I have a BT youview box connected through a CRT trinitron at the moment and have decided it'e time to splash out on a new tv.

Am I right in thinking that as the BT box is smart there is no point in spending on a smart tv?

Correct - assuming you can find a non-SMART TV?.

Generally you're not really paying anything extra though, and a non-SMART set is likely to be just a cheaper and poorer performing set.

Fair point Nigel. Don't really like binning the CRT as nothing wrong with it. But tech moves on.

sign of tight times i guess, but after clearing the loft and going to the recycling centre i felt guilty for chucking away 2 ancient dvd players + even a 1997 video recorder.

We bin loads every week

Many of them perfectly functional.

When you say bin I hope you mean they go to recycling to recover the rare earth elements which are becomning increasingly difficult so source.

I suspect you're being rather naive about what most recycling consists of

"Where there is muck there is brass".

It'll go to the council recycling centre. What they do who knows!!

They only need to break out all the circuit boards as a first crude step and bin them up to send to the specialists.