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Ideas on mounting large crts?
bobbyb13:
I know you are trying to minimize the real estate it takes up but to make it wide enoigh to accomodate the screen either way will net you the best result in the long run!
Ask me how I know...
:lol
And of course everything Zebidee says is absolutley true.
:)
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: Edgecrusher on December 17, 2021, 08:17:36 pm ---Hmm. So much to consider.
I will start to build in the next couple weeks hopefully. I'll have some time after X-mas when the in-laws head home to do some cuttin. I really wish that thing wasn't so big but hey, it was $20! I brought it out to my workshop to get it out of the way during the holidays. It's cold out there, but hopefully I'll get a chance to do some testing like you say and figure out what's best for me.
Have a good weekend!
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I don't want to be all doom and gloom but I've been researching your Sony KV-32XBR200 and connecting some dots and it is not all good. It comes with a disclaimer that some of what I say may be wrong or not necessarily true for your TV, it is a piecing together of honest research, experience and stuff I've heard from others.
Good news is I think these TVs support 480p and 1080i, which is great if you have a Wii (does 480p) or you want to see your favourite movies on a CRT but also in HD (1080i). However you might need to input the HD video signal via component/YPbPr. Some people call these their "Holy Grail" sets.
The bad news is I think they may automatically and crudely scale/double 240p resolutions up to 480p, causing screen artifacts, blocky pixels and no scan lines.
I'm not sure what effect this would have on resolutions like 256p+, for games like Mortal Kombat and R-Type, which won't easily scale to 480p.
There may be some digital processing lag.
A little story, I used to own a Sony Bravia 32" HD flat/widescreen CRT that did this (I bought it *new* in 2005, but by 2007 it had been stolen!). It was a thing of beauty and great weight. Anyways, this was in the dark ages before CRT_emudriver was even a twinkle in Calamity's eye, so I used an ArcadeVGA card and a homemade VGA-SCART cable to feed a 15khz signal into the TV, ran a few games. It looked OK, but not great, so I didn't persist with using it for gaming. I didn't really understand at the time, but it was all the scaling/doubling/no scanlines issues I described above.
So sorry to be pessimistic, but I thought you should be aware before cuttin'. This Sony XBR would be great in the living room. Would also be great to get another 25-32" standard CRT TV for the arcade.
Edgecrusher:
Well if it makes any difference, it's a KV32FV300. So not a bravia. It's a popular model line for RGB and has it's own thread in Shmups. It'll be fine for what I do with it.
On that note, I ran across a 27" of the same breed in a neighboring city. The unfortunate thing is it's in a basement. I thought about picking it up because it was 27" instead of 32" and I already figured out the RGB mod for it. But I don't think it's "smaller" enough to justify the haul up the guys stairs. lol 19 or 22" definitely
bobbyb13:
It's worth it.
A hell of a lot lighter than a 32
Go get that 27" !
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: Edgecrusher on December 20, 2021, 01:19:43 pm ---Well if it makes any difference, it's a KV32FV300. So not a bravia. It's a popular model line for RGB and has it's own thread in Shmups. It'll be fine for what I do with it.
On that note, I ran across a 27" of the same breed in a neighboring city. The unfortunate thing is it's in a basement. I thought about picking it up because it was 27" instead of 32" and I already figured out the RGB mod for it. But I don't think it's "smaller" enough to justify the haul up the guys stairs. lol 19 or 22" definitely
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Well, that is weird. I was sure you said earlier it was an KV-32XBR200 in your other thread? But now I look it isn't there, though the post was edited. I certainly didn't just make the model number up in my head :dunno
Moving on - yes I've heard good things about the FV300 and 310 TVs for RGB modding/gaming too. Very suitable, except that it also weighs 172 lbs.
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