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Originally Posted by andy
I work with modern technology every day, and I enjoy collecting and restoring my classic TVs (and other vintage technology) for the challenge, and as a way to relax. I love seeing how things used to be, and I get great satisfaction out of experiencing and preserving old technology. It's about experiencing history. If I just wanted the best CRT picture possible, I wouldn't even bother with tube sets, B/W sets, or anything made before about 1985. I would probably have a house full of Sony HD CRTs and be done with it.
I don't see why it has to be an either/or thing. I can enjoy enjoy vintage TVs without hating modern technology. Most people with classic cars only drive them on weekends because they know it's more practical to drive a modern car every day.
I do like watching an occasional old TV show on a vintage TV, and I watch the evening news on a CTC38 almost every day, but I don't for a second thing they're "better" than more modern TVs. When I want to watch a move, or modern TV show, I normally use my 1080p LCD projector, or plasma TV.
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I have partaken in and given advice to most of the forums on Audiokarma and Videokarma, since I collect and restore old TVs and radios, have a Thorens TD-124 and other classic turntables, collect vintage jazz 78s; I LOVE old, WORKING, technology. Yes I watch the GE802 regularly and listen to FM and play 78s on it. Also I'm a computer geek with a collection of various systems, and I'm always hangin' in the NotebookReview forums. But at the end of the day I come home and watch "Zeke and Luther" and CNNHD on my Samsung C7000. I'm not proud - or stupid..