c/nostalgia · by TORFdot0@lemmy.world · 2y

When the TV itself was a piece of furniture

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11 Comments

Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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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

OhmsLawn@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I remember waiting for the tubes to heat up.

Albbi@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The crackle of the static electricity... Ah yeah.

nik282000@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y

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

Anticorp@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

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.

Barndog53@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y

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

DemBoSain@midwest.social · 4 pts · 2y

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.

JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

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Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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

Empricorn@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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

Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Although I would argue it could count as baked in furniture. Fancy wood slats. I almost thought it was a Fractal North case.

mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

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