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Old 03-01-2010, 02:37 AM
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Please contact LG, tell them you want to buy one of these:

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/th..._new_retro.php
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Old 03-01-2010, 05:53 AM
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That is kinda cool, though I doubt it's built as well as a real retro TV...
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Old 03-01-2010, 06:14 AM
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Ahhhhh...Close, going in the right direction, but LG stuff is generally crap.
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Old 03-01-2010, 02:21 PM
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$216 for a "retro" 14" tv? It better be ATSC ready...
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Old 03-01-2010, 02:49 PM
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LG is probably still a cut above this "Retro" TV:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Retrovision-Astr...item439db2fa0d

I would bet this is similar in quality those "Crosley" Record Players you see all over the place, or those 5" Chinese "Jellybeans" I've been collecting.
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Old 03-01-2010, 02:56 PM
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$216 for a "retro" 14" tv? It better be ATSC ready...
I'd gladly pay that for almost any real retro tv before I'd spend it on this one..
It does look kinda cool though...and yes it better be ATSC ready.
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Old 03-01-2010, 05:40 PM
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Interestingly, some of the current 19" or 20" el cheapo Turkish made CRT sets have a pale phosphor screen with a very rounded shape, surrounded by an old-style bezel, and a boxy cabinet that give a pleasant 1960s look to them.

They are serious shit that only lasts a couple of years though, and are absolutely disgusting inside, just a little flimsy chassis with undersized pressed steel heatsinks, a Lithuanian 90-degree CRT that usually starts to go after less than 1000 hours, and a flimsy silver painted plastic cabinet that isn't rigid enough to support the CRT when the back is removed.

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Old 03-01-2010, 10:39 PM
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LG is probably still a cut above this "Retro" TV:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Retrovision-Astr...item439db2fa0d
Probably will get yanked - "Predicta" was trademarked in 1999/2000 by a guy in Wisconsin that made "new" Predicta televisions from RCA chassis. Smart move - it appears Philco never trademarked the name.

Retrovisions use a Taiwanese chassis, IIRC.

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Old 03-02-2010, 08:22 PM
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$216 for a "retro" 14" tv? It better be ATSC ready...
IIRC, Korea uses a different broadcast modulation method than the 8VSB the ATSC uses in the USA, so don't be tempted to grey market import one!
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Old 03-03-2010, 06:36 PM
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This shows S Korea using ATSC but I am not sure of the channel assignments;

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/122
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Old 03-03-2010, 08:17 PM
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I sent a note to my LG rep about this thing. I hope he still has a job. Stay tuned.
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