Adding RGB scart to my dream CRT (AA-1 Chassis RGB mod)

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@dpresspro 9 ай бұрын

13:36 This guy I know tried to drill a hole in his childhood desk, and it did not go this well. Great mod video, EJ! The SNES SCART image at the end is a thing of beauty.

@lordtaco 9 ай бұрын

Good mod. I just picked up a 27” Trinitron FD and it’s new enough to have component inputs, so I just got some component cables from HD Retrovision for my SNES and RGB modded NES. The picture is glorious!

@RedCowArcade 9 ай бұрын

Component is great on those mid 2000s trinitrons, especially if you win the geometry lottery

@lordtaco 9 ай бұрын

@@RedCowArcade The geometry isn't perfect, I was able to tweak it a little bit in the service menu but I am unwilling to open it up and mess with it any further. It looks good enough!

@RedCowArcade 9 ай бұрын

@@lordtaco I bet! I love the way those look. I'll try not to buy the first one I see on marketplace

@hello12232 9 ай бұрын

Eyyy, great video guys ! Keep it up

@j0shuatree477 6 ай бұрын

Love the intro. I can totally relate. I respond to your intro by saying : Hi EJ! Welcome! Keep coming back. 😊

@SuperAnthony3 9 ай бұрын

This is my first time really watching these and I really appreciate the humor!

@jodyandmichelle1 8 ай бұрын

Man, awesome mod! I wish I had these kinds of skills.

@RESTROOMREVIEWS 9 ай бұрын

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

@opaljk4835 9 ай бұрын

I got a beautiful free and enormous trinitron recently, and I thought we’d be able to lift it easily since I used to have one and had recently moved a 300 pound espresso machine with my buddy without too much trouble. And this thing is ended up being so much bigger than my trinitron I got in 2000, and was insane trying to get down a flight of stairs in the front of a brownstone. Then getting it in my basement and onto a dolley was no small feat. Now convincing my girlfriend that having it at our new place will be very necessary is a job in and of itself. Anyway, cool video. I won’t be doing this to mine but I loved watching you do it for yours.

@RetroCrisis 9 ай бұрын

Once you go RGB SCART, it's difficult to go back. I used RGB SCART on my Trinitron and it just looks glorious. You're brave to delve into CRT modding - the voltages scare the hell out of me. Great video dude

@15KHz 5 ай бұрын

Hi, I've just subscribed. Are there any hints on where to get +5V on the TV's boards to connect them and provide an inner +5V input to activate the blanking signal?. I've seen lots of tutorials where they connect the blanking point (brown cable in this video) with +5V from another place through a switch. I hope you can send me some light on how I can made this. EDIT: I _think_ +5V can be got from resistors R045 and R046 where they join away from the Memory Chip (IC102) Great video. Hugs from Chile, South America (Harsh Winter this July, 2024 🥶)

@dreamprophet4499 9 ай бұрын

My old family Sony tv had the same green text display. That nostalgia hit me like a brick. Great video dude 👍👍

@alain99v6 9 ай бұрын

for most Sony TV if you want to have 100% of the capabiity try the following to get into the hidden menu of the technical servce mode: when the tv is off on your remote hit in the following order, DISPLAY, 5, VOLUME UP, POWER the tv will turn on in service mode you could adjust the color intensity and color bias for R G and B individually, H and V size, scan and sweep rate, etc

@alain99v6 9 ай бұрын

oups made my comment before the ending of the video EJ is doing it :)

@Aralis97 9 ай бұрын

Damn EJ pulling out all the stops!!!

@gameboizchannel 9 ай бұрын

3:45 - #relatable

@SparkyNarwhal 9 ай бұрын

I imagine this is what it would look like if Mike and Jay of Lightning Fast VCR Repair actually worked on outdated electronics and not just drink beer and review movies.

@DarthMewtwo88 9 ай бұрын

This is a great guide EJ, definitely thinking about doing this myself. I am also a CRT addict lol.

@RedCowArcade 9 ай бұрын

I have to delete Facebook from my phone so I don't get tempted to browse marketplace.

@DarthMewtwo88 9 ай бұрын

@@RedCowArcade 😅😅😅 that's so funny I find myself doing it a lot especially at work and then I see a deal on one or one poster for free and I get bummed out because I'm at work and can't go pick it up hahahaa

@NintenDub 8 ай бұрын

I keep striking out. I've got 3 huge trinitrons and I had to jump on em quick, and they all have geometry issues

@TheCarlos206 Ай бұрын

Beautyful find !

@jeremy__hopkins 9 ай бұрын

Neat! Good kit, nice mod. I like the set and seems there's lots of room inside to potentially build in an all-in-one arcade set with the Raspberry Pi. A suggestion as a follow up would be to have an HDMI downconverter built into the TV directly and maybe install a switch to swap between scart and HDMI. Haven't seen any videos really attempt the digital to analog conversion along with downscaling for a CRT inside the TV. Kind of pointless unless someone really wants to play modern pixel games on a 4:3 CRT. A built in SBC and streaming is more sensible and easier but less fun? Anyway, the Retrotink, Extron VSC/RGB combo, GBS-C, Corio series (if you don't mind the added lag), Ultracade Video Converter and there's a few Imagenics devices which could work. There was one oddball that I haven't had a chance to test yet which is still affordable, unlike the Retrotink and Extron options now, and that's the Creston HD scaler. Maybe that combined with the GBS-C could offer some interesting results. Build in a small HDMI splitter to maintain the digital signal for an HDMI out, and this TV could be ultimate all-in-one, clean, classic game streamer consumer CRT. Throw wheels on the base and it'd even be portable.

@Cogglesz 9 ай бұрын

I don't have anything nearly as fancy as a Sony Trinitron or anything studio grade but I do have my old childhood CRT/VHS 16 inches. I had it in storage for about 2 decades until last year. It's unfortunately only a 50hrz scart. I've got a little hdmi convertor i'll use to hook it up with my PC and Retroarch. It looks great but i feel like the brightness is a bit unaligned? I swear as a kid i remember people using magnets to "fix" them. It's nothing serious but if i could blend in the light from the center to the borders more evenly i'd be thrilled. I've always been naturally freaked out to ever open up CRT's from all the warnings we got back in the day. as a euro bro with a fear for cathode ray tubes it's really cool getting some insight into 60hrz crts and the internals to one as nice as this. I had no idea you could even mod them for new inputs. (If only i could turn mines into 60hrz haha) Great video EJ. Jealous of your solder skills!

@markc871 9 ай бұрын

Good to see the mods I designed years ago from half a world away still bring joy.

@tommyjones1357 9 ай бұрын

I think you could make some decent cash on the side selling these mods, EJ. I think this is really cool but I wouldn’t want to ever do it. Spent the better part of my teenager years and early 20s building computers and would be happy to never do it again. Heck, my gaming computer gathers dust because I don’t feel like plugging it in… but it’s Friday so maybe I’ll finally fix it! Great video.

@113odyssey 6 ай бұрын

I just finished this mod on m 32V16 doing BNC inputs and a switch. Had the initial dim picture going on. I fixed mine by turning up the RGBP setting in the service menu from 10 to 35. I'd be curious to know what yours is sitting at if you have a chance to check? I'm wondering if this just comes too low from the factory? (or if someone turned it down. Seems to be a common thing though)

@tomrwills 9 ай бұрын

incredible

@agentallstar7 9 ай бұрын

I gave this video a like but have no idea what it’s about. Just supporting the fellas 😂

@RedCowArcade 9 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@clownform 9 ай бұрын

is it safe to touch those capacitors with bare hands?

@rolandbaron5813 Ай бұрын

Hello. I have a question. Can a Sony Trinitron KV-27FS17 model be RGB modified?

@kpere9694 2 ай бұрын

For some reason, mine isn’t working I did everything correctly on the guide and on your video using the correct resistors and everything I just don’t understand what to put in r9 is it just the leg of a diode?? Im confused

@RedCowArcade 2 ай бұрын

R9 is just shorted. I used a chopped off piece of wire leg. you could use a very short wire. Anything just to short that connection.

@soraaoixxthebluesky 7 ай бұрын

Not me spending almost $250 shipping a mint condition CRT from Japan just to have that perfect CRT experience for retro gaming. Fyi I live around Asia and my country really lacks a mint condition CRT cause most of us don't appreciate CRT as much as North American do. Japan is the only market where I can find tons of perfect condition CRT. Might do RGB mod in future.

@HPRshredder 9 ай бұрын

Do you know if the KV-9 is RGB moddable? I hadn’t even considered modding the TV itself

@RedCowArcade 9 ай бұрын

Looks like at least some models are! sector.sunthar.com/guides/crt-rgb-mod/sony-bn-1.html#step-2-connect-rgb-and-blanking

@HPRshredder 9 ай бұрын

@@RedCowArcade this is encouraging news! Thank you!

@HPRshredder 9 ай бұрын

@@RedCowArcade dang, mine is the pt40 and these only have schematics for the pt50 and pt60…

@threwanade 9 ай бұрын

@@HPRshredderopen it and see if it has the same jungle chip if so it should be good to go

@andykishore 9 ай бұрын

Wow, I'm early here.

@kaguscon 4 ай бұрын

Panasonic ct 27sf26a Help me RGB Mod

@prebenjaeger 6 ай бұрын

Having grown up with SCART it's so weird to see all the trouble Americans have to go thru to get what we just had by default.

@RESTROOMREVIEWS 9 ай бұрын

an AA1 chassis

@threwanade 9 ай бұрын

That dude copied my board I just haven’t put mine on osh park yet I need one more fix but other people have used it ille throw it up on osh once done. Mine doesn’t mux it uses a switch but it uses more modern surface mount passives. I also made a template pcb I’ll add on osh as well. Mine has the audio and sync included so you don’t need to have a connector plugged, just the scart cable.