Six Minutes on a Great Rare CRT | Retro Gaming Celera CL-2002 TV

[@riggel8804]

Pretty clean composite signal especially with the nes.

[@RetrofIex]

@@riggel8804 Thanks! The composite was better than I expected.

[@biffrapper]

That set pops! Also, neat thing about the SNES and any composite cable with a yellow, white and red: You can hook the white and red up to external speakers/stereo instead of the set for stereo sound.

[@RetrofIex]

@@biffrapper Thanks! I was pleasantly surprised with this one. It was fun to play on. Thanks for watching! 📺

[@gamingtv394]

Tube condition is everything. finding a CRT with low hours is key. I have a 20” Magnavox with just composite and could see clean scanlines but Philips 20” with component, I could barely see scanlines.

[@RetrofIex]

@@gamingtv394 exactly. We are in the year 2025. All CRTs are generally minimum 20 years old. Sonys and JVCs get tired while other off brand sets with low hours shine. So who is the real better set? It comes down to the individual level. This particular Celera sat unused for many years and was never used much to begin with. I have also turned down a Wega KV32FS320 last year because it looked terrible and the tube was on life support!

[@JayTheComputerGuy]

I have a Sylvania 6720FDF that might have a Matsushita-Toshiba A51MAJ196X tube from what I have found online. 20 inch with VCR and DVD built in (DVD uses S video but no external S Video). very sentimental TV to me from my grandpa. DVD input has no geometry issues but other inputs do?> I want to know what you think of this set

[@RetrofIex]

@JayTheComputerGuy I am familiar with it. It’s a Funai manufactured set. I had a similar one branded as a Magnavox, but likely the same thing under the hood. They have a very bright and vibrant tube on them. The one I had produced a great picture and needed a manual yoke adjustment to fix the picture tilt. Overall, I sold it off just to make room for better sets, but they are not bad. There’s no convenient on screen service menu however. You would need to solder and mod the OEM remote with jump wire to turn it into a service remote for geometry adjustments. The sentiment itself should make it a keeper. I was very sentimental about my childhood RCA Colortrak console TV and wish I had kept it. Thanks for watching and supporting!

[@standley_steamers]

Shoot I’ve had serval bad sonys

[@RetrofIex]

@@standley_steamers I had a KV27V40 up until June of last year.. it had a very weak tube and the phosphurs were basically pulverized. I let it go to CRT heaven.