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Titan1a 01-12-2016 08:24 PM

I have three crt monitors. Until I can get an adapter, it's the only way to use my Amiga A4000 video toaster.

MIPS 01-12-2016 08:43 PM

I keep a shed filled with CRT monitors and displays for my systems. LCD panels are lighter but sometimes it doesn't feel the same. There's also three or four machines I own where their light pens require a CRT to operate at all.
I did run dual 21" Trinitron monitors on my desktop until 2013 when I moved and my new desk pretty much forced me to use wallmount LCD panels. I'd love to go back and use something like FW900 monitors but aside from only having one of those they are famous for their flybacks giving out.

Olorin67 01-12-2016 11:42 PM

i have few kicking around, for use with an Apple iie, a commodore 64, and a monitor with the higher res mode for my Amiga 1200, which recently had a hard drive failure. That one was in occasional use until last year.
I do have extra Commodore 1702 monitors if someone is interested in one. They are pretty sharp for 13" color composite video, much better picture than most 13" color TVs.

Dude111 07-22-2019 10:06 PM

My relisys CRT monitor started making popping sounds tonight and the display refreshes (Like if you click that magnet thing on the util menu)

I hope its nothing serious....Im goinna try and find a new one of the same kind!!!


I hope its just a loose cable or something,I dont know.............

crt89 07-24-2019 08:05 PM

I was using one up until I got my current computer in 2012. We also had one on our Macintosh Performa we still used for games until we got rid of it around 2014. I wish we still had it though. Those seem to have gotten where they have quite a bit of monetary value now too.

mr_rye89 07-25-2019 07:53 PM

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I run a LaCie Electron Blue 22 IV with my modern desktop and 386. It has an NEC/Mitsubishi Diamondtron Aperture grille CRT in it. scans at 1600x1200 @ 85Hz. I'm not replacing it until OLED is cheap. I would love to find another one! Excuse the mess on my desk :nono:

Dude111 07-26-2019 01:20 AM

No mess,it looks quite neat actually :)

I like the colours............ Im gonna get my monitor repaired once I get another one.... These are getting hard to get and I dont wanna lose it........

Mad-Mike 08-27-2020 11:31 AM

I have 2 I use with my vintage computers....

1988 NEC MultiSync II JC-1402HWA 14" CRT - I got this for free in 2017 from Computer Surplus in Redmond and had to bodge-wire the input board together (Cracked). Other than that it needs a retrobright job, but otherwise the picture is AMAZING for an almost 40 year old CRT monitor thanks to my tuning.

Micron 14" CRT SVGA w/ Digital Controls - A little dim, brought it up with a tiny voltage boost. This one is the one I use more often because I want to preserve the NEC as that's my favorite due to aesthetic and my connection from fixing it.

lnx64 08-27-2020 12:02 PM

My CRT monitor is built into the computer. ;) https://i.imgur.com/XkuWBJz.jpg

Jeffhs 08-27-2020 02:25 PM

I have an old 17-inch (approximate)HP CRT computer monitor gathering dust in my bedroom. It works, but the raster no longer fills the screen and I'm thinking at least one filter capacitor may have gone bad in the power supply, since the raster also seems to have a bend in it, not unlike what happens in old TVs when 60Hz hum gets into the video. I no longer use the monitor for that reason and because I now have an HP flat panel monitor in my computer system (Dell Optiplex 755, HP-832C printer). I am half thinking of discarding the old HP monitor since I have no use for it any longer, such as it is and because it is just sitting on an old desk in my bedroom taking up space.


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