POLL - Do I Pull The Trigger Or What?

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OK... background:

Purchased a Rush The Rock at CAX. Somehow managed to break the next between CAX and where it currently resides. After some investigation I found that a semi-common 27" Sony TV has the exact same tube and yoke that I need, but, of course, none are anywhere near by.

There is a fellow KLOVian willing to ship me one he found "outside" but the screen has a couple scratches and it's surely not anywhere near "tested good". Shipping would come to $100-$120 or so...

There is one on EBAY in Los Angeles for $40 I am trying to work out getting from a guy... still looking at $150.00 for a TV that works... but I would need to swap the tube/yokes... no biggie... but getting the guy to respond and OK the sale has been difficult (his auction says PICK UP ONLY).

Finally... there is a resident KLOVian willing to sell me a brand new KORTEC Tri-Res 27" monitor (CGA/EGA/VGA) for $300 + ship... for a total of $425-$450. Now, this is more than what I paid for the whole freakin' game, but I am starting to actually consider this option. I suppose I could sell the Sharp Image chassis I have for some dough back... but I am not sure what I'd get for that.

What would you do? As expensive as it is, I am now starting to lean toward the new monitor... why? Well, it's new... but expensive.

Opinions?
 
My good friend Fritz, I'd hide that green hulk in a corner and wait for a compatible tube (or complete monitor) to show up locally. Why? Cuz I am a savvy dude who doesn't need to play ANY particular game THAT bad.


cordially,


Captain Chase U. Witmaschwang
 
Well ... a complete medium res monitor in this area is slim pickins... but I MAY be able to acquire the tube...

What sucks is that there are a TON of compatible TUBES around... but none with the proper yoke... and the damn thing is bonded on making it a HUGE bitch to remove.

Does anyone know of a YOKE cross-reference? Perhaps a different yoke/tube combo would work?
 
Have you looked into the med res universal chassis that Alva amusements sells? You can source any tube you wish to use and then just call them up and tell them what chassis you need. I'm sure it will be cheaper and easier this way.
 
I'm with Phet. Be patient for a bit and see if one pops up in the near future.

Easier said than done I know. :D
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Have you looked into the med res universal chassis that Alva amusements sells? You can source any tube you wish to use and then just call them up and tell them what chassis you need. I'm sure it will be cheaper and easier this way.

Something to think about... I wasn't very impressed with my last Alva Amusements purchase though...
 
>argh<

The cheap-bastard in me says the same thing... but I've been wanting this bad boy for a LONG time now (uh, since I started collecting)... and now that it's sitting here in the gameroom ... unable to be played ... it's really eating at me.
 
If you have the money, just buy the new monitor so you can quit futzin' with it and play it.
 
I'd probably do whatever I could to play it NOW if I'd been waiting that long. Money in the bank isn't any fun.
 
What do you value more? Your time or your money? If the new monitor is a drop-in solution that saves you a PITA time, it may be worth it.
 
What do you value more? Your time or your money? If the new monitor is a drop-in solution that saves you a PITA time, it may be worth it.

That is where I am at... though with the unique mounting method used for Rush The Rock I am guessing I'd need to swap frames at minimum (or perhaps just the top bracket for the frame...
 
I've been wanting this bad boy for a LONG time now (uh, since I started collecting)... and now that it's sitting here in the gameroom ... unable to be played ... it's really eating at me.

Boy do I know that feeling, and it sucks... My first game (a Super Sprint) died and stayed that way for almost 10 years before I discovered KLOV. Over that time I took it to a couple of arcade shops and always got the same answer. Bad fly, can't be repaired, med res monitors are impossible to get.

I paid $300 for it, and I wasn't paying for a new monitor to $450 to fix it when I could replace it for that. But I wasn't throwing it out either. I guess that's the long way of saying I would wait. But it still sucked....

Thought about tossing a 25" in there with a homebrew bezel until you can find what you need? It's a kludge, but the "damage" isn't permanent and it would get you playing it in the meantime.
 
I would go with this option.
brand new KORTEC Tri-Res 27" monitor (CGA/EGA/VGA) for $300 + ship... for a total of $425-$450
 
Wait a sec, your yoke is bonded to a broken tube and there are a ton of compatible tubes around. Can you just break the neck completely off, and work carefully at removing the glass pieces from inside the yoke? I don't know what the implications of a bonded yoke are, but this seems worth a try before you start spending money.

Well ... a complete medium res monitor in this area is slim pickins... but I MAY be able to acquire the tube...

What sucks is that there are a TON of compatible TUBES around... but none with the proper yoke... and the damn thing is bonded on making it a HUGE bitch to remove.

Does anyone know of a YOKE cross-reference? Perhaps a different yoke/tube combo would work?
 
Wait a sec, your yoke is bonded to a broken tube and there are a ton of compatible tubes around. Can you just break the neck completely off, and work carefully at removing the glass pieces from inside the yoke? I don't know what the implications of a bonded yoke are, but this seems worth a try before you start spending money.

The tricky thing is that most, if not all, of those compatible tubes will also have a bonded yoke. Lots of newer stuff is like that - it's cheaper to do it that way and have the yoke already aligned at the tube factory than it is to do it where they assemble the TV's.

So, getting the bonded yoke off the new tube is going to be hard. There are some tricks, like connecting the yoke to a high current supply to heat up the windings to melt the glue, or carefully, carefully chiseling it off. Either way, it's a lot of work. If you can find a set for free on the curb it's worth trying though.

I would say hunt around for a little while. You've had this game for what, a week? Give it a little time before plunking down large piles of cash. It's not like CRT televisions are hard to find.

-Ian
 
D'oh, that didn't occur to me. Though I just checked the TV I offered him, and the yoke does not appear to be bonded. Yoke/rings are one unit with a screw clamp holding it to the tube.

The tricky thing is that most, if not all, of those compatible tubes will also have a bonded yoke. Lots of newer stuff is like that - it's cheaper to do it that way and have the yoke already aligned at the tube factory than it is to do it where they assemble the TV's.

So, getting the bonded yoke off the new tube is going to be hard. There are some tricks, like connecting the yoke to a high current supply to heat up the windings to melt the glue, or carefully, carefully chiseling it off. Either way, it's a lot of work. If you can find a set for free on the curb it's worth trying though.

I would say hunt around for a little while. You've had this game for what, a week? Give it a little time before plunking down large piles of cash. It's not like CRT televisions are hard to find.

-Ian
 
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