god the fucking. IRREPARABLE damage that one twitter post did to the CRT market. You know the one. The one thats like "look how dracula's eyes in castlevania look better on a crt!" despite there being different types of phosphor masks on different CRTs that would lead to different results. Now every crt on ebay is labelled as "great for retro gaming!". Don't get me wrong, I like authenticity and period-accuracy in my retro game setups. but my god now you have youtubers claiming that CRTs are great for Modern games too. wtf.
Im going to make a post about how "the pathetically low contrast on cheap LCDs from 2005 actually improves the atmosphere in games from that time!!!!1!! It actually softened the super sharp and dark shadows that are characteristic of games like quake 4 and doom 3." and the market for god awful dell LCDs you can get from goodwill for 9 dollars is going to EXPLODE.
edit/addendum: this is an issue that extends WELL beyond CRTs.
Some shitty mushy keyboards from the 2000s go for as much as mechanical ones just cuz theyre "retro gaming" keyboards.
People are trying to sell rusty, beat-up japanese cars from the 90s for 20-40 grand (USD) just cuz of a subculture that arose around it.
Ive seen digital cameras from 2005 going for 40+ USD just cuz of the whole "digicam! CCD sensor! film-like (which is a lie)!!" craze
Sony vaios? the name alone drives the price up tenfold. some vaio UMPCs go for 600-1000 USD.
And I get that new stuff is generally low quality... but there was plenty of old stuff that is also (wouldnt you believe it!) also low quality (often due to their age).
As someone with a genuine interest in old tech, old cars, old etc... im just tired.
