Worlds Smallest Color CRT Monitor & Retro Gaming Pentium 266 MMX SBC

[@intrinia]

1995 me: I'm so excited! PCs are going to be sooo fast and monitors will be so big! Can't wait to see the future! 2021 me, sitting in front of a 4K Monitor, watching a Pentium-PC running DOOM on a tiny CRT...

[@CPUGalaxy]

😂

[@Pidalin]

Me 10 years ago: shooting to Pentium I CPUs and old motherboards. Me now: buying socket 370 motherboard and old GPUs for crazy money :-D

[@silverywingsagain]

That is the cutest crt tube ive ever seen. It's adorable.

[@edgararanda8722]

There’s a camcorder viewfinder with a smaller crt inside the viewfinder .5” !!

[@FoxOnFilm2209]

@@edgararanda8722I’ve got a black and white one that’s about 1cm

[@12voltvids]

Got the same Panasonic TV CT101. Great little set.

[@MikinessAnalog]

I guess the only way to use the 101 now is for force feed it a composite signal as no analogue RF video exists (unless it's from a modulator).

[@12voltvids]

@@MikinessAnalog Pretty much yes. At least it has AV input. Still it is a collectable item if you can find one for the right price.

[@MikinessAnalog]

@@12voltvids AV input is better than RF only as "fewer links in the chain" for video quality. Its size is already a big hit to its resolution. You can only fit so many phosphors on the screen.

[@speedyink]

@@MikinessAnalog In person it looks not too bad, and better then one would imagine from a 1.5" color CRT tube

[@mackjeez]

I use to work at the docks at a fabric processing building, opening and closing doors for trucks that were loading/unloading product, this was in 1998-2001. All I did all day was sit in this little office pressing buttons and making calls to let people know to hurry up. I found this little tv in the garbage, brand new intact in its original packaging, for 3 years I used it to watch tv at work, it was great, you get use to the size.

[@josecarlosxyz]

now we are talking I'm very impressed because I'm a big fan of CRT's.

[@danjz0404]

CRTs are incredible. My favorite thing to explain to friends and family is why some CRTs have a high pitched tone when turned on and why some don't, and what causes that sound. It's just so cool.

[@DK640OBrianYT]

Absolutely spectacular. An image of the Windows 98 Startup screen (from your video) was uploaded to one of the vintage computer groups on Facebook on 16th. or 17th. of December 2019 (was it you ?), so imagine the thumbs up and awe, when I discovered this exact video upload. Brilliant. The hard German R's when speaking English. Older Danish people are also using that.....and I tend to enjoy using it myself from time to time. Thanks for this video upload. It was....what did young folks say in the early 2000's.....It was MASSIVE :)

[@CPUGalaxy]

Thank you very much for your positive feedback. 😃. Yes, it was me who uploaded the image to the vintage computer group.

[@CPUGalaxy]

Brian Hougaard Baldersbæk You could also checkout a video I did of a 1“ BW CRT. 😉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6W7Z4VmhK1jn5I

[@SomeReefer]

Amazing!! I haven't seen one that small and in color. Super cool and thank you for the nostalgia.

[@albear972]

Very cool! And LOL, those Windows icons are just little errant specks of light.

[@li5up6]

Actually the smallest color crt screen was in a video camera viewfinder from the 90s that used Sony indextron color. Very interesting machine that one is

[@CPUGalaxy]

actually the indextron is just a littlle bit smaller but has not that nice image quality. I have several of those. as I said in the video, the one I am reviewing here is the smallest 3-gun color tube.

[@FrankTheGuy]

With people so addicted to the latest gadgets, I'm always more interested in the old tech. He really needed a magnifier to even navigate through this small screen 😂... Loved the video

[@thanthanasiszamp4707]

Rule 666: if it exists, it's a mod for Doom.

[@CPUGalaxy]

haha, yes definitely 😄

[@GraveUypo]

ngl, i was JUST thinking of making a genshin impact mod for doom not 5 seconds before i read this.

[@GraveUypo]

@C M i have a mod with rioting brainwashed crowds as enemies. I have not released it nor i ever will because who knows what might happen, maybe someone tries to sue me and cancel me or whatever, lol.

[@thanthanasiszamp4707]

@@GraveUypo I don't use to play Doom but but I would like to have your mod.

[@Trance88]

OMG! I want to find one of these little TV's! That's so cool. I had a good laugh at how small the pointer was. It's barely a dot on the screen.

[@TeflonChannel]

Only a few mins in and its looking to be an amazing video once again!

[@dilbertwave646]

It'd be neat to mod the tiny screen into one of those mini retro desktop arcade cabinets for that CRT vibe :3

[@AiOinc1]

The high voltage on CRTs is not dangerous with the anode cap disconnected, even when the display is on and operating. No transistor driven flyback will be able to sustain high enough voltage and current with the load of your body to seriously injure you. Worst case scenario with the tube in circuit it will act as a capacitor and could give you a short jump. The high frequency of the flyback's output would mean that you're unlikely to feel anything from it either. This tiny little screen is probably not exceeding 5kV. Some large color sets will drive up to 25kV I've seen, which is still not particularly dangerous. I touched the output of a trace SCR on video and it made me jump, but I'm still here to tell you about it. Even got it on camera! Check my RCA XL100 diagnosis videos and you'll see it towards the end of one of them. That trace transistor was putting out 750 volt pulses at 600mA to the flyback transformer. On some very old set, namely ones with tube drivers inside them, they can produce significant current at high voltage (few hundred milliamperes) which will very quickly burn your flesh. It's not likely to stop your heart or do anything crazy like that unless you're being stupid and not following the one hand rule or have your feet in saltwater or something, in which case *most* voltages will hurt or kill you anyways. This era is likely where the myth comes from. CRTs do not have to be scary, people just make them out to be that way. Gives them a bad name!

[@NourMuhammad]

I really do not think so about what you have mentioned and you can correct me if you like but I used to have 14 inch CRT and I used to play around with its high voltage cable by unplug it from the screen body and melt some small metal needles with the arc I used to but the needle on the ground and bring the connector that goes to the CRT body and zap the top of the needle with it and it was melting like ice-cream! So do you think this very High voltage will not do any harm to the human body with such a high current capability

[@garyr7027]

I knew a guy once in the late 80's who weighed over 300 lbs, he was messing with a TV he thought he could fix. He ended up against the wall by an electric shock from the TV. He didn't say what part he messed with, he didn't even know about fixing TV's, but odds are he messed with the flyback transformer going to the tube. They put high voltage warning stickers on older CRT TV's for a reason... you're completely wrong about the dangers of the high voltages they put out. Some of those TV's put out 30 KV... that's 30,000 volts pal, nothing to screw around with unless you know HOW to drain and work on a CRT... the dude was lucky he lived.

[@garyr7027]

@@NourMuhammad this guy has no idea what he's talking about. CRT's can be highly dangerous in the wrong hands.

[@graealex]

I believe the color viewfinders in certain camcorders were actually even smaller, although they used technologies like Indextron or LCCS and not a shadow mask. Cathode Ray Guy has a video on it (A Tiny, Unlikely Full-Color CRT).

[@Yipper64]

I kind of wish we kept going with CRT technology. I imagine that not technically having a resolution could have been pretty good if we had just managed to make it all smaller. Same design, just lighter and *slightly* thinner. Idk. Maybe some company should just start making new CRTs trying to improve them with some modern technology.

[@QsTechService1]

pretty awesome seeing old technology work again 👍 Thanks for sharing

[@azrael7922]

Great video. I have being wanting to get a CRT, but a 1080i one, just for gaming. Though there are a lot on eBay, It would be an arm and a leg to ship it to my country. I think I'll get a small one instead, although there a no 16:9 in small scales or HDMI input. Friendly observation. @ 12:00 you actually start playing 1993 Epic Pinball, where "Jungle Pinball" is my favorite table. 1992 Pinball Dreams is another game, where the 4th table "Nightmare" is my favorite.

[@MontieMongoose]

The picture quality is surprisingly good.

[@CPUGalaxy]

MontieMongoose Yes, I was also very surprised.

[@vincenthiggins6091]

That is because of the size. if you compared to a TV set that had a 21" screen made in the same era the image quality would be the same the bigger screen would show it in greater detail.

[@pianokeyjoe]

Well sir, I have to admit I am truly impressed! Both by the nano CRT and the quality of it AND by the uber rare Intel Pentium MMX 266mhz SBC

[@kepakpl]

Panasonic back in the 90's has Camcoders with bulid in color CRT viewfinder. I think this could be the same CRT.

[@IuriGennaro]

Eu não imaginava que existia TV CRT desse tamanho, eu tenho uma TV CRT de 5 polegadas colorida também, muito top seu vídeo.

[@sklzlm]

hehe, nothing like "IDDQD" and "IDKFA" for a bit of fun back in the day...

[@AjinkyaMahajan]

Nice work. you manage to get it working 🎉✨

[@simonupton-millard]

There are some colour crt screens in camcorder view finders that can be reused as a monoter for not much money as well

[@totoliciu]

This astonishing piece of technology makes everything look like being from a cyberpunk reality from a novel, especially when the computer was initializing and displaying that very cool text in the booting process. The image also has that very impressive graphical analog look on the TV. It has that specific blurry puffy look. Marvelous video and presentation!

[@nssherlock4547]

I had one of these in a 928 in 1986, as part of a Audio system.

[@Natsumidragneelkim]

Omg I forgot I have windows 98 start up sound as my notifications sound, thought my do not Disturb settings didn't work

[@dimesgamer]

What an ineteresting video Just love it!

[@JB-yn4cs]

Anyone else watching this on a phone screen whilst thinking 'wow, you can really see the superior colours of crt vs lcd..'?

[@eurocrusader1724]

LGR would love this stuff! Fascinating.......

[@FloppydriveMaestro]

That is cool. I love old obscure pieces of retro tech like this. I wonder who was the original target market?

[@robertwright3139]

I’ll take a size 286 thanks lol. Nice work

[@vincenthiggins6091]

That's amazing. Something that small has audio/video input which is pretty impractical.

[@SomeReefer]

At the time it was better than nothing. I'm more surprised it doesn't have a radio also.

[@alphasixty1316]

If I remember right these were quite expensive, close to $500 at the time. (1984). The flat crt was quite the tech at the time. You could get a wrist watch LCD in black and white for about the same price, but the image was very poor.

[@zbynektrajer2735]

Seeing the host for the first time in this video and not just hearing his voice, i can say that now i understand the channel theme. He is a time traveler from the '90s.

[@CPUGalaxy]

😅 the 90s were damn cool 😛

[@itsmewillempy]

Art of Cathode Ray Tube . Very nice. Thanks for sharing

[@DrKeez]

If I hadn't seen the video I would have thought you were crazy. Thanks for sharing.

[@x0rZ15t]

Awesome content! Thank you for this!

[@themajasticcreature]

idk i remeber one camera having a tiny color crt as a viewfinder, i have a black and white crt viewfinder camera but i think i saw one with a color crt

[@AtaruMor0boshi]

Panasonic, and Matsushita in general, never lets you down!

[@fergarcia5532]

Nice review, thank you

[@stevewhitcher6719]

I expect that TV is multi standard, a tint control was normally only for NTSC but some early Sony UK TV's to get round the licensing of PAL from Telefunken used a modified NTSC that worked with PAL that needed a Tint control.

[@SierraYankee7]

Reminds me of the film, Brazil. Everything was state owned so of course the computers where archaic. Tiny crt monitors with magnifying glasses so the user can actually use them.

[@NewWhirledSlacker42]

This is Relevant To My Interests. Great video

[@christiansanden8005]

Amazing, I will try to get one! Awesome device

[@registrazioniduemillaotton6030]

Your voice is very relaxing :)

[@mal2ksc]

That screen was never all that sharp because it didn't need to be, but I'm quite impressed that it is working perfectly after all this time.

[@andreyvrn1265]

*I would buy such a crt*

[@patrickgronemeyer3375]

i wish this was made in to a 3.5 in drive bay

[@CPUGalaxy]

thats an awesome Idea 😍

[@shadesofmist9214]

Echt Cool , danke fürs Zeigen.)

[@absolutekarl]

Than monitor is the cutest thing on the planet. Wish they were still made .. I'd have lots of uses for them !

[@whoevertf]

You are the coolest. Subbed. lmao

[@CPUGalaxy]

d0ugl4s_m0 Thank you 😊

[@natangurfinkel]

Brilliant content. Thanks! Subscribed

[@CPUGalaxy]

Thank you!

[@Storm_.]

Can this little TV be modified to accept an RGB signal? This would make the colour and sharpness even better. Also it would reduce any input lag to zero as the composite conversion might be adding lag.

[@CPUGalaxy]

yeah. this would be cool to do

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

Awesome little crt, my kind of tech. New subscriber here. You deserve MANY more.

[@CPUGalaxy]

Thank you very much!

[@gudenau]

I used to have a black and white one of these.

[@zipporah7588]

According to my mother. The Sony watchman color tv from 1987 was the worlds smallest color crt

[@ErdrickHero]

Reminds me of the tiny monitor Ben Heck made by scrapping an old camcorder

[@richfiles]

Okay... How cool would it be to have the mini color screen and the mini B&W screen side by side. The B&W screen for clarity, and the the Color screen for graphics and games and such. You ought to be able to pull the Luminance signal from the VGA to composite adapter's S-Video output, for the clearest possible B&W output. You'd have the best of both worlds, B&W for clarity of text and details, and the color CRT for the bright, colorful graphics! Take the tiny SBC, the two monitors, the adapter, and stuff it all into a case. If you had a battery powered PSU, you could make a tiny portable micro PC!

[@GeorgeTsiros]

are you sure the SBC does not have some composite output hidden somewhere? Since it has vga out, it has a DAC so maybe there is a chance... ?

[@Pardoned]

I always wanted to do this with something like those old tiny CRT viewfinders in VHS recorders. At least I assume they were tiny CRTs. Either way, very cool stuff.

[@jhsevs]

This IS exactly a tiny CRT from a camcorder

[@danieleastvedt3139]

That thing is adorable.

[@xtremeownagedotcom]

Still better resolution then half of the videos on youtube.

[@RBSVader]

If there is a way to mount two of these tubes in a VR headset - that will be one of a kind oldschool VR for games like Doom and Duke 3D. And it won't require anti-aliasing. (:

[@AwesomeRepix]

Very impressive! o_o

[@Dosgamert]

Nice avatar!

[@AwesomeRepix]

@@Dosgamert I could say the same 😁🤟 Nice to meet ya my guy

[@Dosgamert]

@@AwesomeRepix Thank you! You're into Dosgames? :)

[@AwesomeRepix]

@@Dosgamert I used to be, my childhood game was Jazz 1, first game I ever played (The demo anyways) Haven't gotten to point where I wanna buy a few DOS computers yet, but that time will come! :P

[@AwesomeRepix]

@@Dosgamert TL;DR Yes, I love DOS! ^_^

[@ceasarsalad119]

The electronics to make this work is far more than the screen! Lol

[@paulr4279]

Enjoyed and subscribed. Would this tv be one of the first flatscreens too?

[@brianzulauf2974]

I adore crt they can make a homemade skate video or an older game look really pretty nice without 1080i input

[@BaDRuleTR]

8:00 Honey where are my glasses? 8:10 Ah that's better thank you...

[@jesusvillafranca5714]

What is this? A TV for ants?? Great video!! Awesome tech channel.

[@Dmitarned]

Now i finally know what i'll watch Dunkirk on.

[@MMWA-DAVE]

Watching this on the phone screen gives pretty accurate size representation of the mini crt.

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

I want a 3 inch crt for a raspi gameboy, but it might be too top heavy at that point

[@chadselbe59]

my parents bought a console tv in the 80s it lasted just until warranty expired they paid like 1200 for it. Repairman said fly back transformer was bad 500 to fix lol.

[@abymohanan2043]

Thank you so much for this video 👍🏻👌🏻✌🏻

[@ItsDaPlumber]

wow! Almost 5000 subs!!!!

[@krisztianveres7952]

Lehet ki vitek a generaciobol de asz ''teny!" Hogy draga lcd torszit meg a crt monitor tiszta kepet ad akor mejik hat a jo? Megha tob hejet is fogal a crt

[@alfulton5946]

That tv was my dream tv as a kid.

[@CPUGalaxy]

yeah. its indeed a sweet little set. its still my favorite 😍

[@infegfx]

No screen tearing. Smooth visual animation quality. That is the difference about analog and digital. They have advantage and disadvantages but It should be use in other ways.

[@SpandauJerry]

Zis Sherman akzent is zo extraordinary, kinda an Albert Einstein akzent. 😁😘

[@cringemaki]

Now imagine a competitive match on CSGO or TF2 on this little monitor. Wait, now I remember, a guy did the same but with a LCD one. Still, awesome piece of hardware

[@Zebra66]

The image isn't clear because you're using a scan converter to down-scale the image to 480i. Then you're using composite video which is one of the worst possible connections. Anytime you downscale a high res PC image to 480i it will look blurry. The 60hz interlaced mode is equivalent to 480p 30hz in clarity. You'd get far better results using CRTEMU drivers to natively output 15khz and then use a Jrok to convert RGB to NTSC.

[@meldridgereedjr2842]

I think Space:1999 used that size crt in their comloc.

[@wirlogx]

Sorry for asking but what's the model of the SBC you're using, I'd love to make a retro game computer out of that model!

[@CPUGalaxy]

I have many sbc here. contact me trough email and then i can share with you informations you would need. Br, Peter

[@wirlogx]

@@CPUGalaxy Sadly in my country is very expensive to recieve this kind of stuff because of taxes, when they don't know how to price somethin it ends charged by a lot... I'll check if I can get one here because people have no idea the price of this stuff.

[@ilichyov_kolyan]

Another Sinclair TV80 and there will be a complete collection, or did I miss something?))

[@CPUGalaxy]

I did also a video about the Sinclair TV80 already.

[@Toomanymemes697]

Earned a subscriber nice work Side note: why are euro makers so much cooler than American makers

[@lizichell2]

Good to see some random doom bfg spamming in the background

[@timecop808]

That thing is awesome! Curious, does it still get super hot like a large CRT?

[@eDoc2020]

CRTs actually don't put out that much heat, the vast majority is from the rest of the circuitry. As this runs on batteries you can be assured it doesn't use too much power and thus it doesn't get super hot.

[@timecop808]

@@eDoc2020 neat! 👍

[@campbellmorrison8540]

Very neat but I dont think these are the smallest CRT's, they use smaller 10mm ones in the old video camera view finders, I have some and they run composite video and 12V

[@CPUGalaxy]

i said worlds smallest color crt. and not black & white. the 10 mm from camera viewfinders are all B&W. and for 100% you dont have a 10mm color crt.

[@campbellmorrison8540]

@@CPUGalaxy Ah yes sorry you are quite right. They are all B/W

[@charles.coslor]

I think the eyepieces in video camcorders are often smaller.

[@CPUGalaxy]

true, but not color. 😉

[@zackq4817]

Its beautiful, where you buy this?

[@GoodOlKuro]

I would like to point out that crts do not actually have individual pixels. Check out the video of "technology connections" called "These Are Not Pixels: Revisited".

[@nyghtowlstudios7682]

Time to build an actual PipBoy!

[@jnewbon00]

400th like :) subscribed

[@mirabilis]

Aren't there CRT viewfinders that are smaller?

[@CPUGalaxy]

yeah, but only black and white.

[@mirabilis]

@@CPUGalaxy I see.

[@meanwhileinjapan2265]

Nice cute little monitor it looks so small.

[@MrAzeaza]

is it possible to make triangle micro screens?