My New TV

[RobtWB]

Well I finally bought a new tv, the first new set I have purchased since 1991 when I purchased a 19" Panasonic table top set, my all time favorite set by the way.

The old Curtis Mathes (NEC) console daily watcher developed a really annoying flyback whine, although the picture is still stunning. So I pushed the beast into the utility room to await repairs, or perhaps a parting out, and replaced it with a POS Sanyo 25" bpc set I had in storage. Damn if it to didn't develop a flyback whine.

I really didn't need a new set, like most of us I have a boatload of sets lying around, but I thought I would treat myself to a new set anyway, and help stimulate the floundering economy.

I really hate to shop at wallyworld, kmart, target, sears, worst buy, etc, but here these places seem to be the only places left to buy a tv. My girlfrfiend offered to call a nearby furniture/appliance store and see if they still sold televisions, and damn if the didn't. The old guy who runs the store told her they have been a RCA dealer since 1969, and that they had what was probably the last 27" tube type tv that they would ever get. He offered it at cost, and was willing to keep the store open until we could get there. So off we went.

What he had waiting was an RCA 27" TruFlat model 27F524 that was a display model. It dated to Nov 2007 so it was "nearly" new. The price he offered would actually beat any of the big box marts, if one could still find a 27" set, so I snagged it. They offered to deliver it the next day, free of charge, but i said no thanks, so they carried it out for me and stuffed it in the back of the Caddy.

The picture quality??? AMAZING!!! No Contest, as good as any CRT television I have seen. As good or better than my old Chromacolor II, and it has stunning color saturation.
Haven't got around to sticking a set of rabbit ears on it yet to check out the digital tuner, but I expect it to be very good.

It sure was nice to purchase a new tv and not have to deal with some minimum wage working teenager trying to blow smoke up my ass and sell me a $1500 lcd or plasma set.

It sure was nice not to have to push a shopping cart through a store, find and load the tv, and fight a crowded checkout lane.

It sure was nice to write a check for the purchase, not have to dig through the wallet for the driving license and ID cards, and then to watch the old guy take my check and place it on the desk, under a paper weight, no need to run it through a check reader.