Cost of restoration / Monitor

[monkeybomb]

I'm going to my first auction on Saturday and I am trying to gauge how much stock I should put into the monitor.  The game I want is a common conversion.  But I want to make it like new.  So I figure the worst thing I could do is to pay for a mid range condition cabinet that I am going to replace everything on anyways.

The thing that seems the most important is the monitor.  But I won't be happy with a washed out old looking monitor.  What does it cost to make it like new if it works, but has an old look to it.  Is this even possible or should I just bite the bullet and plan on getting a new monitor?

Any thoughts?

[ChadTower]

I'm going to my first auction on Saturday and I am trying to gauge how much stock I should put into the monitor.  The game I want is a common conversion.  But I want to make it like new.  So I figure the worst thing I could do is to pay for a mid range condition cabinet that I am going to replace everything on anyways.

The thing that seems the most important is the monitor.  But I won't be happy with a washed out old looking monitor.  What does it cost to make it like new if it works, but has an old look to it.  Is this even possible or should I just bite the bullet and plan on getting a new monitor?

Any thoughts?

If you can solder, it will cost you $20 for a cap kit to restore the pic on a washed out monitor.  The condition of the artwork on the cab and cp is by far your cost driver.

[tommy]

1-Side Art

2-Monitor

3-PCB     IMO

[Lilwolf]

You can get a brand new 19" arcade crt shipped to your door for less then 200 bucks.

cap kits cost 10 - 20 bucks and soldering....

And a lot more can go wrong.  Most items seem to be cheap.  Its just the time... and the chance of having to buy multiple items to fix a monitor.

burn in is forever.