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Old 09-06-2008, 01:26 PM
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eBay beginning to show flood of NTSC pocket TVs

I wonder if other have noticed how many, MANY 1980s-current model 5" & under portable TVs are being "dumped" on eBay? Those Sony FDL-xx LCD color Watchman sets used to sell for $60-$100, now there are dozens of them for much less. And I've been able to grab some NICE KV-4000/4100 and KV-5000/5100 Trinitrons for pennies on the dollar lately.

I bet that the (non-TV collecting) public is getting scared of the 2009 syndrome, and is starting to "git while the gittin's good" on selling these sets while they'll still work for another few months. Face it, nobody has offered (yet) a battery-powered ATSC converter, and nobody wants to have a pocket TV on AA batteries connected to a plugged-in box 5 times the size of the pocket TV

So I guess now's the time, if any of us want to pick up some collectible, or future collectible, pocket and small portable TVs!

Charles
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