let's discuss CRT TV ownership

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Probably needs a recap

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Picked this Toshiba 24AF4 about two years ago, from an estate sale, but only recently finally use it for the one thing I was missing in my library.

Light Gun Games!

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Sorry itā€™s a little blurry, but itā€™s hard to capture a shot mid-fight.

Elemental Gearbolt still sits as the most metal light gun game Iā€™ll ever see.

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There should be a light gun thread!

Also love the wavebirded Wii you have going.

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Four WaveBird receivers is referred to as a WaveBeard.

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i had noticed that VHS aesthetics are having a bit of a moment right now in music videos. i am compelled to share one i made back in the day. i had two players and a camcorder all hooked up to a dollar store three-way A/V switcher, and split the output between a CRT and a shitty usb capture dongle. cut up and set to music in equally shitty editing software. behold, the most 2010-ass thing youā€™re likely to see this week:

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These wavebirds are from their initial release in 2002.

Golly are they really all over 20 years old now. Yeesh, I donā€™t like the constant march of time.

I guess everything in my little game corner is long in the tooth, itā€™s just always worrying when I think how long Iā€™ve kept these doodads kicking around

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Someone here was saying their CRT had humidity damage, causing it to whine real bad? I think my CRT may have humidity damage, Idunno. Sometimes when I turn it on, itā€™s extremely dark. Quite a bummer. This is my baby (JVC TM-H1750CG), so Iā€™ll have to do something about it.

It could also be power fluctuations from my inverter on my solar setup. Iā€™ve been using the same stuff since 2018, after all. Thatā€™s 6 years of off grid, completely solar powered CRT gaming yā€™all.

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I got this lil set repaired and it is a delight! Look at that kickstand!

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This is the I/O. Anyone have recommendations on what adaptor Iā€™ll need to plug in standard A/V audio cables? I donā€™t know the name of that Audio In port so Iā€™m not sure where to start.
Thanks!
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For audio you just want RCA to 3.5mm and for the B video you want a BNC to RCA adapter.

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Ah, thanks for confirming! I had my suspicions that the audio in was a standard 3.5mm. The adaptor is in the mail!

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The adaptor arrived and it was indeed a simple 3.5mm port. Now I have video and audio

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