Valid concern. I made a little visual inspection from the inside of course, but didn’t find anything. Now that I think about it though, I didn’t check below the PCB.
Another person also mentioned that my soldering work isn’t that clean, so I will probably open the thing again and check for bugs and redo my the cable.
Yes you’re right, it really isn’t the cleanest soldering work. I’m still practising a lot.
It is probably fine though, I tried pulling the cable apart where I soldered with quite a bit of force, but it didn’t loosen a bit.
The TV also only consumes 52W according to the back label, so it should be fine.
On the other hand through, this really is a connection that needs to be really solid.
You’re right, I should probably revisit it. I’ll see when I have time for it.
Well, I guess there are some people that really think that the few grams of copper inside the cable is worth something. Most people see CRTs as worthless today anyway, which is pretty sad.
Thank you :) I’ll see how many hours it was used once I get the remote for it. It’s probably not too much, since the tube looks pretty bright.
I see CRTs pretty rarily on the street. It’s probably because they’re getting rarer? But yeah, I know the feeling of seeing one and not being able to take it with you. I mean, I have already seen a few that I just didn’t need, like 100hz sets or just rather low quality TVs. I don’t have that much space so I never picked these up, even though I also didn’t want so see them trashed. With this one, I just couldn’t leave it there. It’s a 21 inch CRT, so I somehow made space for it at home.
And yes, this was also my first time working on a CRT. It would have probably taken a few more years for me to build up enough confidence to open one, but finding one that needed repairs greatly accelerated it if that makes sense. I still don’t really feel comfortable touching the electronics inside because every just tells you about how dangerous they are, but I hope it gets better for me in the future so that I can possibly do some more difficult repairs if needed.
Absolutely. The Wii U modding community is really active, I feel like there’s something new every few months. I love it!
And that’s fine too, I think. This is what gave the Wii the perfect backwards compatibility, allowing many more people to enjoy Gamecube games on original hardware without getting a Gamecube, which are way more expensive today.
And you know, the Wii is like a beast when it comes to sub HD stuff. It’s the most powerful console that ever released that wasn’t designed with HD TVs in mind. That lead to many Wii games just looking really damn good and clean. Seriously, Mario Galaxy on a CRT in RGB looks absolutely stunning.
But maybe they did go to far trying the same thing again with the Wii U.
I know I know, you’re right. This is a rather temporary setup, I plan to arrange the consoles a bit differently so they’re less in the sunlight.
Even now, its just during the evening, and my Gamecube, which is the most susceptible to yellowing, is already kinda yellow unfortunately. Same for the wavebird receiver.
But you’re still right, I should put something over these consoles for now.
Right? It feels like gaming peaked with the 6th console generation. Just a fun time to look back at.
Yeah, having some evening sun shine into a room just gives it a great vibe. I just wish it wasn’t 29°C in here
Anyway, thanks for commenting as well!
That VCR is from my parents, they don’t use it anymore. I don’t really have any tapes for it though.
We had the first 3 Star Wars movies on VHS, which was the reason I set the thing up. Unfortunately, these tapes have somehow disappeared completely, they are nowhere to be found.
So it’s just decoration for now, but I’ll definitley get some other movies one day. Thank you for your comment!
Haha true, but only dust for me, no pets. I guess having carpet doesn’t help either. Let’s just say that it adds to the vibe.
Micro Mages, let’s go! This is such a cool game, it’s always great to see people online play it on anything but a PC. I for myself played it on a modded Wii on a CRT. I love how everyone plays this game differently.
Anyway, nice little emulation console you got there too, glad it worked out with the custom firmware as well. Enjoy!
Maybe. It’s definitely good at what it does, playing music.
I really like this app. Though it does seem to have google tracking according to duckduckgo. Maybe inevitable because it’s getting the music data from YouTube? But that would mean that it wouldn’t work while blocking the trackers, but it does work. I don’t know, just felt it was worth pointing out.
Besides that, pretty nice app. Works well, has a nice UI.
This is sick, definitely gonna check that out later. The Satellaview is such a cool device, kinda retro futuristic. The idea of using satellites seems crazy today. What a shame it never released outside Japan. I guess making such a service work in other countries would have been really expensive.
Oh man, I really have to play Superstar Saga again. Started it in 2019 when I got a GBA for the first time, but every time I took a break from the game it was larger than the one before. That’s kinda weird too, since I remember the game quite good.
Anyway, I always forgot the button combinations for the different attack moves. I somehow still made it to the final boss but never beat it, because at that point I just forgot basically everything. Really one of my weirdest playthroughs. Definitely have to check that game out again, thanks for reminding me about it. Good luck with your playthrough!
This basically sounds too good to be true. Making an FPGA core for 1 console is already a challenge, but making a new console that uses multiple cores and plays hundreds of games perfectly? Not gonna be easy.
Especially since they also want to add many more hardware features. The disc drive in particular stands out. I really wonder how they are planning to make all of this work. It’s like they want to recreate the hardware accurately but also add features.
Will the FPGA core be less accurate because of this? Or will it emulate the real hardware perfectly with these extra features added by another chip? Probably the latter, but I’m really looking forward how this is gonna work out nonetheless.
Definitely an interesting project.
Wait, the OG 3DS has that too? My New 3DS has that problem as well. Crazy that they managed to repeat that design flaw.
Awesome to hear that it works on real hardware. It’s so cool to play new mods on decades old consoles.