Blast City monitor replacement

[rester159]

I'm considering purchasing a Blast City cabinet but the monitor (still the original Nanao) has some noticeable burn. How you would you go about replacing it? I hear it's super hard to find parts... are there obvious options or I'd be pretty much out of luck?

 

[ekorz]

https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/alright-school-me-please-nanao-ms2930-31-33-tube-swap.10688/

More generally: https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/in-this-thread-we-tube-and-yoke-swap-monitors.12917/

If you found a donor from another blast (or similar) it would also have burn likely. I’d recommend seeing if it’s actually noticeable during play before trying all this though.

 

[Anselmo]

That would be a really tall order and I personally would avoid it. It would require a pretty massive amount of searching to find a proper donor for a tube swap. Those monitors were also available in Sega Racing Cabs, so you'd have a better chance at finding the exact monitor in a Sega Arcade than finding a donor tube in my opinion.

 

[RealMFnG]

Actually, I find suitable donors for the Blast City MS293x monitor quite often with customer 27" TV's. You'll definitely have to do a yoke swap however. It is still quite a chore to do so.

It is the Nanao MS8 & MS9 monitors prevalent in Astro City cabs that is impossible to find a suitable donor from a customer TV.

 

[BlinG]

Tube swapping should be your last resort. Unless the burn is so bad that its almost unplayable, I wouldn't consider doing one.

Here's a tube swap that I did on one of my blast cities. Even though it was successful, it doesn't even come close to comparison of the original tube.

 

[ebzero89]

Actually, I find suitable donors for the Blast City MS293x monitor quite often with customer 27" TV's. You'll definitely have to do a yoke swap however. It is still quite a chore to do so.

It is the Nanao MS8 & MS9 monitors prevalent in Astro City cabs that is impossible to find a suitable donor from a customer TV.

Ain't that the truth Need TVs from like 1998 and everyone is selling them from 2003-2006 only. I have an MS9 Yoke and chassis so all I need is a tube.