Is anyone else here stockpiling CRT televisions ?

[Xian042]

I have 4, two little ones side by side that I"ve got the really old stuff connected to, and two higher end ones with later stuff on it.

[The Clonus Horror]

1999 27" RCA Entertainment Series--love the dark high contrast picture tube.
2001 32" Sony Trinitron--got off CL for $100, dropped it on foot carrying it upstairs but it was worth it.
1988 25" RCA Colortrak--got this from a house that had been foreclosed on and the Department of Agriculture was just going through and clearing it out and putting stuff in a dumpster. Nothing like a 1988 TV with an S-video input!
2000 27" Magnavox--sold a guy my HDTV (times are tough) and he threw this in for free since he was replacing it. I haven't tried it out yet.
Also, picked up a 13" Haier on clearance for $25 at Pamida just because it had component inputs. The picture is surprisingly good for that cheap of a brand.

[Johnny Pow!]

Jeez, I 'd hate to say I collect CRTs, but maybe yeah. My 3 main CRTs are:

an RCA 38" widescreen HD. This monster weighs almost 250 lbs. with the stand but it looks phenomenal...especially with the built-in DirecTV. Biggest widescreen tube ever made, and the second-largest tube of any kind for a consumer set. Only Sony and Mitsubishi made bigger ones, and they were still 4:3 (although Sony's was flat).

A Sony PVM-2950 professional monitor I got off craigslist for $25. Came out of a newly-remodeled Hamptons summer estate and was hardly ever used. For $10 more, I popped for an Extron 8-in 4-out switcher with BNC connectors to match the monitor. Hugely useful, and a huge bargain - apparently these things are over $1,000 new.

The SharpTendo 19" combo I use for 8-bit and earlier systems.