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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year ago

When the TV itself was a piece of furniture

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When the TV itself was a piece of furniture

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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year ago
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  • @[email protected]
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    I remember waiting for the tubes to heat up.

    • @[email protected]
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      The crackle of the static electricity… Ah yeah.

      • Nik282000
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        I just repaired a 2004ish crt and had forgotten that noise. Also, holy crap I also forgot about the high voltage >_<

  • @[email protected]
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    • @[email protected]OP
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      11•1 year ago

      If this TV ever died, it just became the TV stand for a new model without the console. Just stick it on top! Easier than trying to move this thing out

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    2•1 year ago

    I was gifted a Heathkit TV that looked just like this, long after it went out of fashion. But a free TV was a pretty big score back then, so I used it for years. The remote control used audible high pitched tones to communicate with the TV.

  • @[email protected]
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    We literally had this model, or very fuckin close. Ours had the push buttons and remote slot hidden behind the right hand side door

  • Dem Bosain
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    4•1 year ago

    My grandma had one of these. She eventually got a new TV, and used this as a stand for it. Just a tablecloth hid what it really was.

  • @[email protected]
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    Curtis-Mathis, Zenith, Quasar, RCA, Philco - good times!

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    Off topic, but have you seen the PC-Coffee Maker?

    • @[email protected]
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      4•1 year ago

      Wow, when you said off-topic, you weren’t underselling it!

      • @[email protected]
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        Although I would argue it could count as baked in furniture. Fancy wood slats. I almost thought it was a Fractal North case.

  • @[email protected]
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    1•1 year ago

    No shit: in the early 80s - like, 83? my dad bought one of these GIGANTIC sets. You could answer the phone through it.

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