Getting rid of old CRT TV?
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I have an old 32" Sony TV. Back in it's day it was pretty much the most expensive thing on the market and before its retirement still gave the best SD/CRT image I've ever seen.
I've tried freecycling the thing but no takers. At 80kg and the bulk of the thing in an age of £300 40" LCD's, I'm not surprised.
The local recycling centre beckons but it feels so wrong to throw out something that is perfectly functional, but is redundant. Are there any outlets at all for these things? Obviously I will gladly give it away to anywhere that wants it.
I've tried freecycling the thing but no takers. At 80kg and the bulk of the thing in an age of £300 40" LCD's, I'm not surprised.
The local recycling centre beckons but it feels so wrong to throw out something that is perfectly functional, but is redundant. Are there any outlets at all for these things? Obviously I will gladly give it away to anywhere that wants it.
Aren't there laws stopping charity shops etc taking electrical stuff now? I saw a very similar thread on another forum recently - the consensus was "no-one will take it unfortunately". The only option seemed to be the local council recycling scheme which had a large pile of them waiting to be done.
We had a 4 year old Sony Triniton flatscreen CRT (was almost £1000 when we bought it!)- it was huge and very heavy. We tried to sell it using the local paper, internet, even tried to give it away - no-one wanted it! In the end, we had to take it to the tip. I felt very bad doing this - there was absolutely nothing wrong with it, but the problem was that it was simply too big and heavy to store anywhere (like old PC CRT monitors) - and even a huge plasma TV is a quarter of the weight and has a much smaller footprint.
As much as we tried - we couldn't even give it away.
As much as we tried - we couldn't even give it away.
I bought a 32 inch Goodmans CRT TV about 12 years ago, and decided to get rid of it recently in anticipation of an upgrade. It was in perfect working order. I could not find a single taker, even for free.
I offered it to charity shops that did take electricals, but all of them declined - they said it was too much hassle given the low value.
I offered it to neighbours - no takers. I offered it to the local residential care home - they declined. I offered it to a local school as an opportunity for the kids to strip it down and learn something - refused on health and safety grounds. I even left it outside on the street with a "please take" sign. No takers.
So it went to the recycling centre. A real shame given that it was good as new. I am sure somebody could have made good use of it. Hopefully, that enormous piece of front glass (which accounts for most of the weight of a CRT; the glass can be over an inch thick at the corners) has been recycled into something useful.
In 12 years it never missed a beat. I used to work in the film special effects industry so I like to think that I know a little about picture quality. Even today, I look at the pictures on many "high end" LCD TVs and think that the picture on my old CRT was better.
I offered it to charity shops that did take electricals, but all of them declined - they said it was too much hassle given the low value.
I offered it to neighbours - no takers. I offered it to the local residential care home - they declined. I offered it to a local school as an opportunity for the kids to strip it down and learn something - refused on health and safety grounds. I even left it outside on the street with a "please take" sign. No takers.
So it went to the recycling centre. A real shame given that it was good as new. I am sure somebody could have made good use of it. Hopefully, that enormous piece of front glass (which accounts for most of the weight of a CRT; the glass can be over an inch thick at the corners) has been recycled into something useful.
In 12 years it never missed a beat. I used to work in the film special effects industry so I like to think that I know a little about picture quality. Even today, I look at the pictures on many "high end" LCD TVs and think that the picture on my old CRT was better.
AmitG said:
I bought a 32 inch Goodmans CRT TV about 12 years ago, and decided to get rid of it recently in anticipation of an upgrade. It was in perfect working order. I could not find a single taker, even for free.
In 12 years it never missed a beat. I used to work in the film special effects industry so I like to think that I know a little about picture quality. Even today, I look at the pictures on many "high end" LCD TVs and think that the picture on my old CRT was better.
these are the 2 reasons i have the money for a new telly but won't buy one till the old one gives up the ghost. i have one of the Toshiba picture frame telly's and its still going strong nearly 10 years after i bought it, i just don't see any point in getting rid of it till it dies.In 12 years it never missed a beat. I used to work in the film special effects industry so I like to think that I know a little about picture quality. Even today, I look at the pictures on many "high end" LCD TVs and think that the picture on my old CRT was better.
jmorgan said:
Keep it then. Or is there a usurper?
Ours is still going strong and until it pops its clogs I am not replacing it.
Like many I figured I ought to get on board with the whole high definition thing and the OH lusted after a bigger screen. Both of which mean getting a flat screen. So I've ordered a Panasonic plasma. Hopefully it will arrive this Friday Ours is still going strong and until it pops its clogs I am not replacing it.
I went down the tip recently and they fill a shipping container with used CRTs every few days. No idea what they do with them but they probably go where most of our crap comes from. We have 2 old ones around the house. It seems so odd for a spare room to have a 32" widescreen tv that cost about a grand new. It would go down the tip if we needed the space, but it works so it is still there with a freeview box which will probably die first. Also I remember wanting a 36" CRT when I was younger but was told it was too big. Seems funny now with 50" being normal but those things were huge, how many people do you need to carry one?
E31Shrew said:
British Heart Foundation here picks them up for nowt. We've tried to give hospitals and hospices all tellies given to us but they wont as require PAT test...Chucked a 36" Sony out last week. Very sad
Good lord I wonder how much that weighed in at?! Did they get much bigger than that?I nipped to Avonmouth Tip the other day - the number of what were probably perfectly serviceable CRTs dumped awaiting their fate was a sad sight indeed.
BalhamBadger said:
Good lord I wonder how much that weighed in at?! Did they get much bigger than that?
I nipped to Avonmouth Tip the other day - the number of what were probably perfectly serviceable CRTs dumped awaiting their fate was a sad sight indeed.
Ours is 100Kg without stand (Sony HQ100). They never did bigger than 36" due to the weight of the glass required IIRC.I nipped to Avonmouth Tip the other day - the number of what were probably perfectly serviceable CRTs dumped awaiting their fate was a sad sight indeed.
I put my 36" Toshiba CRT on AVForums and a chap came down from Scotland to collect it but once it had gone I found a couple of local charities that would have taken it as well as the British Heart Foundation.
Seems a huge shame stuff like this can't find it's way to the "needy" rather than them using Brighthouse and the like.
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