Philips — 109S4
20-inch Philips 109S4 shadow mask CRT PC monitor with a nicotine habit and a surprisingly decent picture. Good for aperture grille vs shadow mask comparison content, but eventually lost out to the Sony contingent for daily use.
This Philips CRT pickup seems like it was a good deal to me. 19" for 20€ the image looks really good in person, even before warmed up and the tubr appears to have under 6000 hours of use. Rocking that @jeffqchen VGA dongle. #Dreamcast #CRT #vga #RETROGAMING
More pics, same games. Quake III Arena, F355 Challenge, Dead or Alive 2 and Ikagura.
CRT cleaning day. Not great but also not the worst I've seen. It is however heavily nicotine infused. More pics below, including the final state. #CRT #VGA #restoration #RETROGAMING
A lot of IPA and wipes later and here we are. Not perfect but a lot better! @MisirajEduart I still like the picture quality but I don't trust a single capacitor on the monitor's PCBs. Capxon and other weird brand names all around.
Figured I'd try a different kind of #CRT. Wrong aspect ratio sadly but the image in person is interesting. Shadow mask works well for this game too. #LegendofZelda #TearsOfTheKingdom
@crt_bot2
For your viewing pleasure, here are some aperture grille vs shadow mask shots on a series of games 🧵👇. #Sony (cooler white point) vs. #Philips warmer white point). Starting off with Soul Calibur. #RETROGAMING #CRT #Sega #Dreamcast #SoulCalibur
Soul Calibur close-ups. #RETROGAMING #CRT #Sega #Dreamcast #SoulCalibur
Ikaruga shots with close-ups. #RETROGAMING #CRT #Sega #Dreamcast #Ikaruga
Jet Set Radio shots with close-ups. #RETROGAMING #CRT #Sega #Dreamcast #JetSetRadio
Sonic Adventure shots with close-ups. #RETROGAMING #CRT #Sega #Dreamcast #SonicAdventure
Sony G420 vs Sony E430 vs Philips 109S4, battle of the 19" PC CRTs. One of the Sony ones is going in to storage but I'm having a hard time deciding which. What do you guys think? Which would you keep in your daily setup? #RETROGAMING #CRT #Sega #Dreamcast #SoulCalibur
