B&W HDTV in cabinet that had no chassis

[wa2ise]

Lets say, for whatever reason, you have an old TV cabinet but the chassis and CRT is long gone. Say like this one (borrowed from a current thread, where the owner is restoring the chassis)


Okay, you may have a digital cable box with an HDMI connector. You can get a HDMI to VGA converter for not a lot off ebay, and a monochrome CRT VGA monitor (most are smaller, like 9 inches, like a IBM 4707 E01 Monochrome 9" Monitor, be sure it's not green or amber phosphor). Black and White, to be in keeping with the look the set had in its day. A cabinet like the one pictured would have plenty of room to accommodate the VGA monitor CRT and chassis, maybe even its cabinet. Monochrome monitors are likely to use pots to adjust contrast and brightness, and it would be fairly easy to somewhat remotely mount those pots at the respective holes in the TV cabinet. The contrast pot may be somewhat fussy, wires too long may roll off the video bandwidth. A pot on a long shaft may work better.

A speaker, audio amp, along with a volume pot would take care of the sound.