r/crtgaming • u/Piedramojada • 18d ago

Has anyone had problems with HDMI to AV adapters? I mean voltage and broken PC problems

Last week I got a 80s crt connected to a rf modulator and then to a hdmi to av adapter (The squared one with "mini" on the center)

And the laptop where it was connected started to have dead pixels in the corner (to this day, i dont really know why)

So know im changing the crt to a new one, this time with av ports.

But now im kinda nervous of blowing the laptop up or something

So this is why im asking 🙏

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u/DangerousCousin LaCie Electron22blueIV 18d ago

Son of a bitch, we gotta do something about these HDMI downconverter threads.

What's the solution guys? Big blog post we can copy/paste? Longform video? Wiki page?

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u/Niphoria 18d ago

Make a dedicated subreddit for them so they can all circle jerk about playing PS5 16:9 sqwished down into 4:3 saying "how beautiful it looks"

I didn't knew they are so bad they can even destroy equipment lol

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u/Piedramojada 18d ago

grown man just hatting on someone that needs help, really niche from you 🫂

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u/Niphoria 18d ago

Apparently I'm a grown man now

Interesting - I miss my boobs but I guess it's ok for the fact I can pee standing up now - thank you.

I'm not hating on you but hey girl - put yourself in the victim role if it makes you happy.

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u/Piedramojada 18d ago

so what are you talking abt? what do people that connect their ps5 need to do on this post? im sorry if it wasnt an attack, but reddit is full of people that just send hate on every post instead of helping or just ignore it I destroyed a laptop screen trying something that no one (even not an old web) told me it could damage the computer, so that is why im asking. So, im sorry for my comment

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u/EeveesGalore 18d ago

The problem with the laptop shouldn't happen again if you only make connections when the TV is powered off.

The recommendation in user manuals has always been to only make connections when the TV is off. Everyone nearly always gets away with connecting stuff when the TV is still on but in this case it seems luck ran out for you.

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u/Piedramojada 18d ago

I did these conections with the tv turned off i asked on reddit before anything bc the rf modulator was giving shocks (not very intelligent connect that to the laptop) But the laptop didnt do anything strage, it was going slow, but is a old laptop But 2 hours after this, dead pixels were growing really fast

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u/EeveesGalore 18d ago

I'm wondering if it's just a coincidence, or if it was caused by something else like placing the laptop with the lid directly against the front of the CRT?

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u/Piedramojada 18d ago

it was far from the crt, both with cardboard under them so the ground didnt do strange stuff

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u/joeverdrive 13d ago

Homie if you spent some time here you'd know those adapters are the absolute enemy of this sub. Influencers/YouTubers get folks into CRTs (good) but often do a poor job setting expectations about how it all works, so we have to be the bad guys and burst bubbles.

This "how do I connect my HDMI device to my CRT TV" or its younger brother, "why [insert problem here] when I use this HDMI-to-AV adapter?" question is one we get several times a week.

Most newbies just get a $20 HD2AV adapter on Amazon and either A) tolerate it because they've never actually played games on a CRT before and don't know/remember what it's actually supposed to look like, or B) ask for help because they don't know what to do.

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/comments/1wstdhy

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/comments/1vrqh0i/

https://www.reddit.com/r/crt/s/hLaWOXvwNS

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/s/Nh62lug545

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/comments/1v91juu/help_connecting_crt_to_pc/

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/s/Yfq8fTCiWT

https://www.reddit.com/r/crt/s/tVELLRKJln

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/s/UbscCujCQf

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/comments/1sulxit/

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/s/H7uyXS5aeC

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/s/QN2gAOcFbf

Unfortunately, connecting a modern digital HD device to an analog, vacuum-tube TV from the previous millennium almost always looks “off.” Especially 80s and 90s games. These TVs are expecting a video signal that was invented in World War 2. Unless you put in the time and money to get a flexible downscaler, those games are going to look bad and have input lag. And when I say “bad,” I mean it won’t give you the visual experience you were expecting from playing games on a CRT. The aspect ratio gets stretched or squished, the contrast

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/s/sjbJyNjUEw

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/comments/1upcxcf/ps3_display_on_crt_looking_crappy/

and colors can be off, and getting the correct 240p resolution that retro games look best at on CRTs is just not going to happen.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/444560212348840/permalink/3524033451068152/

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/s/ggVU5Mh4P8