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The capacitors do not stay charged in operation (otherwise, why bother having a capacitor if you never really use it? ), so they have to start heating up during operation....
I don't know if the electronics themselves would be effected moreso than the plastic components including wite insulation, interior nmounting brackets, exterior housing and the like. Plastic can get nice and brittle in the heat if you leave it there long enough (months/years).
YMMV
Normal operation expels any moisture. It is the combination of moisture AND heat that can be deadly. I had a great 27" CRT type tv that I stored in our garage in so FL. After about a year I thought "Gee, this would be good in the spare room." I moved it, fired it up, it worked great, turned it off. A couple days later I sat down to watch a video and "PFFT!" I saw "Gone With The Wind." The moisture was a major factor, but the heat and moisture combined over a period of time were what done 'er in. The same set stored in a moist basement in Vermont would have been fine.
Don't forget that all those holes and vents are perfect hide-aways for bugs and small critters. One TV that we had outside smoked when a small Gecko provided the perfect path for the HT to ground....
CRT's are bullteproof by design. Unless its sitting in the middle of the sahara for long periods of time I dont think anything would happen. However, ionized water (regular old water) is the killer of nearly all electronics.
I keep my LED in a sunroom, it was only 7 years old and Pppffffttt......gone......i want to buy a new one but am afraid, it gets cold in there in PA maybe 0 and during the summer, it can get over 100 is this a factor of why my other TV went so quickly?
Safe operating temperatures for LCD televisions generally range from +40F to well over +100F.
Water and humidity is the bigger threat to technology.
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), so they have to start heating up during operation....
