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OK, maybe not. 22 years is pretty old though...
Although I started with stereo stuff around 1979, my first TV was bought in 1990. I still have the bill! A couple weeks ago we found a smoking hot deal on a 37" LCD for our bedroom, so my trusted and still amazing picture Hitachi TE8700 goes in a garage sale tomorrow morning (and the unwanted big stand in the dump.
Kinda weird, almost unsettling. It's been a daily user for probably 18 or more of the 22 years! First my main TV for many, then our bedroom TV. Only a few in there where it sat in the basement un-used and seriously dusty. Then back as our bedroom TV for the last 8-10 years. Crazy how dependable this thing is. Never a problem with TV or remote and the picture seriously looks amazing still.
Bye TV. :(
27" Hitachi CRT in 1990: $990
37" RCA LCD in 2012: $298
Maybe what, $5 I'll get?
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They had this really old 'antique' TV in a giant console with a tiny 8" or so round picture tube.
For some strange reason they enjoyed WATCHING TV on it.
THis was a number of years ago..
But thay would be my vote for watching the worlds oldest TV on a regular basis. (at least back in the 1990's)
27" Hitachi CRT in 1990: $990
37" RCA LCD in 2012: $298
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Not to put a curse on your new stuff, but, there's a reason why stuff appears to be cheaper these days: It doesn't last as long. The "build quality" isn't there.
Your Hitachi went 22 years and is still kicking. I'll give the RCA 7 years, tops, before it's got a major issue, worthy of replacing it.
Price is one thing, cost is another.
They don't make 'em like they used to! (I can't believe I'm saying that about '90s stuff. I was saying that in 1990!)
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I bought a brand new washer 17 months ago. Monday the repairman told me it wasn't worth fixing (money out of his pocket), and even if I'm anti-extended warranty, to get one on pretty much any new laundry appliances. Income tax came in the same day believe it or not for $918, washer and warranty; $928. Great it came in, but it would have been nice to do something enjoyable for just short of $1K.
We recently retired our 19" 1984 Hitachi that the Mrs and I got when we first got married. Never had a problem with it. Still worked fine but the digital tuner thing and moving made us feel like it was time to separate. It got recycled.
I wish they made stuff like that today. The crap flat panel set that replaced it looks good but you can tell it will be dead in 5 years. Nothing is meant to last anymore.
All recycled, but to what degree? BTW, I couldn't sell or even give the TV away. Had it up for $10 OBO. Off to the recycler it went.
I bought a new 19" RCA in the late 70s for $400, and it didn't even have a remote. That was $100 more!! It did have a digital tuner though. The set only lasted about five years. A friend gave me $100 for it and spent another $90 to get it fixed.
Amazing how prices have have dropped on TV sets.
I have a 19 inch Montgomery WArd/Admilral TV in my bedroom that gets daily use. It's getting up there as it was purchased a couple years before MW went bankrupt. It's been a great set, clear bright picture and never been touched inside.
I have two older 13-inch sets that work fine but do not get daily use. The older one has the click-type tuner. Neither came with a remote... For more on vintage TVs see my post on my small TV collection on Vintage.
Sleeping one night, heard a horrendous crash in the living room. Went out there, and our 21" Panny had fallen off its stand due to a heavy picture hanging about 3-4 feet DIRECTLY above it coming loose from its anchor, slammming down on the Panny, knocking it on to the floor.Sure, it wasn't hi def but it had the single best blacks I've ever had in a tv including our 32" 2000 Sony WEGA CRT, our 65" panny Plasma HD, and our Sony 55" LED LCD. Amazing. Replaced the Panny with the single WORST TV EVER-GRRRRRR. A 25" RCA, a big ass damn near furniture piece on a swivel. Most washed out pic, always in the shop, and the biggest piece of crap ever.
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"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
Edits: 04/13/12
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