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My Sony PVM-2030 is at least that old if not older and still has a great picture. There are some minor convergence issues that I will get around to fixing sometime. This one was used heavily enough to burn a time code into the corner of the screen, but otherwise it still has plenty of brightness and good color.
I don't hesistate to buy old Trinitrons, especially pro monitors. I've got an older PVM-2530 (it has no S-video inputs, so it's an early one) waiting for me to pick it up right now (I have to make a space for it).
I have seen some early 90s sets with CRTs that were starting to get weak, but there are plenty of sets out there that old and older with good CRTs.
There is at least one Trinitron model that seemed to have more than it's fair share of bad CRTs. I can't remember the model number, but for a while every one that came through was either green or purple. I looked for a picture of that set online, but I couldn't find one. I haven't seen one in ages.
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