Dumpster find Trinitron- how do I get best picture out of it? Newb here.
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reddit.comPosted Jul 16, 2022, 7:37 PM UTC
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reddit.comPicture needs adjustment but looks great for the most part. What connections does it have?
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RF, composite with video, stereo (red and white) for sound only, and S-video. Must have been an expensive unit because s-video was relatively new in 1989.
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s video on a late 80s set thats a charming set right there king.
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When you say “picture needs adjustment” what are you referencing?
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Just the brightness and color saturation levels, as another commentor said.
If you have access to the 240p test suite, its a great tool for finding that sweet spot.
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That's what I'm talking about. Maybe turn down the brightness (unless that's your camera) a notch. Otherwise geometry and color look really good. I'd just enjoy your find if I were you.
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Don't stress about it being 'perfect', CRT's were never 'perfect'. It looks fine to me, enjoy it!
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Damn 1989 Trinitron
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Would have cool to plug a jap megadrive into this in 1989..full screen heaven🤯
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turn down contrast if the colors are bleeding thats relatively cumon on Trinitrons.
The setting is called picture on most Trinitrons
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omg, really?! A dumpster find? Amazing find dude!
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A coworker and I were talking about CRTs and I mentioned how they’re harder to find now and how expensive they’ve gotten with the retro gaming trend. He texted me a picture of this bad boy in the back of his truck the next day. Said he found it behind a strip mall next to a dumpster. Presumably someone dropped it back there because they didn’t think their trash man would take it
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Glad it found a loving home!
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You can start by lowering the color level as that has way too much saturation.
Thanks for the advice! Is there a guide somewhere on how to do that?
Just go through the menu, you have brightness, contrast etc just lower the color setting a bit.
Thanks!
Put the color adjustment right in the middle. Chances are it’s already set that way and your phone camera is exaggerating the saturation.
Could just be smartphone camera processing exaggerating the saturation. Whenever I take pics of my CRTs they come out that way.