A few follow up questions after spending some more time with it
1)
@Mitsurugi-w or other admins, can you move this post to the "Monitor Help" section? I realized that i posted it in the wrong part of the forum. Or maybe I can cut the folowing questions and create a new thread there, more general than "replacing the CRT"
2)Is there a way to shield in some way the screen from magnetic interference? I moved the cab all around my apartment, and no matter where I place it (unless it's in the dead center of my living room,in a very specific position, I got screen discolorations on some side or corner of it that is more or less annoying (
You can see it here in the lower right corner). This is actually probably the best result I can have, and it's really annoying when playing games like Puyo Puyo.
3) One solution could be to place a neodymium magnet close to the impacted zone to counter it, but I don't know if it would hurt it more than anything long term since it's usually not good to place a screen near a magnet like speakers...
4)The control panel seem to do some weird interference with the monitor. It's not fixed to the cab as it's missing pieces (screws/bolts on the hing and bars for the key mechanism), and if when it's in there, the screen brightness changes once in a while (a little bit brighter, a little bit dimmer, for a flicker of a second). I noticed that if I take it off and move it away from the cab on my lap, the flicker stops. I moved the remote board away from there but it does not seem to come from it. Any idea?
5) I sometimes have for a second or two an hourglass effect on each side of the screen. I can appear in the middle of playing, and disappear on its own or if I turn the cab on and off.
6)Very rarely, I see a little line of interference on the screen. Not very bothering as it's rare, but concerned of what it could be.
Other than that the quality of the image is pretty good overall, so I'm not sure I want to go the way of a full recap or changing the flyback or other if I don;t need too. That part scares me a bit, but I'll do it eventually I guess.
Thanks!