Too bad that you threw out. Those Trinitrons are still sort after for retro gaming. You could of sold it or given it away.

I had one (it was either cheap or free from someone who wanted to get rid of it years ago) and I loved that it was my first TV with HDMI input at a time when HDTVs were out of my price range.

I had a small apartment so my desk/office area was a corner of the living room and I could run an HDMI cable over to use it as a secondary monitor for watching stuff on the computer. Even the fact that it would display 1080i was a huge jump from my previous bargain bin TV.

It was the days of Windows Media Center and it was before cable companies got rid of Clear QAM channels so I found that I could just take the shared cable in my 3-apartment house and hook up to a cheap Hauppauge card for tuner, guide, and DVR. Add a cheap USB IR receiver/remote and it was like having the "good" cable with the bells and whistles (but with a better interface and for free).

Eventually got an HDTV when prices came down and income went up, but a few years ago when a girl I knew was looking for a CRT to set up a retro gaming station for her young daughter, I donated all 111 lbs. of it gladly. That thing is probably still going.

"Could of?"

You missed "sort after".

We're both just as bad as each other, the meaning is discernible.

I once spent over $2k on a second-hand 21" CRT at an IT auction. Took two of us carrying it up/down stairs because I was worried about one of us slipping if solo. Needed a corner desk to fit the thing. I remember having 2-3 CRT screens pre-2000 and the desk required filled the room.

I would have bought it.