Is there any good reason to save old (pre-analogue) televisions?

They are less frustrating to use when compared to the new tv’s Also the antennas are a higher quality built in for non cable tv. Edit also can be used to play old Atari and beta-max systems.

Only for nostalgia and possibly because they may be future collector items. That won’t really be the case in our lifetimes though. I have one in a retro arcade console I put together because those old games don’t look the same on a flatscreen. If you like them and want to keep using them sure but this is one technology that makes no logical sense to keep around.

Yes. Compatibility with old video game consoles, for example. Those old games look better on CRT.

Wouldn’t they be analog, not pre-analog? They would be pre-digital.

We had an Art professor at a local college that made a that made a art piece from old B&W TV and some color TVs too. Total of 35 TVs.

@filmfann Yes, I meant pre-digital, analogue televisions.

Yes. For old style video games, VCR, and retro purposes, if still working. I actually still prefer the old ones. They lasted longer and better made.

There’s this local guy that collects and restores old computers like commodore 64’s. He shows his collection at places like Makers Faire. It’s actually pretty rad.

I’m sure there’s a whole culture around restoring old televisions as well. Especially, as people have already mentioned, for old gaming consoles.

I have two stored away in case my flat quits on me. I don’t bother with cable, and I have a converter box. Which, by the way, is much cheaper than a new tv. I’ve been thinking I should dig one out to have handy during storms, so if one gets blown it won’t be the expensive one.

There are old analog FM UHF transmitters still around that you can buy for almost nothing. You can them to make a cheap video system.

Also you can use the old TV to view VHS tapes on old video tape players. The hook up is very simple.

I still use one in the bedroom, works great with converter box.
My rationale is that I’ll buy another wall mount flat screen when this dies.

Flat screens are getting incredibly cheap nowadays.

I can think of a few other reasons:
In our town it costs $5 to throw them away.
The analog TV will work with a VCR and/or DVD player.
It does not keep track of the shows you watch
It does not have the capability of watching you and recording the who and for how long someone is sitting in front of it.
It does not report data back to the home office.
It does not require software updates.

Experiment.. Put a cheap rabbit ear antenna on it and see what’s out there. You might be surprised.

@Dutchess_III Flat screens are cheap but they will be even cheaper and better. The longer you wait to buy one the better it will be. 42”? 54”? 62”?
At the rate prices are dropping they’ll be giving out fold-out 80” TVs in breakfast cereal boxes. (Of course they will be free. But they’ll have facial recognition, voice print and X-ray technologies so they can record all your data and daily activities that they will send up to Facebook to help them become the new “all knowing and all seeing” entity.)

With the switch away from analog, I can get radio traffic on mine.

Save it as an antique in a 100 years it would be worth more.

In 100 years the technology to run it will no longer be available. It will be a useless pile of plastic and glass.

You may be able to sell your old tv’s to rage rooms. They need that junk now.

Try this

It is a three part instructional, but the parts run automatically through, if you wait for each next segment.

It is a fun project for men in need of a hobby.

I have kept a 36” tuber in the basement for playing video games. It is perfect for that and has all the inputs in the front of the TV as an added bonus. This is also a way to justify not having to try to move a 200 lb TV out to the curb to throw it out.