Around here even flat panel monitors are near worthless, and a CRT is a
liability. The U is selling 17" to 19" flat panels for $3, and the
smaller ones for $1, until they mark them down. Some go for a quarter.
I am still keeping Sony trinitron CRTs because they are so good. When
they die, they will go away.
archer75--- via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
October 5, 2016 at 12:49 PM
When I still worked at the lab as sort of a sysadmin, the techs would
bring me their CRT TV's for repairing. Most just needed tubes, power
transistors, or flyback transformers, but some were not repairable. I
would salvage small parts out of them, but the large CRTs were a
problem to get rid of.
There was a high block wall enclosure housing a large garbage
container behind the draw station.
I knew that CRTs would explode if broken, so experimentally I put a
big one inside three or four heavy duty plastic bags and dropped it
over the block wall into the garbage container and ducked. It made a
loud bang and glass shards went through the bags like they weren't
even there.
So much for putting them in the dumpster. I don't remember what the
eventual solution was.
I think the landfill here in Citrus County accepts them, so I'll pay
their price whatever it is.
Thanks, Gerry
Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
October 5, 2016 at 11:50 AM
Sadly they're basically valueless. Some places will only charge you $5
to get rid of one, often its $10. Might put it on Craigslist and see
if somebody wants it.
I bought a 24" Viewsonic a few years ago for just over $100, its been
an excellent monitor.
-Curt
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Subject: [MBZ] CRT Monitors
Has everyone lost interest in the old CRT monitors?
I have a 17" Compaq in the garage which was working well when an LED
replaced it. It's very heavy, so shipping cost would be considerable.
Gerry
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October 5, 2016 at 11:36 AM
Has everyone lost interest in the old CRT monitors?
I have a 17" Compaq in the garage which was working well when an LED
replaced it. It's very heavy, so shipping cost would be considerable.
Gerry
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