CRT Fetish Thread

[trenog]

I haven't posted on this forum in years, but I saw this thread and had to chime in. Here's my PVM collection:

PVM-14M2U x15
PVM-14M4U x2
PVM-14N2U x6
PVM-8042Q
PVM-8044Q
PVM-20L2MD
PVM-2950Q
BVM-20F1U

I also have another 8042 and a PVM-1350 not pictured.

 

[Craig]

I haven't posted on this forum in years, but I saw this thread and had to chime in. Here's my PVM collection:

PVM-14M2U x15
PVM-14M4U x2
PVM-14N2U x6
PVM-8042Q
PVM-8044Q
PVM-20L2MD
PVM-2950Q
BVM-20F1U

I also have another 8042 and a PVM-1350 not pictured.

Lol, thats crazy...
Last time we talked you said you were trying to trim the collection down some.

 

[andy251203]

I still am. I just sold off my beatmania cab and I don't collect fixer upper cabs anymore. Hell, I haven't bought a cab in ages, except for a Race Drivin' earlier this year. Just had to save all of these PVMs from getting junked. I actually had six more but I've sold them off to friends for retro gaming goodness.

 

[andy251203]

Now you have to post a picture of them all running at the same time.

Here's a picture of the first batch I picked up. This is just over composite.

 

[tomlee80]

I remember that letter! God only knows why but i do remember it. Super play was the shit back in the day. Their tech advice was shithouse though, go back and flick through some early issues and the advice they gave was laughable.

You remember my letter? Insane! Super Play was the ultimate Super Nintendo resource for the UK. It introduced me to Secret Of Mana and Final Fantasy 3 years before they were released or not released in europe. It also made me realise that only a NTSC 60hz famicon/snes will do especially through RGB SCART and this was in 93!

EDIT: Regarding their tech advice being shit - it probably was. I saved every issue when I was younger but theyve been trashed since I've had to downsize a lot of my junk. However they were one of the few independent magazines that provided import reviews and talked about the differnce between 60hz and 50hz - borders and all. Much better than the official competitor.

 

[neo-geo-mvs]

You remember my letter? Insane! Super Play was the ultimate Super Nintendo resource for the UK. It introduced me to Secret Of Mana and Final Fantasy 3 years before they were released or not released in europe. It also made me realise that only a NTSC 60hz famicon/snes will do especially through RGB SCART and this was in 93!

True. After reading Super Play - I had to get an NTSC SNES. Can't believe the difference in picture through RGB compared to composite

 

[Halfabag]

Not to derail the thread, but is superplay still worth a look now?........ From a nostalgia perspective

 

[tomlee80]

Not to derail the thread, but is superplay still worth a look now?........ From a nostalgia perspective

Yes. They went against the grain and used anime inspired covers (drawn by Wil Overton) reflecting the games in that particular issue. Completely differnt from the stock art used by competitors. From memory I think it was the last physical gaming magazine that was a labour of love from it's creators. Edge was souless in comparison!

 

[neo-geo-mvs]

Not to derail the thread, but is superplay still worth a look now?........ From a nostalgia perspective

Definitely. I had quite a few from back in the day and bought a ton more off ebay a few years back.

It was always Super Play and EGM for me

 

[ekek2009]

Now that's playing with power!

 

[theMot]

Not to derail the thread, but is superplay still worth a look now?........ From a nostalgia perspective

I started the thread so I can derail it if I want. Super play is still worth a look for sure. I wouldn't recommend it to someone who wasn't into SNES at the time as you kind of miss the perspective it was coming from but worth a look for sure. For me it is the best video game mag ever.

I still have a big dirty pile of them sitting on a shelf in my man child cave.

 

[city41]

Second PVM just arrived. Still need to adjust the pic just right.

I don't have any vertical games yet, but two are on the way.

and if you ever need a PVM off ebay, therightstuff619 packaged this thing excellently. Double boxed with 2 inches of styrofoam between the boxes and tons of bubblewrap. I was pleased.

 

[psychobear85]

Saw this one today, is it a good deal..

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=350850351007&index=0&nav=WATCHING&nid=27345399658

 

[city41]

Saw this one today, is it a good deal..

It's about $100 more than I payed for my 20m2u off ebay.

 

[The Chief]

Nice monitors you got there, you're probably going to want to rotate it the opposite way though. All the Saturn, PS2 and most JAMMA PCBs default that way and only some have the option to flip the screen.

 

[city41]

Nice monitors you got there, you're probably going to want to rotate it the opposite way though.

Thanks, I thought that might be the case. I haven't owned a vertical game in many years.

 

[PGorath]

I recently picked up an atari 2600 modded with composite a/v outs. I hooked it up to my sony pvm and I'm not sure what to make of the image quality...it doesn't seem that good. The biggest problem is that I can see a very faint fuzzy bar rolling up the screen.

I have a bunch of other classic systems (nes - present) hooked up to this monitor in a variety of ways (rgb, s-video, composite etc) and don't have this problem. I haven't owned an atari in decades though so I don't know what's normal or what I should expect. I'm wondering if the mod was done poorly? I tried different games and different a/v cables.

Also in general it's annoying as hell to have to adjust the screen size when switching between every single system, and many times even between games of a single system. It doesn't seem normal that I have to do this.

 

[68k]

f upscalers and LCDs

 

[PGorath]

well the atari problem seems to be a faulty power supply maybe.

also i was messing around with the settings last night and I completely f-ed up my pvm and now I can't get it back to normal. see the attached pics...basically I'm getting a scrambled picture from my game consoles, regardless of what input I am using. The menu shows up fine so it's not the tube. Anyone know what I did or how to fix?

 

[68k]

Check your sync settings.

 

[PGorath]

Check your sync settings.

there are a plethora of sync settings. i'ved played around with them but haven't found the cure.

 

[Xian Xi]

there are a plethora of sync settings. i'ved played around with them but haven't found the cure.

Looks like it's not even getting sync. Check the main RGB cable to the PVM if it's standardized.

 

[PGorath]

Looks like it's not even getting sync. Check the main RGB cable to the PVM if it's standardized.

it's doing the same thing whether I'm using the rgb/component input or either of the composite inputs (ie 3 different systems, 3 different a/v cables going into 3 different inputs)

 

[Skips]

it's doing the same thing whether I'm using the rgb/component input or either of the composite inputs (ie 3 different systems, 3 different a/v cables going into 3 different inputs)

You said you f'ed it up while playing with the settings. Did you try resetting the factory defaults on the PVM?

 

[PGorath]

You said you f'ed it up while playing with the settings. Did you try resetting the factory defaults on the PVM?

No, couldn't figure out how or find it in the manual.

I'm *assuming* I f'ed it up while playing with the settings, as it was late and I was tired and messing with the settings, then a few minutes later it went like that - I don't remember actually hitting a button and then all of a sudden it crapped out.