Many cable services only restrict premium channels through the digital box but continue to broadcast them unscrambled in analog so an analog TV can save you money on your cable service.
The glass of the CRT is impregnated with lead to stop x-rays from the electron gun which are actually at dangerous levels unshielded. You could use them to put a window in your fallout shelter.
If it's an old radio tube TV, you can make an excellent stereo amplifier out of the tubes or if they are unshielded soviet or chinese made replacements, you can make an x-ray sterilization chamber to process your home canned foods without heat.
1. buy a converter box, and use as a tv.
2. use it with a video player, IF it has direct connections.
3. use it with a game console, IF it has direct connections.
Take out the tube and front glass, and put in shelves to store your DVDs and video game consoles and games.
Use it with a game machine
Some suggest, an aquarium, or a replacing the curved screen with a mirror,
