I have a question regarding mounting a CRT in a cocktail cabinet.
Are the four donut-looking mounts in the corners of the tube enough to support the monitor on their own? I see no additional safe way to support it, and they seem really strong, but I'd like some advice
I finally found an acceptable monitor on CraigsList, for free
18" viewable "Envision" brand. Never heard of them - the tube says LG on it. It works fine, but I can replace it later if need be.
There are people trying to get over $100 for these on CL. I see the same ones month after month. I expected to pay a little, but a free one turned up. The guy was so happy to get rid of it!
Anyways, I took the case off, discharged it (nothing happened that I could tell), although I'm not touching it anywhere that I don't need to, just in case. I'm a rookie at this. I watched literally a dozen Youtube vids on discharging, read a few articles, and consulted my electrical contractor friend.
CRT computer monitor vs LCDThis is only my second project. I have not even looked at a CRT in many years.
After doing a side by side comparison I really like the CRT over the LCD. Oh HELL ya! Even this crappy thing.
The first thing I noticed were the blacks, then the glow around the player ship in Galaga. I may have a shader on though, can't remember. It isn't noticeable on the LCD to my eyes. And the screen...it's...curved!
Now I'm looking at my stand-up cabinet - which has a really nice LCD in it - and thinking "damn too bad my cabinet will shatter if I put a big CRT in there!"
I can't imagine a cocktail cab with an LCD. If I didn't need an actual table in my house I wouldn't have picked up the cocktail at all, but this is a fun project and it will get used. It will look awesome (to me) with the CRT.
So...mounts on monitor tube...good enough to hold it in place?
Thanks!
ETA: Follow up question:
Does anyone make a metal bracket for these types of CRTs? I'm guessing that a bracket for a "real" arcade monitor wouldn't work. Or would it? I have a plan to mount this but it could be better.