Posted by Rick Merrill on 11/12/07 23:57

Richard Crowley wrote:
> "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.
>
>

Ayup. I have 2 TV with real vacuum tubes - want 'em ?

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