mauibarber
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Can't seem to find a definitive answer to this question. Can CRT monitors be purchased new anymore or not?
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That is a damn good question. Unless you find an op with some nib monitors in his warehouse, the days of new crt monitors are just about done.
The next best thing you can get is a tv (no burn of course) with a 10 pin neck. Ohm the yoke. Get a universal chassis. Put the whole mess togther on a used monitor frame, tada new(ish) monitor.
Likewise you can get a old monitor, recap it, swap the yke onto a tv tube ans tada, new(ish) monitor.
This should probably be a sticky in the monitor section. Something about options for monitors - LCD, new?, old, rebuild, etc... It gets brought up a lot.
Supply and Demand. There isn't enough demand for a Chinese or Mexican.. or anyone to make CRTs anymore. Its not a profitable product. We all will eventually have to convert to LCDs at some point if we want to keep playing. The sad fact is..as technology moves forward older components are no longer being manufactured because most industries no longer have a need for them.
The question I want an answer to is if they're still being made at all.
At some point in the next few years folks will be saying the same exact thing regarding buying $5 and $10 19" tv's at thrift stores. Grab 'em while you can boysWhats sad is we all saw the end coming and most of us didnt buy a couple to save for a rainy day. Itll make things pretty profitable for those who did, however.
Yep, definitely. And to the people that think the days of CRT monitors in our games are numbered... keep thinking that way... it makes it easier for those of us who refuse to believe that to keep fixing our monitors and/or turning TV tubes into arcade monitors.![]()
A number of posters have been told by various suppliers that CRT's simply aren't being made anymore. Aside from polling every factory in China I don't think you can ever say for certain no one makes CRT's anymore, but I doubt it. It makes sense when you think about it as aside from arcade games and other even smaller hobbies who would prefer to buy a more expensive CRT over a much cheaper and more modern LCD? The fact LCD's are cheaper to manufacture than CRTs has pretty much guaranteed CRTs are done.
At some point in the next few years folks will be saying the same exact thing regarding buying $5 and $10 19" tv's at thrift stores. Grab 'em while you can boys...