Refurbishing high end CRT screens, why not?

OK, it's not high definition, but I'm quite supprised no individual
company has advertised and picked up all the discarded high end
widescreen CRT televisions (say Loewe, B&O, Sony and (cough) Philips) -
done a good refurbishment and integrated a decent freeview set top box.
I'm sure given the LCD/plasma refuseniks out there, there would still be
an interest?

And probably a new life could be given to ex-studio CRT monitors?

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Adrian C

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:23:59 +0000, Adrian C wrote:

OK, it's not high definition, but I'm quite supprised no individual
company has advertised and picked up all the discarded high end
widescreen CRT televisions (say Loewe, B&O, Sony and (cough) Philips) -
done a good refurbishment and integrated a decent freeview set top box.
I'm sure given the LCD/plasma refuseniks out there, there would still be
an interest?

And probably a new life could be given to ex-studio CRT monitors?

Interesting idea.

Would there be an sufficient supply of spares to allow a guarantee to be
given with a refurbished CRT TV?


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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:23:59 +0000, Adrian C
wrote:

OK, it's not high definition, but I'm quite supprised no individual
company has advertised and picked up all the discarded high end
widescreen CRT televisions (say Loewe, B&O, Sony and (cough)
Philips) - done a good refurbishment and integrated a decent
freeview set top box. I'm sure given the LCD/plasma refuseniks out
there, there would still be an interest?

And probably a new life could be given to ex-studio CRT monitors?

Interesting idea.

Would there be an sufficient supply of spares to allow a guarantee to
be given with a refurbished CRT TV?

Do you really think the demand would be great enough? Personally I doubt
it. I wasn't convinced by the move to LCD/plasma but now I've got a flat
screen TV our old 32" CRT TV looks like a dinosaur and I resent the space it
takes up.

Tim

Tim wrote:
Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:23:59 +0000, Adrian C
wrote:

OK, it's not high definition, but I'm quite supprised no individual
company has advertised and picked up all the discarded high end
widescreen CRT televisions (say Loewe, B&O, Sony and (cough)
Philips) - done a good refurbishment and integrated a decent
freeview set top box. I'm sure given the LCD/plasma refuseniks out
there, there would still be an interest?

And probably a new life could be given to ex-studio CRT monitors?

Interesting idea.

Would there be an sufficient supply of spares to allow a guarantee to
be given with a refurbished CRT TV?

Do you really think the demand would be great enough? Personally I
doubt it. I wasn't convinced by the move to LCD/plasma but now I've got
a flat screen TV our old 32" CRT TV looks like a dinosaur and I resent
the space it takes up.

Tim
No I very much doubt it too...the number would never be attractive
enough to end users. No one wants to do it for charity.

Rob.

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:23:59 +0000, Adrian C
wrote:

And probably a new life could be given to ex-studio CRT monitors?

How many people would want a picture that small and a 'TV' that ugly
in their living room though? I'd rather get a panel from Tesco..

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Z

"Adrian C" wrote in message
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OK, it's not high definition, but I'm quite supprised no individual
company has advertised and picked up all the discarded high end widescreen
CRT televisions (say Loewe, B&O, Sony and (cough) Philips) -


Mainly because the quality of the picture is not as good as current LCD and
plasma and the latest LED screens (not LCD with LED backlighting).

done a good refurbishment and integrated a decent freeview set top box.

To do that the entire tuner section would need to be removed and replaced,
then the circuit dealing with the remote control changed together with a few
other bits and pieces. Too expensive and it would take far too long to do
with many different models for what would be a picture that didn't fit the
screen!

I'm sure given the LCD/plasma refuseniks out there, there would still be
an interest?


Not really, who wants a huge bulky CRT with a poor picture quality compared
to a nice new LCD TV. No one I know of would want that. They all
want 40inch screens, not some small 20 or 28inch CRT which is the size of
a wheelie bin.

And probably a new life could be given to ex-studio CRT monitors?


Well if you think there is a market why don't you do it. I have a 28" CRT
you can have for free. The conversion and messing about will cost you
far more than the TV is worth - even if you found someone daft enough to
buy it. It's not a viable business. That's why my local tip has hundreds
of
big old CRT TVs.

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Adrian C

"brushhead" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:23:59 +0000, Adrian C
wrote:

OK, it's not high definition, but I'm quite supprised no individual
company has advertised and picked up all the discarded high end
widescreen CRT televisions (say Loewe, B&O, Sony and (cough)
Philips) - done a good refurbishment and integrated a decent
freeview set top box. I'm sure given the LCD/plasma refuseniks out
there, there would still be an interest?

And probably a new life could be given to ex-studio CRT monitors?

Interesting idea.

Would there be an sufficient supply of spares to allow a guarantee to
be given with a refurbished CRT TV?

Do you really think the demand would be great enough? Personally I doubt
it. I wasn't convinced by the move to LCD/plasma but now I've got a flat
screen TV our old 32" CRT TV looks like a dinosaur and I resent the space
it takes up.

Tim
No I very much doubt it too...the number would never be attractive enough
to end users. No one wants to do it for charity.

Rob.

No charity would even accept my 28inch CRT. I tried giving it away
for free to a good home with a digital box.
It's only staying in the garage for another week, then it's off to the tip.

IanT wrote:
No charity would even accept my 28inch CRT. I tried giving it away
for free to a good home with a digital box.
It's only staying in the garage for another week, then it's off to the tip.


If it's B&O or Loewe, please don't sent it down the tip!!!

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Adrian C

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:31:28 -0000, "Tim"
wrote:

Do you really think the demand would be great enough? Personally I doubt
it. I wasn't convinced by the move to LCD/plasma but now I've got a flat
screen TV our old 32" CRT TV looks like a dinosaur and I resent the space it
takes up.

When you decide to reclaim the space you may find that getting rid of
a huge CRT TV can be a bit of a challenge. A friend of mine bought a
LCD TV thinking he could sell his dinosaur. A month or two later he
found that he couldn't even give away the monster. Eventually he
bought another LCD TV because part of the deal was to take away the
old TV.

Steve

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"IanT" wrote in message
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"Adrian C" wrote in message
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OK, it's not high definition, but I'm quite supprised no individual
company has advertised and picked up all the discarded high end
widescreen CRT televisions (say Loewe, B&O, Sony and (cough) Philips) -


Mainly because the quality of the picture is not as good as current LCD
and
plasma and the latest LED screens (not LCD with LED backlighting).

done a good refurbishment and integrated a decent freeview set top box.

To do that the entire tuner section would need to be removed and replaced,
then the circuit dealing with the remote control changed together with a
few
other bits and pieces. Too expensive and it would take far too long to do
with many different models for what would be a picture that didn't fit the
screen!

I'm sure given the LCD/plasma refuseniks out there, there would still be
an interest?


Not really, who wants a huge bulky CRT with a poor picture quality
compared
to a nice new LCD TV. No one I know of would want that. They all
want 40inch screens, not some small 20 or 28inch CRT which is the size of
a wheelie bin.

And probably a new life could be given to ex-studio CRT monitors?


Well if you think there is a market why don't you do it. I have a 28" CRT
you can have for free. The conversion and messing about will cost you
far more than the TV is worth - even if you found someone daft enough to
buy it. It's not a viable business. That's why my local tip has hundreds
of
big old CRT TVs.

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Adrian C


all very true they are huge old beasts but my toshiba 32" is now 10 years
old and has never missed a beat, it has a stunning picture and often gets
comments about its sound and picture quality