Here’s why you have to pay to recycle your CRT TV or computer monitor, and why it’s worth the money. The devices don’t yield valuable material, and the recycling process is costly.

Let’s face it, a 21” monitor is nothing compared to to a 32” TV screen. ... Old TVs use a line setup, rather than a pixel format. So you might see a “resolution” of 700 vertical lines.

My criteria for a TV-as-a-monitor were quite simple. It needed to be reasonably priced, preferably larger than the 32-inch Dell I had tested, and obviously it must be of the 4K variety.

If your old monitor is of decent size, say 24 inches or larger, you can turn it into a portable smart TV. With this setup, you'll be able to stream content from your favorite apps like YouTube ...

While an old CRT TV may work well enough on a MAME cabinet project, the real arcade purists are quick to point out that a proper arcade monitor and a TV aren’t the same thing.

The only caveat is that monitors usually do not have coaxial cable connections, meaning you'll have a harder time watching live TV if you subscribe to an old-school cable TV service.

Once again in life, it's going to cost more to do the right thing. Dump old an TV set or computer monitor in the garbage in Minnesota starting July 1, and you'll be breaking the law the same as if ...

At the Surplus Exchange at 518 Santa Fe, in Kansas City's West Bottoms, there are piles and piles of old TVs and computer monitors that contain hazardous materials like lead.