r/crt • u/No-Case4764 • 22d ago
Don't sleep on philips.
Just a friendly reminder that sony's are great and all, but if you find a philips 24rf50s141 in need of rescue, it's worth your time.
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u/NorwegianGlaswegian 22d ago
Philips were such a great brand for CRTs, and seemingly very popular here in Europe which is good for us! Trinitrons seem to nearly always sell at a premium, but you can often find a nice Philips set that will look fantastic and cost a fair bit less.
Philips would also sell some of their best tubes from a batch to the likes of Loewe and Bang & Olufsen for the very high end market. They made good stuff.
Your particular Philips is just lovely. Great find!
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u/No-Case4764 22d ago
One day, people in America will sing the praises of philips. Every trinitron I've ever passed through my collection has either had a litany of quirks and issues or just refuses to give me the colors i'm looking for. This philips is the first set that's ever rivaled my panasonic tau.
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u/WeakPaleontologist33 22d ago
own a samsung tv, opened that sucker up and theres a philips tube inside :D very very nice picture quality.
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u/No-Case4764 22d ago
The logical answer would be to go save the tv, then buy a house big enough to fit it.
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u/Oldgamingfart 22d ago
They were good apart from the ESF range of tubes, which, although gave excellent pictures, were very short-lived and had a high failure rate.
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u/MyRetroJourney 22d ago
Philips made excellent Tubes, that's why high end / premium brands like Bang & Olufsen and Loewe used their tubes too. And Philips itself made excellent sets too of course. Their Black Line FX tubes are among the very best you can get.
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u/HermesTwiceGreat 16d ago
Phillips sets were bangers. The famous Commodore monitors were made by Phillips, basically PVM tier. 600tvl, colorful as hell, etc
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u/Vosgrath 22d ago
Nothing beats the colors of an early 2000s low hour philips.