Hi Peter: Thankfully, mine must be one of the newer ones as it does not need the special graphics adaptor to work. Thanks Graham

Hi Peter: Someone has alluded to that previously. My reason for buying one was simply that I wanted something that looked a bit obscure/nice. I do not know much about them. Could you tell me how I can figure out which ones are old and which ones are new and why the old ones are not worth having other than because they are old and more likely to break

Hi guys: Much to my annoyance there are now several Mermaid monitors for sale in the UK on eBay. They are not perfect but dirt cheap. Consdering I have gone to the touble of importing one and dealing with language barriers etc I am really not impressed. Graham

My friend that knows the answer to such q's is away on holiday and won't be back till next week but I can ask him. Until then, the folowing informtion is based only on conjecture, and as I am a firm believer in the merits of CRT TVs I know little about high def standards. However: Whether it can output 720p would depend on whether it has HDMI

Hi: Does anyone have any experience positive or negative of the grey plastic bang & olufsen beo4 remote substitutes that are sold on eBay - I am getting an MX4000 for a relative but want to sell the Beo4 thus part-financing the TV. I know it won't look as good etc but as long as it turns the TV on, rotates it, changes channel/volume

Hi: My firend has exactly the same setup and it works perfectly. However, you would be advised to get an external hd for the media, this will place less of a demand on system resources. He also uses this setup for torrenting.

I am unsure if this will be the case as I haven't used one. However, I imagine that surfing the internet or reading text will be quite difficult on any CRT as the resolution is pretty poor. Thanks Graham

Hi guys: Further update, I still have not paid for this item as having got my friend to send an email (in German) stating will pay for this on xyz date, please send me the invoice etc I was expecting an "Ok thanks" reply or please do xyz. I have just checked some 9 or 10 days after winning the auction and he still hasn't responded. What

Hi Ben: Cool, so can you make it obvious that the payment is for [item number] on behalf of me? Thanks Graham

Hi everyone: Bit of an update, I bought this as it was relisted about a week ago. I don't know if it will work directly with a UK wall socket but if not I will get a step up/down so that it will. The problem I have is that I do not have Paypal account so I am getting my friend to pay for it through hers. Is this legal in terms of eBay. If not I