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don't tell the cable company about the splitter (lemmy.ca)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/memes@sopuli.xyz
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[–] 12 points 11 months ago (6 children)

My dad an en excellent 24" Panasonic he got a few years agter he died. We moved it across the Midwest 6 times from 95-2010 until we finally replaced it with a 42" led after moving to Kansas City. So my brother and i got to take it downstairs and play Halo Reach and Black Ops on it. They might have been heavy and a bitch to move, but they were awesome TV's that could take a beating.

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    That was the thing with these old heavy CRTs ... they could take a beating .. they could also give a beating.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    have you really used a CRT if you haven't learned how to smack it back into working?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    lol ... I had a few family members with that mentality ... you gave it a few gentle smacks to try to coax it to work and often it did work ... but when it didn't, they'd hit it harder, then harder, then harder until the screen just turned into horizontal or diagonal static which usually meant the thing was destroyed.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Until one day, you turn it on, and without warning, you are presented with half a screen, or a single white line across the middle. Sound is optional.

    I used to put all my change in a big jar, which was reserved for my next TV. When my current one crapped out, I'd listen to music while I rolled up my change, and go buy a new one somewhere. If I happened to be flush, maybe I'd add a bit more and get the next size up.

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