Now THIS is a monitor! Wow, lookee what I got :) (w/ pics & video)

[smalltownguy]

Picked this up today for $25 from the Minneapolis CL site:

http://www.audaud.com/audaud/NOV02/EQUIP/equip2NOV02.html

I hooked  it up via RGB to my HTPC and holy pixels, Batman!

1024x768 native and I can read every last letter on my windows desktop with razor sharp accuracy. I've never seen a CRT TV look like this before.

It's HUUUUUUUGE. (Like 34" wide!!) Can you say showcase cab?

I'll shoot some pics in the AM after I finish putting it through the HDTV paces. Imagine Ms Pacman on a 33" vertical!

[I/O]

Looks like a re-branded Monivision or something similar. Great find.

[Blanka]

In Europe, Philips sold a 34 inch CRT with full-HD input and display a few years ago. Also cheap on the second hand market.

[wp34]

Nice score!  I've been looking for one of those 27" HDTV CRT's that a few manufacturers were making right before the LCD price-drop.  I would like to see how vector games look on your monitor.

[drventure]

Nice. The review says it's not a deep as most CRTs. Is that right?

I had a 32" Mitsubishi once, very nice tv. My dad ended up getting their 36" model right before  tubes went the way of the dinos.

Those things were HUGE!

[smalltownguy]

Here's a shot of the monitor. I watched a few HDTV movies on it last night, and was very impressed. Even low resolutions are nice and crisp.



And a quick video:



Youtube's re-sampling brought down the clarity of the video a bit. This thing really is razor sharp.

Sorry about the crash -- turned off the lights and tripped over my daughter's sit-n-spin. I swear to God, we have toys everywhere.

Nice. The review says it's not a deep as most CRTs. Is that right?

Yeah, it's only 22" deep. And it has RGB inputs AND outputs. All kinds of possibilities. I'm trying to convince myself that I need to build an upright to use this for shooters.

Buck hunter, Area 51 on this monitor would be GREAT  

[shfifty]

damn, you got that for $25!? that monitor is soo much sex, you gotta cab it up!

[drventure]

With the proliferation of LCD, I'm guessing Tube monitors are really going to start getting cheap.

25$ is a fantastic deal though!

[BobA]

Nice find.   

[shfifty]

With the proliferation of LCD, I'm guessing Tube monitors are really going to start getting cheap.

25$ is a fantastic deal though!

indeed... when i built my first cab maybe 5 years back i paid $300AUD for a 21" crt

[SailorSat]

Still it's a real P.I.T.A. to move em around

[Jack Burton]

Mitsubishi AM-4201R

As far as I know the largest CRT ever produced.

It syncs to arcade resolutions!  I want one 

[Marsupial]

Jack, does those huge things fit in any cab? at some point, bigger is just... too big. no?

With the proliferation of LCD, I'm guessing Tube monitors are really going to start getting cheap.

you bet. I got 3 CRTs given to me since I started to build my cab. 1 I gave back to someone else in the hobby who needed it, 1 I will experiment with (never tried arcade monitors) and the other one has recently been installed in my cab.