What to do with old CRT monitors?

by **Futureman** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:41 pm

I've upgraded my setup out of the late 90's, and got rid of my 2 Black 17inch CRT monitors..

The question is, with prices on ebay hardly pushing $5, what do I do with them?

It's the type of thing you see on the side of the road.. it's just a shame as these are a nice matching pair..

Any suggestions?

I'm located in Sydney.
Regards
Mike

by **TimS** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:07 pm

Mike,
I had the same issue.
I tried selling my old 17" Acer 77c on Ebay for $19.99 a while back.
Not even a watcher or a bite..
They are so cheap these days as you say.
Probably best to offload to a shop like Lifeline or Vinnie's and do the good samaritan thing..

by **beatmad** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:22 pm

You could try freecycle too. They seem to go pretty quickly on there.

by **Chinagraf** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:35 pm

Get a few more and make an art istallation piece?

by **13thbeach** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:53 pm

These days a monitor like that is only good for a boat anchor.................now theres an idea!

by **chris p** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:21 pm

Gut it and use it for a theramin case?

by **Futureman** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:19 pm

chris p wrote:Gut it and use it for a theramin case?

Thats a pretty big theramin... but if you say so..

One theramin & one art exhibition coming up.

(goes off with hammer)

by **Kurt** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:28 am

Here in Canberra it costs $25 to dump them when you can't find someone who'll take it for nothing!

by **BOB-SNARE** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:45 pm

Jacobs Ladder
http://www.afrotechmods.com/reallycheap/Jacob/jacob.htm

Or an ION Lifter.
http://jnaudin.free.fr/lifters/lift2exp/index.htm

by **TimS** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:56 pm

BOB-SNARE wrote:Jacobs Ladder
http://www.afrotechmods.com/reallycheap/Jacob/jacob.htm

Or an ION Lifter.
http://jnaudin.free.fr/lifters/lift2exp/index.htm

man, how cool!!!

by **Thirteen** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:18 pm

You will probably just have to wait until the next council clean-up unfortunately.... Last clean-up here one of my customers showed up, he had never been here before, he said that he could tell which house in the street was mine because of the JX-8P and the Prophet 5 sitting on the grass out the front next to the broken vacuum cleaner.

by **TimS** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:45 pm

Or just put it on someone elses pile out the front ;-)
I saw a super keyboard stand (Quiklok) out the front of this guys house last week - I was driving to go to the PO and was going to stop and check it out when I was on my way back.
Some guy had snaffled it already by the time I was going past!!

by **Futureman** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:25 pm

TimS wrote:I saw a super keyboard stand (Quiklok) out the front of this guys house last week -

Thats funny, because I found a single tier double braced quicklock on the side of the road a little while ago...

I was thinking of the vinnies side of things.. I've also got 2x 15 Inch LCD screens that have a bit of noise in them.. I'll give em those too..

Regards
Mike

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