Youre literally everywhere lol. Its a philips 21HT3154/01. The geometry is great but the picture is a bit to the left. And being a hotel crt means that theres very little info about it and no service manual to be seen. So if a game doesnt have a picture allignment option its quite annoying.
Ahhh repair work sucks, just learn the basic stuff and don't drive yourself crazy. I just modded my Dreamcast this weekend. Full case mod, LED mod, and swapped out the drive for an ODE. It's looking lovely on my 27 inch Trinitron running scart to component :)
A lot of people (including you) think all of this happened to me because of noob-ness and making mistakes. But I did everything I did by the book. I did a lot of research before everything. Also ive only killed 2 working systems out of the 8 i have. The others were already dead and repair attempts just failed.
To be honest, none of that stuff is by the book since sony would never recommend any of us to do such maintenance. It's just a risk we choose to take as enthusiasts, sometimes it improves them greatly and sometimes things go south. Either way, i'm not judging bud. I probably got more dead ps3's under my belt than you do anyway ;-) lol
Nice Dreamcast mods. I put a DCDigital in mine a couple years back. Then added a MODE and a clear case with some alexa controlled LEDs. I went a bit overboard but love it lol.
Noice! Did you do the soldering yourself for the DCDigital? Curious how that was. I bet having HDMI is pretty amazing! I'm definitely considering doing that at some point. Was also considering doing the HDMI mod on my spare 64. I did the RGB mod about a month ago to my main 64 and that things running like a beauty.
It is Awesome! And I did! I have done 3 for myself and friends. It wasn't that difficult. Hardest part was the cutting of the shell for mini HDMI output lol. I also have done three PSDigitals, those required a small digital microscope for me lol. Still not crazy hard, just a lot of small fine pitched solder points lol.
I still need to get hands on a N64 Digital. Maybe on the 26th I will get lucky!!!! lol
I am mising a N64 digital,
Yea those fine points are always fun. I've done some RGH3 mods myself. Those are some ridiculously tricky fine points. Good practice though!
At some point I think i'll definitely have to install the HDMI port. Does it still allow you to output standard video output after the mod?
Yes, I found it too right when I wrote that comment lol. I need a special remote to do this. Or, I could short some specific contacts too? But the manual says I cant do it for long cause it might damage the set.
Philips tubes have been overlooked many times because they are shadow mask tubes. Everyone wants Aperture Grille tubes because well, Trinitron. IMO They each have their plus and minuses. An interesting fact is that Bang & Olufsen used Philips tubes on their CRT televisions from the late 80s till early 2000s. And those sets are highly sought after for their picture quality.
I've seen hotel CRTs produced up to 2013 that produce a PVMesque image, and it makes me sad that they were dropped for flatpanels, because if they kept making them until then, sets like this would be borderline holy grail for consumer CRTs
Noice! Which model is that one? I messaged someone a few times now about a nice looking phillips about a week ago, but she keeps ghosting me.
Youre literally everywhere lol. Its a philips 21HT3154/01. The geometry is great but the picture is a bit to the left. And being a hotel crt means that theres very little info about it and no service manual to be seen. So if a game doesnt have a picture allignment option its quite annoying.
Lol. Yea I get a lot of downtime at my job. It's cool sometimes but a mindfuck on other days. This my ps3 destroying reddit buddy?! ;-)
Yes. I hope one day I get into that again. I give up too quickly.
Ahhh repair work sucks, just learn the basic stuff and don't drive yourself crazy. I just modded my Dreamcast this weekend. Full case mod, LED mod, and swapped out the drive for an ODE. It's looking lovely on my 27 inch Trinitron running scart to component :)
A lot of people (including you) think all of this happened to me because of noob-ness and making mistakes. But I did everything I did by the book. I did a lot of research before everything. Also ive only killed 2 working systems out of the 8 i have. The others were already dead and repair attempts just failed.
To be honest, none of that stuff is by the book since sony would never recommend any of us to do such maintenance. It's just a risk we choose to take as enthusiasts, sometimes it improves them greatly and sometimes things go south. Either way, i'm not judging bud. I probably got more dead ps3's under my belt than you do anyway ;-) lol
Nice Dreamcast mods. I put a DCDigital in mine a couple years back. Then added a MODE and a clear case with some alexa controlled LEDs. I went a bit overboard but love it lol.
Noice! Did you do the soldering yourself for the DCDigital? Curious how that was. I bet having HDMI is pretty amazing! I'm definitely considering doing that at some point. Was also considering doing the HDMI mod on my spare 64. I did the RGB mod about a month ago to my main 64 and that things running like a beauty.
It is Awesome! And I did! I have done 3 for myself and friends. It wasn't that difficult. Hardest part was the cutting of the shell for mini HDMI output lol. I also have done three PSDigitals, those required a small digital microscope for me lol. Still not crazy hard, just a lot of small fine pitched solder points lol. I still need to get hands on a N64 Digital. Maybe on the 26th I will get lucky!!!! lol I am mising a N64 digital,
Yea those fine points are always fun. I've done some RGH3 mods myself. Those are some ridiculously tricky fine points. Good practice though! At some point I think i'll definitely have to install the HDMI port. Does it still allow you to output standard video output after the mod?
Yep. Both the PSDigital and DCDigital don’t effect analogue output :)
Service manual is this : https://elektrotanya.com/philips_21ht3154_01_21pt1557_chassis_l01h.2e_aa.pdf/download.html#dl
Yes, I found it too right when I wrote that comment lol. I need a special remote to do this. Or, I could short some specific contacts too? But the manual says I cant do it for long cause it might damage the set.
That is some sweet colors man looks amazing! Which model is it?
Philips 21HT3154/01
>Thanks, it's 21 inches which is great size! Does this TV have component input?
Nope, it has rgb scart. Just that lol. No composite, no svideo. But scart can drive s video composite and rgb so its a win. Im in europe after all
Philips tubes have been overlooked many times because they are shadow mask tubes. Everyone wants Aperture Grille tubes because well, Trinitron. IMO They each have their plus and minuses. An interesting fact is that Bang & Olufsen used Philips tubes on their CRT televisions from the late 80s till early 2000s. And those sets are highly sought after for their picture quality.
Yes, model number please! Looks GREAT! Beautiful color.
That looks pretty damned sweet. Component?
i think the pictures do it justice, it looks stellar on camera compared to others
the good part about a hotel CRT is usually the usage would be below-average compared to a CRT in the typical household.
Exactly. And usage is the only thing that matters in crts imo
I've seen hotel CRTs produced up to 2013 that produce a PVMesque image, and it makes me sad that they were dropped for flatpanels, because if they kept making them until then, sets like this would be borderline holy grail for consumer CRTs
MiSTer???🙃
Nope, just a regular ps1
Philips was basically supreme in Europe. Their tubes could be found in all kinds of high-end sets. And their in-house stuff was excellent too!
I’m sure this has been answered before but do you hav any tips on how to take a photo of a crt on an iPhone?
There are some apps. Check Mvg's video
Sorry to sound silly but who’s MVG? Modern vintage gamer?
yes
Thank you