Board 8 > Do you own a Tube Television?

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So, I was cleaning out the basement rooms in my house, and I saw this 40" Tube TV in our guest bedroom and got to thinking how uncommon something like that is now. We got the TV back in 2003 I think, and it still works great and has HD built in, but it weighs somewhere between 350-400 lbs. We don't need to get rid of it or replace it since it doesn't get much use other than when family comes in from out of town, but it got me wondering how close to relic status these things are starting to become.

I'm not even sure I will ever get rid of it because of the fact that it's over 350 lbs and in the basement, which is a lot of weight for me to carry up some stairs now that I am over 40 lol.
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I don't think tube tvs have been sold for at least 40 years without googling it.


but if you mean like a regular non-lcd/led/plasma yeah I got one
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my TV is from 1995

so, whatever that is
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Yes. Everyone should have at least 1 TV made before 2007
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SantaRPidgey posted...

I don't think tube tvs have been sold for at least 40 years without googling it.


but if you mean like a regular non-lcd/led/plasma yeah I got one

Are tube tvs and crts not the same thing?

I still have one from the 70s.
It's a Zenith.
Only my N64 is hooked up to it at the moment though an RF switch.

Oddly enough the upgraded CRT TV we got in 2001 has since died and trashed.

The first non CRT TV was purchased in 2012, a 50 inch Plasma that I still use today as my main computer monitor.
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Skyridge87 posted...

SantaRPidgey posted...

I don't think tube tvs have been sold for at least 40 years without googling it.


but if you mean like a regular non-lcd/led/plasma yeah I got one

Are tube tvs and crts not the same thing?

The T in CRT stands for tube so he has no idea what he's talking about.

Topic, no I don't have one
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Yeah, I have one to exclusively play my old VG systems on
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I have a Sony WEGA Trinitron I bought in 2000. I haven't had it hooked up in like 4 years though.
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No, by the time I could afford to buy my own TV they were outdated already. Think my parents still have the one I used to use though.

Not yet. Just six more monthly payments and it's mine
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KCF0107 posted...

Yeah, I have one to exclusively play my old VG systems on

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metaIslug posted...

I thought this was about like, 80's tube TVs. Who calls a CRT a tube TV?

What is an 80's tube TV and how does it differ from every other cathode ray tube in existence?
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He's talking about one of these

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-projection_television#/media/File:Early_HDTV_setup,_mid_2000s_tech.jpg

Never had one myself, but my uncle and friend had one of their own. They are cool, but they burn in and even if it's in HD, it's still kinda blurry because of light diffusion.
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That picture triggered me.
The haphazardness of just throwing things on top of an open floor grate
*shivers*
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metaIslug posted...

I thought this was about like, 80's tube TVs. Who calls a CRT a tube TV?

Mostly everyone, since it's a cathode ray tube. It's just another way of saying a "not-flatscreen" TV.

We just threw out our last CRT monitor. I'm cleaning out my dad's house, though, and I imagine he's got one somewhere.
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