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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Feb 20, 2018 18:47:02 GMT
Staying 4x3 for as long as I canI have no interest in following the rest of the world into 16x9 high def. For one pretty simple reason. 99% of what I watch is DVDs and DVDRs of TV shows from the 50s-80s. What would be the point? And if anything, shows that come from VHS off-air recordings, or 16mm film chain, look far worse in hi def than on a tube set. And forget about anything that's not a master but a 2nd or 3rd generation dub. On a hi-def, 3rd generation looks like 10th generation. Right now, my main TV is a 35 inch JVC that's about 23 years old and I have a 32 inch backup that someone gave me for free last year. Maybe someday, I'll get a modern TV as a second set but I would never want to make it my primary. Anyone else feel this way? I'm right there with you, fellow Long Islander (born and raised, 'till I left in '88) Both the wife and I have a problem when we watch something on a new TV, and it's got that weird, almost 'soap-opera' video-look to it! From "Death Becomes Her" to "Night On Earth", both she and I didn't like the 'look' of many things... Of course, there will come a day when my 'big boy' Hitachi will no longer work.... Now, I'm told there's a switch that could satisfy my 'problem'.... but, who knows what the next generation will bring?....... As the proud owner of a 34" Sony CRT it amuses me whenever I read about "behemoth" tube TV's and all the hoopla about their size and weight. When exactly did it become prerequisite for TV's to be able to carried under yr arm (So to speak)? TV's used to be considered furniture. We don't complain about the size and weight of our beds or dining room tables, I don't get it, never have. BTW, I also own a 50" Plasma and a 60" LED but I'll always love the picture, and sound, of that 34"! Gotta tell you, I'm all in on HD but more because we were almost forced into it. I loved the look of a good crt monitor. Loved laserdiscs and that whole era. I remember being very disappointed when dvds came out. Obviously I know it ended up being a good thing for the masses, but I still love the look of vintage tv. I was sad to see Sony Trinitron's going for $25 at thrifts. I bought the last Mitsubishi 40" crt tv and it was beautiful. I literally gave that very expensive television to a neighbor not long afterwards, and I felt good just getting rid of it at the time. It sure went obsolete very fast. The forum is continually interesting and I am continually amazed at the different needs and interest we all have.
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Post by antiram on Feb 20, 2018 18:57:01 GMT
I am amazed at their 'needs' too, mwheelerk.
I could scoff here that it is utterly retarded to want a CRT television in this day and age. I used to at least be willing to listen to the hype about vinyl being better than digital. However, this is too ridiculous for words. So these audiophiles think a low-res, distorted, rounded image is a better picture?
But then again, who the fuck spends 99% of their viewing on TV shows from the 60's to 80's? That isn't even normal old folks nostaligia; that is willful fear of the present. Thank God he watches them on DVD so he doesn't have to deal with commercials, although something tells me that if the commercials were from the 70's, he'd be fine with them.
As an aside, Long Island is some fucking place.
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Post by jeatletoes on Feb 20, 2018 22:33:43 GMT
Long Island is the home of JeatleTits and BroshFlab. So it can't be all bad.
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Post by Chicken in Black on Feb 21, 2018 1:04:58 GMT
I am amazed at their 'needs' too, mwheelerk. These needs are really special.
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Feb 21, 2018 5:09:11 GMT
When I moved into my first apartment in 2011, I was gifted an old box TV. Before I set it up, the roommate got a flatscreen, and the tube tv was put in the closet. Flash forward to me moving at the end of 2016. Surely I wasn't taking that piece of shit to my new place. Simply leaving it in the apartment was out of the question. Already had enough issues with the landlord. Putting on the curb? Well, sanitation won't take it. And again, didn't wanna deal with the landlord. Bring it to a designated recycling spot? I don't drive. And even if I took it to Best Buy, there would be a fee.
I was prepared to lug it up the block and drop the fucker into the creek but it was so heavy and bulky that I got as far as the bushes and left it there. Wish I knew that I could have gotten a shite to come and take my garbage from me and saved me some back pain.
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Post by Wanklein on Feb 21, 2018 9:32:55 GMT
Best place for the fucker
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Feb 21, 2018 22:57:45 GMT
Gonna go against the grain a bit here...
I have an ancient 13" color TV that was sitting unused for 20 years on a corner table in another room (The room used to be used as a bedroom, which is how the TV came to be there.)
Last year, while remodeling the place a bit, I figured on finally tossing the TV out.
But, before doing that, I thought I'd see if it still worked after being unused for so long.
Anyway, I plugged it in, connected an old DVD player to it (as the TV's analog tuner is now useless), and turned everything on.
The picture looked good. The CRT set was a lot brighter than my regular LCD TV, and its dusty remote control still functioned (luckily the remote's old batteries had been removed before they could leak).
The TV was perfectly watchable, so I decided to give it a reprieve. (At 13", a high-def set wouldn't do much better.)
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Post by UDII on Feb 22, 2018 5:35:30 GMT
Gonna go against the grain a bit here... I have an ancient 13" color TV that was sitting unused for 20 years on a corner table in another room (The room used to be used as a bedroom, which is how the TV came to be there.) Last year, while remodeling the place a bit, I figured on finally tossing the TV out. But, before doing that, I thought I'd see if it still worked after being unused for so long. Anyway, I plugged it in, connected an old DVD player to it (as the TV's analog tuner is now useless), and turned everything on. The picture looked good. The CRT set was a lot brighter than my regular LCD TV, and its dusty remote control still functioned (luckily the remote's old batteries had been removed before they could leak). The TV was perfectly watchable, so I decided to give it a reprieve. (At 13", a high-def set wouldn't do much better.) Sounds like a perfect companion to the Daddy approved stereo console you used as your avatard at the old place.
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Feb 22, 2018 6:37:41 GMT
Gonna go against the grain a bit here... I have an ancient 13" color TV that was sitting unused for 20 years on a corner table in another room (The room used to be used as a bedroom, which is how the TV came to be there.) Last year, while remodeling the place a bit, I figured on finally tossing the TV out. But, before doing that, I thought I'd see if it still worked after being unused for so long. Anyway, I plugged it in, connected an old DVD player to it (as the TV's analog tuner is now useless), and turned everything on. The picture looked good. The CRT set was a lot brighter than my regular LCD TV, and its dusty remote control still functioned (luckily the remote's old batteries had been removed before they could leak). The TV was perfectly watchable, so I decided to give it a reprieve. (At 13", a high-def set wouldn't do much better.) Sounds like a perfect companion to the Daddy approved stereo console you used as your avatard at the old place. I miss being able to use the old avatards here... The TV mentioned above is just an old NEC portable. (It had been replaced with a widescreen CRT circa 1997, and that was supplanted by the LCD display about 10 years ago.) I haven't even watched the little TV since discovering it still worked last year. It just seemed silly to shitcan the set since it ran, was brighter than the LCD, and doesn't take up much space.
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Post by Wanklein on Feb 22, 2018 7:00:49 GMT
Keeping an old TV because it works is very different from having a giant CRT fucker (and a backup!) just to get that authentic eighties feel when watching the VHS box set of Knight Rider (another mulleted cunt with shit car) on an endless loop. It is important to remember that TV was only good between 1956-1989 - everything else is snowflake bollocks. However, here's a little nostalgia for you
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Feb 22, 2018 8:21:33 GMT
Keeping an old TV because it works is very different from having a giant CRT fucker (and a backup!) just to get that authentic eighties feel when watching the VHS box set of Knight Rider (another mulleted cunt with shit car) on an endless loop. It is important to remember that TV was only good between 1956-1989 - everything else is snowflake bollocks. However, here's a little nostalgia for you Hey, thanks for that! But, yeah, I agree it's silly to keep giant CRTs around. The guys who delivered my LCD set hauled off the old TV at the same time. (The LCD's high-def display and space-saving design was so much better than the widescreen CRT, there was zero buyer's remorse. My cat missed the old set (as it was a warm place to sit atop) way more than I ever did.
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Post by audiopro on Feb 22, 2018 9:51:08 GMT
We had a Panasonic 14" CRT portable in the bedroom, which I bought in 1988 and finally threw out last year. We only kept it because it made use of a wall bracket the previous owners of our flat had installed using glue, which we couldn't remove, On realising that the DVD player we'd got connected to it had died, we worked out it probably hadn't been switched on in 3 years, so out it went. We ended up taking a circular saw to the glued-in screw that wouldn't come out of the wall. It's rather nice not having to keep walking around the fucking thing.
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Post by Wanklein on Feb 22, 2018 12:40:39 GMT
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Feb 22, 2018 19:36:37 GMT
The guy who lives across the street from me was trying to give away a large CRT set last week. He put it outside, hoping someone would take it. No takers. Three days ago I am walking the dog. The neighbor looks quite happy, telling me that "a couple of kids" asked if they could have it and happily carried it away. Good for you, I say. Ten minutes later, the dog and I arrive at the field a few streets over, and what do you know. There is the remains of the TV, all smashed to hell, most of the parts pulverized. I had to laugh at that. Looks like the kids had quite some fun destroying that thing. I imagine taking a club to a flat screen wouldn't be as satisfying. Despite the fact that we aren't supposed to put them out on the street, people still insist on doing so. Sometimes they just sit out there for weeks. I personally think it's absurd. There should be a special service that picks them up, like when they come take the door off your old refrigerator. There's only one site in each boro to drop off such electronics, along with the occasional pop-up recycling event. Just another inconvenience. I'd toss my old computer batteries in the trash if it wasn't for the fact that I could bring them to work (and knowing how we operate, they probably wind up in the trash anyway...)
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Post by bradman on Feb 22, 2018 21:57:03 GMT
Enjoy the official video, featuring twin guitar lineup.
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