My Sony Trinitron 21" CRT TV (KV-21X5U)

Anyone looking for a retro TV it's worth trying to track this one down- it does a great job! Model KV-21X5U.




Media Notes:

-Golden Axe soundtrack Copyright Sega Japan 1988 & composed by Nankyoku, Decky & Imocky.

-Bare Knuckle soundtrack Copyright Sega Japan 1992 & composed by Yuzo Koshiro.

-Both above courtesy of: http://project2612.org/

-16 Bit graphic courtesy of http://citystate.co.uk/

-Megadrive Logo Copyright Sega Japan 1988.

-Font courtesy of: http://www.clavis.ne.jp/~sonic/segasonic/act5/font.htm

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[TheNervousRobot]

I wish I had planned ahead and bought a couple of new CRTs before they went out of production. I'm scavenging the used market now. My favourite console is the N64 and I have huge collection of games for it, and I've realized too late that my collection is useless if I one day find myself without a working CRT. And it just isn't the same experience on emulators.

[ianwilson1978]

@TheNervousRobot I hear you. I'm aware myself that if my CRT were to go then I'd be snookered! There's a fair few used on Ebay etc... but it's fact that in the future they'll eventually be a thing of the past.

[darrenwalshsock]

My code on my Trinitron is KV-25F1U i have just realised its not 21" like i had presumed,no wonder it was so heavy :)

[ianwilson1978]

@darrenwalshsock Ha that made me laugh mate! :)

[hargcore]

Hi Ian, great review - I've been on the lookout for a trinny locally for a while now and just found one advertised for £25. It's a 29" - KV-29X5U, I enquired about it and learnt it was going to the dump that weekend and I could have it for free along with a TV unit! Just picked it up and it's a great set the picture is superb as you say. These X5U Sonys really work well with consoles. The TV was a beast to transport though!

[ianwilson1978]

@hargcore Cool- glad you got sorted. I hope my X5U is with me for many years! :)

[ElvisRocksVinyl]

Just to add to my comment below, Sony TVs in the 90s were absolute gems with there solid black construction and because CRT's have a large depth to them the casing acts as a bass tube, I have 1999 sony 28" wide screen CRT and that even has a real subwoofer located in the rear of the case, they don't make teles like they used to, they feel cheep and nasty, plus a CRT will last yeeeeaars providing you look after them by de-dusting the inside out every couple years.

[ElvisRocksVinyl]

This particular sony TV was gold back in the day very very nice tv, I remember them making a 21", 25" and 28" in this model, I have the 25" version, bought it back in 1998 and bought the 25" over the 21" because the 25" has a front S-video socket that I needed for my Panasonic 3DO at the time, I thought the 28" was a bit too big and the 25" displayed a cleaner image than the 28" I too use it for my old consoles, the sound on this set is bloody amazing, I've never heard a set like it since

[BlueShadow463]

.......That's my dream new TVs SUCK with Original xbox

[MrDrew872]

@iechromefox Spot on. All older content on crt looks better, scales better(on computer monitors) and responds better; They still measure input lag on modern monitor against a crt today. They retired crts well too early to save some space on desks and living rooms =/. And don't give me that save the planet crap because the earth has survived solar storms, meteorites!, nukes the lot. It will be here long after humans have gone.

Our only hope is for lcd technology to catch up before crts are gone.

[DigiDavidex2]

Sony Trinitron KV-21X5U vs. KV-29C1A?

KV-29C1A Win!!! bwuhuhauhauhaua :D

[Morahman7vnNo2]

I swear! In every game developing studio used that type of TV!

Well, from all the documentaries I've seen.

[Langly06]

got one of these the other day £10 on ebay, its unbelievable how much better retro consoles look on it compared with hd tvs, also the sound quality is amazing, perfect for games like street fighter alpha on the saturn.

[TrinitronPL]

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[iechromefox]

@TheNervousRobot I feel the same. I don't understand how people still didn't realize that. Not only the experience with consoles is much better on a CRT (N64, PS2, mega-drive, etc.), but the problems is also on DVDs.

[AshandirNG]

love playing pokemon 64 on a crt