Modding a consumer TV to use RGB input

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  @Duffman-zn7ku · 7 years ago

  There is nothing as permanent as a temporary fix that keeps holding.

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• AN

  @andydoane · 7 years ago

  Seeing those pictures of a young 8-Bit Guy makes me want him to do a 5-part documentary on the history of the 8-Bit Guy.

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• GO

  @gohan5135 · 7 years ago

  dude was 22 married with a job..<br>me: 22 loser with no friends and still in college

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• CA

  @captainchaos3667 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I only recently learned SCART was not a thing in the US and I&apos;m amazed. They were bulky, but otherwise amazing. Composite, S-Video, RGB and audio in one cable, in two directions! Basically the HDMI cable of their day. I wonder why this never caught on in America.

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• YE

  @yetidynamics · 7 years ago

  lets face it, that internal connection is never going to be redone

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• MA

  @Maniac536 · 7 years ago

  Oh my god the origins of the 8-bit guy...fascinating.

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• AN

  @AndersEngerJensen · 7 years ago (edited)

  Retrofitting that microwave with RGB would have been a blast though... ^_^<br><b>NOTE:</b> The song David used in this episode, «FM Love» will be released soon, on my next album. I just need to finish a few more songs and order the prints (cassettes and VINYL(!). This will take a few months, but should be available in good time before Christmas, so stay tuned. ;)

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• ВА

  @ВалерияРоманова-ю1м · 5 years ago

  laughs in european, where every toaster had RGB SCART inputs until HDMI came out

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• BE

  @betaman7988 · 7 years ago

  “It’s hard to imagine but we actually watched TV on this”<br><br>I was born in 2001 and I can remember our kitchen TV being a Sony 110 12” black and white TV my family first bought in the late 70s. Still got it and it still works

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• MR

  @mrnmrn1 · 7 years ago

  This TV has very &nbsp;low hours in it. I&apos;m sure below 5000h, probably below 2000h. It&apos;s practically new.That&apos;s incredible for a TV which was in regular use since 1997. With any significant use, the white plastic on the deflection yoke should have been yellowed, and TONS of black dust on everything, as the high voltage attracts it. Even the plastic cover on the top of the heatsink (for the primary PSU controller+driver IC) is still white. These are used to be brown and brittle in a 20+ year old Samsung with this chassis. <br>I <b>really</b> suggest you to replace the electrolytics on the primary side of the PSU (the mains reservoir can be left alone), with some top quality Rubycon/Nichicon/Pansonic long life 105°C series, as this chassis uses a weird hybrid driver/controller IC, which is prone to failure if those capacitors go bad, which is possible after 20 years, even with low hours (especially, if the TV was in standby most of the time, in this case it&apos;s a wonder it still works). And you probably won&apos;t get any replacement PSU IC, because it has been discontinued 10+ years ago, the current stocks are all counterfeit and garbage.

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• PA

  @ParadoxdesignsOrg · 7 years ago

  hacking old TV&apos;s? man, you&apos;re hard core retro!

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• CS

  @csabasanta5696 · 7 years ago

  Drink every time David says &apos;actually&apos; ;)

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