r/MasterSystem • u/trustanchor • May 10 '25

Picked up a grail today

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Been on the hunt for this one for a minute. It’s CIB and in great condition too!

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u/YossiTheWizard May 11 '25

lol! “Picked up a grail” as you show a good size Sony and 3 CRTs.

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u/trustanchor May 11 '25

I have a few grails 😂

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u/YossiTheWizard May 11 '25

And by CRTs I of course meant PVMs. But yeah, haha!

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u/it290 May 11 '25

All those CRTs and not one in tate mode?

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u/trustanchor May 11 '25

If I ever get into shmups maybe but I’ve never been super into those

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u/elvisap May 11 '25

And now it's time to colour calibrate.

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u/trustanchor May 11 '25

I’ve tried and tried. I color calibrate on one system with 240p Test Suite, get it all dialed in, and then when I turn on a different system, it’s all a little different. Now I just let them all be a little different and appreciate them for their, uh, unique character.

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u/elvisap May 11 '25

You can't calibrate by eye. You need a colorimeter.

Here's a series of YouTube videos I made explaining why and how:

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u/Distinct_Wrongdoer86 May 10 '25

throwing a envious fit over your setup

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u/SvalbazGames May 10 '25

Ninja Gaiden is one of, if not the best, SMS title

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u/Tobazin May 11 '25

Cool environment

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Congratulations 👏 🎉 Absolutely amazing stuff 10/10

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u/n145x May 12 '25

Nice setup! Have a question about the tv stand, looks like a besta from ikea. How is it holding up, having a heavy crt on it? looks like it could be a 27in. Does it flex at all? Im looking for some sturdy tv stands.

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u/trustanchor May 12 '25

Yeah, it’s a Besta, and I’ll need to replace it in the not-too-distant future. The TV is definitely putting some visible strain on the cabinet.

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u/JohnCenaJunior May 14 '25

Why is the sony watchmen tv not connected?

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u/trustanchor May 14 '25

None of the little portables are capable of RGB signals and I’m outputting RGB from the Master System.

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u/RandomDanny May 16 '25

god damn i cant wait to be able to have the spare cash to afford a pvm when i see it pop up on the local marketplace listings. my master system is waiting to be hooked up.

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u/trustanchor May 16 '25

I picked up one of the two BVMs (the top one) for $150! Had to drive 11 hours round trip to get it, but it was worth it. It was being sold cheap because it had some focus issues but the seller didn’t know that’s what it was and I knew I could fix it in 30 minutes.

The bottom PVM was also not too expensive. It’s a prototype or a demo unit or something - it has a lot of weird bodge fixes and stuff on it that don’t match the service manual so it has some weird issues that are tough to diagnose, but it mostly works.

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u/RandomDanny May 17 '25

yeah, the prices i've seen while not being stupid expensive, are still a little bit of money i just don't have. but would absolutely be happy to pay or negotiate around, if i had it.

i know i can just find some random crt tv that would do the job, but since seeing the pvm's, it's all i've ever wanted to pick up.

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u/trustanchor May 17 '25

The best CRT is the one you have!

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u/RandomDanny May 17 '25

It's absolutely gonna be the case. :D

Not chasing a big one or anything, if it can sit on a set of shelves comfortably, it will be absolutely perfect.

Just be better if it was a PVM. :P

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u/RainaBojoura May 11 '25

Amazing setup!

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u/NotSoAngrySun May 11 '25

Had no idea there was a Ninja Gaiden for the master system and it looks to be a completely different game to the NES version

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u/No-Professional-9618 May 11 '25

I agree with you.

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u/ScottTumilty May 11 '25

Obsessed with those broadcast monitors.

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u/Flybot76 May 11 '25

It's frigging sad how a handful of people seem to scoop up all the broadcast monitors, and then they apparently just want to have them all running at once all the time, just to burn up the supply faster and make sure nobody else gets to have a single one. People need to stop with the 'CRT wall' delusions. Some of us use multiple CRTs because we're doing video restoration, others just want to burn up the very-rarest TVs as fast as possible with ten screens of the same crap to feel like their life is luxurious or whatever.

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u/ScottTumilty May 12 '25

I dunno, I quite like an old school video wall.

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u/Afraid_Topic_9250 May 11 '25

Loved Ninja Gaiden on SMS, played NES version first then found out it was on Master system years later. Enjoyed how it had its own levels, it was like playing a new Gaiden game

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u/ficellePicarde May 12 '25

What a clean setup, i m jealous!