I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me.

Out with the old, in with the new.

An accident caused a seemingly uber-fragile screen on a flat screen TV to break the other day, necessitating a new TV.
Bought an LG at the store, set it up, realized that it had zero analog inputs.
Our DVD/VHS player is YPbPr & RCA output.
Some stuff is only viewable on DVD and/or VHS.

I’m quite aware that these are problems of privileged people, ultimately trivial, and making too big a deal of them sounds like whining.

Technology is great.
However, when it comes to consumer products, sometimes…not so much.

You can buy a box that converts what your vhs player uses to convert to hdmi for your flatscreen for under $25.00 from Amazon.   
 

You mentioned a broken screen, and I have a story for you:  my brother broke the screen on his 5 week old Sony  mini led 70 something inch screen.  He paid $2500 for the set.   There was a bat flying around his living room so he tried to catch it with an aluminum pole fishing net.  He whacked the wall mounted TV and shattered the screen.  Warranty didn’t cover it and the screens are built not to be replaced.  He was out the whole $2500. Sony told him to pretty much “pound sand”.

Most people who will buy it won't need those two RCA inputs. Now, why do I think that I cannot possibly be interested in Technics, including their turntables ? Belt drive will always be better, you just need to know how to design and build one.

Must be a slow day.