There's some nostalgia. I had a Marantz 16" portable TV (well it had a handle) that I used for years, including with my BBC Micro. I haven't used any CRT screen in a long while (apart from some test equipment at work).
I heard on a podcast how someone had taken an old TV and built a Raspberry Pi into it so you could get different web content by turning the tuner. Have to be careful with the high voltages in those things.
Hope you can find a use for it.
!BEER
Oooh now that’s a cool use, with Raspberry Pi!
My plan with these if they don’t work is to gut them, keep the box and facia, and then install an LCD screen inside it!
So it keeps the retro effect but is more practical for use
Cheers for the comment!
i always had an idea to put a pc into the old radio. now it would be easier then ever. never done it
There’s still time :)
JVC did some cool spherical TVs (1960s?). I expect those are popular with collectors. One of those with an LCD would be neat.
When I lived in Germany I had a big old TV that may have used valves as it took a while to warm up. One day the picture just disappeared. I hefted it to a repair shop and they were able to fix it. Some of the flat screens may not last as long. We had one where capacitors in the power supply gave up. Had a guy fixing it, but he managed to crack the screen. He just gave us another he had.
The 'smart' TVs may go out of date if they don't get software updates. Old analogue ones would keep working as long as there was a signal.
The spherical TV’s will certainly be popular. Funny to think that that shape was how manufacturers saw the future in 1960; circular, smooth, silver, UFO shaped.
Didn’t last long.
I might get on YouTube to see if anyone has done an old TV/lcd renovation.