Safe to spray paint the casing of a CRT TV

[Kosmiche]

Would YOU trust the advice of a poster named C.R.A.Z.Y?

 

[Aod]

especially over the advice of someone with a degree in Electrical Engineering.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

I looked for a black widescreen one but most appear to be silver, i really like the widescreen one i have at the minute hence why i was going to spray it black.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

Don't spray the TV, just buy a new one.
You can get a cheap LCD TV that is much better than a CRT TV for £200.
I use my PS2 and Gamecube on my 47 inch TV and they really don't look too bad. The gamecube scaled quite well actually.

But i can guarantee the quality will be no match for the CRT.

Even with the scart upscaling boxes you will still not match the quality of a good CRT

 

[bigjimmyauk]

WRONG!

The HV caps that feed the accelerator can easily deliver more than enough current to kill you stone dead in the blink of an eye.

Newer devices with better caps can hold their charge for several months. my recommendation is to unplug it while it's displaying to allow the caps to (somewhat) discharge at the time of unplugging.



Very good way of going about it. using something like a 50kOhm 5W resistor would be ideal

You've kinda put me off the idea now

 

[hhhhbk]

cheaper to go on ebay and buy a bigger better black crt for a couple of quid locally

less effort and will look far better

 

[Justintime]

NOT true

Stop reading stuff from the web and posting it like you're an expert. I have a friend who was killed when we were kids, he was playing technician in his TV (was unplugged) and got zapped, only 13.

 

[JBod]

Emo is gonna emo.

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

But i can guarantee the quality will be no match for the CRT.

Even with the scart upscaling boxes you will still not match the quality of a good CRT

Whilst I agree with what you are saying, CRT TV's make a really high pitched whining sound (very similar to cat alarms), have a flickering picture and you could well kill yourself by touching some form of capacitor.

The picture quality on a modern TV will barely be any worse to be honest. No matter how good the upscaler a 640x480 game will look a bit poo when it is on a massive screen.

 

[Jonny69]

Halfords sell satin black spray paint in big tins.

DO be careful if you open it up, but if you've any electronics experience you should be able to spot the HV lines and stay away from it.

 

[AFK_Matrix]

Not sure if its been mentioned as I couldn't be naffed looking through all the posts. But just sign up to freecycle and put a wanted ad up for a black CRT TV. There are tons going on the freecycle in my area.