I'm not sure why ups' wouldn't go with crt's...a good way to go is the ups backups 500 pro (note the pro) which has low voltage and overvoltage protection - puts out close to 120 all the time. I have one on my lcd projector, and others on my replay tvs and my pc's. You can get it for about $109 at buy.com - but you have to look. For some reason, they have 2 listed, slightly different though I can't tell what the difference is. One is like 159, one is 109.
The only question is how much power you draw with the crt.
The only question is how much power you draw with the crt.