I'm not really seeing smearing here.. I'm just seeing the reds being pushed far too much..
He hasn't even shown us a greyscale pattern yet..
A weak CRT would do this kind of smearing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ghcontrast.jpg
I'm just not seeing that here in his pics.
Heck, it may not even be the CRT itself, it could be something in how it decodes NTSC (or PAL, depending on region).. I've seen that happen too.