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Havoc

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Opinion on what to do
« on: August 29, 2006, 11:10:50 am »
First off I'm Broke, with that out of the way I recently aquried a cabinet with everything except the monitor for next to nothing.  Now buying a new 25"  monitor is prob out of the question.  But I do have a 21" vga monitor and 25 tube TV collecting dust in my basement.  My Options:

1. Buy a chassis to be used with older TV tubes for fairly low cost. 
2. Buy a cga to vga converter for about the same price
3. Buy a used 19" monitor (non refurbished)

All of these are within five bucks of each other.  Never replaced a chassis because I never had a reason to.  How easy is it to perform bodily harm the first time.  The latter two options are eaier to do but I would have to brace a 19" in what should be a 25" space.

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Re: Opinion on what to do
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2006, 01:59:06 pm »
Well let me rephrase my original post:

Has anyone ever used a line doubler (cga to vga conv.) and if so what was the quality.

Has anyone ever used a chassis made for a TV tube and what was the quality.
« Last Edit: August 30, 2006, 02:02:44 pm by Havoc »

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Re: Opinion on what to do
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2006, 02:13:32 pm »
whats the 25 tube like,no burn in?if its in great condition and depending what you want to do with the cab then i would suggest contacting alva amusements to see if they have a wei-ya chassis that will just go straight on(you have to tell them the tube size,neck pins amount and yoke impedence)