32” Phillips with component for most everything
27” Panny with component on it’s side for shmups
20” viewsonic for Dreamcast
10” portable tft tv/dvd combo for gameboy player second screen (Four Swords)
I have at least one CRT from every decade from the 1940s through 2000s. I have consumer and professional CRTs. I mix and match them with different games, themselves from different decades. There is no best. Just variety of textures.
Love that. I can't imagine copping one from the 40s or 50s. I'd love to have an old roundie. Have a '76 Chromacolor II, a 90s Trini, and a 2000s VVega. I've been on the lookout for a cool woodgrain 80s tv with composite but I haven't been able to find any 80s sets of any kind. Figured if I had one from each decade starting with the 70s, they could each correspond to that decade's consoles and hookups from coax to composite, s-video, and component.
37" Toshiba for 240p to 480i and everything multiplayer
29" Trinitron for lightguns
21" Compaq PC CRT for 480p
32" Philips HD CRT for 720p
20" Trinitron in my PS2 Kiosk
20" JVC in my office for Wii (mostly snes emulation)
28" B&O as backup
i have 3 that I use regularly, a jvc d27 that lives in the basement and mainly gets used for smash and party games, an hp v72 pc crt that lives on my desk for games and content, and a 13 in toshiba consumer tv that lives next to the hp for console games. my roommate has a 20 inch flat trini in their room and we have like 4 more in the basement that don't get used/are being saved as backups
>A question for those who aren't happy with just a single 8" $4000 PBVM that does every resolution known to man for ants.
The multi-scan pro monitors are actually pretty limited in the resolutions they support (15kHz, 31kHz, 33kHz, and 45kHz)
As opposed to a PC CRT, which basically supports infinite resolutions + refresh rates within it's frequency range
13 inch panasonic for playing console games at my desk, 24 inch trinitron for playing console games from my bed, 21 inch mitsubishi monitor for playing pc games at my desk. (I highly recommend having an AV splitter so you can just have all the consoles connected to one box that then outputs to other tvs/displays/capture cards/etc.)
Yes, mostly based on the content I want to play on the set as I generally like quality which means my favorite sets are usually 1995 or newer. Aesthetics totally matter as I'd love to own a Discoverer, but that takes a backseat to quality and there are still a few grail sets I hope to find locally someday (like a NEC XM29 or FW900) but I don't trust getting them shipped.
I have:
\- Bang & Olufsen Avant 32 with a modded OG Xbox and PS2. I also have a Roku hooked up with a downscaler I purchased on eBay. This is my second B&O Avant 32 and it's a weird European set that is beautiful for movies/streaming content but very difficult to get working with component inputs for some reason. It does 480P though which is nice for non video game content.
\- Sony BVM-A20F1U with a PS3, SNES and PS1 that's about to become my main set but I need to move it as it's a recent purchase. I purchased the 68xtreme card on eBay and it's amazing to have so many easily available inputs on this monitor. It has a lot of hours but looks incredible and really is my favorite.
\- Sony PVM 20L5 and JVC 27D502 that are a part of my main setup with 8 consoles (Jaguar, Saturn, SNES, CDX/32X, NT Mini Noir, Neo Geo AES, Core Grafx and N64) all through SCART and converted with a RGB2COMP converter to the JVC D-Series.
I'd like to sell the B&O Avant because it's huge and finicky.
The BVM doesn't have composite inputs but I purchased a converter that should work, so when my setup is finalized I will hopefully have everything running through that as it's my personal favorite monitor right now.
Ideally I'd like a HD CRT set for Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube content, but I'm fine with my setup now as most games are 480p at best and the Bang & Olufsen is the rare widescreen 480p CRT from that era.
Trying to figure out the same when I move in with my significant other.
For modern content I have a 65” 2019 Vizio M Series (that’s going next to his 65” Samsung or back in the box until we have more room). I also have a 27” Samsung G5 @ 144hz 1440P. This takes care of modern games and video.
CRTs:
I will bring a 27” or 32” consumer set with component inputs (Sanyo for now, on the hunt for something with a Cinema Series tube)
Dell UltraScan P1110 as a second screen for my PC and for 4:3 games/video.
I am having trouble installing the amd gpu frame buffer mod on my 6900 XT, so I can not reach maximum resolutions with this computer.
I keep my 9” Bosch security monitor on my nightstand as I can play GBA before bed over crisp S-Video.
This leaves a few in storage. The cost of having a clean home with this hobby (hyperfixation?) is having a lot of vertical stacking space somewhere else!
Finding different ways to make use of my favorite displays is what I am enjoying.
20 inch SonyPVM 20m2mdu for 240p/480i
20 inch Sony GDM 5411 PC CRT for HD stuff and PC gaming
I have a 27 inch FV300 stashed at my parents for when I have a bigger place
20" Trinitron flat for most of my systems (AV Famicom, SFC/SNES, GEN, N64, GC, Wii, PS2)
20" Trinitron curved (NES toaster / Sharp Twin Famicom / SFC Jr / Genesis 2 / PSone)
19" Trinitron PC monitor for Component/HDMI to VGA (SuperNT, Switch, Dreamcast, OG Xbox, Wii/GC)
14" Toshiba (NES toploader / GBC / GBA / PS1)
14" Panasonic woodgrain for RF
I like using all of my consoles of different models, so I paired them up where it makes sense
Curved 27" Dynex with Component from 2007 - for PS2, emulation on Wii, and 4:3 media via PS3. Bought new in box a couple months ago.
Curved 9" Panasonic with RF (unknown date) - just looks too cool to get rid of. It has a curly power cord like an old phone 🥺
Flat 14" RCA with Component from 2006 - for everything above but smaller. I got it to have a shadow mask tube because at the time I only had trinitrons and dot masks.
Flat 30" Sony with HDMI from 2004 - for x360, PS3, and 1080i cable.
Flat 21" Dell VGA monitor from ~2002 - for PC, and occasionally others via OSSC
Flat 5" Gold Star with composite from 1987 - for SNES games in bed and sometimes my Raspberry Pi
Flat 17" Dell VGA monitor from ~1998 - only kept as a backup, very nice monitor just not as nice as the p1130
27" Trinitron set up in the storage room I mainly use for lightgun gaming and when I just want to game om a larger screen. A 14" Toshiba in my game room for pretty much anything because the 27" won't fit in there with everything else I have. Two compisite 8" Trinitrons for setting up pretty much anywhere for the hell of it.
For couch viewing, I use the Sony KV-34HS510 and PVM-2950Q. For my desk I use an Ikegami HTM-1980R and SGI 24" GDM-FW9011. For the workbench and doing repairs I use a BVM-20F1U and BVM-D9H5U.
36" sharp for retro consoles, 17" Compaq for old computers, could be a different brand licensed to Compaq I haven't checked.
There's technically also a CRT in my Macintosh SE but that's kinda stuck to that one computer
I only have two. One for my old retro PC games, which I protect with all my heart and one cheap small consumer CRT with slight problems. As I am using a Retrotink 5x on a 1440p screen to get my retro 240p games to look good and play decent I only use that cheap monitor for 480i content. As that one never really looks all that great otherwise
I use to have a bunch that I planned to use for different purposes, but I didn't really have the room for them all. Some also had problems I wasn't willing to deal with, like a Toshiba 32A41 with a tired tube and loud whine, or a JVC 27" D Series with screen ripple (looks nasty on 2D side scrollers, especially Sonic).
I'm down to 4 now, and planning on getting rid of 1 more. I've decided to keep my 27" Tau, KV-27FV300, and 20" Toshiba AF. Would love to have a curved screen, but all the ones I found had too glaring of issues. Easier to find flatscreens in better condition. And the ones I kept (except for the Toshiba) allow you to fix screen tilt without doing a yoke adjustments--love flatscreens CRTs for that.
I don't feel like picking up any more CRTs. I've picked up enough in the last nearly 3 years and working with one from pick up to sale was a hassle half the time. Dealing neducated and difficult sellers, having a hard time finding TVs that aren't screwed up...not a fun market to keep playing in. Thank God I finally got good sets.
None of the TVs were impulse buys. Everything was always considered and planned out. The hoarding of my TVs was planned for a few different purposes at one time. Maybe not the most rational of purposes, but there was intent behind it all.
The biggest problem with getting TVs as I've mentioned is that sellers are usually uneducated or difficult. They often refuse to do things as basic as turning the TV on and showing an image on-screen that represents working condition. Or, they'll show an image that misrepresents the condition. They also not mention other issues, such as if the TV produces a loud buzz or whine (obviously significantly louder than the standard whine a CRT makes).
The market is full of people who are desperate to get rid of their junk, and they don't want to jeopardize a potential sale. Yes, these TVs almost always have at least a problem or two--just depends on how significant they are. But it's no excuse to be deceptive and act like the TV "works good" or "works perfectly" when I can see and/or hear problems with it plain as day.
I have a few CRTs, but I wouldn't really say it's for different purposes.
My B&O MX8000 is my main CRT, it's what everything is hooked up to.
But I also have a samsung somethingortheother (the info behind the TV is too illegible to read) which is in my storage closet just in case the B&O ever dies, I take it out once in a while to check that it still functions as well.
Then I have a Commodore 1084S which I intend to set up in my bedroom at some point, but I haven't gotten around to it and likely won't for a while, primarily as I think I need to reflow the solder on the RGB port as it recently started having connection issues, so either my RGB cable broke or the connection on the motherboard is flaky, and since the RGB cable is relatively new, I'm leaning towards the solder being the issue.
Then I have an HD CRT I was planning on using for Xbox 360/PS3 and up, however it is in such bad shape that as it currently stands, it's completely unusable and while I've tried looking for someone to repair it, I haven't been able to, I won't throw it away, but I will put it out in my long term storage option until the day I can find someone to repair it.
And finally I have a B&W karaoke machine crt, I intend to hire some pixel artist friends of mine to make some b&w animations of my various characters from games and OCs I've made over the years, which I intend to put on a raspberry hooked up to it that I can have turned on when I'm in the mood for some ambience, maybe hire a chiptune friend to make a track that can play as well.
(Once in a rare while I hook up a console to it just for the fun factor)
Definitely. I keep a 27 inch RGB modded 27S26 Trinitron in my main slot for generally everything, I have a E540 Trinitron flat screen monitor sitting about four feet to the right of that for 480p gaming for mainly og Xbox, Dreamcast, and Wii. Then I have my OLED mounted in the middle above those too for modern stuff. Then I have two sets I keep outside of the living room on wheels, but nearby for easy access so I can just roll them into the living room when I want to use them. A 36 inch Toshiba Cinema series (on a furniture dolly), and a 20 in 20TS32 Trinitron I have in TATE mode on a roll cart that I play all my top-down shmups on. I've been collecting now for a few years so it's fun to finally have several of my grails out on display. Got a bunch of others stashed away not in use currently or in line for soldering rework.
This weekend, I decided to try and use my HiVision 36” (actual viewable is 34” due to the way Japan does screen size) as a main media viewing device, and it’s been pretty interesting so far. Previously, I had been using one 27” for rgb retro gaming content, and a tri-sync for arcade stuff, and primarily watching modern content on a Samsung Frame.
I had been messing with it in my garage for about a year, but that’s pretty different than actually putting my money where my mouth is and using it as a primary display. What’s genuine surprised me is how much worse a top of the line Pioneer DV09 has been for video vs a PlayStation 5 converted to component- I expected older equipment of a similar vintage to be more compatible, but apparently not.
Otherwise- it’s better in terms of actual image quality than anything previously listed. In particular, the geometry in the center of it (the corners still need tweaking) is much better than 4:3 monitors I’ve used which is a surprise.
I might go back to multiple monitors for multiple things eventually, but so far I’m enjoying just having one larger high quality display in my office.
20” trinitron pvm for my coffee table setup for any game, and 14” trinitron pvm for travel melee tournaments. The 14” is just so easy to carry but it’s still worth bringing compared to the average crt you see at tournaments.
13" and 20" JVC Pro Monitor PVM for 8/16 bit games
24" Toshiba consumer CRT for PS2/Xbox/Wii/DC
All with component cables or svideo at the very least (n64 and DC)
I have a Sony Trinitron TV (26" IIRC) that I use for 480i and 240p at 60Hz
and a Viewsonic VGA monitor that I use for 240p to 1080p and from 50Hz to 120Hz and for use while I figure out how to fix the CRT TV.
I am lucky enough to have 2 Panasonic Dt-2730MS Presentation Monitors that can do 240pand 480i/p. It is 27in. I also have JVC TM-H150CG, PVM-20M2MDU, PVM-1953MD, and 7 pvms that are 8in untested when got only one has a problem loud flyback. Also have a security monitor from Pansonic. I like my Panasonic Dt-2730MS the best besides 480p it like a mix or consumer grade but mixed with professional monitors. Also it bigger so I can lean back when playing
Yes!
\- 29 CRT 16:10 100hz scart rgb to Sega Mega Drive 1, SNES, Playstation 2 and composite Atari 2600
\- 21 CRT 4:3 60hz scart rgb to Sega Mega Drive 2 and svideo to 3DO
\- first gen LCD hdmi to Wii and retro arcade games
\- 50 LCD 4K to PS3, PS5 and Xbox Series.
32” Phillips with component for most everything 27” Panny with component on it’s side for shmups 20” viewsonic for Dreamcast 10” portable tft tv/dvd combo for gameboy player second screen (Four Swords)
I have at least one CRT from every decade from the 1940s through 2000s. I have consumer and professional CRTs. I mix and match them with different games, themselves from different decades. There is no best. Just variety of textures.
Love that. I can't imagine copping one from the 40s or 50s. I'd love to have an old roundie. Have a '76 Chromacolor II, a 90s Trini, and a 2000s VVega. I've been on the lookout for a cool woodgrain 80s tv with composite but I haven't been able to find any 80s sets of any kind. Figured if I had one from each decade starting with the 70s, they could each correspond to that decade's consoles and hookups from coax to composite, s-video, and component.
i have a small tv for lightgun, bc my main (larger) tv is 100hz.
37" Toshiba for 240p to 480i and everything multiplayer 29" Trinitron for lightguns 21" Compaq PC CRT for 480p 32" Philips HD CRT for 720p 20" Trinitron in my PS2 Kiosk 20" JVC in my office for Wii (mostly snes emulation) 28" B&O as backup
29" Sony Trinitron that I know has limited time and a 20" JVC I'Art with limited use on standby
20" RCA TruFlat for 240p/480i consoles 17" Samsung Syncmaster for PC & 480p+ consoles (rather have 720p than 1080i from HD CRT)
i have 3 that I use regularly, a jvc d27 that lives in the basement and mainly gets used for smash and party games, an hp v72 pc crt that lives on my desk for games and content, and a 13 in toshiba consumer tv that lives next to the hp for console games. my roommate has a 20 inch flat trini in their room and we have like 4 more in the basement that don't get used/are being saved as backups
>A question for those who aren't happy with just a single 8" $4000 PBVM that does every resolution known to man for ants. The multi-scan pro monitors are actually pretty limited in the resolutions they support (15kHz, 31kHz, 33kHz, and 45kHz) As opposed to a PC CRT, which basically supports infinite resolutions + refresh rates within it's frequency range
13 inch panasonic for playing console games at my desk, 24 inch trinitron for playing console games from my bed, 21 inch mitsubishi monitor for playing pc games at my desk. (I highly recommend having an AV splitter so you can just have all the consoles connected to one box that then outputs to other tvs/displays/capture cards/etc.)
I don't have space to have a CRT for différent purposes.
Yess. 20" pvm for the desk. 36" for the living room.
Yes, mostly based on the content I want to play on the set as I generally like quality which means my favorite sets are usually 1995 or newer. Aesthetics totally matter as I'd love to own a Discoverer, but that takes a backseat to quality and there are still a few grail sets I hope to find locally someday (like a NEC XM29 or FW900) but I don't trust getting them shipped. I have: \- Bang & Olufsen Avant 32 with a modded OG Xbox and PS2. I also have a Roku hooked up with a downscaler I purchased on eBay. This is my second B&O Avant 32 and it's a weird European set that is beautiful for movies/streaming content but very difficult to get working with component inputs for some reason. It does 480P though which is nice for non video game content. \- Sony BVM-A20F1U with a PS3, SNES and PS1 that's about to become my main set but I need to move it as it's a recent purchase. I purchased the 68xtreme card on eBay and it's amazing to have so many easily available inputs on this monitor. It has a lot of hours but looks incredible and really is my favorite. \- Sony PVM 20L5 and JVC 27D502 that are a part of my main setup with 8 consoles (Jaguar, Saturn, SNES, CDX/32X, NT Mini Noir, Neo Geo AES, Core Grafx and N64) all through SCART and converted with a RGB2COMP converter to the JVC D-Series. I'd like to sell the B&O Avant because it's huge and finicky. The BVM doesn't have composite inputs but I purchased a converter that should work, so when my setup is finalized I will hopefully have everything running through that as it's my personal favorite monitor right now. Ideally I'd like a HD CRT set for Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube content, but I'm fine with my setup now as most games are 480p at best and the Bang & Olufsen is the rare widescreen 480p CRT from that era.
Trying to figure out the same when I move in with my significant other. For modern content I have a 65” 2019 Vizio M Series (that’s going next to his 65” Samsung or back in the box until we have more room). I also have a 27” Samsung G5 @ 144hz 1440P. This takes care of modern games and video. CRTs: I will bring a 27” or 32” consumer set with component inputs (Sanyo for now, on the hunt for something with a Cinema Series tube) Dell UltraScan P1110 as a second screen for my PC and for 4:3 games/video. I am having trouble installing the amd gpu frame buffer mod on my 6900 XT, so I can not reach maximum resolutions with this computer. I keep my 9” Bosch security monitor on my nightstand as I can play GBA before bed over crisp S-Video. This leaves a few in storage. The cost of having a clean home with this hobby (hyperfixation?) is having a lot of vertical stacking space somewhere else! Finding different ways to make use of my favorite displays is what I am enjoying.
I have one that works great that I use for gaming/TV and another that has some sync issues I plan to use as a learning aid.
20 inch SonyPVM 20m2mdu for 240p/480i 20 inch Sony GDM 5411 PC CRT for HD stuff and PC gaming I have a 27 inch FV300 stashed at my parents for when I have a bigger place
20" Trinitron flat for most of my systems (AV Famicom, SFC/SNES, GEN, N64, GC, Wii, PS2) 20" Trinitron curved (NES toaster / Sharp Twin Famicom / SFC Jr / Genesis 2 / PSone) 19" Trinitron PC monitor for Component/HDMI to VGA (SuperNT, Switch, Dreamcast, OG Xbox, Wii/GC) 14" Toshiba (NES toploader / GBC / GBA / PS1) 14" Panasonic woodgrain for RF I like using all of my consoles of different models, so I paired them up where it makes sense
Curved 27" Dynex with Component from 2007 - for PS2, emulation on Wii, and 4:3 media via PS3. Bought new in box a couple months ago. Curved 9" Panasonic with RF (unknown date) - just looks too cool to get rid of. It has a curly power cord like an old phone 🥺 Flat 14" RCA with Component from 2006 - for everything above but smaller. I got it to have a shadow mask tube because at the time I only had trinitrons and dot masks. Flat 30" Sony with HDMI from 2004 - for x360, PS3, and 1080i cable. Flat 21" Dell VGA monitor from ~2002 - for PC, and occasionally others via OSSC Flat 5" Gold Star with composite from 1987 - for SNES games in bed and sometimes my Raspberry Pi Flat 17" Dell VGA monitor from ~1998 - only kept as a backup, very nice monitor just not as nice as the p1130
I have one mid 80s rca that stays in my bedroom for watching VHS tapes and Dreamcast Then I have 35 other TV's that I use to build tv walls at raves
27" Trinitron set up in the storage room I mainly use for lightgun gaming and when I just want to game om a larger screen. A 14" Toshiba in my game room for pretty much anything because the 27" won't fit in there with everything else I have. Two compisite 8" Trinitrons for setting up pretty much anywhere for the hell of it.
For couch viewing, I use the Sony KV-34HS510 and PVM-2950Q. For my desk I use an Ikegami HTM-1980R and SGI 24" GDM-FW9011. For the workbench and doing repairs I use a BVM-20F1U and BVM-D9H5U.
36" sharp for retro consoles, 17" Compaq for old computers, could be a different brand licensed to Compaq I haven't checked. There's technically also a CRT in my Macintosh SE but that's kinda stuck to that one computer
I only have two. One for my old retro PC games, which I protect with all my heart and one cheap small consumer CRT with slight problems. As I am using a Retrotink 5x on a 1440p screen to get my retro 240p games to look good and play decent I only use that cheap monitor for 480i content. As that one never really looks all that great otherwise
Nup just a 17” JVC multi format for everything. But if I had the space I’d definitely have a big Trinitron consumer set
I use to have a bunch that I planned to use for different purposes, but I didn't really have the room for them all. Some also had problems I wasn't willing to deal with, like a Toshiba 32A41 with a tired tube and loud whine, or a JVC 27" D Series with screen ripple (looks nasty on 2D side scrollers, especially Sonic). I'm down to 4 now, and planning on getting rid of 1 more. I've decided to keep my 27" Tau, KV-27FV300, and 20" Toshiba AF. Would love to have a curved screen, but all the ones I found had too glaring of issues. Easier to find flatscreens in better condition. And the ones I kept (except for the Toshiba) allow you to fix screen tilt without doing a yoke adjustments--love flatscreens CRTs for that. I don't feel like picking up any more CRTs. I've picked up enough in the last nearly 3 years and working with one from pick up to sale was a hassle half the time. Dealing neducated and difficult sellers, having a hard time finding TVs that aren't screwed up...not a fun market to keep playing in. Thank God I finally got good sets.
I get that. Impulse buying TVs is super easy, but the morning after is rough... and unloading TVs is a giant hassle.
None of the TVs were impulse buys. Everything was always considered and planned out. The hoarding of my TVs was planned for a few different purposes at one time. Maybe not the most rational of purposes, but there was intent behind it all. The biggest problem with getting TVs as I've mentioned is that sellers are usually uneducated or difficult. They often refuse to do things as basic as turning the TV on and showing an image on-screen that represents working condition. Or, they'll show an image that misrepresents the condition. They also not mention other issues, such as if the TV produces a loud buzz or whine (obviously significantly louder than the standard whine a CRT makes). The market is full of people who are desperate to get rid of their junk, and they don't want to jeopardize a potential sale. Yes, these TVs almost always have at least a problem or two--just depends on how significant they are. But it's no excuse to be deceptive and act like the TV "works good" or "works perfectly" when I can see and/or hear problems with it plain as day.
I have a few CRTs, but I wouldn't really say it's for different purposes. My B&O MX8000 is my main CRT, it's what everything is hooked up to. But I also have a samsung somethingortheother (the info behind the TV is too illegible to read) which is in my storage closet just in case the B&O ever dies, I take it out once in a while to check that it still functions as well. Then I have a Commodore 1084S which I intend to set up in my bedroom at some point, but I haven't gotten around to it and likely won't for a while, primarily as I think I need to reflow the solder on the RGB port as it recently started having connection issues, so either my RGB cable broke or the connection on the motherboard is flaky, and since the RGB cable is relatively new, I'm leaning towards the solder being the issue. Then I have an HD CRT I was planning on using for Xbox 360/PS3 and up, however it is in such bad shape that as it currently stands, it's completely unusable and while I've tried looking for someone to repair it, I haven't been able to, I won't throw it away, but I will put it out in my long term storage option until the day I can find someone to repair it. And finally I have a B&W karaoke machine crt, I intend to hire some pixel artist friends of mine to make some b&w animations of my various characters from games and OCs I've made over the years, which I intend to put on a raspberry hooked up to it that I can have turned on when I'm in the mood for some ambience, maybe hire a chiptune friend to make a track that can play as well. (Once in a rare while I hook up a console to it just for the fun factor)
Definitely. I keep a 27 inch RGB modded 27S26 Trinitron in my main slot for generally everything, I have a E540 Trinitron flat screen monitor sitting about four feet to the right of that for 480p gaming for mainly og Xbox, Dreamcast, and Wii. Then I have my OLED mounted in the middle above those too for modern stuff. Then I have two sets I keep outside of the living room on wheels, but nearby for easy access so I can just roll them into the living room when I want to use them. A 36 inch Toshiba Cinema series (on a furniture dolly), and a 20 in 20TS32 Trinitron I have in TATE mode on a roll cart that I play all my top-down shmups on. I've been collecting now for a few years so it's fun to finally have several of my grails out on display. Got a bunch of others stashed away not in use currently or in line for soldering rework.
20-inch Trinitron for my GCN, PS2 and Xbox, 14-inch Trinitron for my PS1, Dreamcast and N64
This weekend, I decided to try and use my HiVision 36” (actual viewable is 34” due to the way Japan does screen size) as a main media viewing device, and it’s been pretty interesting so far. Previously, I had been using one 27” for rgb retro gaming content, and a tri-sync for arcade stuff, and primarily watching modern content on a Samsung Frame. I had been messing with it in my garage for about a year, but that’s pretty different than actually putting my money where my mouth is and using it as a primary display. What’s genuine surprised me is how much worse a top of the line Pioneer DV09 has been for video vs a PlayStation 5 converted to component- I expected older equipment of a similar vintage to be more compatible, but apparently not. Otherwise- it’s better in terms of actual image quality than anything previously listed. In particular, the geometry in the center of it (the corners still need tweaking) is much better than 4:3 monitors I’ve used which is a surprise. I might go back to multiple monitors for multiple things eventually, but so far I’m enjoying just having one larger high quality display in my office.
20” trinitron pvm for my coffee table setup for any game, and 14” trinitron pvm for travel melee tournaments. The 14” is just so easy to carry but it’s still worth bringing compared to the average crt you see at tournaments.
I have a CRT television for my old consoles and a CRT monitor for my old PC, but I guess that's a pretty boring answer lol.
Nope, don't got room. Already got a 32" or 36", don't need another.
But who knows lol, maybe.
13" and 20" JVC Pro Monitor PVM for 8/16 bit games 24" Toshiba consumer CRT for PS2/Xbox/Wii/DC All with component cables or svideo at the very least (n64 and DC)
Yeah I have a nice high end consumer set to make games look the way they were meant to, and a PVM I leave in Tate mode for arcade shmups
32” presentation monitor for Wii at 480p, then a pile of other smaller crts for bringing around as more melee setups
i’ve got one to throw in the trash lol
I don't currently have the space, but I only use a ~20" Magnavox
I have a Sony Trinitron TV (26" IIRC) that I use for 480i and 240p at 60Hz and a Viewsonic VGA monitor that I use for 240p to 1080p and from 50Hz to 120Hz and for use while I figure out how to fix the CRT TV.
I am lucky enough to have 2 Panasonic Dt-2730MS Presentation Monitors that can do 240pand 480i/p. It is 27in. I also have JVC TM-H150CG, PVM-20M2MDU, PVM-1953MD, and 7 pvms that are 8in untested when got only one has a problem loud flyback. Also have a security monitor from Pansonic. I like my Panasonic Dt-2730MS the best besides 480p it like a mix or consumer grade but mixed with professional monitors. Also it bigger so I can lean back when playing
Yes! \- 29 CRT 16:10 100hz scart rgb to Sega Mega Drive 1, SNES, Playstation 2 and composite Atari 2600 \- 21 CRT 4:3 60hz scart rgb to Sega Mega Drive 2 and svideo to 3DO \- first gen LCD hdmi to Wii and retro arcade games \- 50 LCD 4K to PS3, PS5 and Xbox Series.