Tnostalgia·NostalgiabyTORFdot0 When the TV itself was a piece of furnitureView original on lemmy.world79Comments11Reply
TTORFdot0 replylemmy.worldIf 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 out10Reply
Nik282000 replylemmy.caI just repaired a 2004ish crt and had forgotten that noise. Also, holy crap I also forgot about the high voltage >_<2Reply
AAnticorp lemmy.worldI 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.5Reply
BBarndog53 lemm.eeWe literally had this model, or very fuckin close. Ours had the push buttons and remote slot hidden behind the right hand side door4Reply
Dem Bosain midwest.socialMy 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.4Reply
Eeyore_Syndrome sh.itjust.works2Hide 2 repliesOff topic, but have you seen the PC-Coffee Maker?2Reply
EEmpricorn replyfeddit.nl1Hide 1 replyWow, when you said off-topic, you weren't underselling it!4Reply
Eeyore_Syndrome replysh.itjust.worksAlthough I would argue it could count as baked in furniture. Fancy wood slats. I almost thought it was a Fractal North case.2Reply
mojofrododojo lemmy.worldNo shit: in the early 80s - like, 83? my dad bought one of these GIGANTIC sets. You could answer the phone through it.1Reply
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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
I remember waiting for the tubes to heat up.
The crackle of the static electricity... Ah yeah.
I just repaired a 2004ish crt and had forgotten that noise. Also, holy crap I also forgot about the high voltage >_<
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.
We literally had this model, or very fuckin close. Ours had the push buttons and remote slot hidden behind the right hand side door
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.
Off topic, but have you seen the PC-Coffee Maker?
Wow, when you said off-topic, you weren't underselling it!
Although I would argue it could count as baked in furniture. Fancy wood slats. I almost thought it was a Fractal North case.
No shit: in the early 80s - like, 83? my dad bought one of these GIGANTIC sets. You could answer the phone through it.