• kalpol
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    7 months ago

    I had one of these televisions a little while back. It was indeed a solid piece of work, played my old PS2 on it. I had to get rid of it due to lack of space, and literally no one wanted it. Ended up taking it to the recyclers and it was really sad.

    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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      7 months ago

      My parents had a beefy console/floor model that they bought in 81 or 82. Push-pull power/volume knob, big honkin dial for changing the channel (which showed through a window at the top), decent-sized door that popped open to reveal the fine tuning knobs etc., the whole 9 yards. The tube was small by today’s standards but the enclosure was no joke lol. That thing was furniture. Lasted into the mid-2000s before it gave up the ghost, and didn’t make financial sense to fix it. The replacement was a total garbage CRT that barely lasted 10 years and needed to be repaired multiple times. But hey, it had that proprietary Xbox AV port for some bizarre reason.