Anyone know much about these (29" arcade monitors)

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Fusion916
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Anyone know much about these (29" arcade monitors)

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https://shop.xgaming.com/collections/ar ... de-monitor

Anyone have any experience with these? Are they actually brand new or refurbed? How is the quality?
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No idea which tube it is, but the chassis looks like a WeiYa C3129, I'm not touching that junk ever again...

Ordered 2 units new, both death on arrival, mine had a diode blown, my buddy's the HOT, after replacing the HOT it work for a few months and now dead again, can't seem to fix it this time.
He Sent it of for repair, got it back unfixed, guy couldn't help me.
Another well-known arcade crt repair guy refuses to work on these.
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I have always wanted the tri sync version. (Line doubled 240p native 640x480)

They are made by Makvision I believe.

The reason I would love one is because you can replace the capacitors easily with cap kits from arcade shops online to keep the picture juicy.

I just helped a friend with reviving a deep sea cabinet and the process of replacing caps was fairly easy.

I can't say the same about my pro monitor. It's picture rules but when it fades I don't think I'll be able to revive it.

But as far as geometry and picture quality goes. I have no idea. I have never owned one.
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PascalP wrote:No idea which tube it is, but the chassis looks like a WeiYa C3129, I'm not touching that junk ever again...

Ordered 2 units new, both death on arrival, mine had a diode blown, my buddy's the HOT, after replacing the HOT it work for a few months and now dead again, can't seem to fix it this time.
He Sent it of for repair, got it back unfixed, guy couldn't help me.
Another well-known arcade crt repair guy refuses to work on these.
If a new HOT is blowing after a few months theres probably something inherently wrong in the chassis design... too bad. Did he try adding a larger heatsink to the HOT?

I suppose buying brand new quality CRTs were a bit too good to be true.
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Fusion916 wrote:
PascalP wrote:No idea which tube it is, but the chassis looks like a WeiYa C3129, I'm not touching that junk ever again...

Ordered 2 units new, both death on arrival, mine had a diode blown, my buddy's the HOT, after replacing the HOT it work for a few months and now dead again, can't seem to fix it this time.
He Sent it of for repair, got it back unfixed, guy couldn't help me.
Another well-known arcade crt repair guy refuses to work on these.
If a new HOT is blowing after a few months theres probably something inherently wrong in the chassis design... too bad. Did he try adding a larger heatsink to the HOT?

I suppose buying brand new quality CRTs were a bit too good to be true.
The HOT was dead on arrival and worked after replacing, no idea what the problem is now, we can't find it and a local arcade/pinball repair shop also couldn't fix it...
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