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11-02-2008, 01:48 PM
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I've seen several videos on youtube by these young morons who get off on smashing vintage electronics. As a teenager, I had better things to do than smash a vintage TV or stereo. In fact, I was doing everything I could to give this old equipment new life.
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11-02-2008, 05:06 PM
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I will be soon uploading a video that is the complete opposite, I will be smashing a 2008 LG 42" flat screen!
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11-02-2008, 07:00 PM
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11-02-2008, 07:36 PM
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haha. Good idea! What I would do is set up the video like you found the TV at the curb sight on seen. Have both the new LCD set and then some old zenith TV next to it. Act like you're excited to find the TV. here's the kicker, pick up the old Zenith TV and put it in your truck carefully like you're saving it, then take a baseball bat and beat the crap out of the new TV! The "normal" view audiance will be like WTF, why did he save the useless old TV? It would be even better if you had a generator in your truck and you could power up the LCD TV to test it, yet it works. Still destroy it though! It would be great
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11-02-2008, 08:09 PM
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11-05-2008, 12:47 AM
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Though my local thrift store still has tvs, I haven't seen a pre-'84 one in months; a manually-tuned one hasn't shown up in probably close to two years. I have a feeling that they throw out any "knob" tvs that might show up, as almost all of the stuff there is black/silver plastic (and overpriced). I've also worried about those electronics recycling events as a few of you have mentioned. I can't bring myself to even go to one to try to save an old tv (or receiver, reel-to-reel, console, etc.) for fear of what I might see already crushed in the pile, not to mention the fact that they probably wouldn't let me "recover" any of it anyway. Well guess what? I was about to give a small '70s B&W portable to the thrift due to lack of space and wanting to make room for other tvs; now that I know what's going on, this will NOT happen. I'll make room for it!
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11-05-2008, 01:00 AM
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Yeah, I just came into one of those little 12" RCA B&W portables that they made a zillion of during the late '70's through the mid '80's (KCS204 chassis, IIRC). It works fine except for the power switch being stuck in the "on" position. Any thrift store I gave it to would either throw it out or overprice it and most people that are "down and out" would even turn their nose up at a small B&W portable (don't ask how I know). So, I guess I'll just stash it away someplace. Should make a nice novelty item in 20 years.
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11-30-2008, 01:52 AM
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11-30-2008, 05:20 AM
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I am hoping this is done on a store by store basis rather than a across the board policy. I have been watching the panic grow as perfectly good TV's only 2-3 years old are getting donated because of the switch. We a looking for another TV for a bedroom and I have been seeing some nice 32-36 inch TV's being donated but the stores still want too much $ IMO. I am hoping as February comes closer they will get more TV's and drop their prices....
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11-30-2008, 05:21 AM
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Interesting thing is that sprWalmart is selling DTV converter boxes in areas that are served exclusively by low power television translators. I wonder how many returns they get.
Since these are not required to be turned digital in February, and since the economy is in the dump, these won't be going anywhere soon. Where my parents live, their area network affiliates run the DTV infomercials, but show for about 1/30 of a second a disclaimer that low power stations and translators will not be affected. Its a real hoot seeing high end 1080p POS flat panels running 640i off air (rural Az, little or no cable) and the people there fruitlessly setting these things to look for digital channels and finding the tvs only find analog. (ch 39-0...). At least I got my hands on some really cool early 80's trinitrons "cos them things won't work next year".
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11-30-2008, 11:29 AM
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11-30-2008, 09:24 PM
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Both Goodwill stores around here had quite a few CRT sets, perhaps they are just trying to clear out their inventory before the cutoff and then no more?
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12-02-2008, 03:04 PM
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i saw something in the newspaper here that eventually people will have to pay to dispose of a crt tv . I been seeing a lot of 90s crt tvs in the trash recently too .
A lot of people are ignorant to just how this transition works . I talked to a kid the other day who thought it meant that if you didnt have a flat screen then your tv would not work . Not the case i explaned . If you have cable already then your crt set is fine . As for the older vintage stuff then a cable box is needed i explained .
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12-08-2008, 09:53 PM
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I'm keeping my eye out for roadside TV's from silly people who think their TV is useless after Feb '09.
I just went to 2 goodwills today and only saw an early 80's B&W RCA "13 and a couple 20-25" TV's from the late 80's early 90's.
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