Opinions on this TV for game room build?

[ashreii]

I'm thinking about building a basement game room as I am buying a house this week. Yay! I have read that a CRT is the way to go. Truth?

The sony trinitron keeps getting brought up. I happened to stumble across this today. 37" Sony Trinitron for $15. They said they would accept $10.

The question is, is this the TV for me?

http://tippecanoe.craigslist.org/ele/4943736877.html

[EllertMichael]

I have the same TV but in the 29" model.
I love it.

[Ziggy]

Yeah, as far as consumer grade CRT televisions go, Sony Wega is just about as good as you can get. $10 is a steal, don't pass it up.

[JoeAwesome]

Bring a strong friend.

[CRTGAMER]

Good God, that beautiful and unusually large 4:3 CRT TV is still on Craigs List! Why has the OP not bought it yet!!!

[dogman91]

Just one thing (though I'm sure CRTGAMER will disagree). Ask the seller for the model number and then look that up to determine whether it's an standard-definition or HD TV. You'll want a standard definition TV for all your retro consoles pre-PS2/Gamecube/Xbox era.

Any HDTV, even HD CRTs, will upscale the signal to the TV set's native resolution and cause some (potentially) pretty ugly artifacts. Plus maybe even some input lag. No sweet scanlines either.

[ashreii]

This was the positive response I was hoping for. I'm glad it has a remote. That was kind of a must for me honestly. Is 37" a good size?

[Hobie-wan]

This was the positive response I was hoping for. I'm glad it has a remote. That was kind of a must for me honestly. Is 37" a good size?

Well, if you're looking for a TV size that's a prime number it's a good choice. If you're looking for something a bit more divisible or even you're gonna have a problem.

[ashreii]

This was the positive response I was hoping for. I'm glad it has a remote. That was kind of a must for me honestly. Is 37" a good size?

Well, if you're looking for a TV size that's a prime number it's a good choice. If you're looking for something a bit more divisible or even you're gonna have a problem.

Lol. I just want to make sure it's a proper size that won't make the image do anything funky.

[KalessinDB]

The "Strong friend" thing is important. If you yourself aren't also strong, bring 2 strong friends and buy them dinner. I have the 36" of this and while it's a "mere" 220 lbs, it feels way more than that because it's bulky and awkward and there's no good handholds for it.

But it's an amazing tv.