Unboxing a New Old Stock 14" Videology CRT Monitor
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Recently purchased this unused 14-inch color CCTV display, a 40VM14H manufactured by Videology - in 2013! Jeez. Let's unbox it and test it out with some Sega Genesis games over composite, aw yiss.
Remember the days of early "LGR Thrifts" when there were literally *dozens* of CRT monitors and televisions selling for extremely cheap at every single Goodwill? Man, I wish I had gotten around to picking some up from back then. Thankfully, I have one amazing (and GIANT) CRT monitor from my old Dell Dimension. It's held up extremely well, especially for being a monitor used on a weekly basis for decades. They built them to last.
Still rocking my Compaq FS7600! wooo
One discouragement was/is paying recycling fees, and also possibly the necessity of transporting it to a recycling facility, or arranging for a pickup($). It's not only the electronics, but the glass itself has lots of lead. The ability for manufacturers to used leaded glass was grandfathered in, they were a special exception. I saw way too many on the sidewalk/front yard with big "FREE" signs. Actually, local Goodwills in Massachusetts refused to accept CRTs in the early 2000's. I'm not sure where you live where they did accept them. Maybe they were getting several other states' garbage?
@@squirlmy And a big problem with those CRT televisions left on the sidewalk is that scrappers would bust into the televisions and take every bit of copper within the television and leave everything else.
@@squirlmy I live in Ohio. But I was talking more about LGR finding them absolutely everywhere for years in North Carolina, long after the supply had basically atrophied everywhere else. But I did walk into places here as well into the 2000s, and they had them. But not as long as in North Carolina. They were selling them until like 2016 where Clint was going.
I carried out hundreds of monitors in college into a big pile when we were upgrading all of the computer labs on campus.
I went to a store one time where in the back was a point of sale system with a CRT monitor, and the back of the monitor had a manufacture date of 2013 too.
Neat! Yeah before this monitor, the newest CRTs I've come across have been POS terminals, usually black and white 9-inch kinda things. This is the freshest one I've seen in color though.
Yep, and I have an IBM 4820-1WD point of sale monitor with a manufacturing date of November 2010!
Any CRT monitors like that from the early 2010's really should be cherished, it's rare to see a CRT in that good of condition.
As a 40 year old I keep pining for the days of CRTs again. Luckily we have a few CRTs kicking around the house but man oh man do I wish I still had my original Sony Trinitron CRT from the 80's!
Still have my Sony G520 AG screen...
Love new old stock. I miss working in the old IT warehouse.
CRTs are just cool. I picked up one in nice shape at Goodwill for literally $1, a Sony 27". Works great to play my old PS2/N64 games and watch old VHS. :D
Very nice. Anything over 25 inches is becoming increasingly hard to find for that price.
So if I got 2$ I should be good buying a 24" lol
@@LGRBlerbs This may be true for just my area, but in local classifieds, CRT prices tend to be inversely proportional to their size. The smaller ones are presumably more sought out by the fighting game community and weigh less. You may also see low prices for rear projection TVs (not the same tech, of course, but still heavy).
I got mine for free a couple of weeks ago. My grandpa had a crt upstairs and was ok with me keeping it.
Definitely would be a neat RGB mod project if it has the hardware inside for it, given it has OSD it probably does have the circuitry that just needs tapping into (akin to Adrian Black's CRT he found at the side of the road and RGB-modded using the OSD's wiring)... :)
That would make for a real cool video if Clint is comfortable with opening it up lol
All colour TVs can be RGB modded. The problem is that most people don't know how a TV works and are just blindly copying other people's mods
@@kyle8952 Indeed, most CRT TV's without any form of A/V input often have a live chassis design, and it's therefore extremely dangerous to mod these with a direct feed! ⚠
@@Oldgamingfart How come the RF in is not affected by this? RF does have ground like any other connection. Just wondering how that works with a live chassis.
It's a shame live chassis can't be modded because RF only sets are in my opinion basically useless. I can't stand the static introduced by the RF modulation.
@@martinweizenacker7129 Live chassis RF connector is isolated by using a capacitor of a special size. Below a certain frequency, the capacitor blocks it. Above the frequency, it passes through. So the 50 or 60hz mains power is blocked from reaching the antenna connector.
In the past, some people would try to convert old 300-ohm tv to coaxial RF connector by cutting the old one off inside and wire a new one on. Then they would give themselves big electric shock and not know why.
One of the most interesting things I came across over the years was the "crt apocalypse " that was warned about within the FIGHTING GAME scene. CRT technology is unique in that the refresh rate is "nearly infinite" insofar that the input lag relative to the actual responsiveness is incomparable to any of the lcd or plasma based technology of today.
I definitely feel like "weight and aesthetic being the only reason" CRT is still a relevant technology that has real applications outside of the industrial sector. I can only hope they wont entirely disappear. It is of no surprise some games today emulate it with a layer to give people that same feeling, but it just isnt the same because even 144hz or greater screens dont have the same FEELING as using an original crt.
@Stezika15 you need a 240hz monitor to even come close to a CRT! Still won’t be the same feel at 300hz.
But we won’t let them die.
It looks great and makes me realize how sub-par many CRTs I used growing up were.
And the best part...that retro aroma!
That is one heck of a CRT. Definitely agree the aesthetic is kinda timeless.
Starting the day with a blerb and one about a gorgeous monitor, too! Have a good morning all and if you've already had a morning, have a good rest of your day.
yesss sir
Well said, my friend, well said!
You had me at phenomenal aroma! Mmm i can smell it from here! Thanks for being wholesome man!
"I don't think I will need any Terminator."
* Sad Arnold Noises *
God, the 90s kid in me could smell the static coming off the screen. Seeing and hearing a CRT turn on again unlocked some memories.
Love some main channel hood on the side channel! Thanks LGR
You read my mind Clint. As soon I saw the screen out of the package I thought ohh I'd love to see Sonic in this
I love how industrial and chunky this is.
modern analog CCTV systems can do 1080p and audio over coax. So if the monitor has a speaker then something like an RF modulator might work. Or the monitor manufacturer has another "higher" model that has audio and to keep the cost down a bit they just leave out the speaker and RCA jacks on the lesser model.
Beautiful! Wish I could see it in person
6:31 A removable power cord? Does Apple know you can make monitors like this?
If you're into modding CRT displays, I'd love to see a video where you mod this thing to have RGB and S-Video.
That would be great, but I doubt Clint would do that. If I recall correctly, he's a bit nervous about messing around with CRT internals, which to be honest, is understandable. I would be too.
Modding for RGB would be much easier than for s-video. The onscreen menu is using rgb so it can already do that. Clint should get 8bit-guy to do it. They already run into each other enough. Collaboration episode! m.th-cam.com/video/DLz6pgvsZ_I/w-d-xo.html
@@sickregret It'd actually be easier to do S-Video than RGB. Internally the CVBS goes through a notch filter, which produces two signals: Y, and C. That is S-Video. By tapping it you don't have to mess with the OSD functionality.
They must have made multiple versions of this. I picked one up used with the same model number that had s video too.
At 9:50, that static discharge when he touches the tube... LGR ASMR
Had a 6" Sony Trinitron TV in 1981 that I modded to take RGB directly from a Matrox Multibus card connected to a pair of Intel microcontroller cards in a Multibus chassis. What a glorious display! (Certainly nothing to compare with a Retina monitor, but hey, this was 41 years ago!)
Nice of Owen Wilson to make a guest appearance at 3:43 😅
Please do a follow-up video where you find out what's with the mysterious volume control and speaker grill! 🔈
The CCTV I have has a speaker and a volume control. The only issue is visual problems. 1 inch of the bottom of the screen has everything squished upward. Theres no adjustment knobs for it either. I even took it apart and adjusted the ones inside. My guess is it needs some compositors replaced but I wouldn't know what kind to buy. I like that we think alike on what we tested both our monitors with. A model 1 Genesis. Only for me the games were Sonic 2 Mortal Kombat and Columns.
I saw that post on reddit, was very curious as well so thanks for doing this blerb. Would love to see if there is RGB possibility for it, those mods are very fun and interesting.
This was good, but now I seriously need the modding video follow up.
That glorious barrel distortion....!
Clint, I think this video needs an NSFW tag. I don't think I have ever seen a man enjoy unboxing a new CRT quite so much. Also, really nice picture on that monitor.
I'm jealous LGR! Awesome find, good for you!
You handle that blade like a surgeon hopped up on So. African vanilla... Impressive. 75 points awarded. p.s. THAT is one sexy monitor. I should know, I played one on TV.
I'm so accustomed to the later Sega CD BIOS music, and the Japanese Sonic CD soundtrack, it kinda blew my mind I barely recognized any of the music as you play Sonic CD.
I think there's an untapped TH-cam niche for a channel dedicated to smelling rare old electronics and describing them like a wine taster.
Very cool little monitor. It looks like's it's right out of a security desk somewhere, setup to watch security cameras.
I didn't think there was even CRT's being made after about 2011-12. The last time I saw new CRT TV's in any store was in 2011. CRT's by 2013 must've only been been made for CCTV applications and PVMs.
Man, the one thing I don't miss about those old monitors is how much they weighed, and that number only went up the bigger they got. You ever drop a 20" CRT monitor? It'll go right through the floor.
Getting real wall of monitors vibe from the Bat Computer in Batman '89.
Take off the shell and see if the board offers any better signal inputs that the outfitter ignored to save costs.
Nice monitor, I got a new old stock 14" Pelco CRT CCTV too one year ago, is so similar.
now you have to open it up to show us if there's a speaker in the front there and any unpopulated circuitry for higher end models
i had that sega its nice to be able to just plug it into a hifi system
It probably will take audio from a camera with an sdi out (sdi uses bnc as the connector). My guess is that this could be used for an SD video monitor for film/tv work. I think I've seen these used back in my early filming days.
This kind of makes me mis my Sony 20" Trinitron running through my Sony Receiver STR-D911 with it's "video enhancing chip" lol. Just about everyone that came over didn't like the size but they really liked the sound and how crisp the video was. I think I paid $350 for that TV back in '97.
Pipe dream but imagine a company making brand new CRTs designed for gaming. Even HD CRTs have their advantages because of the low latency and good colors
I think 120 Hz OLED is already superior.
You're a few years out of date. There are 360 Hz gamer LCDs now with lower overall latency than CRT
@@jimb12312 360 Hz is kind of ridiculous. I think they may still have some latency since the digital signal might still get buffered
@@thedopplereffect00 Yes there is always latency but these new gamer displays have significantly lower latency than CRT. They are designed specifically to have the lowest possible latency for gaming.
We all need to find a way to be as happy as our man is when he smells that old-new aroma
Absolutely never thought I'd hear Clint say "Ribbed for your pleasure" ever in my life.
"I would wear that as a cologne," Clint.
Me scrolling through latest uploads in my subscriptions:
New Mac ...pass
Race car stuff....pass
New computer parts...pass...
Unboxing a CRT....HECK YEAH!
thats why i still keep my CRT tv anything that has CRT is always good to own
Audio would come through a signal over the coax usually for a monitor like this. There are ways to combine RCA outs with audio into a single format through broadcast coax, though easier with modern SDI nowadays.
Ahhh I love me some CRTs! I got a Sony Trinitron 27" for FREE from someone here in town. Thing is a tank, but it runs my old school game consoles and VHS wonderfully. :D
From a time when us Europeans had the far superior RGB SCART as standard on our consumer TVs, although we did have to put up with slow 50hz bordered gameplay on PAL consoles (unless we imported).
Nice CRT, with a RGB and sound mod will be great.
That Sonic CD theme still "slaps" , as the kids say...
This is so much larger than my 8” CRT!!!
This looks like from FNAF game, like exactly the mood of cctv in five nights at freddys
lovely wee television
It's actually, finally, been getting harder to to find 'good' CRT monitor/tv's recently. I need a ~21" CRT with an S-VIDEO input to replace the dead one in my full size MAME cabinet, but it's been difficult finding one with the required specs so I've been forced to use an 'old' like 15" LCD panel that also happens to include an analog tuner AND traditional TV inputs, including Coax, Composite AND S-VIDEO! And does that stand for Super 'video' or Super 'VHS'?
Wikipedia says the S is for separate apparently. Like how the luma and chroma are on different wires whereas on composite they use the same signal. Although funnily enough S-VHS is where S-Video came from!
That Sonic CD animated intro was made by Toei.
Yanawlomimean-I don’t know-Iyalmanalbe-I’ll buy it
Wiser works never spoken
in the battletoads double dragon, they misspelled Bimmy. Would the BNC connection take in sound?
This is super cool. I'm only slightly disappointed that you didn't plug a black GameCube in to this black cube of a TV.
Seeing the Genesis running on it though makes me wish I had room in my setup for my CRT. I have a 36" Sony WEGA wrapped up in a closet until one day when I have the space to utilize it again. Having split outputs from my SCART and component switches running to that TV and the OSSC is my dream.
sounds like it might be time for a teardown to see if there's a header for audio somewhere in there.
Might just be the camera, but the reds seem a little oversaturated. Still a great find though.
Mid 2000s is very believable. I bought my first 1080p tv in 2008.
I got something similar what was the adapter you used the one I have is a defender security one with a video in and out and a separate audio in and out
As far as notstaligic things from my childhood, battletoads and double dragon tops the list I think. I love that game alot followed by James pond
It may not have PVM quality video, but at $150.00 who cares? Especially with the picture quality of this monitor and the high prices of PVMs. Great video on this monitor!
Wouldn't be an unboxing video without LGR huffing some electronics.
Hook a PS2 up to it and get that classic DVD experience.
that composite signal is not very clean but i love new crts. would use.
I can’t believe my Reddit post changed the course of history and now I’m watching an LGR video about it 😂
Oh that was you? Nice, I’m glad I saw the link you posted 😄
Sorry if you mentioned it and I didn't caught it put is the screen 14" or does that size include the bezels? Thanks!!
That’s the size of the tube itself without bezels
"smells lightly sweet, not thirst-provoking at all"
Get that 50 Hz PAL ZX Spectrum hooked up to it! (Don't forget to rf-mod it first, but that's 5 minutes work)
I plan to! Mine are each modded as well, just gotta find and dig em outta storage 👍
WOW! This is amazing, and I really want one! 🤓
Have you ever thought of uploading HDR (BT2020) to TH-cam? On an OLED TV it would be a pretty accurate representation of what you actually see in regards to the CRT color.
The menu looks straight out of those cheapo Chinese NTSC/PAL video screens usually used for back-up cameras. It's nearly identical to those, they also have audio controls, even tho there's nothing audio on them.
IMO, take it apart and have a gander, if the interface between old and new is something really hacked together (which would be the case if i'm right) then there's a strong chance you can swap out the brain card for a different one, and have better everything.
You should have gotten the highest end of blu ray players and hooked it up to this just because that would have been seriously messed up for some reason
watching a review of a 14" crt on my 130" projector screen. yeah dude.
Looks decent.
Good choice of game 👍
Sonic CD title screen blue balls, wanted Sonic Warrior..
A good find LGR, Goes along nicely whit SEGA genesis, looks beatiful.. Yeah big CRT's hard to make and carry but small ones need to come back, technology is always good thing but I don't like in this case.
i never heard you say is it 240v or 120 v i know some places in USA is 120 and others 240v in Australia whole country is 240v and 60hrz in most Tv and Monitors
Literally just saw this on r/crtgaming and was hoping someone would buy one. Who knew it would be LGR.
I dont know if its soft or just over saturated. no moray lines or anything on video.
It reminds me of the Commodore 1084 monitor.
10:20 .. yes Sonic CD 🦾
Cool device
oooooo crt goodness
I see that the 5 units the seller had listed sold out in 3 and a half hours. I also see that the same seller has 42 units of the 12-inch version for a hundred bucks!
12-inch _black and white_ version, that is
@@LGRBlerbs Ah, I missed that little detail. But sounds perfect for a GameBoy emulation station.
Totally, monochrome certainly has some fun uses!
@@LGRBlerbs The 12-inch b/w version claims to have 1,000 TVL (tv lines) of resolution. That would make this an interesting candidate for a mod to take advantage of all that resolution.
@@bmwolgas You don't need any mods, monochrome composite gives you basically unlimited (horizontal) resolution.
Wait, they made a colour monitor in 2013... without RGB? Is that even legal?
The 12" version seems to still be on ebay, for like a hundred bucks
_Black and white only_ version, before anyone gets too excited :)
Saludos desde México !!!
1:31 Nice
I love the smell of petrol in the morning…
I think that looks awesome.. not ugly at all to me. so cool. It doubles as a face tanner.. lol