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I have never seen any plasma or LCD TV or computer monitor in the trash either. Most of the sets i see is from the early-mid 90s, sometimes late 90s. I only grabs them when i want something to crush. I always test them first, but i have never found a working one, so i drop them from the second floor and down in the basement. I collect TVs from the mid 80s and older; the "modern classics". The oldest one i have is from 1976. It is very unusual to find sets older than the late 70s here in Norway, but most of the sets i find is in pretty good shape. The only drawback is that the switching power supplies cannot be soft started. When i turn up the variac, nothing happens until i reach 120-170 volts, and then it "kicks in" at full power. I think itīs a good idea to collect theese sets now, when they are easily available at any dump, and they are usually not too difficult to repair if something happens. They are mostly discrete, and the few ICs are mostly op-amps. Most of my old sets outperforms my mothers 4 years old Finlux on both picture and sound. The old Philps sets with the twin speaker system sounds great, the picture is crystal clear if the CRT is not too worn, and the chassis are virtually bulletproof, except for some bad solderings from time to time.
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