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Are monochrome (PAL) CRTs worth finding a home for, or common garbage?

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Whales:
I have a stack of green and white phosphor CRTs that I've collected or repaired.  They have been clogging my hallway for a year or so now, I want to get rid of them.

Are these things worth finding a new home for, or should I just take them to my council dropoff for disposal?

Muttley Snickers:
A member was recently asking for a similar composite computer green screen in the buy/sell/wanted section so they might still be of some use for his projects.   :-\

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwanted/wtb-composite-video-monochrome-computer-monitor-50-hz-field/

james_s:
Monochome CRT displays are getting quite hard to come by, it's not unusual for a working one to fetch $50-$100 or more depending on what it is and where it's located. The smaller security monitor types tend to be cheaper and less desirable but they still have value. They are fairly rare these days but the number of people wanting one is also relatively small and shipping is difficult and expensive. Still I would certainly not throw them away, there are loads of retro computer enthusiasts out there.

That little Electrohome one is cool, the only Electrohome monitors I've seen before are in classic arcade games.

vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: Whales on August 11, 2019, 03:10:50 am ---I have a stack of green and white phosphor CRTs that I've collected or repaired.  They have been clogging my hallway for a year or so now, I want to get rid of them.

Are these things worth finding a new home for, or should I just take them to my council dropoff for disposal?

--- End quote ---

Please don't call them "CRTs" --- that's "computer person speak"! :palm:
The "CRT" is the big glass thing--- the gadget they are used in is a Monitor, or maybe if you really must, "a CRT display".

Mate_Well:
Hmm, i heard and seen some ppl use it as a very crude osciloscope, or take the flyback hv transformer and build ozone generators or some tesla coils

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