Could CRT TV's be hitting rock bottom prices?

[BetaWolf47]

Lately, LCD TV's have been dropping in price. Many which cost $1000+ a year ago on Black Friday cost far less this season. They were on almost everybody's mind this year. A co-worker was looking at a bargain brand 32" LCD for $188. I stood in line for some stuff at an electronics store this year, and when the store opened, everyone dashed to the HDTV's. I myself walked out with an LED LCD monitor. Now everyone's trying to get rid of their CRT TV's.

On a side note, I even found a working 27" Sony Trinitron WEGA on the side of the road today. Giving that to one of my friends :P

Although you could get CRT's for under $100 previously, the electronics sections of classifieds like craigslist is now highly populated with people trying to get rid of them. My local craigslist has about 10 on there within the last few days. Could this overpopulation of unwanted CRT's cause people to get rid of CRT's for next to nothing?

[k8track]

Since I am only interested in CRTs (particularly those Sony Trinitrons), this is extremely good for someone like me. Don't care for the flat screens.

[Leo_A]

Could this overpopulation of unwanted CRT's cause people to get rid of CRT's for next to nothing?

It has been happening for quite sometime now.

[Ludwig]

What's so special about the sony things?

[Compute]

What's so special about the sony things?

I had a 27" that I bought brand new. Awesome TV. Great picture, great sound, abundance of inputs. I remember something about a comb filter, and some other doodads. I really liked that tv.

As far as tv's being cheap, part of that is because it now costs money in most places to throw a tv away. So the guy who legitimately thinks his 19" Haier is worth $75 is being torn to shreds by everyone who owns a 32" Toshiba that just wants it gone.

[soloman]

You can always find decent CRTs at Goodwill or thrift stores. I bought a 19" for old game playing at only $20.

[theredlineboss]

I'd say that CRT's have been at rock bottom for awhile now. I recently got a 37" CRT for free from my grandmother's neighbor just because his daughter convinced him to get a flat screen. Works great for all my gaming needs

-Rob

[Greg2600]

You have two ways of getting a fully functioning CRT TV of a decent size. You can either pay a laughable amount on Craigslist, or garbage pick. We've actually given away a few working crt TV's over the last few years as we got HD's. I just put them on Craigslist and say come get it.

I've kept an old RCA 27" ColorTrak we got in 1993 for "SD" gaming. Compared to an HDTV, you aren't going to notice picture quality differences between old sets. Just as long as it is not damaged in any way. Though you do wonder now if the rush on HDTV's could lead to a mass trash out of most of the remaining CRT's?

[BetaWolf47]

I've kept an old RCA 27" ColorTrak we got in 1993 for "SD" gaming. Compared to an HDTV, you aren't going to notice picture quality differences between old sets. Just as long as it is not damaged in any way. Though you do wonder now if the rush on HDTV's could lead to a mass trash out of most of the remaining CRT's?

I don't know... I guess I haven't been paying attention, but I haven't noticed a rush quite like this. They're getting nearly cheap enough to have one for every room one normally has a TV now: a 40" for the living room, a 32" for the family room, and a 24" for the bedroom. There was a rush before, but I thought that was just people getting a single entertainment center TV. Now the kids can toss out their 18" CRTs and get a $188 LCD for Christmas.

[jb143]

If free beside the dumpster is considered rock bottom pricing...then yes. That's how I've picked up several nice sets for a few years now.

[Sinizar]

I got this in perfect shape from a thrift sale in the Spring. Zenith HDTV C32V37. I have all my old consoles hooked up to it.

[goatdan]

You can always find decent CRTs at Goodwill or thrift stores. I bought a 19" for old game playing at only $20.

Yeah -- depends on the Goodwill. One around here that gets a lot of old TVs has BIG SCREEN, nice TVs for $9.99, and smaller ones for $4.99. Ones with built in DVD players and remotes that are big cost a whopping $19.99.

The MGC bought about 30 of these not too long ago

[udisi]

Yeah HDTV's are getting super cheap. I just picked up a 60 in Sharp Aquos for $799 for my living room.

I still have my 32in Toshiba Cinema Series for classic gaming. Funny , the Toshiba cost more than my 60 in back in 1999 lol.

[kedawa]

It's hard to even give them away around here.
Unless it has RGB inputs, I won't even look at a CRT anymore.

[otaku]

I recently gave a friend a very nice trinitron wega by sony for free since he had no tv. I then had to sell my 32in lcd sony sadly. I still however have my 60inch projection and one more crt 32in given to me free by family. Hope to get a trinitron again for old games or another nice lcd someday

[buzz_n64]

CRT prices are about as rock bottom as they'll ever be right now before they become rare antiques and collector's items in the future because more and more of them are getting recycled and tossed out.

[StealthLurker]

Unless it has RGB inputs, I won't even look at a CRT anymore.

Same here. Nice thing though, I've had lots of luck lately with cheap Sony PVM 20" RGB monitors. Got 3 spare PVMs just sitting unused in the closet. Also got this other Sony display monitor with a true japanese 21-pin RGB input. They'll be good spares once my 25" PVM bites the dust.

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[Collector_Gaming]

In my area on craigslist they give crts away for free. And if you feel the need for one of those big bastards some will actually pay a small fee to haul away their thousand pound 50 inch crt tv lol

[Kevincal]

ya crts have been rock bottom for years... you can get a nice big sony for free or cheap. i got a 40 inch xbr trinitron (biggest crt they make top of the line) for $40. oh my god that thing is insanely heavy. nobody wants crts cus they weigh too much and are a bitch to move. i have 4 sony tvs 19 inch 35 37 and 40 inch. the picture on the 19 inch is plain incredible. really bright and sharp. even with AV cables games look stunning.

my next tv though is gonna be a 65 inch sony 1080 hd tv. used of course, can find em for good deal.

[Sunnyvale]

I got one I gave to my dad for $5. 36" screen. Heavy, sucked to move, but yard sales are the place to get CRT sets.

Or next to dumpsters.