Worlds largest CRT monitor

[@tranceenergy3121]

Hi guys! I’ve just uploaded a new video showing the connections of the monitor and also showing more game content (Gamecube, PS4 and PS5). If you have any suggestions of content to show just drop me a comment. Peace!

[@TheHarunoki]

Can it support high refresh rate content?

[@tranceenergy3121]

@@TheHarunoki name an example

[@vgamonitor]

@@TheHarunoki i think its 50hz/60hz so i would assume it does

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Nice All of my main tv's are Sony I used my my Sony 34inch wide screen XBR HD tv !

[@mauriliosampaiojr.774]

Who is she? 2:01

[@jai3476]

I’ve never been so jealous in my whole life. You’re a blessed dude!

[@garyhay6771]

I'm sure he's a really good guy, but I hate him

[@tranceenergy3121]

@@garyhay6771 why? 😓

[@jai3476]

@@tranceenergy3121 friendly envy haha

[@lucasc1035]

man, crt burn your eyes

[@rallycobra5738]

​@@lucasc1035ehh could be worse

[@DK640OBrianYT]

You know what? That's one of the most hardcore things I've seen in 2023. Hat's off to you. Well done and congratulations with this awesome beast. Whenever you don't want it anymore, it has to go to a technical museum. It has to survive.

[@tranceenergy3121]

Thanks! I might upload more videos of it in the near future. Need to find cool stuff to hook up to it :-)

[@DK640OBrianYT]

Exciting. Keep'em coming.

[@raverewind]

No Museum. You know, just few exist and there are many People they would like to buy one of this but too rare for that

[@karellen00]

That's mindblowing, a 38" TV with 1080 resolution in the '80s, 35 years ago! Even 15 years ago it was considered a crazy high resolution, and 40" TV were considered quite large!

[@MrVoland44]

wdym, 1080p was common thing 15 years ago. you probably mean 20 yeaes ago

[@karellen00]

@@MrVoland44 Sure it was available, but at that time if you exclude niche stuff it was for the most part the most you could get. TVs were still "hd ready" for the most part, only good TVs were 1080p. It was almost in 2010 that Apple released a 2000$ mac with a 1440p monitor (that was crazy as a monitor only with that resolution cost almost as much, without a PC strapped to it), and only years later 4K on TVs became a thing.

[@chrisgeorgiou]

1080i back in 1988,was a technological miracle! Still impressive! Thanks for the share my friend.

[@RyoHazuki1]

This really is impressive - 1080i in the 1980s! I'm envious of course, but not of the thought of lugging that around. It's bad enough with the 60" plasma TVs I still own (tricky to move on your own due to their size but just about doable).

[@metaleggman18]

Well this would have likely been rack mounted, meaning moving this 400lb behemoth would he a bit easier than attempting to lift it, or mounted in a studio console environment, meaning you wouldn't move it at all. I'm assuming that's why the big screens of the late 80s to early 00s were generally projection based, since you only needed a few inches of lift to load it onto a dolly. Depending on your setup, getting your plasmas VESA mounted to move them around might help.

[@prufrockrenegade]

My first thought was how tf are you going to find a TV stand that can support 400 lbs lol

[@tezcanaslan2877]

@@prufrockrenegademount it to wall and hope the wall doesn’t fall apart

[@enriquedossantos3283]

Plasma are challenging really heavy due to the glass screen I still have a 42 inch one

[@bsanchez3563]

​@@tezcanaslan2877lols its said at most fwiw 50lbs a stud lol so idk about all that.

[@monytontana5184]

PS5 on a CRT TV from 1988 that supports 1080i & wide-screen 🤯 I need to rethink everything I thought I knew about consumer electronics. It has a gorgeous picture for sure! Tony would have loved this in his mansion!

[@jfygt2623]

On this time period, only Sony and other Japanese electronic companies can make something so ridiculous because of the "Japanese Economic Miracle".

[@SJ_new]

Inform China don't forget to mention it as a challenge 🤣

[@osooyabun2701]

Unlike China Japan products can last into the next generations they did wonders in the Japanese economic miracle era.

[@alceearsberry4150]

That tv would probably out live you I would love to have for gaming Great video

[@SJ_new]

@@alceearsberry4150 one for me too

[@kokonei4977]

China only knows how to copycat

[@Av987]

This proves the whole point of “buy it nice, or buy it twice”. Someone buying this tv in 1988, could very well still enjoy this tv in 2023 after 35 years!! 😮😊

[@raevod6361]

1988?! that quality is insane, you might want to archive that promotional video, it is probably very rare

[@jabrowski_]

Showed up for the tv, stayed for the music

[@xdx1990]

Same, I need the song title lol

[@fabianernestopacheco]

Man!!!! I miss CRT monitors, that's the real gaming experience!!!

[@rolandcolavizza5368]

That back ground music makes this tv look more retro than it actually is,

[@blakes8901]

The one thing i dislike about modern technology is i feel like ill never be wowed by something again. You could show me a 16k screen with the brightest most vivid colors in the world and id give it a casual smile at best. Ill never get to feel what it felt like to go from 30fps to 60fps for the first time again. Or that feeling of seeing a completely flat television for the first time again. Or going to the movies in an imax theater that took up my entire field of vision for the first time again. It feels like all the wonder and excitement has been taken from the world. Like I've seen everything there is to see.

[@timmyp6297]

Then I take it you have seen VR with an AMOLED display and an FoV that takes up your entire view? As a 40 year old, I would say to this day nothing has wowed me more except maybe 1st 3d graphics on Playstation, seeing them first time. Hint: Dont even bother with a Quest or anything less than a 100 degree fov.

[@blakes8901]

I had a valve index day one. Close enough. Until graphics cards can actually run the ultra high end pimax, i wont be interested again. Im sure i'll be disappointed once again when the time comes though.

[@timmyp6297]

@@blakes8901 It sounds like a you problem. Pimax sucks btw.

[@blakes8901]

Did i ask for your opinion? Did you just wake up and decide to be an asshole today?

[@Gamble333]

​​@@blakes8901we have reached a ceiling in technology for the time being. We are living in what I consider the bronze age of technology where everything that wows us is already created, but just improved upon. Unfortunately the silver age will emerge when we are very old or dead. Hopefully I'm alive to see it.

[@LanceHayabusa]

great choice of music

[@robinsonlafuente6844]

Imagine having this back then for only be able to play NES! It was big ahead of its time!

[@bronxcartel6193]

Came for the CRT stayed for the music

[@tranceenergy3121]

Hi everyone. Lots of interest in this video in recent days. A lot of questions regarding how I hook it up to different consoles. I’m recording a follow up video where I show the connections on the back of the monitor and which cables I use. Watch this space! 😀

[@ibapreppie]

Ok so where is the video on how you use it? LOL

[@2Ar_t]

@@ibapreppieIt’s coming soon

[@SJ_new]

you should have zoomed out and showed us the TV first it's body, design, style, buttons, dimentions, remote etc. before all this. Also should have us idea of it's size by placing something very well commonly known like eg: PS2 console or regular crt tv or something placed next to it.

[@tranceenergy3121]

@@SJ_new thanks I will remember that in the next video!

[@SJ_new]

@@tranceenergy3121 please also shed some light on if desired where could one buy this and is it possible or is it shippable and how brittle/durable is the plastic now due to it's age !

[@passalapasa]

This tv still looks amazing, and with all the new conversion devices we have now, its even better!

[@enderlore1337]

Imagine showing up to a lan party or something and you need a team of people to move your monitor because it weighs 300lbs

[@boltingskyline5234]

400lbs

[@snesfan8935]

Very impressive for HD CRT from 1988.

[@kdark54]

Amazed by the colours and quality this gives out! Crazy tech for the year of release!

[@mzxeternal]

Wow what a find. This was really the era where Japan had tech a decade ahead of the rest of the world. 1080i in 1988? That's insane. What a great find. Sony really was cutting edge back in the day. Truly an impressive feat. Great video!

[@iLikeTheUDK]

It's very funny seeing footage from a modern day Resident Evil game with this bright cheery 80s style synthpop tune playing in the background

[@cheapet50]

imagine having device that compatible all the way back from they release sega saturn to PS5. they don't make thing this last long anymore

[@ff8masterc]

1080i in 1988 is insane

[@skanlines]

If there were ever a monitor to have fully restored, it would be this one.

[@jayster3.0]

Good gosh. 1080i in the 1980’s on a CRT TV?! This TV was 20 years ahead of its time!!

[@Nextgen_Tech]

This is so impressive! Crisps colours, black levels. Still it's rocking in 2023!

[@waroonh4291]

good thing when you buy a stupid big CRT is nobody want to stolen that from your house ... it needs 4 people to move it around.

[@michaelwhitacre8499]

I had a 32" CRT a few years ago (wife made me throw it out lol) the damn thing weighed 210lbs!

[@michaelwhitacre8499]

I had a 32" CRT a few years ago (wife made me throw it out lol) the damn thing weighed 210lbs!

[@nathanddrews]

It's a shame not all CRTs come with nice metal handles. What a fantastic looking set! I can't believe you got it for free! XD

[@white_mage]

the world really did look better back then

[@davidbarlee4722]

I had a 37" CRT, I had to get it up 2 stairwells of a 150 year old 3 story house. A friend helped me and it nearly killed us both lol

[@dominicperez3777]

That TV is an absolute unit!

[@G0RSHK0V]

As a CRT enthusiast I would pay to see this one in person

[@andymilonakis2289]

This old school CRT tv 📺 looks better then my 8k tv 😢

[@crestofhonor2349]

Resolution isn't the most important metric. Panel is far more important than resolution

[@RPGreg2600]

Yeah, but it didn't cost you 2-4 year's salary.

[@commodore256]

Good tech costs good money and there are $500 4K TVs, but they're LCD with local dimming. I never liked LCD tech, I liked Plasma and I'm tempted to go from CRT to QD-OLED, but I think once MicroLED becomes less expensive, hopefully one day LCDs will be discontinued and we'll either have OLED or MicroLED. I open MicroLED will have light guns work again. But the cheapest MicroLED now is 110 inches and it's $150,000. maybe in 10 years, they'll be 75 inches under $10,000 and 10 years after that, they'll be 42 inches under $1,000. (adjusted to inflation)

[@quantumphaser]

1991-92 Proscan and Mitsubishi both had 40 inch CRTs at about $3-$4k That was the largest CRT commercially available. I sold them both at Circuit City.

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

Even though it’s 35 years old it still has a beautiful picture. I remember seeing a demonstration of this or something similar in Japan in 1989 while I was on Holiday there.

[@tranceenergy3121]

Wow must have been an amazing experience seeing it back then. Like looking directly into the future.

[@BetterCaIIPaul]

Sony. One of the most (or maybe even THE most) underrated companies out there! They make all kinds of stuff: consoles, TVs, smartphones, cameras, even speakers! Sony is my favorite brand of all time and they deserve to be in first place. They brought the revolution to life! Thank you, Sony. For everything.

[@giovanigeorgis3848]

nowhere near underrated; everyone loves them.

[@imafillerbunny]

😂 underrated? Where? Everyone around the world knows them.

[@giovanigeorgis3848]

@@imafillerbunny exactly 😂😂😂

[@beardalaxy]

this is basically the dream display

[@djmhyde]

damn, this thing weights the same as a small motorcycle....

[@fabianernestopacheco]

I still have a beautiful Philips 21-inch flat CRT with a S-Video and YPbPr type video connection. It is a delight to play there with my PS1, PS2, PS3, Game Cube, Sega Genesis and Atari 2600. I wish they had never stopped producing them, instead they had developed more with better resolution and quality adapted to our days for whoever wanted it.

[@AccelSternritter]

Imagine being a kid in a rich family in 1988 and getting a TV like this to play some new games.

[@DrBIeed]

1080i in 1988. Who the heck would of thunk?

[@Cr125stin]

What would have actually provided something 1080i back then? Laserdisc? Very neat tho

[@youngladaustin2012]

@@Cr125stin old muse systems were close to 1080i at 1030

[@jorisbonson386]

The irony of an HDTV promo video most people could only watch in SD at the time...

[@Palmtop_User]

Thats the spine breaker 5000 right there

[@mazda9624]

I’ve seen some HD footage from the 90s, but *HD footage from the 1980s???* This is absolutely unreal! I would never in a million years imagine a TV from 1988 supporting 480p and 1080i!!!

[@kornweed]

this would be PERFECT for a SEGA Dreamcast or a Wii since pretty much all of those consoles games ran in 480P

[@lucashajje3919]

The red from CRT is just wonderful. Lcd and led cant do that.

[@RicochetForce]

This thing is a true unicorn. Holy shit, 38 inches and 1080i support all the way back in 1988.

[@badgger13]

70k for a tv in 88 is absurd

[@RicochetForce]

@@badgger13 Yup, I'm still trying to figure out which of the figures is the crazy one. THe resolution support, the obscene weight, or the astronomical cost.

[@filevans]

And you're a true moron

[@robertobuatti7226]

All I can say is stunning just stunning, the clarity of this CRT TV that came out in 1988 looks almost like an OLED TV you'd get today, what is the peak brightness of it, in the early 90's around 1990 when I was 9 my family used to have a Sony CRT TV but I forgot what size for the living room, it was pretty big but not as big as that and the picture quality wasn't as good, movies and gaming back in the 80's would of been next level compared to everything that was out on the market back then.

[@riskvideos]

Incredible display. Must've been mindblowing to see in 1988. Even today we'd have to watch through an OLED display just to see how black a crt display can get.

[@realamericannegro977]

I hear that oled produces better blacks than crts

[@riskvideos]

@@realamericannegro977 yes. Which makes them ideal for watching videos of displays being demonstrated.

[@jothain]

@@realamericannegro977 That is actually true. But it's taken remarkably long time for display systems to reach some of the features of CRT. I think latency is still worse than CRT's.

[@saricubra2867]

@@realamericannegro977That depends on the tint of the CRT's screen.

[@BoneBullet]

180kg sheesh. but I'd still like to have it.

[@NPrescott]

I once had the Dell 36” CRT and that thing was a monster! I couldn’t imagine this 38” 400lbs beast! This is absolutely incredible! 🙌

[@theGsmoker1349]

The demo choices from Sony are interesting..

[@Twitch_Moderator]

*I had a top-notch 21" flatscreen monitor with DVI (HDMI without audio, essentially). Weighed loads. 1600x1200 resolution. It ran at 85Hz at that resolution. But it got quite hot.* But this is a gem!! Gorgeous unit. 👍

[@SJ_new]

I had somewhat similar Dell 990 and 992

[@choirulabidin9890]

Im still watching black and white tv in mid 1990. But, they had FULL HD in Japan.

[@TYNEPUNK]

Ive got a crt in this living room about as big as that, its unbelievable. used to play cod on it, my mates dad bought it in hk in 80s or 90s, its a monster.

[@joshuasanderson7359]

I must say, excellent choice running OutRun as the choice of modern game. Perfect match for the 80s vibe.

[@udance4ever]

there is 1993 DVHS footage of NYC someone has uploaded to YT that is incredible to see 30 years later (amazing the difference detail makes in bringing you back!) that im sure looks great on this monitor!

[@tranceenergy3121]

Yeah I’ve seen that video. It looks fantastic 😁

[@armeniancrusader301]

An HD CRT in 1988 ? This monstrosity costed as much as a new luxury car back then like the Mercedes S Class.. can you imagine that ? Even in the 2000s HD CRTs were still a premium and a luxury to own, they were like the 8K TVs of today.

[@oilo742]

who would guess that those resolutions (and more) could fit in the palm of our hand years later

[@Akahigep]

those pitch blacks are quite something, thanks for share the video!

[@cbonez2909]

People today don't understand a difference. Those TVs cleared up television so much to the point where you could actually see people's faces clearly. Something that wasn't really possible prior. It was a technological leap like going from 480 p to 1080p overnight. Never mind 4k and 8k!!

[@ItsJustAdrean]

70,000 dollars in 1988... is 170,000 dollars in 2023. Let that sink in. Inflation has more than doubled in less than 40 years, and this is just on mega expensive products like this TV. In terms of food, prices have more than quadrupled.

[@RPGreg2600]

Just the way the corporations want it

[@zacnewtro9952]

I can just imagine how amazing this TV looks in person ... high resoluton with non-fixed pixels must be eye candy!

[@selohcin]

I've seen similar TVs before. They look very good, but not as good as 4K screens of today.

[@Rensence]

​@@selohcinthey were practically the 4k screens of that era ngl haha

[@mirek190]

That crt was good for its time ... comparing to nowadays oled or very good lcd has no sense ... LOL nope ... CRT are not bright at all ( 100 nits max ) comparing to nowadays screens ( 1000 nits or more ) ... and CRT black is good in dark rooms only. OLED beats CRT in everything . Quality picture, sharpness, brightness , darkness in the bright room ....

[@oxstorm644]

@@mirek190 beats it on paper, but in person the CRT wins in motion clarity and its non-fixed pixel nature . It just looks more natural - id rather pay 50 for a HD CRT that 3,000 on an OLED

[@mirek190]

@@oxstorm644 lol no one forbid you to being stupid.

[@NesrocksGamingVideos]

Here I am, just chilling looking at the CRT video and I'm thinking let's skip but something held me back. It was the awesome music.

[@DEXXXO]

SONY is unbeatable in Picture Quality and Design love Sony with Reality X-Pro 😘

[@GhettoPCbuilds]

I'm 23. Seeing that thing run a ps5 game at 1080i is awesome. Funnily enough, I just recently beat Resident Evil 4 Remake. Great video, the music is awesome. I bet the 80s were awesome too.

[@truthbespoken7750]

Pretty awesome.. I remember when I was a young working at Circuit City and sold the Sony XBR 40" CRT with matching stand ! Talking about feeling awesome selling a $3800 tv making around $470 in commission. Geez those were the best days back then..

[@ThomasP187]

Such beautiful picture from a CRT. So crisp and vivid. Still holds up after all these years

[@zr1cvette]

It’s essentially the 80s answer to OLED. 35 years in the past lol. As someone who owns an A80K and A95L, I still think this looks great. Would love this for my PS2 and to start collecting older consoles from CRT era.

[@beerguy177]

wow impressive saw outrun 2006 in the thumbnail had to watch

[@tranceenergy3121]

It’s a fantastic game. A shame that it’s delisted since long on the PS store

[@gameplaynia5021]

This TV costs more than a house.

[@brickman409]

Well in 1988 it did. You could get a house for $70,000 back then, but even when adjusting for inflation, you still can't get a house for $170,000 in 2023 lol.

[@drmariojonathan]

Soundtrack kinda sounds like a Genesis game from the 80s.

[@vgamonitor]

although some modifications i can see would have to be made for this to even play on a genesis

[@razsovlegend]

In 1988 it was still the Soviet Union and if I had seen such an image then I would have thought it was alien technology.

[@AugustDreamScape]

The graphics on the ps1 games actually look how i remember them.

[@lukahmad5683]

Its widescreen 16:9 ratio? What happen when you watch a 4:3 video back then? it gonna stretch? But 1080i in 1988 is mindblowingly amazing!

[@JockoV]

1:41 Thats the same video that was on the Playstation 1 demo disc you got if you pre-ordered a Playstation 1.

[@Rocky1138]

That footage of Wipeout was awesome. Thanks for this!

[@groenevinger3893]

I enjoyed that soundtrack VERY much. Thank you! That tv was awesome in 1988 colors look very vivid and great sharpness.

[@tranceenergy3121]

Thanks for enjoying it!

[@proximitydrone_arcadian_1011]

I'm digging that music in the background! 🎧

[@Motorizedstuff]

Wow HD in those days this is pretty cool 😎 👌 👍

[@oleo007]

Absolutely insane,184 Kg,impressive in all aspects!

[@Charlesdavid2009]

This is 100% Patric Bateman

[@JopieHaargel]

Play some period-appropriate NES on it! EDIT: just saw you already made a follow-up video with retro games. Coolness.

[@agfa1854]

Fantastic, thank you for sharing captures of such a rare and incredible monitor.

[@warpdarkmatter]

I can't even imagine how mindblowing that thing was back in the 80s

[@Rdott82]

At the time 35 mm film had much higher resolution.

[@ShankMods]

Thanks for sharing. Very large, very cool but not the largest ever made. Any 4:3 CRT with a 36" or larger tube has a larger screen (check displaywars to compare). So 37" megaviews and multisyncs are a hair larger, with the AM4201R being substantially larger. The 4300/kx45 is the largest ever made, and yes, it does exist. By weight, the 3830 is the 5th heaviest, with the KV-3000R being the heaviest at an absurd 231.5 kg, even heavier than the 4300/kx45.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

I figured.

[@drratiogooner]

Someone should bulletproof a monitor like this and upgrade some electronics like the flyback transformer and caps. It would only increase in value as time goes on.

[@groovesalad89]

What a beautiful piece of electronics! Thank you for the video. I'm using my 36" Toshiba HD CRT almost every day for PC and consoles and happy with it. CRTs are so awesome till this day!

[@Daniel__Nobre]

The “frames”/image “fluidity” of a CRT beat most screens today. Of course, not in many other aspects, but there was just something about that “fluidity”.. it made playing quick FPS games back on the day so great.

[@wingedhussar1453]

There was no blurring at all

[@michaelcobb1024]

@@wingedhussar1453and near-zero “response time” as the input signals would have been analog signals and the entire display circuit would be analog. No buffering or decoding of digital signals to add lag

[@Daniel__Nobre]

@@wingedhussar1453 yes!

[@Karim-uknwmg702]

ps5 on it looks absolutely insane

[@DashVandle]

When I worked at Circuit City CRTs were still a thing (2007) and we had an HD Sony Trinitron it was like 36” and weighed a ton, it had to be close to 300lbs

[@PH96Official]

Seeing modern PS5 games on this is wild it really is trippy, I wasn't expecting that.

[@frankwhite2072]

It's clean, yet soft, I like it.

[@YourLazyLawnDeveloper]

The colors are still intact with the retro feel, especially on the PS5 gameplay

[@TimTaylor99]

As a fan of retro electronics *and* Sony I thank you for showing us 🖖🙏 Surely the best TV for CRT-only lightgun stuff 💥😊

[@megamanguy]

With that upbeat MIDI music

[@sturmanaskie]

I have a Panasonic 1080p 38 inch widescreen CRT