Way to go Ian

Ian, how did the writer find you?

I have a Sony 29". Just saw someone throw out a larger one. Didn't know they made tubes that big.

I used to have a 30-something CRT TV.

My in-laws have a 34" Sony widescreen tube TV with component inputs still in one of their rooms. As was stated, it's a beast. It's a nice enough set, but obviously not a match for today's nicer sets and kind of a burden these days. When I gave 99% of my collection to an auction house the end of December, they took pretty much anything and everything not nailed down (and even stuff that was!) except for my two Sony Trinitron tube TVs. One is a 20" with composite inputs and the other is a 32" with s-video. I incorporated them into what remains of my vintage collection, but it would have been nice to have gotten rid of them as well. The 32" in particular is incredibly heavy and recycling centers increasingly are refusing to take these things anymore. This section in the article caught my eye: “It’s getting harder and harder, and the price goes up and up and up,” he says. He gestures toward a sizable Sony Trinitron, one of his prize finds. “Ten years ago, I could get them under $100. Now it’s $2,000. Certain TVs, everybody wanted to grab.” I can't imagine what that's referring to (the $2,000). -Bill ======================================================== Bill Loguidice, Managing Director; Armchair Arcade, Inc. <http://www.armchairarcade.com> ======================================================== Authored Books <http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Loguidice/e/B001U7W3YS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1> and Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to get in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice> ======================================================== On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 2:00 PM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

I have a 34" Sony widescreen HD tube. Weighs 200 lbs but great for older game systems

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 1:57 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

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I have a Sony 29". Just saw someone throw out a larger one. Didn't know

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they made tubes that big.

I used to have a 30-something CRT TV.

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I can't imagine what that's referring to (the $2,000) Probably the 40" 400 lb. monster Sony display referenced in the article. If I had the space and the cash I'd love that thing.

Sony PVM monitors (pro video monitors) and BVM series (Broadcast video monitors) are *HOT* with the retro gaming community. They oogle over the RGB inputs, and higher attention to quality on the sets over the consumer models. Part of it is probably the hunt, that I'm sure many of the classic computer collector folks can relate to. That picture of the guy in the shop with the cube TV. That Cube TV makes me drool! It's a PVM-2530 or something. It's just so cool looking with the frame around the back of the TV making it perfectly square. I will be getting a 20" version of it that does not work in a few weeks to repair. I used to own the 25" version but sold it, it had arcing flyback or some other issue that I didn't understand at the time. Over in arcade land, it's actually not that hard to find people that are repairing the 19" - 25" 15khz arcade monitors. China reproduces flybacks for the popular sets like the Sanyo 20EZ, Wells Gardner K7000 series and Electrohome G07s. People swap picture tubes with curb find TVs when the tubes are bad or have massive burn in. The BIG arcade issue is the later arcades that used medium res (25khz) and VGA (31khz) monitors that were of poor quality. There aren't the replacement parts, the control systems were custom ICs and often time readable schematics aren't available. Those are failing left and right. China doesn't make 4:3 ratio LCDs and the services that cut LCD panels down are expensive and the drive electronics from 16:9 sets where the panel is physically cut are unlikely to be able to place the image properly on the cut screen. These are the machines that will suffer the most I think. I think my friend who comes with me to VCF has one of these. Holy crap, that's like half a bitcoin... here are your high dollar Sony TVs (these are Sold listings... ) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-BVM-D24E1WU-Trinitron-Color-Video-Monitor/1731... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-BVM-A20F1U-Trinitron-Color-Video-Monitor-w-BKM... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-24-BVM-D24E1WU-Low-Hours-Retro-Gaming-Broadcas...