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Technology/Thrift Stores, (sdf.org), 08/06/2019
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I like to hit up thrift stores while I'm traveling, to see
what they have to offer in different places. In the areas I
frequent, monitors with VGA, and sometimes DVI have been
common for a few years. I recall when the CRTs were in
thrift stores, and when they evaporated. For years, LCDs
have been the staple. This, of course, follows consumer
trends.

HDMI inputs on monitors have been slow to hit thrift stores,
but I was able to pick up a 19" Insignia TV with HDMI (and
component, composite, and VGA) inputs for $10 on this trip.
I saw one other HDMI monitor as well, priced above the VGA
ones, at $20 (still not bad).

I suppose one day the monitors with VGA input will
disappear. The HDMI ones are great for cheap RPi project
displays, so I'm glad they're increasing.

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