I have 4, two little ones side by side that I"ve got the really old stuff connected to, and two higher end ones with later stuff on it.
I have 4, two little ones side by side that I"ve got the really old stuff connected to, and two higher end ones with later stuff on it.
"Oh my lord it's nutty, yup!"
1999 27" RCA Entertainment Series--love the dark high contrast picture tube.
2001 32" Sony Trinitron--got off CL for $100, dropped it on foot carrying it upstairs but it was worth it.
1988 25" RCA Colortrak--got this from a house that had been foreclosed on and the Department of Agriculture was just going through and clearing it out and putting stuff in a dumpster. Nothing like a 1988 TV with an S-video input!
2000 27" Magnavox--sold a guy my HDTV (times are tough) and he threw this in for free since he was replacing it. I haven't tried it out yet.
Also, picked up a 13" Haier on clearance for $25 at Pamida just because it had component inputs. The picture is surprisingly good for that cheap of a brand.
Jeez, I 'd hate to say I collect CRTs, but maybe yeah. My 3 main CRTs are:
an RCA 38" widescreen HD. This monster weighs almost 250 lbs. with the stand but it looks phenomenal...especially with the built-in DirecTV. Biggest widescreen tube ever made, and the second-largest tube of any kind for a consumer set. Only Sony and Mitsubishi made bigger ones, and they were still 4:3 (although Sony's was flat).
A Sony PVM-2950 professional monitor I got off craigslist for $25. Came out of a newly-remodeled Hamptons summer estate and was hardly ever used. For $10 more, I popped for an Extron 8-in 4-out switcher with BNC connectors to match the monitor. Hugely useful, and a huge bargain - apparently these things are over $1,000 new.
The SharpTendo 19" combo I use for 8-bit and earlier systems.