I still see great TV's for dirt cheap or free at thrift stores and the side of the road. The retro crt market is very strange, unless you're chasing hard to find pvms it feels silly to spend hundreds on them
I legit walked away from a 36 inch trinitron for 20 bucks at the thrift store. I just simply had no room or ability to transport but spotting it in the wild for that cheap was a thrill lol