Proper handling of a 50" plasma TV

[rca2000]

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.

I agree here. I too work on flat--panels for a living, with an occasional mist. DLP thrown for good measure. I do not mind working on them, and I DO like that I can handle a 50" tv on my own most of the time, but they ARE NOT sets I would consider" desirable to "hang on to", unlike that 23" 1959 Zenith I got yesterday from CL. I have 2 "modern" tv sets I use. One is a Panasonic LCD projo, that had a dirty filter and later I replaced the bulb--as it was a bit dim( but still worked). It was free--a "shopping" find. I DID have to "flash the prom" before Christmas last year--to fix the "red spot" problem that came on some time after i got it...--but I borrowed a jig to do that. The other newer set is a 19" flat--panel that is in the kitchen, it was given to me a while back. The other 2 sets are ctc169 sets, a 52" in the family room and a 32" console I my bedroom. BOTH have been nearly trouble--free--MUCH more so than the panasonic.(but I DO like to watch HDTV such as Blue Bloods and the NEW Hawaii five O on it)

Like others--I DO enjoy getting an old tv set(usually pre-1980 and older) and getting it to work--and keeping them from being "lost forever". That Zenith I got yesterday is a console that is ALL THE WAY to the floor, and in good condition(somewhat rare for a 59 or so set, most had some kind of "legs").