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[–] 19 points 9 months ago* (8 children)

My grandma (who lived about a 12 hr. way) had one of these growing up and I always loved it. I was disappointed one year to find that it had been replaced since it quit working.

I'm also reminded of my mother who, no joke, brought one of these home from the landfill. It didn't work, but she gutted it and turned it into a bed for our little dog we had at the time. In hindsight, she's probably very lucky she didn't hurt or poison herself in the process.

I would love to get one of these to use in like a multi-purpose gaming setup. Like use this as the TV stand for the newer TV so I can play newer and older games in the same place.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    In hindsight, she's probably very lucky she didn't hurt or poison herself in the process

    How come? A tiny circuit board isn't anything like thin vials of mercury or the like.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    CRT tvs have pretty big capacitors that zap you good and hard if you touch em funny.

    Older boxes are probably long since dishcharged BUT many many tinkerers will plug it in first to see if it still works just for shits and grins and those caps will take juice given the chance….

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    You ought to go back and re-read their comment

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    I have. I thought it was replaced with a newer console. The comment doesn't specify "crt tv" and it would be weird if that's how one would refer to tvs of that age. Having nes is much morr specific than just having a TV.

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