Robotron monitor advice

[KevSteele]

Just snagged a Robotron cab for free!

Of course, that means it needs some work. I've managed to get it up and running, but the monitor has seen better days - bad burn-in, and the blue is completely gone.

I'm torn between spending the time to repair it, or just buying a new monitor. Are there even modern "drop-in" equivalent 19" arcade monitors for the Electrohome G07-CBO? Heck, I'd even consider LCD, as blasphemous as that sounds...

I'm looking forward to the rest of the restoration effort, but monitor repairs make me nervous, and I'd just as soon have a new, fully working one.

Oh, and if anyone knows of a source for a Robotron Bezel, let me know - ArcadeShop doesn't seem to have them anymore. 

[opt2not]

A free Robotron....waaaaaaah??

For the burn-in, you could do a Tube swap if you find the right tube.

You'd have to discharge the tube first.


The monitor could probably use a cap-kit as well.

[KevSteele]

Frankly, working on monitors skeeves me out, and they're fiddly beasts to keep running right, especially when they're 30 years old...

I'm seriously thinking of a new monitor - there's a guy selling new 19" CRT arcade monitors on eBay, and I can also go with a 19" arcade LCD for the same price.

I'm torn between the two.

[Justin]

Stick with tube.   Youll thank me later.

[Spyridon]

Stick with tube.   Youll thank me later.

Thank him now as that is good advice.  New monitors are available (I put one in my Robotron).  Probably will run you $200 - $300 for a new one. 

[HaRuMaN]

Stick with tube.   Youll thank me later.

+2

At the local arcade here, there is a Pac Man that had an LCD monitor replacement.  Just didn't look right, and bugged the crap out of me.

[fredster]

Here's one for $180
http://www.hollandcomputers.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=6003&idcategory=2071

I have a joust, with a nice monitor.  I've thrown out monitors (Im sorry to say) that had better tubes that that one.  I get them at auctions in whole machines cheaper than you can buy one.

The above link has a good replacement, but folks, I'm telling ya, those old ones are dying off. The barium in the guns has a limited life.  You can't fix burn in. LCD's are what is going to be powering that PacMan into 2030.

[KevSteele]

I got a nice WG monitor off eBay - you all are right: I can't imagine this game with an LCD...

[opt2not]