Am I crazy to collect these?

[Eric H]

Lately I've been picking up a few of these uber cheap "Made In China" 5" TV sets.

Why you might ask, well partly because they're cheap as dirt, partly because I've run out of room for anything larger and partly because they are just cute as a bug, have retro styling and are also real TV sets with CRT's, Flybacks, Yokes, etc...

They are also built on PC boards with mostly discreet components so they are repairable to some extent. (I fixed the grey one with a new cap in the vertical circuit)

The Yellow one came from a Thrift store, the grey one came from my Mom in a box of "stuff" she gave me, the white one cost me .50c on eBay I have a blue on on the way too.

I'm thinking in 50 years they could be the Catalin of Televisions, worth literally thousands of dollars and that extra money will come in handy when I'm 97 years old

In early 2009 they should be flooding the landfills, thrift shops and eBay when analog goes away.