doner tv almost wasnt

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I have a few k7000's i wanted to get working but i dont have a tube for them so they sat on my shelf. this past week on my way to work i see this 19in tv sitting there waiting for the garbage man, been there for a few days and didnt want anymore projects. well garbage man is coming tomorrow so i am like ok whats one more doner tv in my shed. get it home crack it open and its a cr31 direct drop in for a k7000, according to the doner tv page i dont even have to change the yoke! moral of the story.....hmmm not sure but it worked out good.
 
What brand of TV was it? I just saw a tube with a built in VHS today on my way to work and picked it up. Don't know what I'll do with it, but I've got room to store it for now...
 
Sweet! :)

TV with VHS makes for a great chassis/tube combo to replace a bad b&w 19" or for a laserdisc game. They're literally a de-boxed VCR with a composite-input monitor inside...and if all else fails you still most likely have a useable tube.
 
i love hearing these success stories, i have a dead RCA 27" sitting in my shed right now. not sure why as it's a 27" but you never know lol. I have yet to decase it but i figure i'll do that in the spring. It's rare i see tv's sitting outside around here, and if i do they're definitely not there long.

my brother in-law has become a good source of dead tube tv's, as he likes to put them in his unheated garage where his clothes dryer vents and leave them on 24/7.
 
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here are some pics, it worked out really well, didnt have to mess with the rings or the yoke, now i need a frame.
 

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I was about to throw this one out, crappy walmart tv(durabrand). turned out to work alright with a K-7000 chassis.
 

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Awesome!

I just stopped at the local Thrift Store and they had a pile of 19s' in the back corner. Got 6 of them for a buck a piece. Will probably start going threw them this week. Hopefully I'll have a couple matches
 
Daewoos seem to be good. I've got my eyes on a Sylvania at my church. I think they're going to recycle it, so I put my name and number on it to call me if they do.
 
Even if the tube doesn't work (20") or the yoke is bonded and the wrong one for any good chassis, you can still use these TV's to salvage neck sockets, width caps, etc...
 
Even if the tube doesn't work (20") or the yoke is bonded and the wrong one for any good chassis, you can still use these TV's to salvage neck sockets, width caps, etc...

Has anyone done a little write-up on this?

(Specifically the salvaging of "neck sockets, width caps, etc...")

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
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Indeed. I would like to know more. Between my folks, my inlaws, and myself I have a trove of tube TVs in storage. I had no idea you could hack them to be arcade monitors. Can you do the same with CRT computer monitor tubes?
 
Has anyone done a little write-up on this?

(Specifically the salvaging of "neck sockets, width caps, etc...")

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

What's to know? I figure the only ones really interested in scavenging from TV chassis are folks who know monitor repair (or have some knowledge), and they'd know whether a CR-23/31/other neck socket is there, what big mylar caps are the proper value for horizontal width caps, or whether the pots used are the right sizes or values for some monitors. I don't pull everything, but usually pull the big power resistors in case I may need one of that value, or need to combine two to make one.

the other day, I found a HOT on a working TV chassis that was the exact same one used on a K7000, so I pulled it and kept it.

No sense tossing a TV chassis in the trash without checking it first for parts that could be used...
 
Indeed. I would like to know more. Between my folks, my inlaws, and myself I have a trove of tube TVs in storage. I had no idea you could hack them to be arcade monitors.
All you're doing is connecting the chassis to a different tube. I don't see how it's a hack.
 
A good tip. Goodwills (at least those in Indiana) have 50% off every first Saturday. So those $9.99 19" tvs become $4.99 19" tvs.

Must be nice. Some Goodwill's around here still try to charge $19-30 for 19" TV's...
 
No sense tossing a TV chassis in the trash without checking it first for parts that could be used...

Precisely. That's why I asked. (Or are newbies looking to learn about or stock potentially important parts banned from getting this information by the inner circle of monitor gurus?). :D

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
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