I was thinking about this the other day. When the flat panel tvs came on the market, they were expensive as shit. I remember sitting in my boys' crib asking... "Yo, when are any of us going to be able to afford one of these new tvs?" But prices have dropped so dramatically that like 3-4 years later I had one. And now I'm on my second. Mind you, both of these I've bought off friends who were upgrading for dirt cheap, but that's beside the point.

What were they going for when they came out? Like 5k and up, right?

Then black Friday happened. Now I don't think I know anyone who has a picture tube. Either people have a flat panel or no tv at all. The shift came much quick than I thought it would.

which is already in the works and which was actually conceived by Tesla in the early 1900s.

He developed an idea of drawing electricity from the ionosphere of the planet with large generators, but he was laughed at and betrayed by Edison who wanted to get rich by installing power lines all across the world, which he did.

That guy gives the car company a bad name.

I have 1 flat screen (that I did not buy). My living room and my son's tv are tubes. I ain't got flat screen $$.

They're cheap as hell now.

and as long as my tvs work... I don't need new ones lol.

>as long as my tvs work... I don't need new ones

I don't get the whole "run out and buy new shit even though the old stuff still works" mentality. Just 'cause it ain't HD doesn't mean you can't watch the game or your favorite shows anymore... Shit just ain't in high def. You still saw that play, you still see a nigga dunk on two forwards, you still saw Manny get knocked the fuck out, and HD ain't helpin any of them Atlanta housewives look any better.



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forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in ebola virus. - Binlahab

Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW

R.I.P. Disco D

it was a pretty advanced HD model in 2002
still works, have the HD wires too
plus I'm not pressed to see everybody's caked up makeup and zits so I'm skraight
ask me this question in 6 months and let's see if I have the same answer lol

We were watching football the other day and and like a Chili's commerical or some shit came on. On screen the avocados were like the size of my head...

That shit just felt unreal to me. Feels exorbitant.

But we almost never turn the tube TV on.

and I had been married for 1.5 years
wifey already had flat screen
before that, i didnt have a tv since my 27 inch magnavox i bought in 1998
it conked out in summer 2001 and i aint had a tv since

I only turn it on when I'm in bed and its usually watched for like 20 mins, so I cant really justify buying one for my room. If I was to get a really good deal or if my job starts letting me work from home again id buy a little 32 inch... that way it could double as a secondary monitor.

i still have a couple tube TVs, but it's been years since i've used one of them, and the other i only use if i have a rental dvd that won't play on one of my other players (for all the people who say they don't have an optical reader, i can play a dvd on 4 working devices).

this week i saw a pan & scan movie for the first time in years and was wondering if they always looked that awful or if it was an isolated case.

>
>this week i saw a pan & scan movie for the first time in years
>and was wondering if they always looked that awful or if it
>was an isolated case.

If the film was shot 2.35:1 anamorphic, the pan and scan will be unwatchable.

>If the film was shot 2.35:1 anamorphic, the pan and scan will
>be unwatchable.

it was (to both). i made myself watch, partly to see what pan & scan is again in this age, and it was such an atrocity. oddly enough the opening and end credits were letterboxed in widescreen so i guess they didn't bother or didn't know what to do, but i would have rather seen the whole movie in nonanamorphic that way.

i want a bigger one, but will wait on that.

a flatscreen i gotta get fixed in my living room and a full joint in my bedroom that i've had for about 10 years....

When I can no longer watch TV on them, I'll switch but even then my 55 inch rear projection tv can do 720p HD, so that one will stay in the living room.


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forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in ebola virus. - Binlahab

Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW

R.I.P. Disco D

went back there a few weeks ago and tried to pick it up.

That shit is so heavy.

I got an older model(02, 03) flat screen for free the year before that

Does so much.

I should do something with those.
And I've got one in my room too. That I haven't turned on in several years now. I just props up a painting. Lol.

So don't think you can donate them there... You may be able to on craigslist or something tho.

>So don't think you can donate them there... You may be able
>to on craigslist or something tho.

We just copped my middle daughter another TV after her old one finally bit the dust (we had it for 14 years and got it used when we first picked it up). Found this nice ass Sony tube TV with an incredible picture and stereo sound. She's happy with it and watches all her lil shows on it via her streaming device.

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forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in ebola virus. - Binlahab

Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW

R.I.P. Disco D

our county has an electronics recycling program
the city takes them too

Create some sort of art installation

My nephew has one and we watched Love & Basketball in HD and that shit looked like an after school special. Looked like it was shot with a hand held camera.

Made me realize that too much clarity is a bad thing.

I will never forget the first time I saw Serena and Venus up close on a Plasma 60". You could see the yarn in their weaves....

too much detail is a bad thing.

i think it's 42"
now i'm thinking of getting a smaller one for the bedroom
or just a good size monitor to watch internet stuff from my laptop

oh this was maybe 2 years ago?? time is a flat circle.

ago.

i stared at it last month and contemplated buying them a flat screen. but the tube is inside a huge oak cabinet and if i buy them a flat one they'll need to buy new furniture and i'm not about that life. still...i hate seeing that tv when i visit them, let alone watching it.

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When you marry, your credit report stays the same. The only information on both spouses’ reports are joint accounts or those for which one spouse is an authorized user.

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>information on both spouses’ reports are joint accounts or
>those for which one spouse is an authorized user.

there's a number of okp's in that thread talkin too much 'bout they shit forgettin that some of these folks know where they stay.







... imjussayin...


licks get hit with less info...
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forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in ebola virus. - Binlahab

Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW

R.I.P. Disco D

>... imjussayin...

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forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in ebola virus. - Binlahab

Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW

R.I.P. Disco D

it's in a spare bedroom so it's not that big of a deal...



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I'm tryna be better off, not better than...

My parents have a flat screen in almost every room

It is actually ridiculous..

But my pops is a Costco hustler.. since you can return shit that's like 2 years (on electronics) old until recently.. he just kept upgrading and catching sales..

Basically I have about 80% of an entire wall as my screen. The screen is like 8.5 ft by 6.5 ft, and that's only because I can't put the projector back far enough to cover the entire wall. Eventually I'd like to put in my room because I have a wall that's even bigger and enough space, but the kids like to use it so it's out in the front room.

I mainly use it to play Halo, but probably the best experience with it is watching Game of Thrones. When I saw the Watchers on the Wall from last season...man I almost shit myself it looked so epic.

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts..." -The Bard

Almost no blank walls in my space.

It was one of those apartments with really high ceilings and recessed lighting.

It was like living in a movie theater.


*Sheds a tear*



"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts..." -The Bard

recessed lighting? Shieeeeet

and spent most of his time at his girlfriend's apartment across the river.

That's when flat screen TV advantages overtook tube televisions.

my man just got a 55in smart tv for $400 off craiglist
basically brand new (or close enough)
some indian dude from north jersey drove 2 hours to sell it to him
not sure what the deal is with that but i'm going be craigslist hunting like a mug here on out

....insurance may not pay out even if you purchase it if damage.

AND drove to deliver it
it just seemed real desperate

they're working good.


I look at the sales papers every Sunday, plotting on a flat screen


....still plotting

I'd had it nearly 20 years. It even had a built-in VCR and it went with me to college. I copped a new fancy 32-inch SmartTV for like $300 and wonder how I went so long without one.

And private ll vs big company with random maintenance guys in and out. Had the movers throw the old tv out. I paid 350 for a 52 inch on sale with 0% financing for 18 months. I set up auto pay for like $5 a week and forgot about it.

a new one, but no way i can justify spending the loot when this one is fine.

And the picture was good too! lol!


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had a 40 inch one before that for quite some time. at least 3-4 yrs

Costco had the deal on the Vizio so I got a 42" one when I got my Xbox 360 and ps3

I have a 42" magnavox and a 55" sony 3d that i got two years ago that I love.

Fuck that tube shit, I ain't goin back,

Can't do it.

If you can't see the difference, just sit there and watch something in hd until you do

they wouldn't take it. they said they don't sell. but my dad and I just left it there because it was to heavy to carry back to the car... LOL!

i dont have colors
my mmsic:
www.soundclick.com/sylana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brb8g8f18xE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NgNuVHrEKI

Trying to play like, NBA 2K10 or 11, they put the score and all the info in the far corners of the screen, so I'd only know the score at the ends of quarters.

We the children of the Light, you know what I mean?
That's why I'm hating on the darkness like Paula Deen
Cause in my hood they masked up like it's Halloween
We going hard for the Rock, but we not some fiends
- Andy Mineo

I'm watching it right now, it's still awesome.

I won't replace them with flat screens until they break or I move back to NYC, whichever comes first.

My bedroom TV is like 22" Goldstar that I had since the mid-90s when I left for college. I was pissed when my dad bought it: I thought it would be malfunctioning by second semester -- ha!

Even though I work at a cable network and deal with 16:9 aspect ratios all day, I can't see spending money to replace TVs that work fine.

i dont have colors
my mmsic:
www.soundclick.com/sylana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brb8g8f18xE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NgNuVHrEKI

i was moving in with a new roommate and my 32" tube tv was too heavy for her ikea furniture. it caused the console table to buckle

So i sold the tube for $40 to some guy i was dating and got a 32" flat screen with my credit card reward points.

Strictly for video games, bootleg DVDs and porn

the only replies I got were "we can pick that up for you for a fee of $40."

spot said they wasn't taking them cuz they couldn't sell them in their stores.

i ended up taping a note on them that says THESE WORK JUST FINE and sitting them outside a dumpster at an apartment complex...

These things are as obsolete as chamber pots. When you watch sporting events and most TV shows with banner graphics, the beginning and end of the graphic is chopped off. I'll have to wait for a raise at the job before I can afford a flat screen...sigh.


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"I whipped him with a switch and a belt. I never beat him. You beat someone with a stick." - Joe Jackson

We still have a pretty big tube downstairs. But the 68 inch flat is upstairs. And our bedroom tv is a flat screen. :) I think its been about 5 years.