400-Line’s Just Fine For A Party

When Suruga-ya gave me a really good deal – with free shipping to Canada – on a CRT monitor, I had to take it. Only once it arrived did I realize this monitor was a lot weirder than I thought it was, and now I have to find a way to actually make use of the thing. This monitor reminded me of the glory days of buying crap from Japan, where you could get yellowed hardware for pennies on the dollar because it was aesthetically unpleasant. Certainly this qualifies as “yellowed;” even though it came with its original Fujitsu shipping box, indicating someone really cared for it, the back of this CRT has probably spent a lot of time basking in the hot sun. If I’m honest, I bought this because it was a good deal, and tried to figure out a use for it later. As I said up above, Suruga-ya let me buy this monitor for ¥3000, with free express shipping to Canada. I’m sure they’re very mad at me, but it’s my understanding that disposing of CRTs in Japan is not free, and perhaps they lost less money…