I have a 15" Micron branded Trinitron monitor that I purchased back in 1999 for around $130. Used it for many years. I eventually switched to an LCD and brought the monitor to the office for safe keeping. We eventually ditched all of the CRT based monitors at the office except for one on a rarely used server and my Trinitron. Boss keeps suggesting I toss the Trinitron but I still like to use it with certain old computers. Was always a fan of the Trinitron technology as the picture always appeared to be more vivid and clear to me. Had a Sony KV-1710 and later a Sony KV-1972R TV. Kept the KV-1972R going for years. Speaker blew in the late 1980's and I got a new one from Sony. In December 1994, the combination power supply/audio amplifier module partially blew reducing the high voltage supply so the picture shrank. A local electronics dealer had a Sylvania branded plug compatible replacement module that fixed it. Then in mid-2008, the flyback transformer blew in a cloud of smoke. I already had a flat screen TV but I liked the Sony as a backup. Found a cheap replacement transformer and got it working again. However, around late 2011, the TV started having odd power problems and I suspected bad caps. At that point I had owned it 26 years and decided its time was up.
On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 3:50:44 AM UTC-5 Alex wrote: > Crt monitors are getting very collectable, especially Sony Trinitrons. I > used to pick pvm monitors up for free from a recycling place and made a > wall of them at the back of my workshop. Cleared most of them on eBay last > few years, most for over 200gbp each... Even good Trinitron pc monitors are > getting good 3 figures now. It's mainly the retro gaming community, SNES > and megadrives just don't work well on LCD / digitising monitors due to > their habit of skipping every other scanline for processing, plus the lag > is noticeable... > The high end bvm crt monitors are always over 1k now! > > > > > On Tuesday, 12 January 2021 at 04:13:05 UTC Terry Bowman wrote: > >> >> On Jan 11, 2021, at 10:14 PM, J Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Of course I do....hopefully for only a short time. I have 4 of them, plus >> 3 monitors. All in the garage waiting for the big moving sale. >> >> >> I'll take any monitors 19" or bigger as long as the shipping is free. 8D >> >> My 19" Trinitron isn't going anywhere. I need it for legacy machines. >> lt's too heavy to lift right at the moment, anyway. I strained my shoulder >> manhandling a 14" earlier today. 8/ >> >> It's not the years, it's the mileage. I keep telling myself. o_O >> >> >> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >> "The Mac Doctor” >> >> "Never install version point-zero of anything" >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0aee74af-8ddd-46bb-94e4-ea2d9c53959bn%40googlegroups.com.
