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mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,870
edited July 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
...TV's used to be giant boxes.

Just went to Best Buy and they didn't have a single box-style television available for sale. Also ran an errand at Target only to find the same scenario, only flat-screened TV's.

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  • arqarq Posts: 8,012
    mookeywrench wrote:
    ...TV's used to be giant boxes.

    Just went to Best Buy and they didn't have a single box-style television available for sale. Also ran an errand at Target only to find the same scenario, only flat-screened TV's.

    New Times

    The biggest TV my dad had the chance to bought was an 21" screen Tv... and that was HUGE at the time, thanks buddy now i feel really old...

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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    The one we had when I was a kid sorta looked like this, the dials anyway:

    http://www.retroaudiolab.com/pictures/zenithchroma.JPG

    I served as the official remote control lol
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    The one we had when I was a kid sorta looked like this, the dials anyway:

    http://www.retroaudiolab.com/pictures/zenithchroma.JPG

    I served as the official remote control lol

    That's pretty much what we had, and we started out with a black and white one.

    We tend not to buy new things till the old things stop working, so we'll probably be stuck with the big Sony non-flat screen that we have, for a while.
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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    JaneNY wrote:
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    The one we had when I was a kid sorta looked like this, the dials anyway:

    http://www.retroaudiolab.com/pictures/zenithchroma.JPG

    I served as the official remote control lol

    That's pretty much what we had, and we started out with a black and white one.

    We tend not to buy new things till the old things stop working, so we'll probably be stuck with the big Sony non-flat screen that we have, for a while.
    Yeah I have a non-flat screen one too, works just fine. I figure when it finally dies or if I can get a flat screen for $20 then I'll splurge for a new one. I rarely watch TV so it just seems like an unnecessary expense right now.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,471
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    JaneNY wrote:
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    The one we had when I was a kid sorta looked like this, the dials anyway:

    http://www.retroaudiolab.com/pictures/zenithchroma.JPG

    I served as the official remote control lol

    That's pretty much what we had, and we started out with a black and white one.

    We tend not to buy new things till the old things stop working, so we'll probably be stuck with the big Sony non-flat screen that we have, for a while.
    Yeah I have a non-flat screen one too, works just fine. I figure when it finally dies or if I can get a flat screen for $20 then I'll splurge for a new one. I rarely watch TV so it just seems like an unnecessary expense right now.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    edited July 2010
    until the early 80's, this is what i watched tv on

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    and i still have a 'box' tv...big screens and hd is great buy i'm not interested in investing in it..when it's cheap enough/i have the money will i consider it
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,471
    norm wrote:
    until the early 80's, this is what i watched tv on

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    and i still have a 'box' tv...big screens and hd is great buy i'm not interested in investing in it..when it's cheap enough/i have the money will i consider it
    I was pricing some HD's last week......

    Not all that expensive.....

    Samsung had a 42 inch HD for $600-$700..............


    I still own a big ole box tv............
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    Remember the old remotes that we called converters?? they were attached by a cord and you had to flip the buttons. ?? Or is that just the small town girl :lol: .
  • thesewordselopethesewordselope Posts: 781
    small town beck wrote:
    Remember the old remotes that we called converters?? they were attached by a cord and you had to flip the buttons. ?? Or is that just the small town girl :lol: .

    I remember having those when I was really young....and I still call my remote a converter :)
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    thesewordselope wrote:
    small town beck wrote:
    Remember the old remotes that we called converters?? they were attached by a cord and you had to flip the buttons. ?? Or is that just the small town girl :lol: .

    I remember having those when I was really young....and I still call my remote a converter :)


    i still call it the clicker! damn thing hasn't clicked in 30 years! :lol::lol:
  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    norm wrote:
    thesewordselope wrote:
    small town beck wrote:
    Remember the old remotes that we called converters?? they were attached by a cord and you had to flip the buttons. ?? Or is that just the small town girl :lol: .

    I remember having those when I was really young....and I still call my remote a converter :)


    i still call it the clicker! damn thing hasn't clicked in 30 years! :lol::lol:

    :lol:

    I remember the excitement of getting a VCR in jr high :o:lol:
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    I dont give a rats ass...........
    Well....

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    that you don't :mrgreen:
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    small town beck wrote:
    :lol:

    I remember the excitement of getting a VCR in jr high :o:lol:

    our first vcr

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    it's the size of a yugo! :lol::lol:
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    mookeywrench wrote:
    ...TV's used to be giant boxes.

    Just went to Best Buy and they didn't have a single box-style television available for sale. Also ran an errand at Target only to find the same scenario, only flat-screened TV's.

    New Times

    mine still is. it has its own legs and a dial to change channels. :lol:
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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    norm wrote:
    small town beck wrote:
    :lol:

    I remember the excitement of getting a VCR in jr high :o:lol:

    our first vcr

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    it's the size of a yugo! :lol::lol:
    Shit you could launch a missle from that thing!

    We had a Beta machine. Piece of shit lol
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    I was pricing some HD's last week......

    Not all that expensive.....

    Samsung had a 42 inch HD for $600-$700..............

    I finally got exactly that and it has made my life complete....do it..
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    Shit you could launch a missle from that thing!

    we actually sailed it to the Bahamas once! :P
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    norm wrote:
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    Shit you could launch a missle from that thing!

    we actually sailed it to the Bahamas once! :P
    :lol:

    How much does that mofo weigh?! lol
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    norm wrote:
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    Shit you could launch a missle from that thing!

    we actually sailed it to the Bahamas once! :P
    :lol:

    How much does that mofo weigh?! lol

    Only slightly more than Janet's answering machine in "Singles".
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    I did not have a color TV until I was 13...
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    norm wrote:
    until the early 80's, this is what i watched tv on

    PC-Joel-WM201HWD.jpg

    full.jpg

    and i still have a 'box' tv...big screens and hd is great buy i'm not interested in investing in it..when it's cheap enough/i have the money will i consider it
    i must admit
    right now i am excited by the wood cabinet entertainment center.
    19 inch color television set, am/fm radio, and record player.
    this is true gold and a testament to everything.

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  • Got a hard hard headGot a hard hard head Posts: 638
    The thing that pisses me off, is that all the producers of TV's throw out the latest version, saturate the market and then just when everyone settling in front of their shiny new ultra-slim, HD ready LCD TV's.....

    3D TV IS HERE!!!

    You. wankers. :evil:
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    When I was little it was before color TV and my Dad the inventor he was liked new stuff. He bought a piece of plastic that went on the screen it was blue, yellow, green. The theory, if you were watching a scenery picture it was kind of cool but if it was a persons face, it was blue forehead, yellow face, green neck :wtf: we were really glad when he broke down and bought the real thing :)
  • Got a hard hard headGot a hard hard head Posts: 638
    pandora wrote:
    When I was little it was before color TV and my Dad the inventor he was liked new stuff. He bought a piece of plastic that went on the screen it was blue, yellow, green. The theory, if you were watching a scenery picture it was kind of cool but if it was a persons face, it was blue forehead, yellow face, green neck :wtf: we were really glad when he broke down and bought the real thing :)

    I think I remember those. They were suppose to turn your black and white set into a colour one at a fraction of the price! :lol::lol:
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  • comebackgirlcomebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    norm wrote:
    until the early 80's, this is what i watched tv on



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    and i still have a 'box' tv...big screens and hd is great buy i'm not interested in investing in it..when it's cheap enough/i have the money will i consider it
    We had one of these! I'm so mad that my mom threw it away :x
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    Here is my first electronic abacus. I never even figured out how to turn it on...

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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    i miss green cord phones hanging on kitchen walls with 4 feet of tangled cord length... i miss that a lot.
    i miss black rotary dial phones with tangled cords and the phone's number printed under the plastic rotary dial.

    i miss tv rabbit ear antennas, homemade aluminum ones or factory made, either one works.

    i miss shifting from park = P, to any gear without depressing the brake pedal.
    all gas, all gears, no brakes.
    i like that best.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

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    I am tired; my heart is
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    the sun stands I will fight
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,710
    Dissidentman wrote:
    chiquimonkey wrote:

    How much does that mofo weigh?! lol

    Only slightly more than Janet's answering machine in "Singles".
    I don't get it.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Poncier wrote:
    Dissidentman wrote:
    chiquimonkey wrote:

    How much does that mofo weigh?! lol

    Only slightly more than Janet's answering machine in "Singles".
    I don't get it.


    god bless you
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    norm wrote:

    god bless you
    :lol:
    My wife tried to pull that shit with me :twisted:
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