If the CRT has component ( red, green, blue, plus two for audio), or even S-Video inputs, that's promising. However, they're not just looking for any CRT, and if you have one of the huge ones from any era, it might be more trouble than it's worth just getting it out of your house. Hardcore retro gamers prefer playing early video game consoles on CRTs, and these are getting harder to find, for obvious reasons. There is a specific situation where a CRT could be worth something.

They might not play nice with modern streaming devices or game consoles.Īnyone who's ever used one of those Atari controllers knows that fingers aren't going to get it to move. TVs with early HDMI versions like 1.4 aren't useless, but they have fewer uses. Maybe an archeology major is doing a project on early flat-panel TVs and finds your mint Fujitsu a prime candidate for their dissertation. You might be able to find a collector for your 500-pound RCA console TV. Now, there are exceptions to these rules. It's a CRT RPTV (heed this advice: lift with your knees, not your back).It's an early smart TV (unless the streaming apps still work).It's a CRT (in very specific situations, see below).It's an OLED TV, except perhaps the earliest models.It's a high-end TV from the last five years or so.While there are some exceptions, here are a few general rules:

TVs have gotten so inexpensive there just isn't much of a market for used televisions these days, especially if the TV wasn't that expensive to begin with. Most people remember what they paid for a TV and assume it's still worth something years after they bought it. Grassetto/Getty Images Is your TV actually worth anything?

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