[Tfug] Looking to buy a large CRT (not LCD) monitor

[Bexley Hall]

Greetings!

> My ancient 1995 HP (Sony tube) 21" CRT is dying.  It
> clicks a bunch of times
> before the tube comes on.. I hear this is supposed
> to be a dying flyback

Probably.  Or, something else arcing that shouldn;t
be.

> transformer.  I'd probably try to repair it, but I
> don't want to accidently shock and kill myself :P

<grin>  Yes, unless you know what you are doing,
pulling the back off a monitor is an invitation
to trouble.  (Depending on the design of the
monitor, it can take 24 hours for the high voltage
capacitors to discharge to "safe" levels)

> I thought I'd found one on craigslist.org.. they
> were selling a 24"
> widescreen Sony CRT, but the black level was really
> messed up, resulting in
> a lack of contrast even at the best settings.  I
> guess people that don't use
> the command line much like we do don't notice when
> their monitor is broken!
> Was sad because as I understand it, this was the
> largest CRT Sony ever made.

You may be in luck!  :>  WorldCare recently received
some Sun widescreen (CRT) monitors.  I pulled a couple
that *seemed* to work and set them aside.  But, I
haven't had time to test them thoroughly.  If you
are interested, I can get the model numbers for you
and test them more thoroughly.

WorldCare (actually, "World Care" but "WorldCare"
seems so much more "en vogue") is closed for
inventory until after New Year's (or thereabouts).

No idea what pricing would be.

> Anyone have a good quality 21" or larger Sony tubed
> monitor (doesn't have to
> be Sony brand, just the tube is fine) for sale?

I *think* these are Sony tubes.  Many of the large
"GDM" series Sun's are.
 
--don


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