About a week or so ago my main TV that I've been gaming on since the early days of the PS2 finally bit the dust, kind of. I could have fixed it with ease but I would have needed to buy a new socket set as my smallest socket was still too big for the hex nuts my old CRT had.

Enter Goodwill. Well, I entered Goodwill and finally decided to really check out the CRT collection they've been building. My dream CRT, a Sony Trinitron with a nice stand and glass shelves attached to it, popped up at another thrift store, it was not for sale at all. Sad times.

That said I found a nice JVC CRT that has ports that are a massive upgrade compared to the S-video peak of my old TV. This one, as you can see in the pictures below, has all the ports we as collectors want, component, s-video, 2 composite inputs, and even an RF input.

Here are some pictures and fun facts for the old TV.

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The last game it played was Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. This was the first game the JVC played.

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Such beautiful picture quality. Even composite looks better on the JVC than the Sanyo before it passed.

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The Sanyo's ports, as you can see the best option on this TV was S-video.

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Dat component. Mmm. I can't wait to get a converter box now!

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The best part for this upgrade was the price tag. $3.

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