Table of Contents What is a CRT Tester? General Overview, Approach, and Theory ... Continue Reading...
Isolation transformers are a very important part of any CRT repairperson's toolbox. In general it is an important safety tool because, in the event of you touching a hot chassis CRT, it isolates your body from being a conductor between AC voltage in the TV and earth ground below your feet, but it ca... Continue Reading...
JVM TM-H1700G RGB Mod The TM-H1700G is a very nice professional monitor made by JVC; it has a beautiful 16" dot-mask tube, super sharp with 750TVL. More information can be found here. The 1700 only has composite and s-video inputs, but it's possible to rgb-mod it. There is a variation of thi... Continue Reading...
Fundamentals The most important thing to understand about light guns is they only need to read the sync signal. They are not injecting any data into the video or any other weird stuff. They simply need the sync frames to coordinate the data that is captured by the lens and sent over the USB/Co... Continue Reading...
The advice for shipping varies depending on the size, shape, and weight. Table of Contents 8" PVMs 13" PVMs ... Continue Reading...
If you've ever picked up a Sony CRT or other device from e-waste, eBay, or other sources you've probably noticed how common it is for the Sony logo on the front to be missing / broken. They stick out from the edge of the bezel in a way that makes them the first point of contact when other equipment... Continue Reading...
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