Guy turns a vintage tv into an old-school console

[opt2not]

https://m.imgur.com/gallery/nIBqT

I threw this into this forum not for his use of Pi, or that threw a bunch of modern  tech into an old tv case...but because he molded acrylic around the original tube to put in front of his installed LCD. I thought this was a great homage and tasteful choice for maintaining the old look of a CRT.

If I ever build a project that uses an LCD I will definitely try to do the same. I wonder how this acrylic cover + some CRT shaders would look when emulating arcade games...

[pbj]

It's a neat project but had to laugh that he can do all that cool ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- yet was dumb founded by the power switch.

[behrmr]

Guy guts TV with a most likely good tube to put in emulation with a flat screen for games designed to be played on tube. One less tube in the world now.

[pbj]

Dude, he fished it out of the garbage.  Get over yourself.

[opt2not]

Guy guts TV with a most likely good tube to put in emulation with a flat screen for games designed to be played on tube. One less tube in the world now.

Yes, 'cause playing these games on a B&W tube is totally genuine to the old-school gaming experience.   

My first TV when I was a kid was a Zenith B&W 14 inch that I hooked up my 2600 to, and even back then it sucked not having color.

Your complaint should be more towards using a Pi for this. With the space inside that case he could have easily fit a mini-itx PC and have a better emulation experience than the Pi.

[lettuce]

Guy guts TV with a most likely good tube to put in emulation with a flat screen for games designed to be played on tube. One less tube in the world now.

Yes, 'cause playing these games on a B&W tube is totally genuine to the old-school gaming experience.   

My first TV when I was a kid was a Zenith B&W 14 inch that I hooked up my 2600 to, and even back then it sucked not having color.

Your complaint should be more towards using a Pi for this. With the space inside that case he could have easily fit a mini-itx PC and have a better emulation experience than the Pi.

Would cost a lot more that the £25 or so for the Pi though, but yeah would of been able to get better performance out of something like ones of those Intel NUC systems