[Jeffhs]

This obsession some folks outside our hobby seem to have with making fishtanks, bookcases, etc. out of old TVs is, IMHO, getting well out of hand. I found this on eBay this morning, in the item description for a Magnavox three-way entertainment center:

"Great for parts if someone has similar unit, or could be used to put a fish bowl in where the TV screen was."


As my subject line says, here we go again! What is it with people wanting to make fishtanks out of these great old consoles? I don't know about that, but I do know that if I were buying this (I'm not, despite the $9.99 starting bid, as I don't have the room in my apartment for anything that big; besides, it's too far away) I would do everything in my power to get at least the stereo working, though it would be nice to have the television operational as well. No way would I ever put a fish tank in the opening where the TV now resides. My best guess is that this TV has some very major problems the owner either doesn't want to or cannot deal with (the latter due to the expense), so he or she is selling the set with a low starting bid just to get it out of the way. I'd guess the owner upgraded to a flat panel and doesn't need this big Maggie anymore, or else he/she is moving and is getting rid of it because they are downsizing. Or perhaps the set was put down in the basement when it finally quit, and the owner wants it out of the house ASAP--who knows? The set could have little more wrong with it than a defective low-voltage rectifier tube or a blown fuse if nothing works, but if the owner wants it out of there for whatever reason, none of that really matters.