/vr/ - Retro Games

Brand names are pretty accurate and useful when it comes to CRTs. Your familiar electronics brands (Sony, JVC, Panasonic, Sharp) will be of at least respectable quality and worth a look. If it's Zenith or some crap you've never heard of just leave it be.

Inputs: for USAbros your ideal is a TV with component video input (red green and blue for video), that's the best you're gonna get on a consumer set. 6th generation consoles (+Wii) look awesome over component. Even PS3 and Xbox 360 are serviceable on a CRT with component.
Next up is S-Video which I'd say is 90% of component in terms of image quality. Very good for 4th-6th gen consoles.
After that you have your basic composite input (only the yellow video). This should be your bare minimum for image quality. Note that if a TV only has RF (coaxial) input do not bother with it. That's garbage.

I personally would not pay for a CRT that doesn't have S-video or component input. There are so many free composite-only sets on facebook marketplace. I'm a hardware guy but I use ODEs and Flashcarts; I would say be on the lookout for accessories but most controllers you find at a garage sale will probably be heavily worn and not worth picking up.

>>5760859
>>5760419
I don't know much about Pi. Does it support analog inputs?

It's time to settle this once and for all.
http://www.strawpoll.me/13191426

>>3519546
>this means nothing It has component
yellow is rca video composite
>There's a 40" HD CRT TV, but no SD ones
Wega's are all HD, came after the earlier Trinitrons
>Flat CRTs work with light guns without issue.
Check again. The Wegas we're discussing do not work with light guns.

>>3026094
i guess youve never seen component before

>>1770350
first off, why are you using composite video? use s-video at least (if possible use component/YPbPr or RGB)

if you have to use Composite or S-video, try enabling the "trap filter" setting to eliminate some of the dot crawl

what model of PVM do you have?