Recycle broken CRT's and just ask for CRT's in good working order on craigslist. Assuming that you have transportation, you should have no problem getting good CRT's. People give them away.

labor to fix them will be too much to be worth it... if you even find someone who can fix it, they will look at you funny.... people can't give away CRTs fast enough, most of them just end up in the dumpster!

The problem is I can't find anyplace that sells brand new CRT's. No one makes them anymore..It's becoming rare to find a perfect CRT display.. I would pay £100 for a brand new quality CRT

maverick85 wrote:

The problem is I can't find anyplace that sells brand new CRT's. No one makes them anymore..It's becoming rare to find a perfect CRT display.. I would pay £100 for a brand new quality CRT

The analog and digital RGB monitors, its hard to find someone to repair/refurbish it. Its hard to find a replacement in as good working order as the one you are seeking to replace.

With VGA and TV monitors, finding replacements are generally not such a huge issue. But what if you like the monitor you have, know its abilities/limitations/quirks, and just want it not to buzz so loud or the screen to roll at times? I could replace that 17" KDS VGA monitor I have, but I really like the monitor. It displays VGA well, its big and clean, its properly curvy, but it does emit this high-pitched whine from time to time. This probably has something to do with the flyback transformer, but that is not something I can repair/replace.

I have some CRTs too that need servicing. One is completely broken, the h-deflection circuitry went up in smoke, and the other has wrong colours and a very slight (but annoying) convergence misalignment. But since repairing these monitors is not very easy (or the other way around, it's very easy to mess things up even more!) and possibly dangerous, I've been putting this off for a while now. I do really want to learn how these things work and how to fix them, though.

@maverick85, keep your eyes open on your local ebay equivalent, thrift stores, flea markets, etc. I'm sure you won't find any new CRTs now, anywhere. And if you do, I think it'll cost quite a bit more than 100GBP.