Sad curb discovery :(

[YamahaFreak]

Was heading out to a friend's place when I spied a VERY large CRT TV from its backside on the curb, only a few streets away from my house. Stopped to take a look...Sony Trinitron KV-40XBR800, made the same year and month as mine! It had sat outside for a week because the trash men refused to lift it into their truck, said a neighbor. The cord was already gone, and the front bezel cracked around the bottom, no doubt from manhandling on its way to the street. The ONE part I REALLY needed for my own set, the swinging front panel door covering the controls and front input, was there, but had been broken in the process! Damn! I ended up scavenging everything from the set sans case and CRT as spare parts for my own set. I was left wondering why this one was trashed...God forbid it was a working set!! Maybe even had the same issue mine currently does with its MCZ ICs. At the very least, I now have spare speakers/subwoofer and boards. 'So Others May Live', as they say...

I often wonder just how many XBR800s Sony sold. I certainly didn't expect to find another only a few blocks from my house!