Powering on the BVM-D24E1WE makes me terrified each time

Bought the Holy Grail of Sony BVMs. But this scared the life out of me when I first turned it on. Any idea what this is? Works fine though.

[joeyshadeslayer]

I was expecting it to blow out my eardrums like the PS2, but it’s still freaky that it looks exactly like a crack.

[Agroulinggrwaler]

Please do not worry. The lines you see on top are for compensating the warm-up time, meaning that the monitor adjusts the brightness, contrast, white balance etc internally based on the values from these three lines. They do not affect the settings used on the monitor itself. When powering the monitor on, the lines won't be in sync until after the degauss. Nothing to worry about at all. I've got both a BVM-D24 and A24, plus a couple of other monitors, and they all are a bit unique in these regards. Please enjoy your monitor! :)

[WMJSpeedruns]

It's a retrace line. This one line at the top of the screen is normal in this model BVM when it's initializing.

[chrisfratz]

At least your CRT isn't slowly dying whenever you try to use it

[premydaremy]

So you got a widescreen CRT to play 4:3 games? lol

[VictorHedgehog]

Why did I thought this was going to be a Rickroll?

[SluggishRain]

I thought it was the white screen fading to Sonic. I didn’t see the “crack” since I backed away.

[stunnastream]

It’s alright. This stuff happens with CRTs. It just take some time for the TV to receive the CSYNC. Happens to me....sorta...

[YoPierreStudios]

Hey just wanted to say I Love Ur RHS profile and JBT one I love the art style

[ZeroWind]

Crts are great with interlaced scanlines and pixels, but sadly who knows what happens if it breaks

[goblinmcgameface]

Dang haha. I used to have something similar on my old Panasonic CRT, but I believe it was just a scuff or dirty mark. Definitely a strange one for sure.

[NyaNyaLily]

I thought it was going to make an extremely loud popping noise. I had already turned down the volume :p

[dillingerdan]

I used to have an iiyama monitor with a trinitron tube. That used to have 2 wires across caused by wires behind the screen which somehow reflected an image and could be seen in certain situations. It might be a similar issue to this, but cant say for certain.

[MBorLess]

My bvm 20f1u does this as well. To a lesser degree but still looks concerning

[theformeragent]

a similar thing happened in a hotels crt tv (yes, it uses crts even in 2021) but it was smaller and in the bottom

[cartergames]

Looks like travelling to the dark world to legend of zelda a link to the past

[twanbiz]

I have 3 d24s and I have one that does the same thing in the same spot but like you it goes away

[sonicfan]

Maybe it’s just a little sign that is just telling you that it’s turning on? I don’t know.

[stunnastream]

You spent a lot of money on a BVM?


Pathetic. I only spent £10 on a CRT TV.