Unboxing a new old stock CRT in 2022 - Sony Trinitron KV-PG14P10 TV 

I worked for Sony in the UK at their manufacturing facility at Bridgend in the late 80's and specifically worked as an electrical technician in the tube making plant on breakdown maintenance of the plant. I'm going to comment as I watch the video and the first thing to me (11:50) as it's a later generation is that the anode is underneath the tube, not on top. I think your warning of voltages is not strong enough, the tube can kill you with the power off from stored static, I did an electronic apprenticeship and had many static shocks from b/w monitors removing the anode where the power supply would have been about 14KV, about the same as car HT ignition systems at that time. The big tubes had 36KV plus as the anode voltage and enough current to kill you so boys & girls don't do this at home. ( at 25KV vacuum tubes start emitting x-rays the same as a medical x-ray machine and that's why the front panel (screen) is so thick with leaded glass). An anecdote, some tubes didn't pass the final line testing (done by a human at that that time) and so would be then tested in a single offline jig by a more experienced operator who's main tool was a rubber mallet, I kid you not. I'm digressing sorry, but sometimes the robots hadn't fitted the aperture grill correctly into the front panel glass supports so by hitting the the front panel or from the side the operator could seat the AG properly. There were a lot more rubber mallet procedures. Sorry for digressing but the offline test machine the operator had to insert the anode by hand and fit DY coils etc (power off) and so I was standing behind the operator testing a tube with a fitter on my shift and the anode fell out and the fitter went to re insert it and he had a huge electrical shock and in his words 'it got me before I grabbed it (the anode)'. 14:00 the electron gun (plus the front panel) were what made the tube, also Sony used very high quality components and their TV's had an average lifespan of about 13 yrs which was pretty good considering high voltages were involved. 15:46 apologies for jumping the gun 19:30 probably electrolytic capacitors drying out slowly after having no voltage put on them for so many years and you're also lucky to be able to adjust things in the digital world compared to when I knew these tubes. It's 2:30 am so have to sign off, last thing from me I stopped working for Sony before they started making totally flat screens, straight vertically and curved horizontally. One last thing, after the physical air evacuation there was a 'getter' process where a chemical reaction exploded removing more air (down to 10 to -9 tor air molecules being 10 miles apart ..) but the tube was a bomb until the front panel had been banded ( so many explosions during this phase) and then they went through about 250KV ac & dc across the tube to blow up any particulate remains. apologies for the novel, surprised I remembered so much from nearly 40 yrs ago.

I miss CRT’s. The motion was just so crystal clear. Even in this brief footage of Super Mario World, you can pause it and it doesn’t look like a smeary mess like with LCD.

Its always a feeling of "cool" when someone opens new old stock! Especially technology.

My dad brought this for me as a reward when I was in grade school. I am now studying and soon to be graduating in a university soon and this thing is still working pretty well. I only use it when I play old school game consoles such as SNES, NES and PS1 for a better nostalgia factor.

14 inch trinitrons are usually deep because they have 90º deflection, larger sets used 110º so the larger ones are proportionally shorter.

I own a Magnavox 14 inch crt TV (still works) that I paid $599.99 in 1986. I don't regret it.

I discovered your channel when I tried to learn how to fix a 1084 and since then I'm happily coming back to watch more and havent' t been disapoointed. Keep up the good work!

So bright, it makes me sad to know how much many crts have lost over the years

Very nice TV, always love to see when some of these NOS ones get into the hands of passionate CRT enthusiasts! Nice video, thank you very much for going into this much detail on the small Sony.

I had a 1992 Trinitron 14 inch television.I really miss that television.

Tubes have to be designed to compensate for the earth's magnetic field, and that is flipped in the southern hemisphere vs. the northern. Some CRTs were made for the southern hemisphere, but Sony put northern hemisphere tubes in southern hemisphere sets by just flipping them upside-down! That tube is a long boy because it is a 90-degree deflection, and that is why the convergence and geometry is so good. 110-degree tubes are harder to align.

Lovely, interesting and relaxing. Seeing "behind the scenes" was fascinating. Also what Travis Parker said about the magnetic field and southern TVs are upside down! Genius!

CRT-Monitor's are never die! :D

Congrats on the acquirement of this gem man. Looks amazing 👏

For a second I thought they were releasing new CRTs. Man. Bummer. My CRT looks to be on its last legs, but my retro consoles will be hooked up till it’s end.

Thete is just one special thing about all that: you'r oily finger prints are made on all surface on all things you touch. This is just wonderful.

I am always amazed with what NOS goodness is floating around out there. I am a bit surprised that this CRT did not have an S-Video input, but as you mentioned it was a cost reduced design. An RBG mod would be cool, though -- make it happen! ;)

Cool! I remember we had the 21" version of that TV (or a similar model) in the main bedroom of one of the flats I grew up in, then my dad later gave it away to make way for a plasma TV when we were moving.

Thanks for posting this! Now I can see that a couple of things I thought to be issues with my consumer Sonys are in fact factory defaults :).

I had the same exact TV. I kept it it in the back room for the animals, it was on 24x7 for almost 10 years, it never had a problem and the picture always looked great.

Awesome video , what a great find 👌👌

I still own a Magnavox CRT tv that has dvd and vcr from 2003. I purchased it in college and it still works.

Super cool find! I like 14 inch crts as they are easy to move around (especially in my small house!)

Shot, I still have my 27in Sony Trinitron CRT TV. I spend only 20 bucks a few years back lol

It's gorgeous!

Nice. I want one of these for my old consoles.

Man, I would pay retail circa 2003 for that TV, I'm guessing these days probably more. Perfect size for me, congrats man

Nice video sir my childhood memory sony trinitron tv and sony walkman❤️❤️❤️

I bought one of those new from David Jones. Well it was bought for me as a kid we still have it but have not used it for years. I remember the wall of CRTs sitting on large shelving to carry the weight. Good times

That's a beautiful set. I've never seen a Sony with the anode cap set on the bottom side. Very interesting and thanks for showing all of it.

Wow, hearing secret of mana start up brought back some great memories.

thanks sony for shipping tvs at full volume at the analog channel

Tune it to a digital set top box for a signal and enjoy. You can still do that. I have an old Sharp 51cm crt from 1996 and a set top box for hi-def digital and can actually watch it if one of my LCD TVs gives up the ghost.

Amazing how far we've come from this to Oled's that are 5 millimeters thick. Science and engineering are incredible 🤩

Love this TV. Have one sitting right behind me as I type this which I've had since new. It's running NFL Blitz on a PS2😎

Very informative video thank you so much

Best geometry I've seen on a flat screen

I really appreciate the fact, that I live in the EU, where even the crapiest TV of the 90's and 00's always has at least one Scart connector. Really this is a surprise for me that Wega has only RCA inputs, such a shame. Anyway great indepth video!

In the UK we were blessed with RGB Scart, which has now become a popular mod in North America. We did have to settle for 50hz compared the North American 60hz, but RGB Scart is just much better than RF, Composite, or S-Video. It was a strange time. I was lucky enough to obtain a B&O Beocenter1 which had RGB Scart and 60hz support in the UK, and I modded my consoles to run in 60hz. The ultimate experience.

I wish analog sets were still made. I know it's not realistic and yes they can be heavy, bulky but they're so pretty.

Great video! i have just subscribed to your channel!

Something I didn't mention yesterday, after certain parts of the process the tubes would be highly charged statically (sometimes even smashed tubes even still had some static charge) and the overhead conveyors were like ski lifts so if we had to remove them because of a breakdown we would discharge them to earth, there were a few times we got caught out and involuntarily chucked the tube and shouted 'EYES' even though we wore safety glasses at all times. A small tip if you regularly work on crt's, clip an earth to your terminal screwdriver before you prise the anode out, don't be afraid of discharging a tube by earthing, it was a standard procedure for us at that time. And also always make sure the power is 'OFF' unless you're trained, for me it's the biggest mistake non trained people make. I check with a multimeter before I put my fingers anywhere.

Nice! 👍

i just unboxed a brand new magnavox from a storage unit from 1995. its a 27" and wouldnt even fit in my car without taking the box apart LOL. it was a pretty cool find. not a great television but it looks pretty good!

Nice catch! i have the 29" version for playing my old 8 and 16-bit games :-)

Awesome.

The fact he synchronized the CRT refresh with its camera shows he knows some stuff hehe

I love crt tv's there's so much spunk to them

Hey! you are going to need those rabbit ears they pick up good white noise, because ghosts need love too!..

In the summer of 2020 I bought the '21 inches Sony Trinitron from 1993 made in Great Britain. I bought it less than 10$. It has faulty PAL decoder so it showed only black and white image. But everything else worked great.

I've dreamt about lucking into something like this! Good for you 👍 EDIT: disappointed that there are no RGB [SCART] or Component or S-Video inputs 😕

Awesome video love it ! Can’t wait for the RGB mod. One question the service menu is in 50 mode (love the fact you can set different settings based on 60 or 50) but the test suit you are using is NTSC , would that have any affect on anything?

Great video! I have one of those 14 inch Star Wars DVD combo CRT tvs. On the right the screen seems slightly cut off. Do you have any idea how to access the service menu and adjust the overscan? Cheers!

El unboxing más excitante que he visto en los últimos 20 años.

My controller of choice for the SNES as well. I love it

congratulations. The tv is beautiful. Make more videos unboxing and showing others Tvs Sony Trinitron. :D :D

AMAZING

I had this in black great TV

In Brazil some new ones appeared, I bought one in the box model KV21FS140, very happy with a new CRT in 2022

Nice good video 😊

Awesomeness. For the convergence issues, I noticed the set has some strips installed. They may have creeped over time. I'd try tweaking them slightly because the convergence isn't too terrible. The strips may just need a tweak.

daaang, I have a 32 inch Trinitron just like this but I wish I had this smaller one, it looks sooo good.

Like and subscribed.

Is it 4:3, or some other ratio? When trying Mario World, at first (10:23) there are big black horizontal bars, but it's full screen at the end of the video. What changed? Thanks :) EDIT: Oh, I see, the Service Menu. I hope there is one on my 2008 Sony 19 inches lcd, I have big black bars on hdmi and the standard tv ratio options does not apply to the hdmi input for some reason.

I had a big 27 inch same model. It was the future back then.

I feel like this ones the perfect size

Hey man. I found your channel and i watched you open up this tv. It gave me an idea id like to share with you if your interested. There seems to be no RU-vid videos of anyone getting there hands on a hotel tv. You know when you go to a hotel and they have those special TVS that don't have any inputs on them. So you cant plug in your own stuff, kind of forcing you to use there services. Anyways I would be thrilled to see one of those opened up for the first time. I'm surprised this hasn't been covered yet on RU-vid. Hopefully one day you can pursue this somehow. Would love to see inside a hotel TV just to see how all that works.

At least with larger Trinitrons of that era (27") the service menu controls can improve old consoles. Their chroma processing can worsen the composite garbage around color changes.

2002 time and only composite inputs, thought there would be at least S-Video. Guess here in the UK were were spoilt for input on TVs

Hard to find these anymore. Craigslist ads for CRTs have dried up, and Goodwill doesn't sell them anymore. I got a few, but I'd like to get another to ensure I never run out in my lifetime. I couldn't imagine playing retro games on hd tvs, Trinitron is the best as far as connectivity goes.

Olde Schoole Gameing just got real.

3:49 Box-be-gone. I may hope you kept it!

Don't miss those days

5:04 that is absolutely exemplary

I'm really looking forward to the RGB Mods.

A silver Game Cube would look nice with this set .

It's cool how the convergence changed from perfect from the factory in an hour of warm up.. Was it the components or maybe a convergence strip moved due to failed adhesive, or both?. This is why leaving a crt on at least an hour before making adjustments is mandatory.

I own Sony , 24", i still prefer it even i use it nearly 15 years

Scored its big (55"?) brother in Savers for $20 - only problem was a tiny pink blob in the corner! Was great for gaming for a few years, aside from the bloody settings being zoomed in (making game GUI a bit hidden in some titles), no remote and AV plug somehow jammed INTO the shell, that cover lid jammed UP! 😂 Despite those flaws, $20 well spent for the Mass Effect trilogy and movies on a HUGE screen!

My grandma has a 23yr old trinitron and it has never been repaired since day 1. It runs everyday for almost 8-9hrs. From 5pm to 2am. Everyday for last 23yrs & it has not even burnt the crt. The image is slightly distorted probably cus some capacitors are definitely failing on it. She doesn't want to get rid of it or sell it . & I also do not want to upgrade her to lcd tv cus all modern TVs are android & it's hard for old people to use Android.

IIRC, 2003 was in the middle of the capacitor plague. To double check, I just looked it up on Wikipedia. The capacitor plague supposedly lasted into 2007. If the convergence continues to worsen, I would suggest performing a recap on that TV. I'm not sure if Sony would have gone that far to reduce cost, but it's a possibility.

Where did you find that TV new in box, I would love to buy one if I could find one

I have the 21" version of that TV, good set. I RGB modded, it needs 2.5V on the BLK signal, anything higher and you get a black screen.

i think you need to fix vertical amp.. image does not fit the 4:3 ratio

still want to have one of these TVs I love this kind of screens where I can get one of those totally new?

Were on earth did you buy this from? Incredible.

had a chance for a new 24” Panasonic but I passed up on it. Thought 80 USD was a lot in 2017. Lol

So CRT’s made in this period are cost reduced? I have a 32 inch Sony Trinitron 32FS210 which says it was made end of 2006, so I am hoping it is good because the composite quality is great on my SNES, but the outside of the TV set is very beat up. Someone had it in their garage for like a decade due to the weird rust on the inputs on the back

Where did you buy this new in box ? Is someone selling them still ?

The service menu on Sony TVs is a godsend. I wish my Mitsubishi had one (maybe it does, but I can’t find any info).

Great find but am surprised you only had.composite video and mono audio.My crt here in Africa has all inputs,rgb,s video,stereo audio and even monitor outputs!

Sony Trinitron TV models sold in Saudi Arabia also have PAL SECAM NTSC TV TUNERS

OMG that's my grandpa's TV!!!

I wonder how these things can last when they are not used at all, either new or just turned off for years. Do they still get used by not being actually powered on?

nice sony crt, we have to see this littel crt get RGB mode

Oh my.. 😱

Speakers blown now 😆

Great video but you're actually wrong about the antenna , I pick up 3 channels here in the east coast of Canada with mine haha

Feels nostalgic 😢 Am searching for CRT COLOR TV Of VIDEOCON 📺.

I don't even know where to start looking in my country to find something like this. Just imagine having 7 brand new fw-900's and knowing that for at least 70 years you will always have a unique monitor working perfectly.