I wasn't even going to bother posting about these; but, I got bored. The one on top is an August, 2005 "Wega Tanns" 5" B&W TV/radio combo w/ AV input jacks. Yes, it's made in China. A friend found it in the dump and brought it to me. I have not even tested it. The last sets I saw like this in a store were $14.99 and I'm sure many will be tossed starting in about one week.
The next one is a 12" made in Taiwan '81 RCA B&W. A lady in her late '80's gave it to me and the only thing wrong with it was that she was unaware of the digital TV transition. About a week ago, she called me, explaining that her B&W TV in the kitchen had stopped working and wanted me to repair it. I asked her was the TV on cable or an antenna. She didn't even know, claiming that all she could get was one or two stations. I then explained the digital TV transition to her, telling her that the only way this set could be used in the near future was to either hook it to cable or to purchase a converter box. She told me that she was not interested in going to the trouble and that I could have the set. So, she comes and drives me to her house where I turn on the set and am greeted with snow. I tuned it to channel 11, the only analog channel left, and the set played fine. I explained to her again that she would lose channel 11 after 6/12 and I asked her if she wanted to hang on to the set until then. She said that I could go ahead and take it with me. The other channels vacated their analog spots shortly after the original 2/17 cutoff date and I guess I just now dawned on her that they were gone.
I had a white TV just like this one that I ended up giving away. Will probably give these away at some point. Like I said, I got bored and decided to post about them.
06-04-2009, 09:35 PM
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