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Evie's Conquests
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Hey look, another TV. Because I guess all I acquire nowadays is TVs.
This is an Emerson ECR2100 19 inch TV, manufactured in December 1989. Still has a nice bright picture but the vertical hold needs adjusting (there's a black bar above the "snow" when you turn it on) and of course I can't find a manual online.
This is an Emerson ECR2100 19 inch TV, manufactured in December 1989. Still has a nice bright picture but the vertical hold needs adjusting (there's a black bar above the "snow" when you turn it on) and of course I can't find a manual online.
Oh I know, it's just that December 1989 doesn't seem like that long ago...
But it is.
Indeed. I bought my first one around 1991. I don't remember the model, it was 20" with all the A/V inputs/outputs with the speakers mounted on the sides.
I had it for 10 or 12 years until it got taken out by a power surge. Still have my SLV-696HF VCR that I bought around the same time.
I also still have a lot of Hi8 Sony stuff from back then.
As far as Apple Trinitrons, I still have my 14" Color Display I paid something like $400 for in 1994.
I had three of the infamous AppleVision 1710's. Beautiful Trinitron display, when it worked...
So yeah I'm a Trinitron fan.
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Guess I am old since I don't collect CRT TVs but I do have a couple in the house from the 90's (purchased new and still use for old school console gaming). I like the look of an old Atari 2600, Colecovison, 5200, Dreamcast, original Playstation on a CRT TV.
Both models are Panasonics, only one of which works. I kept the broken one because it was an $800 27" TV and I was going to fix it but never got around to it (multiple svhs and compisite inputs front and back). The other 27" TV has just composite inputs front and back and a more curved screen.
I do have a sony trinitron broadcast CRT and those make great gaming monitors.
Both models are Panasonics, only one of which works. I kept the broken one because it was an $800 27" TV and I was going to fix it but never got around to it (multiple svhs and compisite inputs front and back). The other 27" TV has just composite inputs front and back and a more curved screen.
I do have a sony trinitron broadcast CRT and those make great gaming monitors.
Holy cow! I have that exact same TV! It is indeed very nice.This isn't a Mac, nor a computer at all, but I absolutely adore this little TV.
Holy cow! I have that exact same TV! It is indeed very nice.This isn't a Mac, nor a computer at all, but I absolutely adore this little TV.
Edit: oops, double post. When I hit the submit button it said “saving....” and it went right back to saying “submit” like it didn’t go through or something, so I hit it again and it did the same thing. Guess this is a bug? Apparently it worked both times though, because it’s posted twice now.
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Retro gaming is the main reason why I keep a CRT around, yeah. But my 2004 Emerson CRT is crap and if I'm gonna play games on a mono TV I'd rather it be one from the 80s than one from 2004.
This is the only CRT TV I have any more. Six inch B&W AM/FM/TV.
I picked this up back during the Great Candy-Colored Plastic Craze of 1999-2000 for about $40 at Target.
I thought it was kinda cute. They had other colors too. (I found a picture of the green one on the web.)
You can run it on batteries too if you fill the bottom with something like eight D-cells!
I have it out in the shop with a converter box and occasionally I'll turn it on and watch the Retro channel while I'm working.
(Hmm, didn't notice 'till now that the bezel is cracked. I guess the plastic is getting brittle.)
I picked this up back during the Great Candy-Colored Plastic Craze of 1999-2000 for about $40 at Target.
I thought it was kinda cute. They had other colors too. (I found a picture of the green one on the web.)
You can run it on batteries too if you fill the bottom with something like eight D-cells!
I have it out in the shop with a converter box and occasionally I'll turn it on and watch the Retro channel while I'm working.
(Hmm, didn't notice 'till now that the bezel is cracked. I guess the plastic is getting brittle.)
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Yeah, Steve was a freakin' genius.
Take that beige G3 box that no one wanted and wrap it in a cute, colored plastic package and suddenly those G3's were flying off the shelves!
That looks sort of like it might be a horizontal hold problem. Have you tried adjusting it? (most older TVs have adjustments for that, I've noticed).
Alternatively, could be bad caps-- since these TVs are contemporary with all the Mac models that are known for cap problems (basically anything that's approaching 30 years old), it makes sense.
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Alternatively, could be bad caps-- since these TVs are contemporary with all the Mac models that are known for cap problems (basically anything that's approaching 30 years old), it makes sense.
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The oh so nice people at Emerson hid the vertical and horizontal controls on the analog board (and not even on a part that's directly accessible by removing the rear of the case!) so that means I have to take it apart and pull out the analog board again to adjust it...
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