On 17 Sep 2000 08:27:38 -0000 Eric Smith
<eric_at_brouhaha.com> wrote:
> 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.
I picked up a Sony 17-inch monitor that had been returned
from a trip on a sonar survey boat as "non-working".
Thinking that a 17-inch screen would be nice, I had a look
inside. There were big blue glowing sparks inside the
glass of the tube neck. Closer examination with the power
off revealed that the neck was broken -- wiggling it made a
horrible crunchy "broken-glass" noise. The weight of the
RGB video amplifiers (supported only by the glass) had
snapped the tube.
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
Received on Mon Sep 18 2000 - 08:56:53 BST