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14" Trinitron on adverts for 50 Euro in Blanchardstown

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  • #2
    KeRbDoG
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    The other TV they have looks tempting

    Post edited by KeRbDoG on


  • #3
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    That model of trini has really nice flat sides for tate mode if you ever felt so inclined.



  • #4
    CiDeRmAn
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    It seems like a Seinfeld sketch...


    "Is this what we've come to?

    A dedicated thread for a TV that, only a couple of years ago would have been free in the bargains thread.

    Now, thanks to your common or garden new retro collector they are subject to a rush last seen in Alaska and California in the 1800s!"



  • #5
    o1s1n
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    Binge watching through Seinfeld at the moment, haven't watched it since the 90s - lot of it is very dated now but it's still absolutely hilarious. George is priceless.



  • #6
    Tom Mann Centuria
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118116899#Comment_118116899

    And you're watching on a 14" Trinitron?


    :pac:

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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  • #7
    Inviere
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118116913#Comment_118116913

    O1s1n went full hipster years ago, he's prob watching it on an old portable black and white TV with rabbit ears in the back of it....

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  • #8
    CiDeRmAn
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118116899#Comment_118116899

    Me too!

    First time I've watched it, George is fantastic, you can see the genesis of Michael Scott and David Brent right there, a foolish selfish self-sabotage merchant.

    Loving it...

    Moops...



  • #9
    CiDeRmAn
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118117602#Comment_118117602

    Doesn't need a remote...

    He has a man from the village for that...



  • #10
    Star Lord
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    On top of that, he's using RF connection for the consoles...



    Too far? 😅



  • #11
    cnocbui
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    Can I just say that Dune looks absolutely stunning on a 65" LG OLED, in 4K with the room lights off, sitting 1.3m from it, and with proper external speakers and subs driven by a couple of amps.

    14" CRT triniton is for very strange people.



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  • #12
    o1s1n
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118118833#Comment_118118833

    We're specifically using them for old consoles, not new film releases...that would be a tad mental :D



  • #13
    o1s1n
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118118800#Comment_118118800

    ...you had to go and make it personal didn't you?!



  • #14
    Effects
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118118833#Comment_118118833

    You're talking about the 1984 version, right?



  • #15
    cnocbui
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118118865#Comment_118118865

    No, the 2021. My son has a computer science degree and ocassionaly rents servers in foreign locations.



  • #16
    Inviere
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118118905#Comment_118118905

    It's 9 degrees Celsius at the moment too. That might change as we head into the evening though.

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  • #17
    CiDeRmAn
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118118833#Comment_118118833

    You aren't lost are you?

    This is the Arcade and Retro forum...

    Is there someone with you, do you need us to call someone for you?



  • #18
    cnocbui
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118119575#Comment_118119575

    I just saw a topic on the latest posts page and replied to it without checking the forum, so yes, I was sort of lost - my apologies.



  • #19
    o1s1n
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118119598#Comment_118119598

    Now that you're here, you're not allowed to leave without at least a portable CRT and a Super Nintendo. Club rules :D



  • #20
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,102 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Sorry, I have a Valve Steam Deck on order and am headed in the opposite direction. ;-)



  • #21
    Effects
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118119598#Comment_118119598

    I also preferred the quality of watching Dune at home compared to when I saw it in the cinema, to be honest.



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  • #22
    CiDeRmAn
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118119923#Comment_118119923

    They all say that,

    Before you know it you'll be ordering RGB cables for consoles you have never heard of, and understand why Golden Axe is a terrible, terrible game.



  • #23
    Skerries
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    you take that back!

    Untitled Image




  • #24
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,102 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118118941#Comment_118118941

    I thought I was being subtly queried as to how I could be watching in 4K, when it wasn't available here.



  • #25
    DaveyDave
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    Sorry off topic but I see Seinfeld mentioned so I had to chime in...I watched it early last year for the first time and found it hilarious. It reminds me of Friends in the sense that it's "a show about nothing" but more mature. Hopefully being on Netflix gets people watching. I know Jerry can be a bit whiny but it's still hilarious and an easy watch.

    I was browsing Netflix last night and ended up watching the one where Jerry's apartment was robbed now I want to jump into it again...



  • #26
    CiDeRmAn
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    The biggest problem with the Netflix release is that they've buggered the formatting.

    They've cropped the image into 16:9 which means you miss the top and bottom of the frame.

    It's like a reverse pan and scan!

    It also zooms you into the image making the already SD picture even grainer.

    If you tried, somehow, to watch it on the 14" Trinitron it would be tiny!



  • #27
    o1s1n
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    Ahhh I was wondering why you could see so much grain in the image, didn't dawn on me they'd cropped it to 16:9.

    Shame they didn't leave it 4:3, could have watched it on a CRT via am xbox 360 in 4:3 mode and had it full screen.



  • #28
    Colonel Panic
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    image.png

    Posted by retro tech USA on Twitter. Best setup for Dune.



  • #29
    CiDeRmAn
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    Obviously they couldn't entice Sting back for the new movie as his character isn't in it!


    edit: no wait, his character will be in the next one!



  • #30
    2ndcoming
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    Just out of interest that CRT has a flat screen right? Kind of early 2000s "last TVs with a back" generation. I remember a friend of mine had one like that for his PS2 at the time but if I was going to go to the bother of getting an old tv for retro gaming I'd want a nice curvy at the edges early 90's 21". Complete with random lines and colour saturation. Accept no substitutes!



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  • #31
    o1s1n
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118145074#Comment_118145074

    There are actually three main types really.

    Those curvy 'bubble' type CRTs which are the lightest.

    Sony Trinitrons like this one which have a curve, but only in one direction (curves across the the horizontal) - makes them look a lot flatter and they're a bit heavier as a result. Sony have actually been making these for decades, they've always just been pricey so you were more likely to see one of the more domed, bubble type CRTs in houses.

    Then you've the last gen which you mostly see in 32 inch 16:9 in Ireland that have a very flat screen - they're absolute monsters and weight a ton.



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