my CRT is very old, and the old girl has served me well, would never get another just yet, saying that though i do have an LCD at work and i do enjoy that much more, it looks so much better.
I also have a CRT monitor, I am satisfied with it it has better color calibration than lcd and lcds have that annoying thing that when you look at it from side, it fades down and changes colours. I will remain on CRT until it will live. But I also obscure the lcd technology how it evolves and when its specifications will at last be able to satisfy everyday usage, I will buy it. The disadvantages of my crt monitor are still flickering and high energy consumption that angries me, but still better than unreliable lcd technology.
I will remain on CRT until it will live. But I also obscure the lcd technology how it evolves and when its specifications will at last be able to satisfy everyday usage, I will buy it. The disadvantages of my crt monitor are still flickering and high energy consumption that angries me, but still better than unreliable lcd technology.
same here, i'll be sad when it dies, i will have to have a private burrial for it, or maybe just throw it onto a bonfire. :)
you do get the odd problem but as the OP mentioned giving it a hard slap will sort it out. the younger LCD's are a little less likely to respond well to a thump.
as you say though, a CRT more than satisfies daily usage.
I've always wanted to throw a telly/monitor out of a (high) window... y'know, like all the best rockstars do!!
yeah, lol. make sure theres no one ther that it might hit, or you'd be done for murder. and a pretty boy like you would be used as currency in prison. :)
No the amount of stored energy in the back of these is quite scary and it can stay charge for weeks.
Just don't touch the HV parts. My grandfather used to repair TVs in the days before they hit on the idea of having a bleeder resistor on the capacitors. We often used to watch his tie dangle into the back of the TV set!
yeah, lol. make sure theres no one ther that it might hit, or you'd be done for murder. and a pretty boy like you would be used as currency in prison. :)
Yeah I guess so, but at least I'll have lots of cigarrettes!! :grin:
I've always wanted to throw a telly/monitor out of a (high) window... y'know, like all the best rockstars do!!
I've bricked a load of TVs before, and thrown one of my old monitors out of my bedroom window. I also threw a BMX out of a window :lol:
When you burst a TV or monitor it's just like breaking a stripbulb powder goes everywhere, and there's a loud pop. If you watcha TV screen break they kind of implode.
I've bricked a load of TVs before, and thrown one of my old monitors out of my bedroom window. I also threw a BMX out of a window :lol:
When you burst a TV or monitor it's just like breaking a stripbulb powder goes everywhere, and there's a loud pop. If you watcha TV screen break they kind of implode.
Nah! Heaton's only dodgy at nightime, during the day there's just a load of old gits and students wandering around. You do get the odd charva but the sunlight drains their bravado so they leave you alone during the day :D
If you touch something and suddenly discover you are either (a) on the other side of the room, (b) a funny shape, (c) dead - or most likely a combination thereof, you have successfully recognised one of the HV parts.
When my monitor dies I think I'll use the HV flyback to construct either a Destruct-o-Tron or a Tesla coil.
If you touch something and suddenly discover you are either (a) on the other side of the room, (b) a funny shape, (c) dead - or most likely a combination thereof, you have successfully recognised one of the HV parts.
When my monitor dies I think I'll use the HV flyback to construct either a Destruct-o-Tron or a Tesla coil.
You see I'm no further forward. (a) is probably the most likely - so long as I keep 1 hand in my pocket.
It's too risky for a self repair by someone as inexperienced as me.
i once touched the two metal things in a light fitting, i learned a valuable lesson never to mess with electricity that day. i wish i had learned it earlier as it really hurt.
i once touched the two metal things in a light fitting, i learned a valuable lesson never to mess with electricity that day. i wish i had learned it earlier as it really hurt.
I fixed the fuse in the hoover one time, I think either I hadn't tightened the screws enough, or maybe the plug was so old the holes were threaded or something. But when I unplugged the hoover after I'd used it, the back of the plug came off and I got fried a bit, my left arm was numb for about half on hour afterwards, and tingly for a lot longer.
Now that stung a bit, apparently I was lucky I managed to pull my arm away. Had to use something to pry the rest of the plug out of the wall, cos' I wasn't bloody touching it again, that's for sure.
I fixed the fuse in the hoover one time, I think either I hadn't tightened the screws enough, or maybe the plug was so old the holes were threaded or something. But when I unplugged the hoover after I'd used it, the back of the plug came off and I got fried a bit, my left arm was numb for about half on hour afterwards, and tingly for a lot longer.
Now that stung a bit, apparently I was lucky I managed to pull my arm away. Had to use something to pry the rest of the plug out of the wall, cos' I wasn't bloody touching it again, that's for sure.
yeah live electricity is dangerous. i imagine you have a cable from a street light going to your trailer these days? why pay for it, huh.
yeah live electricity is dangerous. i imagine you have a cable from a street light going to your trailer these days? why pay for it, huh.
No but I know somebody from back home who used to hook there game gear up to an outdoor junction box. I also know somebody who ran an extension from the downstairs flat into his house while it was unoccupied, so he saved on his bill, by using the power from the empty flat.
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I also have a CRT monitor, I am satisfied with it it has better color calibration than lcd and lcds have that annoying thing that when you look at it from side, it fades down and changes colours. I will remain on CRT until it will live. But I also obscure the lcd technology how it evolves and when its specifications will at last be able to satisfy everyday usage, I will buy it. The disadvantages of my crt monitor are still flickering and high energy consumption that angries me, but still better than unreliable lcd technology.
same here, i'll be sad when it dies, i will have to have a private burrial for it, or maybe just throw it onto a bonfire. :)
you do get the odd problem but as the OP mentioned giving it a hard slap will sort it out. the younger LCD's are a little less likely to respond well to a thump.
as you say though, a CRT more than satisfies daily usage.
I've always wanted to throw a telly/monitor out of a (high) window... y'know, like all the best rockstars do!!
yeah, lol. make sure theres no one ther that it might hit, or you'd be done for murder. and a pretty boy like you would be used as currency in prison. :)
Just don't touch the HV parts. My grandfather used to repair TVs in the days before they hit on the idea of having a bleeder resistor on the capacitors. We often used to watch his tie dangle into the back of the TV set!
He's still alive though :-)
Yeah I guess so, but at least I'll have lots of cigarrettes!! :grin:
And those are?
No biatch, your pimp will get the cigarettes. You will get a sore arse.
I've bricked a load of TVs before, and thrown one of my old monitors out of my bedroom window. I also threw a BMX out of a window :lol:
When you burst a TV or monitor it's just like breaking a stripbulb powder goes everywhere, and there's a loud pop. If you watcha TV screen break they kind of implode.
He comes from Heaton. Old habits die hard. :grin:
Nah! Heaton's only dodgy at nightime, during the day there's just a load of old gits and students wandering around. You do get the odd charva but the sunlight drains their bravado so they leave you alone during the day :D
If you touch something and suddenly discover you are either (a) on the other side of the room, (b) a funny shape, (c) dead - or most likely a combination thereof, you have successfully recognised one of the HV parts.
When my monitor dies I think I'll use the HV flyback to construct either a Destruct-o-Tron or a Tesla coil.
You see I'm no further forward. (a) is probably the most likely - so long as I keep 1 hand in my pocket.
It's too risky for a self repair by someone as inexperienced as me.
I fixed the fuse in the hoover one time, I think either I hadn't tightened the screws enough, or maybe the plug was so old the holes were threaded or something. But when I unplugged the hoover after I'd used it, the back of the plug came off and I got fried a bit, my left arm was numb for about half on hour afterwards, and tingly for a lot longer.
Now that stung a bit, apparently I was lucky I managed to pull my arm away. Had to use something to pry the rest of the plug out of the wall, cos' I wasn't bloody touching it again, that's for sure.
yeah live electricity is dangerous. i imagine you have a cable from a street light going to your trailer these days? why pay for it, huh.
No but I know somebody from back home who used to hook there game gear up to an outdoor junction box. I also know somebody who ran an extension from the downstairs flat into his house while it was unoccupied, so he saved on his bill, by using the power from the empty flat.