/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5026938
Memed, but old TVs were extremely expensive to manufacture and store. We live in an era where any cunt can get a good TV.

>>5026938
It varies on size and brand. Olympus brands that are just PVM I've seen are hundred or two hundred less. 13" can be around 200-100 depending on condition and if they have RGB. 8" I've seen for under 100.

Just the matter of looking. Though some consumer TV can be good enough and can be free.

I paid $120 for a 13" PVM, sold it. Then paid 250 for OEV 203 (Same model type as OP)

>>5027043
forgot pic

MSRP would have been around $10,000 but I got mine for free. Expect to pay somewhere in between.

>>5026938
240p looks best on slot mask tubes.

>>5026938
No, the PVMs are expensive, that's standard price. You can get consumer grade trinitrons much cheaper (and larger). Also there are a lot of rebranded computer monitors that are trinitrons.

Trinitron ≠ PVM, though PVMs (sony brand) are all trinitrons as far as I know.

>>5027156
This is true. PS1 and newer or even non retro look better on trinitron style in my opinion. You can't beat watching DVDs on a PVM, but retro can look more pleasing on consumer sets as it tends to look too sterile on a PVM. I prefer my PVM for anything 16 bit and above, but consumer for anything before 16bit systems.

>>5026938
Both.
Consumer TV sets are way better.

>>5027196
You're both wrong. SXGA is the dick you should all be sucking on. No scanlines but sharp as a razor, and costs literally nothing.

They are now

>>5027043
>Then paid 250 for OEV 203 (Same model type as OP)
OEV 203 is a 20M2MDU, not a 20M4U

>>5026938
>Or did they just get memed in price.
Yes

Drop ~$100 or so off that, then you're a bit more inline with what that model should be going for.

>>5026938
this shit isn't worth anything, it's just people trying to capitalize off of gullible kids that rush out to buy whatever they hear about

>>5027362
>no scanlines

>>5027363
haha just like that anon said because scrubs kept posting about it, these are the same people that ruined collecting old vidya because they memed normies into it. nice going you fucking idiots

>>5026938

I guess it depends on where you live. Where I live it's quite rare to see them for sale, but when you find them they're either free or like 200 euros max.

>>5027406
That's what I said anon. If you're really anal though, it's not a problem that can't be easily fixed.

>>5026938
your pic is of a 65 pound, high-end 20" being sold by a scummy reseller on ebay
if you play lots of old games they're worth every penny, though

Do people really pay that much for these things?
There's tons of them posted around my area to pick up for free. Like all the time.

>>5027883
I hope not. I paid like $35 for mine.

>>5027883
What state id rather drive than pay these prices. Sadly no trinitrons in my state

>>5027883
yeah I doubt it, you must be thinking of regular Trinitrons, not PVMs. *talks real slow* PVMs are different to the usual CRTs (though some regular Trinitrons are getting memed as well), they're the highest possible quality, generally used only by professionals who required the highest clarity.

>>5027905
Not a state. I'm talking Alberta.

>>5027916
Oh ye, you're probably right. I know absolutely crap all about TVs. Just see the name around a lot.

>>5027932
Damn. Too bad its not Toronto.

>>5027916
Theyre like film editing monitors right?

Kinda how a studio monitor is better than a retail speaker

>>5027979
yea they are way higher quality and take signals like rgb that are uncommon in NA consumer sets. The sony ones are kind of a meme and way overpriced. you can get higher quality pvms from different brands for cheaper

>>5027916
>Highest possible quality
For a 240p monitor. They're a meme for people who want the best scanlines possible, nothing else.

>>5026938
Most of them are fried having been on for 24 hours a day in some tv studio or operating theatre. Just get a regular old consumer crt ya dipster

>>5028441
The solution to that is to buy medical - as long as them having been used in hundreds of colonoscopies doesn't bother you

I miss my consumer trinitron, it was too big and no one would take it off my hands, I had to junk it. That was a sad day.

Now I just play it straight with a shitty 27" from a no-name brand. I could get better but I don't need it yet, so just waiting. At least mine has component.

>>5027883
Yes pick them up and flip them. They are very easy to sell even if they have major problems with the display. There are so many people pathetically desperate to buy these.

>>5028472
I wonder what they smell like.

Yes and no. You can find them cheaper, if you're lucky. Most people end up having to take a little road trip to find them at a good price. Buying them from eBay is generally a horrible idea, unless you like being price gouged.

Panasonic and JVC also made really nice professional RGB monitors that are considerably cheaper than their Sony equivalents and often have a higher TVL count than the PVM monitors.

A lot of people turn their nose up at them since they're shadow mask sets instead of aperture grill, but honestly they still look incredible. Very reminiscent of an arcade monitor.

I picked up a 14" Panasonic monitor from a local TV station last year and I love it. I stopped searching for PVM/BVM monitors once I got my hands on it.

>>5026938
That's a listing from theonlyshop2013, a known scalper and reseller scum. Don't buy his overpriced shit.

>>5028807
Kek, this is incredibly scummy but I have to give him an A for effort. Can't say I wouldn't do the same if I had the opportunity.

>>5028818
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-BKM-68x-Analog-Input-RGB-COMPONENT-A-Series-BVM-PVM/183271622196?hash=item2aabd70634:g:YrEAAOSw4RZbGxSc
Four thousand american dollars for a fucking input card!

>>5026938
I kind of regret selling mine. Prices have gone up a lot.

>>5026938
If its from Pat or TheOnlyShop its scalped. TheOnlyShop has been listing long term in high volume. Anything he lists is 200% the normal value. He likely buys and resells. If anyone buys from either of them they are only contributing to the problem because it becomes an accepted value when they're already over priced and nobody else gives a fuck about them but a small group of autists.

>>5028820
Yep nothing is off limits to his double price bullshitery. Even this card. The last three sold before that card went for around 2000$.

>>5026938
yes u bandwagonner, supply and demand sry :)

>>5029556
Fuck off retard

>>5029539
this

Pat is a lot cheaper though and at least calibrates his displays. TheOnlyShop charges twice the amount they're actually worth and the displays aren't even freshly recapped or calibrated.

Fun fact: They both live next to each other.

>>5029569
You can also see how theonlyshop is 100% in it just for the money based on his other listings of supreme clothing etc.

pic related, this is what happened after I made this post >>5028820

What do you guys think of JVC TMs? How do they compare?

>>5030326
In my experience JVC consumer sets are surprisingly shitty but I've never encountered a pro one.

>>5030326
I own two (TM-H150CG and -H1950CG) and I'd say they are comparable to Sony's PVMs. They're also a lot cheaper and easier to find because they have not been memed to high prices.

>>5026938
i was gonna drive a friend out to get a sony triniton+remote for $60 last week but it was gone by the time I wasn't working
shits fucked

>>5030371
Cheers!

>>5028730
my 14m2mdu smelled like a fancy doctors office

I got a consumer HUGE trinitron for free about a month ago. Someone put it by a dumpster and I was just lucky enough to be in a truck at the time.

Best free shit I got in a long time. Beat Mario 3 on it. Looked great.

>>5026938
Wat? There's a ton of them on ebay for like $60

Even my old ass composite only Panasonic looked pretty good, you don't have to buy Sony only you know.