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Comes up fairly often as a nostalgia thing for old Macs, Kaypros, Compaqs, arcade games, and so on.

For most of the last 15 years, if you had an old CRT television or computer monitor, you had actually to pay someone just to get rid of it. Because of the lead shielding used in CRT tubes, they are considered hazardous waste. (Of course, most people were irresponsible or just didn't know any better and just chucked theirs into a dumpster.)

But in the past few years, retro tech has become sufficiently popular due to certain YouTube channels that a CRT TV or monitor in good working condition can now command a worthwhile price.

Also, some home computer games from the 80s can be really hard to play with any extra latency so a CRT helps.

> I was thinking: "Why would you repair a CRT?"

Same here. And I didn't think I was that old...

Lots of older equipment require a CRT to function properly.

Or maybe if you want to play arcade games ;)