This TV is Frickin’ HUGE | Nostalgia Nerd
I’d love it if you could come and join me at Game On on the 29th/30th March https://nnerd.es/GameOn ~ CRTs have always been special. That comforting glow late into the night, you can’t quite beat it. So, it’s about time we took a look at the biggest consumer CRT TV to ever grace our shores; The Toshiba 3787DB. At a whopping 37″, it’s vast, and it’s currently sitting in the corner of Barcadia. So let’s take a look, and see how vast this thing really is.
Also, apologies to anyone who is genuinely put out by high pitched Flyback transformer sounds. I can’t actually hear them anymore 😭😭😭
🕹Barcadia Socials🕹
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🔗Video Links🔗
The Biggest CRTs Still in use (Retro Tech): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkW3MQ0n7uU
Toshiba 3787DB Manual: https://archive.org/details/manual_3787DB_OM_TOSHIBA_EN
Toshiba 3787DB Service Manual: https://archive.org/details/manual_3787DB_SM_TOSHIBA
Argos Adverts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KnJjNj4Kdw / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ohRV2_jVrk
Philips Widescreen TV Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKi8eWe7WM
Noel’s House Partayyyyy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrPzoPl7_uY
Toshiba 90s Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20001019054953/http://www.hello.toshiba.co.uk/products/html/3787db.html
Threads about the TV series;
https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/comments/7n4cre/anyone_can_help_identify_model_or_know_anything/
https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/comments/t3eaep/just_acquired_this_toshiba_3387db_love_this_tv/
https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/comments/15h8qdt/toshiba_3798db/
https://www.avforums.com/threads/toshiba-3798db.20234/
https://www.avforums.com/threads/largest-crt.516401/
100Hz model details;
https://circuit-board.de/forum/index.php/Thread/35344-Toshiba-3798DG-Erfahrungsbericht/?postID=1043433#post1043433
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@Nostalgianerd
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
Come and join me at Game On on the 29th/30th March https://nnerd.es/GameOn, it's going to be incredible.
@ElectronicWitchcraft
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
Peter, what are we plugging into this thing? SNES, Neo Geo? We need something to show off the majesty of this screen…
Get the CDi.
@LukeHewitson-m5t
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
We had this model of Toshiba in the 33 inch model. My parents bought it in 99!!!!!! From Homeworld Coventry, they ordered it in the shop and had it delivered to their house when they were living in Peterborough. It wasnt cheap!!!! We eventually gave it to my great grandad and it worked for 15 years without fail. I had it switched on at his house on a Saturday afternoon while seeing him. My grandad and great grandad always asked me, Luke, Do you want the Toshiba on? I would always say yes as it was my very first TV set. This was the best TV we ever owned as a family.
@C3phoe
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
For the love of christ I will never understand why america with a much larger market never had scart with rgb! We had fing composit in its place 😅
@PhilMarsden27
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
0:34 ahh, the little book of dreams!
@Dayle-w5u
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
I need one but they're bloody expensive and if I'm paying that price last thing I want is for so,e dodgy delivery man to smash the screen or corrupt the transmitter
@MonopolyGo1988
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
I literally Just watched a video on the biggest CRT it was Made By Sony..it was $40.000 when released an weighed 440Pounds!..Super Rare! Super Dope! 💯❤️
@thomas_gaming_13
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
it's smal for what I have seen
@ScoffinsOfficial
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
This is the TV my late grandad had when I was younger. Beautiful thing.
@Retrogamer770
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
Ok… lemme say something… the American SNES could natively output RGB via those CHONKY BNC cables and it looks absolutely fucking incredible when used right. But in the UK and Europe, sadly those don’t support RGB unless modded. Just thought I’d point it out
@theundertaker8273
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
Just bought sony trinitron 34 in 4 3 🙂
@taiwanluthiers
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
Honestly I was relieved when LCD/TFT screens came down in price, they used to be a lot more expensive than CRT's.
Growing up my parents told us to stay away from the TV because it gave off radiations that was bad, and the sound they made when you turned them on certainly made it believable. So when LCD's came down in price enough, I snapped them up because they were seen as safer than CRT's.
I don't know if CRT screens released any harmful radiation though, my parents had me believe that it was bad.
The TV I remembered was a 24 inch Sony Trinitron TV. Good TV, really large, but it was the price you paid for a large TV.
Now everyone has 70 inch TV's.
@marcusphoenixish
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
My uncle had one of these 37 inch Toshiba monster TV's I remember going round and being in awe at the size of it 😮
@tsartomato
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
the past was the worst and crts are cancer
@Skiller450
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
What's the name of song that starts @ 12:47?
@vanbalzup6481
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
Pfffft. My “new” Loewe Aconda 93102 cost 6 grand new, weighs over 90kg and outputs at 480p through VGA. I win Top Trumps!
@TPD
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
I JUST BOUGHT ONEEEEE
@plazma2891
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
It sucks, why did we in the US did we not get RGB Scart. Maybe I had something to do with dumb ass donald trump lol. Oh yes , I'm blaming him.
@doug2424
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
I had the largest crt. Right before flatscreens. I couldn't pick it up myself.
@jsl151850b
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 am
In the USA, Crutchfield mail order.
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