Accidental Brand New Magnavox Find
I picked up this 32 year old 25" Magnavox TV from the side of the road by complete accident. Our city street cleanup is next week and I wasn't even looking for stuff yet, just happened to be driving around doing other things.
This particular one is RF only so it has a hot chassis. I've opened it and verified this, so no mods can be done safely. Has a great picture and crucially, the previous owner left the brightness and contrast settings in the center (default). I will instead be installing a custom Yi Chuang chassis which will offer multi-standard composite inputs and I'll further modify the board to add s-video and component inputs. Like a sleeper build.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoqflFfvkR0
https://github.com/misterblack1/yichuang_crt_board
Always check these older RF only TVs. This example is very clean with the only real dust being from the previous owner's garage. Clearly it has seen very little use!
The CRT itself (the tube) is mine is practically mint. Emissions peg the needle on my tester (first photo). Color tracking is bang on (second photo). And the life test is excellent as well (third photo). Tubes like these are great for board swaps or for putting in arcade machines as donors!