Retro CRT Repair: Repairing a Sony Trinitron - Retro on a Budget | Living in the Past

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  • čas přidán 6. 09. 2024

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  • @Fellipe2k5
    @Fellipe2k5 Před 2 lety +20

    Here in Brazil there was an auction of several sealed 2005 Sony Wega TVs that remained in the warehouse for decades.
    Last year I managed to buy one and it was a surreal feeling to open the packaging of a classic TV like this.
    PS2 with component cable looks amazing.

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety +5

      Sounds excellent Fellipe, I would love to get a brand new, Old TV be it a WEGA, Trinitron or PVM. Lush Retro man, lush.

    • @Fellipe2k5
      @Fellipe2k5 Před 2 lety

      @@NXGamer Thanks!
      It was something no one expected. I imagine that some store in the 2000s must have gone bankrupt, the government must have kept the store's stock. And as everything in the government is bureaucratic, it took decades to carry out the auction. 🤣🤣
      I wanted the 20l5 PVM for the versatility of having progressive scan. But it's a rare and very expensive monitor when you find it.
      And I don't have the technical knowledge to fix it in case something goes bad.
      So I was very happy and satisfied when I found selead Wega

    • @Gakki_Aniki
      @Gakki_Aniki Před 2 lety +1

      You're lucky

    • @lukesablade
      @lukesablade Před 2 lety +1

      That just sounds amazing, I've ended up buying a retrotink to solve my 2021 PS2 problem.

  • @amnril
    @amnril Před 2 lety +9

    Great video. I often watch ‘my mate Vince’s CZcams channel, his repairs are becoming legendary.

    • @gdavies1103
      @gdavies1103 Před 2 lety +1

      Yep, same here. MMV is a great watch.

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks, not seen him but will check his channel out now, appreciate the share.

  • @iLLusiveMan82
    @iLLusiveMan82 Před 2 lety +3

    Great ! This brings back memories from when I was fixing CRT monitors/TVs some 20-25 years ago.

  • @jonathan2950
    @jonathan2950 Před 2 lety +3

    I would never try this myself, but still interesting to watch, thanks!
    I currently have 3 CRTs: 1 PVM which is what I use at the moment, and 2 small Consumer units for if/when my PVM stops working. I love retro gaming on CRTs, I even prefer RF via a CRT than anything on a HD TV for retro gaming. Which is basically what most of us used back in the day.
    I wouldn’t mind getting an old PC CRT monitor for 480p stuff, but everyone seems to want £100+ these days for them.

  • @chadbrig1611
    @chadbrig1611 Před 2 lety +2

    Great video! It's always nice to see a CRT saved and that one has a great picture. I'm also a CRT enthusiast and I have some basic CRT repair skills but they are not quite at your level so it was nice to pick up some tips and you did a very good job of walking the viewer through everything.

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety

      Really chuffed to hear that and another CRT restorer is always good. Thank you.

  • @RetroTechUSA
    @RetroTechUSA Před 2 lety +2

    You should use the 240p test suite to calibrate your CRT. You'll get much better results.

  • @aetheralmeowstic2392
    @aetheralmeowstic2392 Před rokem

    I own a 36" Magnavox Smart Series. It's in pretty good shape, and my Wii looks excellent on it.

  • @bdre5555
    @bdre5555 Před 2 lety

    This is definitely an interesting wave of new videos you are doing. Going outside of the typical video game analysis videos

  • @crestofhonor2349
    @crestofhonor2349 Před 2 lety +1

    I love CRTs. I have plenty of them in my house including PC CRTs which are great for modern games and retro ones

  • @MultiPiotrek1984
    @MultiPiotrek1984 Před 2 lety

    Great video and i didn't even finish watching it! So far it's awesome!

  • @oldskoolpaul77
    @oldskoolpaul77 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic video! It’s great to see these TVs being saved from landfill

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety +1

      Could not agree more, thanks

  • @BillAE91
    @BillAE91 Před 2 lety

    Loved your video!! Reminded me of my days as a university student. I had picked up a Trinitron KV-21LS30E from the curb which apart from being grimy, had no problems at all. And a while later I found an old Sharp SV-2042E which after a small repair worked like a charm. I've been using them for retro gaming since 2013 and I have never had an issue with neither one. They both have excellent picture quality.

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety +1

      Yes man, I love these stories and moments. I have never had that many over the years to that or this level, but when they do they are even more special. I once had a old house I was helping clear out for a friend (parents) and he said that the biggest box I could take. Within it was a decent condition Amiga 500 with disk's, mouse and joysticks, broken but easily repaired. I kept that one and sold my own due to the history, sad I know but still. Thanks for sharing BillAES.

    • @BillAE91
      @BillAE91 Před 2 lety

      @@NXGamer An Amiga 500 is sure an amazing find! Thanks for the videos, love your channel!

  • @omdraws7325
    @omdraws7325 Před 2 lety

    Awesome. Thanks Likeminded folk!

  • @18norbe1974
    @18norbe1974 Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks for save this one from going to dumpster.

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 6 měsíci

      I love it, I have brought so much old tech back from the brink, it is a passion.

  • @peter0882003
    @peter0882003 Před 2 lety

    Really enjoyed that, fantastic work.

  • @chisharpe3304
    @chisharpe3304 Před 2 lety

    I love this thanks for the video

  • @gdavies1103
    @gdavies1103 Před 2 lety

    Great video 👍🏻
    Used to have an old Sony trinitron crt back in the 90s. How I would love to have it now to play my SNES. It’s very good on modern 4K panel through a rad2x via hdmi but nothing beats a crt for 16bit era consoles.
    I don’t have the skills myself to attempt this type of fix, but I’m still a big fan of seeing old tech being repaired for a new lease of life avoiding landfill.

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety

      Love doing it and hopefully helps others. Glad you enjoyed it and appreciate the comment and info.

  • @silentbattousai1
    @silentbattousai1 Před 2 lety

    That's awesome he's really using the Ecco the Dolphin Sega CD background music

  • @mariust6769
    @mariust6769 Před 2 lety

    Awesome video (as always).

  • @SKHYJINX
    @SKHYJINX Před 2 lety

    Awesome Result, get to have your cake and eat it too. 👍

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety

      Like the pun, after my own heart. Quality.

  • @BeB02090
    @BeB02090 Před 2 lety

    Love the content! Thank you so very much good sir!

  • @brewski535
    @brewski535 Před 2 lety

    Nice work, I'm far too lazy for such a project!
    This is really pedantic but surely the correct idiom at 19:31 is:
    "one man's trash is another man's treasure"
    Or am I missing a reference here :)

  • @gutz1981
    @gutz1981 Před 2 lety

    Hey there how goes it. I went to my local scrap yard and I saw and found a Sony Trinitron kv 21m3d 51cm and plugged it in and it worked off the bat and the dude gave it to me for 3 euros. I tried it at home and its great with my Mega Drive. I wanna make an arcade cabinate as I have a Rasberry running a retro gaming system with over a thousand games. Gonna get some controllers soon. Question I have is, when I turn on my TV it goes to the channels first. Is there a way to program it to go automatically to Video input so I don't have to fidget with it and get the full Arcade effect I want? Might have to get a remote as it did not have one.

  • @CaptainKielbasa
    @CaptainKielbasa Před 2 lety

    Few things. Your toiler is in your shower! Amazing!
    Were you rocking Pink Floyd when cleaning that?

  • @TaimatCR
    @TaimatCR Před 2 lety

    Personally I got myself a Sony triniton kv29fa210 TV a few weeks ago from a repair shop for about $55 ps2 with component looks awesome

  • @johnnysilverhand9802
    @johnnysilverhand9802 Před 2 lety

    I would love to see Analysis on The Sinking City Next Gen Upgrade no one has done an Analysis on The Sinking City i don't know how it runs and what graphics have been improved on PS5 and XSX. Devil May Cry 5 Special edition PS5 VS XSX PS5 VS XSX Tales Of Arise PS5 VS XSX Ghostrunner. PS5 VS XSX Demon Slayer Hinokami Chronicles PS5 VS XSX Back4Blood PS5 VS XSX Lost Judgement PS5 VS XSX The Medium PS5 VS XSX Little nightmares PS5 VS XSX analysis please

  • @McGuirk808
    @McGuirk808 Před rokem

    Excellent information. Can you link the website you were talking about where you found the service manuals and parts lists?

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před rokem

      Thanks, glad you found it useful, this is the link:-

    • @McGuirk808
      @McGuirk808 Před rokem

      @@NXGamer You know, I don't think CZcams is going to let you send that.

  • @Meisuko
    @Meisuko Před 2 lety

    This was cool video

  • @connor211
    @connor211 Před 11 měsíci

    I know this is unrelated, but was there a model number on the yoke? I'm trying to test if a CRT I have is worn/dead in this tv as it uses the same tube, but I cant get the yoke off and don't have the equipment to check its inductance. Visually the yoke is identical to the one in your vid but I want to be sure before testing it.

  • @omdraws7325
    @omdraws7325 Před 2 lety

    Is there a particular video format that best suits a crt tv? I’d like to learn more about how to tune and optimise the picture, any resources you could share? Related to rgb, best input ie composite vs (?)
    I’m restoring a 1971 trinitron to watch old horror films on eg The Thing, Alien, etc
    I’m a newb. Any help much appreciated ✌️

  • @KING_KONK
    @KING_KONK Před 2 lety

    Hey I was hoping you could help me out with some advice. I got a crt vga compaq monitor that wouldn’t turn on. So I plugged it in for 2 days and then hit the power on off button non stop for about an hour and I got it to turn on. I then used it as my primary pc monitor for 8 months. Now it won’t turn on again. Any ideas?

  • @12bitizthewaytogo92
    @12bitizthewaytogo92 Před 10 měsíci

    I have a Sony KV-27S42 CRT I picked up a few weeks ago was working like a champ then all of a sudden there is no picture and sound when anything is connected to it, even when on cable more no white noise picture, the interesting this is that the menu screen pops up when activated, I opened it up to take a look at the board and I dont see any obvious blown caps or anything any idea where to start looking to fix this problem? thanks in advance!

  • @winstonthedino1909
    @winstonthedino1909 Před rokem

    I have a question, so I recently got a CRT Sony trinitron 1310UB. And it's great except, after 30 minutes of playing something, the screen goes suddenly to a purple hue, this will last for 10 seconds then goes back to normal, then again and again.
    Do you know what could be causing this?

  • @nickolasgaspar9660
    @nickolasgaspar9660 Před 2 lety

    Nice video! I am currently working on a similar model!(KV 14m1d). I managed to turn it on ( repaired some cracked solder points) but now it displays a vertically squished picture, starting from the top and only reaching the 2/3 of the screen. I decided to recap the whole board and then I find your video and I might have a go with the IC responsible for the Vsync. Have you ever experienced a similar issue with a trinitron? Any advice?

  • @jamesw884
    @jamesw884 Před 2 lety

    More please

  • @ryodash
    @ryodash Před 2 lety

    Great video man - especially the editing at the start. Question for you: in this video, black lines appear on the left and bottom of tekken 3. Is there any easy (ish) way to adjust the aspect ratio so the picture correctly fills the screen? I've found that the mega drive leaves a black line across the right of the screen on mine, aspect ratio is never centred. Thanks either way for making this stuff :)

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety

      Yes, in the video I discuss the engineers menu. If you have the remote use that to adjust the width and height of the screen including the length. This will or should fix most tubes that have drifted slightly. Message back if you still need help.

  • @dookie_12
    @dookie_12 Před 2 lety

    Cathode Ray Tube Master Race

  • @Nobe_Oddy
    @Nobe_Oddy Před 2 lety

    shit if I would've known I could sell it for a good price I wouldn't have tossed the HUGE HD CRT I found on the side of the road that was in (near) PERFECT CONDITION and working order - and it was a FLAT TRINITRON too and BOY WAS IT HEAVY!!! but I just kept it around for about a year without using it and eventually I put it on the side of MY road and the trashmen took it :/
    Oh well, they are EVERYWHERE here in the states, still on the side of the road... but prolly not the quality I had found

  • @HuGiv5
    @HuGiv5 Před 2 lety

    Hi there Michael.

  • @777Godsgift777
    @777Godsgift777 Před 2 lety

    What causes this TV to turn off in it's own???

  • @nanoatom6146
    @nanoatom6146 Před rokem

    Where do you get your schematics?

  • @woofaki5550
    @woofaki5550 Před 2 lety

    I have a grey one that its still working fine,do you believe that it will need to be repaired?

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety +1

      If working, should be all good.

  • @fangerdanga
    @fangerdanga Před 2 lety

    Back when Sony made decent TV's unlike the crap they release today. Seriously though someone is going to watch this then try and fix one they have and end up electrocuting themselves. Haven't seen a scart plug in 25 years.

  • @Illicit_Therapy
    @Illicit_Therapy Před 2 lety

    What does it smell like when it's on? 👀

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety +1

      Now it is like sexual chocolate, but when my wife found it, a little ripe.

  • @TaimatCR
    @TaimatCR Před 2 lety

    Also just curious, but have you done any console repairs?

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety

      Yeah, hundreds, at least. I used to repair and sell them on the side. Along with TV's, VHS, DVD, PC, Ipads....

    • @TaimatCR
      @TaimatCR Před 2 lety

      @@NXGamer awesome, would like to see a video on that as well, if possible or maybe a mod haha cheers

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety

      @@TaimatCR Did you see the one I did on the PC-engine a few years back?

    • @TaimatCR
      @TaimatCR Před 2 lety

      @@NXGamer 🤔 I don't think I did, but I'll look it up then, thanks!

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety

      @@TaimatCR here if you want. czcams.com/video/Gofg7Kz8iSU/video.html

  • @distillion
    @distillion Před 2 lety

    Your wife snagged that tv?! Damn I need to find a woman like that!

    • @NXGamer
      @NXGamer  Před 2 lety +1

      She is One in a Million, but hopefully you will.

  • @marknewcombe2488
    @marknewcombe2488 Před 2 lety

    Mad lad.

  • @unitedfools3493
    @unitedfools3493 Před 2 lety

    Do be careful, there is the potential for lethal electric shock.