Posted by Richard Crowley on 11/12/07 22:26

"Igor" wrote ...
Mike Ruskai wrote:
>>Igor dribble thusly:
>>>"Bob Myers" wrote:
>>>> And realistically, a CRT monitor cannot be "refurbished"
>>>> without replacement of the tube. <snip>
>>>
>>> Would replacing the tube be prohibitively expensive?
>>
>> Cripes, have you even looked at the inside of a CRT
>> monitor? <snip>
>
> No, I'm afraid I haven't.
>
> The reason I asked is because I own an old Fender tube amp from a time
> when Fender were using television tubes in their amps (or so I've been
> told). Replacement tubes for that amp are still available, and they're
> not all that expensive.

The only tube in modern (since the mid 1970s) television
recievers (or comptuer monitors) is the CRT itself.

All of the "signal" (small) tubes (like the kind used in your
e-guitar amp) were eliminated from TV sets around a
generation ago.

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