Not sure if this should go somewhere else.

I try to read all I can here but it's too much for my under-sized brain to read it all to know if this article is already here.
So, this article should have a big impact in south Florida. Just thought others might like to see it.

[andy]

These are a little easier to read.

[zenith2134]

Yeah, I bet this will have a huge impact on mother earth. Its a shame how wasteful we've become. And I doubt most people even know how to recycle their set properly.

As for that photo, I want those sets! (Don't crush em just yet!) I see a Sony from the KV-1212 era, some nice RCAs, eh.

[kx250rider]

Fortunately, that's only a collage of old photos. But it gets me thinking....

Charles

[zenith2134]

LOL, thats true.

[andy]

At least it should bring the price down on many of sets we are interested in.

I bet there are more than a few people with "HD ready" plasmas that will be surprised when their sets stop working.

[Whirled One]

If nothing else, in the short term, I suspect we'll see a surge in interesting curbside trash finds for the next couple of years.

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by Whirled One

If nothing else, in the short term, I suspect we'll see a surge in interesting curbside trash finds for the next couple of years.

I was thinking that too, I'm already on the lookout whenever I get time!

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by Whirled One

If nothing else, in the short term, I suspect we'll see a surge in interesting curbside trash finds for the next couple of years.

It's already started in Los Angeles... I've seen a whole bunch of nice sets at the curb. Today a Sony 36" WEGA, yesterday a Mitsubishi 35" console in an oak cabinet. Fortunately nothing collectible. There's a pile of 90s vintage TVs that showed up suddenly along the railroad tracks on Canoga Ave. in Chatsworth, and TVs lying face down just about everywhere else. But again; nothing older than the 90s. But I DO notice that they're all staying there. Most have the back smashed off and yoke gone within a day or 2, however.

Charles

[RetroHacker]

Originally Posted by kx250rider

Most have the back smashed off and yoke gone within a day or 2, however.

Is there some black market for used color TV yokes that we're unaware of?

-Ian

[bkharris]

It's the copper

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by kx250rider

It's already started in Los Angeles... I've seen a whole bunch of nice sets at the curb. Today a Sony 36" WEGA, yesterday a Mitsubishi 35" console in an oak cabinet. Fortunately nothing collectible.

Charles

Maybe not collectable but a 36" WEGA is welcome in my living room anytime! Mitsu too! I'll hook up a converter and be happy as hell!

[zenith2134]

My WEGA was junk. Shorted guns at 3 years old. And, going into IK shutdown at age 2.

[kx250rider]

And Saturday I saw one of those $10,000 Mitsubishi VS-80803 80-inch projection sets smashed up on the railroad tracks, and another Sony Wega (this time a 27") in back of the Ralphs Market in Chatsworth. Two 80s RCA consoles also showed up in front of a construction site about 3 blocks from there.

Charles