Having tried unsucessfully first to sell and then to give away a number of old analogue satellite receivers and sundry other bits of audio-visual gear, I'm reconciled to taking the lot to the council tip (sorry, recycling plant). But what actually will happen to it there? Does it get shunted on to some more specialised company which strips out anything useful and/or valuable? Or what?
Allegedly, it's all recycled in an environmentally friendly manner. Or sent to China to be dismantled and dumped there.
You got no responses from your local freecycle?
No, nothing.
Things that no longer work - like say analogue TVs - can be impossible to even give away.
I doubt even PT Barnum could give away a CRT TV these days, working or not.
I've still got two working CRT TVs ones still my main TV.
There was a program on TV last year which showed that some concil tips were 'giving' away the stuff which ended up being shipped to Nigeria for sale. if anyone bought it and it didn't work then they just dumped it in the local river or wherever they could.
Sad but true, I suspect, in both instances. To the tip, then...
Thanks for all the replies.
British Heart Foundation electrical stores accept working stuff such as CRT tellys:
Thanks for that, but unfortunately I can't state definitely that most of the gear I have is working. And I'm not sure that an analogue satellite receiver can really be said to be in "saleable condition" even if it is in full order - though I suppose that depends on just who they're hoping to sell it to.
I gave away a rather nice Trinitron CRT TV to a guy who had just bought a vintage games computer and wanted something to run it on.
Same here, and will continue until repair is needed.
The kitchen one is a CRT. Saw no point in replacing it, especially since it lives in a dedicated built-in space in the kitchen which wouldn't fit a flat-screen.
I've seen ones with a FreeView box not shift either. Could be the cost of a TV licence means do without if you can't have a flat screen, even when poor.
I've got a 14" Ferguson with TTL colour inputs as well as a SCART, so ideal for early computers. But no one wants it.
a lot of analogue tvs can be used as picture monitors via the SCART connector.
Well sometimes they get a new lease of life... Rnib in Partnership with computer recyclers..
RNIB are helping to equip a low-cost PC for blind and partially sighted people wishing to get their first computer in order to keep in contact with friends and family or shop, read and find out information.
The computer will be a reconditioned laptop coming with:
. Windows 7 - a popular and accessible computer system;
. Microsoft Office 2007 - including Word for writing letters, Outlook for email, address book and calendar, and Excel for accounts or other number-crunching;
. NVDA - a free screen reader that lets a blind person use a computer;
. IVONA - good-quality UK English male and female voices;
. Help - audio and text materials to help you get started.
RNIB will also provide help through the Technology Support Squad to unpack the computer and get it set up in your home, and introduce you to how to read and listen to the help material included.
If you want to use the Internet for email, Facebook, shopping or research, you would need to arrange your Internet connection separately. If you haven't used a computer before, you may want to spend some time learning how to use your new computer before getting an Internet connection.
The computer will be launched in early 2013 and be available from Computer Recyclers UK, telephone number 01443 434675. Various configurations will be available, costing from 159.
If you're interested in finding out more about this scheme, please contact Computer Recyclers UK on 01443 434675.
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Myself I'd say using a laptop as a starter might be an issue, still one could easily buy a cheap plug in keyboard.
Also Id definitely suggest getting an internet bundle first and learn to use Email as this is simple to do and would give the newcomer a bit of a boost and confidence.
Also might be worth getting a printer as well. Brian
Got any working cassette decks?
Brian
Couldn't all of this be done with a Raspberry Pi at £30 or so? A cheap keyboard and mouse and use an existing TV it you even need one.
Same here - one is in a room corner, so a flat screen wouldn't really use any less space. We will probably upgrade to HDTV before it breaks though. (Some years ago we had American visitors, who said "Do you have high definition TV? Oh yes, I see you do". I refrained from explaining that no, UK standard definition Freeview TV was that much better than NTSC.)
The other came off Freecycle, so you can give decent quality working ones away, or could a few years ago :-) There aren't so many on the local list these days, so I guess most people who were going to upgrade for the sake of upgrading, rather than replace failed TVs, will have done so though.
(On the other hand I recently replaced one that I didn't bother trying to give away, because it was never very good, and was getting worse.)
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