CRT Mountain - Jason Discovers Hundreds of Old CRT Televisions !!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- After being contacted about a number of CRT televisions and computer monitors, we find there were a few more than we expected ...
If you are interested in taking any of these purely as spare parts and you have the knowledge to work on them safely, please email crt@computinghistory.org.uk
Before long, CRT's will be as rare as hen's teeth, and highly sought after. Definitely well worth preserving.
I've squirrelled 4 crts in my man cave for older analogue output computers. Modern flatscreens with their digital processing of older (and slightly funky) analogue signals doesn't turn out well visually.
Yep! That's one of the reasons I give people when they ask why I keep all of them. That and they're just cool to have.
7:30 Regus, it is the most unknown brand at all
i never imagine i could see anything like this.., surely those tv lived a better moments..... now almost can smell and taste the dead end that is that place ..., it's almost a cemetery! nice video..... RIP those TVs
This would be an absolute dream for me. I would have taken all of those crts with no hesitation.
My plan is getting a large van and being a recycler of appliances and preserve all the vintage stuff.
That little white Ferguson was the one I had on my ZX Spectrum and Amiga 500+ when growing up, fond memories of that little unit..
I had the grey version. I hate to think how many hours playing games that thing endured throughout the 80's & early 90's!! Still worked up until analogue switch off.
Woodgrain alert, LGRs nostrils will be twitching from across the pond 😁
17:10 What I remember about that model of Ferguson was the truly abysmal sound quality.
Definitely worth parting these out!! horizontal output transistors, delay lines, even the gun amplifier transistors on the neck board are worth having (those transistors also make great VAS stages in audio amplifiers!)
I remember those old TV's that had wooden cases... pretty much like the one we had from D.E.R (a TV hire place) when I was a kid
I was just watching the video where Chris Curry was talking about how he started off in electronics by finding old TV parts to make amplifiers. :)
Good job brother.
Keep all them crt tvs alive !
#CRTtvLove !
Zenith and RCA are my favorite old TV sets
I really hope someone rescues all of these.
This must be "where all the calculators go!" ;)
I think getting attached to crt is common.i had a little 13 inch sony that I had in my 20s and I miss it.the picture quality was great.
The Philips portable at 5:07 caught my eye, I had one in my bedroom for years, used with my Spectrum. Excellent crisp picture it had.
What happened with this in the end? Would love an update on what was salvaged!
I've found a CRT TV without the electronics and I will like to make a lamp of it without breaking the curved glass with phosphor inside. Do you think that I can put a led light inside and that I will have the green light glow from outside?
Ah, CRTs. I miss the warm glow of X-rays sleeting through my head...
Fun fact you get more radiation from 30 min sitting in the sun than sitting in front of a crt for hours
7:30 Regus (missing brand)
7:37 Telefunken
7:43 Loewe Profi M21
12:14 Beko - Space Master
13:47 Alba
14:04 Granada - Rediffusion
14:45 Ferguson and Osaki
15:46 Hitachi
my heart is with all of them! so many to save...
Sad to see the state of CRTs now. It doesn't seem that long ago at all when they were still being sold in the main shops.
Well, I guess it wasn't that long ago in the scheme of things. I know some Countries still use them a fair bit.
The pricing of TVs in the mid-to-late 90s probably didn't help their demise. lol
I remember seeing most widescreen TVs with "100Hz" processing costing around £600-800 back then, which was ridiculous.
(and the 100Hz/120Hz processing often looked awful, like the "Soap opera effect" thing, and super grainy.)
It's only recently that I started using a CRT again for retro computers/consoles, after somebody kindly donated a 20" JVC monitor. It's fairly similar to the models you had behind you in the intro.
I used to repair CRTs a lot in the 90s/00s, and even I forgot just how nice the image can look.
From about 1989 onwards, I used to make my own RGB SCART cables for as many of our computers as possible, like the CPC 6128.
I was never a fan of using RF, so would at least try to get Composite out of a machine if possible.
If only I lived closer to Cambridge, I'd be happy to volunteer my time to help repair and restore CRTs and computers.
I'm pretty sure I saw a Grundig Super Color 22" TV in that pile. I've got the one my family bought in the early 1980s in my shed. It likely needs some TLC too, and spares for it would be good as those components aren't going to last forever.
I have one of these as well as a few similar ones. The tuners all have dry joints, so if you can't tune into an old game console or computer, check the solder joints in the tuner.
I hope you save as many as possible, its already hard to get a crt where I am. A lot lot of the small plastic ones look like they would clean up well.
God I'd love to get my hands on a few of those!!
So would I have done John
I’ve seen other videos and loads are from USA it’s sooo refreshing to hear a English accent on this.
If I had the space, I'd happily take some of the monitors.
Ol Henry is keeping them company.
I’ve shared this in the Facebook group “UK Vintage Television Collectors”.
Thank you :)
BTW not sure if of relevance to you guys but there was a recent "Look mum no computer" video where he went to a garage that had a stack of old acorn electrons on a shelf - looked like quite a lot. If you are interested I'll link you the video and time index.
Re: comment about not fiddling with CRTs if don't know, remember there's a Paddington story ending with the TV repairman commenting that "It's lucky your paws were insulated" after explaining the dangers
Hi Jason, I know its probably a long shot, did you do anything with those Telefunken TVs? Are they available if not? Thanks Paul
Some masterpieces slowly vanishing from history plz save and use that sets maximally longer
What about retro games party. He has the biggest collection of crt arcade cabinet I've seen.
I know there's a few conversions for converting old TV to arcade chassis.
6:30 I hope you kept that old round screen 1940’s set in the back
Might be worth posting on the UKVAC forums or letting places like Arcade Club know about these. I'm certainly no expert, but they might be able to make use of some of the tubes or the internals to extend the life of their machines.
Would certainly be an enormous shame if most of these go to landfill. I wish you lots of luck saving them from the tip!
(Got to say, I saw the same model B&W Ferguson portable with the rotary tuning dial that we used though my childhood with our Speccy.
Used to be able to get a damn good picture on that once you'd got it tuned in, even if it was in black and white. No colour clash for me!.
Used that all the way up until I got my Atari ST and a 14" Sharp Colour portable for my 18th birthday. Still got that one in my loft on standby in case my Trinitron breaks down).
Id totally take one of those, ive been looking foe a colour crt to use instead of my b+w one i have currently
I hope these can be saved, or at least used for parts. I'm not from the UK so not an option for me, but I hope words get out about them.
These are quite valuable if you can service them. Only way to properly display 15KHz Horizontal Frequency display signals.
Hello Jason, do you remember my slightly modified Ferguson 3760 18″ TX9 TV that I used with the Nascom? After I stopped using the 9" green monitor, I think that you would have been about 9 or 10 by then. Jim.
Have you got any TVs that had a printer built in to print off teletext pages? Always wanted to see one of those :D
I think (not certain), that the model with the printer was a Pye, (possibly available as a Philips model too), but crucially was the Prestel model, (which included teletext).
This applies to the U.K. market, and it was a long time ago, so I may be wrong.
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I wonder how many are thinking Oo, I could give that old telly to Jason..
7:30 and therefore nowhere on the Google Images page I could not find a single CRT TV of the missing brand "REGUS"
Oh deary me what a find! I'd love to come across something like that. I am desparately buying CRT tubes when I find them
Air rushes in
The majority of the last TV's were based upon one of another identical circuits. No point reinventing the wheel. Especially when all of the major brands were swallowed up and all still sold TV's under there respective brands, either slap the right labels on it and send it out the factory door. It still happens today with white goods, if you cannot find the part for your washing machine look for identical machines made by the same group of companies and you will probably find it's the same parts, just research first.
Some of the last Sanyo TV's were Sony Trinitron TV's with different product codes, Bush and Alba TV's were all made in same factory with almost identical part numbers, as were Grundig, Goodman's, and JVC. Some were just sold to different markets, but we're identical except for regional changes like tuning or timing, which in later models were firmware changes saving even more money.
This was 3 years ago they are probably gone 😭 I wish I was there in time some of those TVs where really cool and as a person that lives crts this hurts :(
At 3:18 , I had that tv . Great video !
Ferguson was the Radio Rentals brand wasn't it? I spotted a Bush 21" (ish) in there. Wasn't a great TV but it was the best we could afford back in the late 80's and I sort of miss it now.
Ferguson was Thorn’s generic brand. The name used on Radio Rentals sets was Baird.
Valve set at 6:25?
There were at least a few sets that I think have been worth saving..... Like the few with delta gun CRT like the Telefunken 711s and also I would have saved that finnish Finlux 9560 set
6:15 that's a Commodore 1701 monitor under that keyboard!
vacuum from the thumbnail be like 😲
I hate to think how many LOPT's I replaced on the old Philips CRT monitors!!
Indeed, the LOPT's were a particular point of failure on those monitors ... along with the power switch!
@@TheCentreforComputingHistory That & Atari ST mouse/joystick ports were my working day!
I would honestly take them all in, and maybe sell a few to actual retro gamers and collectors (no scrapers)
I’m interested in your TV set. Thanks 🙏
Where is that place?
A mountain indeed...
I would imagine you guys were a bit envious over what we had here in North America Canada-US, when it came to TVs.
But to be honest, I think what Europe has and had when it comes to electronics, are definitely very interesting.
I still don't see why, things must be different, when it comes to voltages obviously but when it comes to design and style, not so much.
Also a better term for some of these TVs, would be North American NOT American.
North America used the NTSC broadcast system, Europe used (mainly) the PAL system, in different versions depending on the country. France used the SECAM system. None of these were interchangeable. In Some markets, especially the Middle East, you could buy multi standard sets if you had plenty of money and enjoyed making life really difficult for yourself!
Tim Hunkin's TV bonfire mk2
Don't you dare. Just don't 😭
I've emailed you, we collect and maintain these and use them in our stage show. We'll take as many as we can off your hands.
I wonder how and why he got all these
Is this for sale?
It's like looking at the aftermath of a massacre
Just found this
Hope to hell these all got saved or at least used for spares in the least part
Where is this? The dumpster? But really, where is this? Imma take a couple for myself, and by a couple, I mean all of them. Mostly because there’s only a couple left likely.
4:38 now it’s just a cathode ray, not a cathode ray tube.
3.38, Looks like an original,
Panasonic Quintrix with Magic Line,
The radiation we used to absorb !!
hate to say this but i much prefere these old & what i call "proper tv's" than the chuck away modern stuff
Admiral overseas corporation, I found a 19 inch color from 1985 and i dismantled it and a 25 inch Sansui smashed it and threw out the glass in discrete cardboard boxes...the end lol
Nice video i like you 🙏
looks like they have been left out in the open for years
If you come across a semi mint HITACHI 13" Inch Solid State Color TV CT13C2 or if you know anyone who has one and is willing to let it go! Please Contact me!
I sent you 2 emails and you never got back to me!
Unpleasant neighbours, when they think an behave like that.
Please can i get one of those crt
To quote Bette Davis: "What a dump."
19:38 poor Henry hoveer
Gimme one
I have sent you an email Jason!
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Hi thanks for the video. A constructive comment only sometime a script helps the dialog even after the capture of the video.
The use of the word umm is continuous.
What does Umm mean?
Used to express doubt or uncertainty or to fill a pause when hesitating in speaking.
I thought it may help your channel forward as you clearly know your way around electronics. Thank you
Yep - similar to "err"
Haha, thanks Tim for making me even more conscious of my ummmms! I know I do it A LOT! :)
It was filmed live walking around these TVs on the spur of the moment. I haven't got the time to sit down and write a script and re-voice it all. I just did it to see if I can get others to help rescue these, not as a 'proper' presented video.
Trouble is my talk box stops working if my brain isn't driving it. I'm like the sound chip in the BBC Micro. The low pitched first beeb (The Ummmm) is when the processor isn't running and hasn't initialised the sound chip. The second beep (me talking) is when the processor (my brain) is running .... :)
Sorry if I annoyed you with my ummms, but you should try living it!
@@TheCentreforComputingHistory You get an unlimited umm pass for all the good work you do ;)
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