Add RGB input to Consumer TVs | Make Arcade Monitors on the Cheap! 

Not only did you greatly improve the image quality, you also now have a monitor to connect arcade boards to. :)

You can open any TV and take note of the ICs inside then look up data sheet for the chips. Service guides aren’t always available

Wow, seriously, you did your homework. Outstanding presentation!

Very useful video. Thanks for the detailed descriptions and diagrams!

Like most of us, I lusted for a PVM or BVM. Still don't have one, but I think i can move on knowing this mod actually works. I do have a 27" Sony Trinitron tube TV and well, now I just might mod that. Modding this 13" TV was was increasingly difficult because this TV was 1) small, making the PCB cramped, and; 2) newer making the PCB full of surface mount crap and also lacking a service manual. Fun fact. I paid $30 for this beauty NEW when I was working at K-mart in ~2005. I worked in the electronics dept. It was a wild ride.

that tv is pretty nice it reminds me of the rca tv i had they have a similar style chassis and even the same looking settings menu. lots of good memories on that

Nice work!

Great video!

Thanks dude, great mod

Thank you for making a video about this hack !

Awesome video. It would've been cool to see how the dithering on the waterfall in Green Hill Zone compares between composite and RGB on this TV. The waterfall is said to actually look better in composite as the dithering was designed to take advantage of the poorer quality of composite or RF.

Nice, try to do this mod on Sony Trinitron set, the results of this mod will be much better. And also you can use scart female connector insted BNC.

good job

These mods are insanely hard, i also attempted it some years ago and i gave up halfway through when i had to make my own amplifier circuits and what not. It would be awesome if you could RGB mod some popular TV models like the Wega/Trinitron, etc, they all probably share a lot of common parts like the Jungle ICs, then it would be way easier to get one of these models and just follow your instructions.

kick ass work!!!

Ryan Not all tv have manual for model tv because sometime one chasiss serve a few tv. Try to search the chasiss no. I find itt,metz 13 inch and philips21 inch same chasiss and different model

Now I'm google'ing if my Panasonic CT-20SL15 as already been documented to RGB mod. It has component so currently using scart to component box which has its own psu from ebay

Awesome!

I’ve had better luck using the RGB out, or tracing them with a meter. I have done 3 successful ones in a row now. I did a sharp the other day, pinouts showed OSD R/G/B and blanking. I could only get the RGB through the OSD text using these pins. Blanking just killed the screen. I moved RGB across to the RGB outputs (which you have as Pin 19/20/21) and voila , RGB with sync on the channel I tapped the composite on for sync ... only need to switch blanking when using composite over sync... otherwise with C sync it worked without blanking. I do prefer to switch blanking even on C sync as it does change the colour tones VERY slightly ... Each TV has being slightly different. The Hitachi with Phillips main chip I needed to trace RGB tracks until I was basically sending the signals direct into the neck board. Same thing where blanking was only needed for composite over sync. And also a trinitron flat screen. I have an LG and Samsung and older model small trinitron to do eventually

Sick MOD

Excelente

That chassis looks very similar to the ones in early 2000's small RCA and GE sets (the ones made after they did away with the dreaded Tuner-on-board design) Perhaps the manuals may be cross compatible to some extent as well.

Hi. Its switchable for any CRT TV?

Brilliant work. Alas I laugh at you in *scart*

I'll try to make it quick. I want to add component jacks to a Sharp 25R-S100 to hook up a og Xbox or PS 2 to replicate a primal rage arcade. What ohm resistors should I use? A walkthrough digram will help alot. thanks.

Love it.Which CAD program did you use?

Ryan great video!. I have the same idea as you. I am building a Neo Geo MVS sort of clone but with a 32" Sony Trinitron KV 32S22, my mother donate it. I have all the schematics, all the rgb lines that go into the jungle chip identified. The thing is that I want to put an original 2 slot mvs board inside of it.. so I might need a supergun right? To output either RGB component or Scart connection , I see those superguns have controller (gamepad type) inputs on the front, like for Sega Saturn and such which I don't need and they block the harness entry for arcade buttons wiring. Do you know of any dedicated video procesing board for MVS that leaves the arcade harness connections free and that will let me hook this thing to my Trinitron once I mod it?. Also what route do you recommend component or Scart

My tv is a 29FS4RLG TV, I am in doubt if the input of pin 82 blkin is where I put the 5v ???

I have a TV (CRT monitor ) with 'AV component IN' with R (Pr) Blue (Pb) and Green (y) , may I connect my MVS directly to those (TV CRT Panasonic 29FJ30LA)

Really cool. Wanna do my Panasonic 27" next? haha

I know that these RGB signals from a home console are on the 31kHz side of the Force. But would a CRT RGB modded TV accept a 15hKz RGB signal as easy as a 31/47kHz?

Im in UK and I want to do something different, I want to convert a RGB scart socket into a Component input, one of my tvs may even be ready for it as it was a 2006 model which has the cutouts already on the shell at back its likely they just never wired it into to the circuitboard, its so I can connect a PC to the tv and all in one retro setup, i.e play emulators, watch stuff off my NAS as I prefer it to a LCD tv.

hi.. i have a lg flatron tv and it has component input but it only says (480i) why? no component cable is for 480p

I have the very last gen LG's Tube TV (lg 14sr1ab). I love it to death but one bad thing is that it only accepts composite input. Is there any way to have it accept higher resolution video signals? I believe it was capable of doing SD resolution.

I was wondering if you could help me with a project of mine? I’m trying to rgb mod a tv from the late 90´s. I really need help on this mod

What CAD program do you recommend for tracing circuits like in the video?

Successfully did this to a Trinitron. Unfortunately, the TV's chassis had a gaping hole in it to begin with, the CRT is beginning to break off from the cabinet, and the whole thing will probably shatter like an egg if moved again.

My Jungle chip (AN5302K) has inputs for Horiz and Vert sync. Could I wire those to BNC also if all lines are on something like a 4PDT switch? Would I even need to put the blank on a switch that way?

i wish more people were into consumer crts. Those PVM/BVM are way too tiny. i dont understand how so many people use super tiny screens

You used composite IN on the TV to feed sync signal ?

Its chip methods. I do two modification And results low quality dark picture. Not good for pandora or 60 in 1 Some arcade games nornal And others bad. Not good for all console. In my opinion. In usa try to buy rgb or arcade monitor In Europe we have luck with scart tv Just need good sony kv with remote control . Or jvc toshiba etc.

if you hire someone to mod for you, what would be the cost?

Can we make it component video?

100!

Why would anyone want to do this if the color is darker than composite video?

Could somebody help me to find the BLK pin on LG 14FK3RB-L2 ?

4:00 you mean SPDT

Hi, how I convert vga sígnal to rgb ?

I live in the UK, why did I watch this entire video?

This is quite confusing to me why American television sets don't have a scart connection !?

There is easier solution - being European

If it's difficult to find the pin outs then give a LINK TO THEM.