/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3526916
Does it weigh 400lbs?

>>3526916
>guys i bought a tv
Whats up with that saturn in the corner?

>>3526939
dunno, its in another state, coming via freight.

>>3526950
looks like hes out of room. for what I paid, he'll probably be able to move into a nice spacious place

Yes, it uses BNC connectors.

try 2048x1536 interlaced on this fucker

my computers are almost retro, would be aesthetics at 5fps

Did you seriously pay the ~$2400 listing price he had for that thing, or did you at least haggle him down some because if not, god damn.

I don't know explicitly, but if NEC's monitors are like Mitsubishi's, you may need to get a sync stripper/rewire your cable to get CSync instead of CVid for sync.
As for the cabling actually required, yes, the XM37 has BNC connectors for one of it's RGB inputs.


Here's hoping it makes it to you in decent condition.

>>3527091

Yikes, almost makes me feel better about paying $300 for my near-new XP29.

I know my XP29 is a bit picky with sync on certain things. I don't think it liked sync on luma.

>>3527091
I was wondering if one of the 20 or so watchers would post here :)

He originally wasn't going to ship it, but I made him an offer and he accepted.

continuing... he originally had it for $1500 but local pickup only. So I offered him $900 to ship it

>>3527101
Any idea what these monitors sold for new?

>>3527148
Several grand. Doesn't really mean much today because those prices were for when they were used for more than le retro game. The one I got off DFW craigslist a couple years ago was supposedly a spare or rarely used unit or something? Funny how prices have shifted so rapidly - I think I even talked the price down a bit to get to $300.

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/NEC+Technologies+enhances+CRT+presentation+monitors.-a019462649

>>3526916
Got this for free
Are people really paying high price for le retro tvs? because they throw / give them away around here

>>3527091
I did run a wire from Csync on some chip, I forget which but I went by the retrorgb guide. But for some reason at the end of my scart on pin 20, it has regular composite video, which my PVM accepted for sync. But as you say I must strip the sync. Not sure what went wrong in what I did, I'll have to tear open my SNES mini.

>>3527170
what model?

I wouldn't pay more than $20 for a crt that didn't accept RGB.

>>3527170
Your TV is a shit tv. The NEC XM series are high end ones.

>>3527148
my d20f1u sold for like 18k brand new

i still feel bad paying 500 for it, shipped.

>>3527206
Yep I'm surprised people around here don't know. These monitors were business presentation monitors when they were in production. The XM/XP series are pretty rare these days. Most of them seemingly (correct me if I'm wrong) ended up in the hands of collectors who don't wish to give them up. As time goes on, the price will go up indefinitely. There's a website selling these monitors, they have every version but its between $5k and $20k

>>3527218
I hear you. I don't feel bad paying for the XP. I also bought an Olympus OEV203 (same as 20" PVM) for $250 shipped, and just bought a BVM for $400 shipped. Probably all set for acquisitions unless I see something incredible come along

I also have a XM37. Too bad it's the one that doesn't do 15khz over RGB. Still great for dreamcast+
>tfw missed out on a XP37 Xtra a year or two ago for $100

>>3526916
Where did you get that cat OP?

>>3527481
That's the ebay pic. My cats aren't that fat

>>3527478
Didn't even know the plain XM37 didn't do 15khz. Looking around apparently only the XP37 is 15khz. goddam I got lucky

I was mistaken, here's the 15khz capable

XM37 Plus - XM3760- 35"- 65khz Horizontal Max - 1280x1024 - 1080i, 720p compatible
Has 2 S-Video/RCA inputs, 1 RGB input and a VGA input
XP37 Plus - XP3790 Same as XM37 Plus but has a 95khz horizontal max (1080p and up to 1600x1200)
XM37 Xtra - XM3761- 36" viewable, Same as XM37 Plus model but it has Component inputs and a 70khz horizontal
XP37 Xtra - XP3791- Same as XM37 Xtra but has a 100khz horizontal max frequency (QXGA and 720p at 120hz)

>>3527765

>15 - 65 khz

>>3526939
>>3526953
It weighs 228.2 lbs. I hope you have an exceptionally sturdy stand, OP.

>>3527787
>>15 - 65 khz

and up to 120Hz vertical.

>>3530041
I envy your disposable income

>>3530041

Fucking lol, you got GOT. I've shipped a Candy Cabinet for 500ish California to the East Coast.

>>3530041
>Reseller jews are moving on to CRTs now
J U S T

>>3531154
Yeah. They used to throw away PVM's, now idiots on here and reddit are paying hundreds of dollars + shipping on tiny little 9 inch meme displays. It's fucking hilarious.

>>3532457
the <10 inch ones are like 50. I want a pvm but yeah, all the decent ones are 200+

I bought one of those on Craigslist for a tenth of the price.
Goddamn you people are stupid
I thought the Saturn meme was dumb

>>3532653
>I bought one of those on Craigslist for a tenth of the price
Yeah, local CL sellers will practically pay you to haul away anything with a CRT in it and CL flippers that troll for stuff to eBay never bother with such a bulky hassle.

Also, Ikegami monitors are hugely underrated. Their build quality is impeccable (the fact that the bezel around the CRT is a solid metal casting speaks volumes) and the round CRT is more authentic gaming than a Trinitron.

$1500 + 900 shipping? Really? With a little bit of patience, you could find something like that on a local CL or such for next to nothing, as CRT=worthless scrap in the mind of the average burger (muh flatscreenz!).

This is something that's valuable to a small online community and worthless to everyone else.

>>3535792
Some people have more disposable income and just dont want to wait which is fine really. But let me tell you waiting pays off sometimes. In the past 6+ years browsing craigslist I have seen a few killer steals on crts. I got my xm29 from a guy at an AV company warehouse for $50. I have missed deals too. One time I saw an ad for another liquidating company that had a few BVMS for real cheap but I passed. However, finding deals is getting more uncommon now.

>>3536042
Good score, and mine was a mint high end Ikegami (this exact model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_4dugnqN1Q)) for a little over $100 shipped on eBay a few years ago. These are a real sleeper, and you could still probably get one for not much more than I paid even on eBay as all the hype is for Sonys and stuff like the NECs. Ikegamis are a bit rarer though, so it will take time.

>>3536042
>some hipster have more money than sense
FTFY

>>3536359

Yeah, I don't think a lot of people do much research so decent pro CRTs that don't have the SONY name attached will go unnoticed until enough people lead the masses to stuff like Ikegami.

>>3526916
>all these anons scoring CRTs
>been waiting for a friend to have time to bring me the one he wants to get rid of but lives too far so has to come when he has time

>>3539554

That might be code for you to offer to come pick it up.

>>3539557
we're more than 5 hours away from each other so I understand why he's holding back. I myself don't have the time or energy to drive half a day and the only deals in my area are the black ones with no component otherwise I'd have one right now.

>>3526916
wtf is this meme? crt tvs are all the same and literally free on craigslist. why the fuck would you pay 50 inch 4k tv money just to play 16 bit games?

>>3539582
1/10
made me reply

>>3539572
so you can't set up a nice weekend sleepover so you have a good time AND get a crt in the process ?

>>3539907
>sleepover
that might not be a bad idea actually.

>tfw too anti social to have even thought of that

>>3539582
This

>>3539582
they spent too much time on /vr/
its not like u need hi resolution for retro consoles. i just picked up a free tv off the side of the road yesterday