$30 #Trinitron #CRT, $10 audiophile speakers, $20 amp. We've never been more back. I'm hearing parts of #SSBM I never heard. These cheap speakers are better than 95-100% of speakers that have ever been built into a TV.

After learning the patent for Trinitron expired in 1998, I wonder if any old early 2000s CRT will do the job (regardless of if it uses a Trinitron-style aperture grille). I just can't reconcile how good that Sharp TV looked. Scroll up to see more.

This TV "seems" to have some drift on the left-right axis but I'm not enough of an expert to say for sure.

If you're in the midwest where CRTs are nearly free, don't overpay. 27 inch and up CRTs are very easy to get. 18 inch and up are out there. If I paid $100 for this I'd be pissed.

If it's your first CRT:

1. Get 240p test suite (Wii, Raspberry Pi, etc.) and test the TV before purchase. Moving them sucks.
2. Find something with decent geometry that doesn't need adjustment (Apparently perfect geometry is very hard to find, not worth worrying about)
3. Make sure it takes at least RCA (RGB > S-Video > RCA > coax)
4. Don't pay more than $50 and take your time on Facebook. CRTs are a dime a dozen except for PVMs, Trinitrons, and PC monitors. (As this thread indicates, non-PVM Trinitrons may be overhyped.)