@tubetime So many years ago, when all I had in my bedroom at home with my parents was a little black and white TV, a friend offered me a little portable color TV that had been sitting outside under a covered porch with lots of other equipment for years. So it looked reasonable and I took it home. Inside seemed OK on cursory inspection.

I turned it on. It worked. For some definition of worked. It also had a terrible burning odor, and a black widow spider crawled out.

I didn't use the set for long.