Slowly blowing a CRT?

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Sun Sep 17 03:27:38 2000

Bill Bradford wrote:
> I had an old (but perfect-picture) IBM 8514 monitor in my garage "shop",
> and during one rather energetic argument with my SO over "too much
> computer equipment", she picked up the monitor and THREW it at the
> ground (which was nothing more than thin carpet over concrete).
>
> Plastic bezel/case cracked a bit. CRT stayed intact. I'm still debating
> whether I should power it up and see if it still works. 8-)

I have a Sony KV25DXR 25" TV, a close relative of the famous KV25XBR.
Two moves ago I dropped it four feet onto asphalt. The plastic case
broke in many places, and a hissing noise came from it. I expected
that meant that the neck of the tube cracked.

Later I powered it up, and was surprised to discover that it works
fine.
Received on Sun Sep 17 2000 - 03:27:38 BST