> With new monitors going for under $200, the costs of any significant repair are no longer justifiable unless there is something unique about your monitor.

When it comes to CRTs this is probably more true today that it was when this was written. I can imagine a future though where more people seek to repair their non-CRT monitors as stores stop selling normal computer monitors to push "smart" monitors filled with ads and anti-features.

I've still got a massive sony trinitron desktop monitor that stopped working properly but is so heavy I've neglected to get rid of it. I keep hoping I'll come across some old TV repair guy who can give it life again for a reasonable fee because it was honestly the best monitor I ever had and I'd love to be able to use it again with older systems even though it weighs a ton, takes up a huge amount of space, and will throw off enough heat to raise the room temperature.