slightly off topic but I went to my county dump today to drop of some recyclables, they had 2 19" tvs there, I so wanted to take them but they have a big sign warning not to take anything dropped off for recycling claiming they is video recording and they prosecute and ban you from the dump.
I'm not sure why as you'd be saving them money (recycling costs) and potentially using something that's going to basically be trashed. my only though is that maybe they are afraid of someone taking a TV and it being broken and burning down a house or shocking and hurting someone and maybe a legal/insurance thing I don' know. anyway good luck in your attempts!