Poll of the Day > Damn CRT TVs are really expensive now

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Was looking on ebay, even small and portable ones can cost over $100 easily

It sucks that so many people just threw them away 10+ years ago

I got mine about a decade ago for 50 cents. I thought it was a dollar, but it that colors discount day at goodwill.
Something tells me when thrift shops stopped wanting them, they went up in price and then covid sent anything retro through the roof in price.

Makes sense, they're absolute ass for production.
Price will just go up over time.

I think only one company is still manufacturing CRT's and I don't think anyone is making a consumer CRT display at this point, so the price on existing stock is just going to keep climbing.

rjsilverthorn posted...

I think only one company is still manufacturing CRT's and I don't think anyone is making a consumer CRT display at this point, so the price on existing stock is just going to keep climbing.

What company is that?

Zazabar posted...

What company is that?

https://www.thomaselectronics.com/

Like I said, they aren't making them for consumer displays, these are all fairly purpose built hardware for commercial usage.

If you watch on marketplace (facebook) there are plenty of families that still give them away. Then there are the people overpricing them as 'gaming TVs'.

pedro45 posted...

I got mine about a decade ago for 50 cents. I thought it was a dollar, but it that colors discount day at goodwill.
Something tells me when thrift shops stopped wanting them, they went up in price and then covid sent anything retro through the roof in price.

2020 ruined the prices for the entire used games market.

Damn_Underscore posted...

Was looking on ebay, even small and portable ones can cost over $100 easily

It sucks that so many people just threw them away 10+ years ago

That's why they are pricey, if everyone and their dog put their CRT in storage they would be far cheaper. Since they were all tossed and replaced with HDTV's you have high prices.

Crap the only people that actually use them are old school gamers that want to get that pure feel of playing a Genesis or Super Nintendo game on the most optimal TV.

got a sweet one, great condition for free during the county garage sale day last year, go sailing maybve see what ya can find

ReturnOfFa posted...

2020 ruined the prices for the entire used games market.

It's been downhill since the early 2010's to be perfectly honest

I've got 3. One is a combo TV/VCR.

I'm actually planning on getting rid of them soon. If you want them come get them.

Monopoman posted...

if everyone and their dog put their CRT in storage they would be far cheaper.

There's very little incentive to do that, though. Storage is for "I expect I'll want/need this later, even though I don't right now." If you're storing a spare TV after replacing it with a newer one, it's because you expect you'll want another TV somewhere down the road. Flat panels are cheap enough now, though, that the cost of storing a CRT of comparable size pretty quickly outweighs just getting rid of the CRT and buying a new flat panel when the time comes, especially when that option offers better image quality (for most uses), more versatility in where you put it, and a vastly easier item to move around (including being virtually free to store).