Looking for tvs

[Yorkie]

You could also try your local Freecycle, you can often find lots of 80's sets being given away on here.

http://www.freecycle.org/group/UK/East%20Midlands

I never get the hang of that.Is there a national search or is it restricted to your local area.

If you go to the link above, look for a freecycle group in your local area and join that. You'll see instructions and advice on how to join and how it works. The idea is that rather than throw stuff away, you offer it on freecycle. If you see something on there that you'd like, you let the giver know. Most groups operate a 'fair use' policy in which givers are asked not to treat requests as 'first come - first served', but if several people are interested, givers should put the names in a hat to be fair to all. If you join the group you can watch the 'wanted' and 'offered' ads to get a feel for how it works. When stuff is 'taken' you post a 'taken' ad so that others know that it's gone, and obviously say thank you to the giver.

The local group here resigned from Freecycle and started a group called 'Freegle' - I can't recall why, but it seems very well run and moderated. I'm a member but haven't put any stuff on lately and don't want anything so never bother looking at what's on offer. We're often not at home and I found it awkward to arrange mutually convenient times for people to come to collect stuff, so I tend to take stuff to the charity shops, some of whom accept electrical goods, furniture and so forth. (I've taken vacuum cleaners, printers, small items of furniture etc to the shops, that at one time I might have put on freecycle).

You're expected to offer stuff as well as just take it or you may get labelled a scrounger. There's nothing to stop you joining and putting a 'wanted' ad on for old TV or looking to see if any are on offer. The groups are moderated, and the local group seems well run and friendly, and tries to tone down 'sob stories' which start 'I desperately need a...'

I doubt that old tellies often crop up as they're hardly a thing of beauty, and unlike old radios, are bulky and can't be tucked away in the loft and forgotten about, so I dare say most people just skip them. I'd imagine that most of what appears on Freecycle will be fairly modern analogue TVs, notably portables, of no particular note, with CRTs, and needing a set-top box, including older model TVs with no scart socket which need box with with a built-in modulator.

Hope that helps a bit.

Good luck in your quest!