get a good recording scene. Love your second channel. Guess you will need a third channel with the name "Adrian's UHF/VHF Basement" :-))))
Shots fired at LGR
This is a table top tv. The point of the tuners on the bottom is to raise it up to eye level.
Ive learned so much from these videos on TV transmission. Nice tidbit on the different aerials, wondered why it was only round aerials we got in the UK but from 1964 onwards it was just UHF 21-68 that was used so that makes sense now. Always thought the rabbit ears aerials looked a classic design.
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That was my first new TV. Dropped ridiculous 1982 $$$ on it as a college student. Served me well for about 15 years, but I did wear out three remotes.
We never had rabbit ears on our UK tellies. Some had a stereo style rod antenna that never worked, or you'd get a sad little hoop of metal that really didn't do anything. I remember sticking a metal coathanger in the antenna socket to get an image.
Hey, at about 15:00 you mention that one of the tubes have damage to the shadow mask. I thought that Trinitrons used an aperture grille? There is a high % possibility that I am wrong =).
Anyway great video, love the old CRT content!
you channel must be Adrian's sony analogue basement
Sony also made a lot of commercial equipment for TV stations and production studios. So it may be they had all the controls on the front for rack mounted gear and they decided to put a case around it for consumer market. I'm just speculating.
It's beautiful.. Placed a bid for it on ebay , thanks..
I just love electronics that are roughly the same age as I am.
Somehow they make me feel... kind of comfortable? I am great with modern electronics, but somehow those make me feel like i am back in the safety of childhood, just enjoying life.
Something familiar. :-)
Everyone I knew who had that TV never bothered, they just remembered that 'channel 2 is ABC, channel 3 is CBS, channel 4 is fox, etc.'
I have this exact model TV. Bought it from a guy on FB marketplace for $40 a while back. Sadly I don't have the remote, but its not really necessary for this TV.
More Trinitron!!!!
Wow April 82 the year and month I was born . No wonder why its quality lol 😆 . But is a cool looking TV my uncle had a similar one even back then the buttons used to play up .
It's quality because it was made in Japan.
Classic TV to display classic PC/game system content! Time to hook up those Atari 2600 / 800 & Nintendo NES systems! :D
I like the slightly raised television, with a thick base.
thicc bass lol
It’s amazing how modern these TVs still look even today.
It just looks like the new CRT TVs you can buy in a store now.
@@Okurka. I’m not aware of any retailers at least not where i am that you can purchase a new CRT tv they are all LCD or OLED.
@@Denvermorgan2000 *You* said they still look modern today.
@@Okurka. I only meant in terms of styling.
@@Denvermorgan2000 I see, those OLED TVs with all the push buttons.
Because of its height, I remember this model being used with VIC-20s & C-64s.
im actually using a media sonic digital to analog device which allows playback on USB, I use the USB to load the alignment image and color bar patterns as a cheap test device
I think the thick part in the bottom is very good if you have got a VIC20 or a Games Console in front of it.
I had my first Sony Trinitron 21 inch TV in 1982 in India.
It was the Trinitron KV 2032 with wooden finish. It worked flawlessly for 20 years but i had to replace it with Sony Wega 25 inch when i purchased a Sony 5.1 DVD home theatre Dav S300. I just love how Sony has made my childhood plus my teenage life much better. Even now i used lots of Xperia phone models & now thinking to purchase a latest Sony Atmos home theatre.
Can you suggest me what to purchase ?
So far, it seems that the second channel is mainly the "Old Sony Trinitron" channel...
All these lovely Trinitron teles - maybe a brief description sometime on what makes a Trinitron tube different to a normal colour tube? Saw mention below of the aperture grill vs shadow mask - to people remember seeing the image of the wire that held it place on the screen? (Although I think I read a long time ago that not everyone could see it). Doesn’t it also only use one gun instead of three?
Used to use Sun's Trinitron screens for my job a long time ago - they were stunning compared with more run of the mill colour monitors.
We finally found someone who use the channel 04 instead of 03 😂
I remember when a 13inch tv for your bedroom was a good size tv. Now, if it's under 55 inch it's too small.
I remember when a 10-inch TV was a good size for your living room TV and 12-inch units were an expensive luxury. I wasn't alive back then. During my lifetime I remember 19 inches being plenty large enough for most living rooms.
Trinitrons do not have a "shadow mask," they have an aperture grill. I don't think that other TV has a damaged grill. It's not impossible to mess them up, but it's much less common, and when I've seen it, it does not look that way. I think it needs to have an industrial degaussing job.
The tuner issue is probably components dragging down the IF section of the tuner. As you said, the new one is PLL and the newer components allow it to lock to the signal.
How many Sony TV’s one has to own before you have to admit you may have a problem 😉? Thank you for making these videos!
Just noticed the golang gopher sticker!
nice tv I have worked on more Sony tv's then I can count and myself I have almost a dozen Sony's .
The yellowing of the chassis is dramatic proof that it's not just sunlight/ultraviolet that produces it. That has to be from infrared - it must also interact with the fire retardant in the plastic.
Not sure this ADB 2 (New ADB) thing is going to work, the content is too good, with such good content there will be no public out cry for ADB Classic.
you didn't see the picture was slightly tilted to the right?
Cornering the market in Trinitron TVs over there eh? :P
Why does the TV have separate inputs for VHF and UHF? And why not coaxial for UHF? I suppose that was the style of the time, but why?
I wonder is that the same TV model featured in REO Speedwagon's music video Keep On Loving You from 1980?
Loving the videos 👍
Looks like the picture needs rotated to the left a bit.
for the tuner issue I would try turn AFT off to see. sometimes it made things worse. Also it seems like the picture looked a bit off square in the video.. the right side was down and the left side up a bit.. maybe it was just the camera angle?
Please connect a C64 and do a 8 Bit Dance party for these TV videos.
Great work! If you ever need CRT or monitor help, let me know!
Interesting choice of technology. Anolog is it?... Like Adrian's Anolog Attic...
Tuning old consoles over newer LCD TV also ends up with a lot of noise.
This TV set have not CVBS input, we must use a RF modulator for use with a VCR, or external modulator for watching a DVD, DVD players have not RF modulator
If modulators use UHF channel we must using a 75/300 Ohms impedance transformer.
If you watch a NTSC 4,43 video, or NTSC Playback on PAL TV 60 Hz, the picture is Black and White, this is not a malfunction
Did manufacturers stop including those fine adjustments in the back in the late 80's thru the 90's or did I just never notice it on my CRT TVs?
A late of TVs moved to those things being controlled by the micro-controller, so you can access a service mode to make adjustments. I'd say most TVs by the mid 90s had this.
Many TVs and computer monitors still had a lot of those adjustments on analog pots, they were just on the neck board or control board, and only accessible if you took the case off. I guess the assumption being only a service tech would need to touch them, if anyone, after they left the factory.
Have you tried getting a high quality dedicated RF modulator and testing with that? I used to run into all sorts of problems connecting video game consoles through a vcr because the RF output wasn't great, or wasn't really filtered properly by my tv. Using an rf modulator and cutting the vcr out of the equation cut out the noise and gave me a near composite quality signal. My theory is that newer vcrs omitted some filtering to cut down on cost because newer tvs could either filter the signal properly or they went with the assumption that RF just wouldn't be used and people would opt for composite or s-video connections instead.
Another theory is based on your cables. Have you actually tried different cables for all of your connections? This is a situation where RF interference matters a whole lot, and you've talked about how noisy it is in your basement. It could be some tvs are just better at filtering that interference from the cables than others, and those Sonys exhibit similar problems because they use similar circuits for that. Also, if you do try different cables, try cables of different length. You can actually turn cables into antennas for whatever interference your basement generates, and a slightly different length could fix it immediately.
looks like it has bit of clockwise rotation
Is the picture slightly rotated clockwise?
Or does it just looking that way...?
"I'm not going to touch anything!" :: proceeds to touch things ::
I wonder if you get a copyright ding on your playback of the copyright notice?
the on/off problem, might just be the debounce capacitor across the power switch relay terminals has gone dead .
The picture is a bit tilted to the right, in case you missed it
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Beautıful everday.
Can you do a Composite mod with this kind of TV?
It's probably a hot chassis TV, so a composite mod could not be done safely without an isolation transformer.
Did you depxide the channel tuning selectors. Noise could be from dirty pots.
lol It's plugged in at the moment so I'm not touching anything. _Proceeds to touch stuff!_
Yeah, I know you meant you weren't touching the circuit board, I just thought it sounded funny.
Guess the usual Sony designers took some time off, not getting the "I want one" feeling I usually get with Sony products.
looks more like an 80's computer monitor than a tv
Just wondering... what sort of CRT could that be... what technology... ;-)
Sony certainly would not hold back in making that clear!
Adrian, do you by any chance found a warehouse full of Sony crts?! Haha
Now do a RGB mod!
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nigh on 40 years old and still working pretty well.......i wont buy any other tv than sony.......my only brand snobbery lol.......started when my dad "liberated" a kv1340 (not 100% on the model lol) from the colonel when he worked in libya for me to use with my c128
I thought the white spot on the TV in the back was a dead pixel on my phone. Anyone else?
Do you have an ATSC Roof Antenna?
Hi there! New susbscriber! Wonderful video! As I write this, I'm in the process of getting one of these. The person is asking $142 dollars for it. Is that a reasonable price? Thank you in advance.
I kinda hate how it is taller than wider
Will wifi ruin the reception of television channels?
Nah not at all -- channel 3 for instance is around 61mhz -- compare this to the 2400mhz Wifi and Microwave ovens use.
@@adriansdigitalbasement2 So what causes this RF interference?
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