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I want to purchase a lcd monitor. What can I do with my crt monitor it is in working condition

I have a samtel crt monitor it is in working condition. I want to buy a lcd monitor. What can  I do with the old monitor

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Apr 22, 2010. 5:50 PMntrider1991 says:
put your old crt monitor into the attic and save because you may need it when the backlight burns out on new lcd
Apr 18, 2010. 2:15 PMbwpatton1 says:
Get a second computer to use it for, or give it away. Or you could get a dual video card and use the CRT as a second monitor.
Apr 18, 2010. 6:44 AMRavingMadStudios says:

Sell it or give it to someone who needs a replacement monitor.

Apr 18, 2010. 2:11 AMJavaNut13 says:
Make it into a fishbowl. Or (if you don't have fish) make a scrap computer with really cheap bits and pieces.. Failing that sell it (probably for next to nothing) to some-one who does have something to do with it.

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Apr 17, 2010. 9:32 PMguitarist24000 says:
you could start by disassembling it
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-safely-disassemble-a-CRT-monitor/

maybe turn it into an ossciliscope
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-an-oscilloscope-out-of-an-old-Crt-computer-mo/
or fish tank
http://www.instructables.com/id/Turn-Your-Old-CRT-Computer-Moniter-Into-A-Fish-Tan/

or there's many other creative things to do with it.

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