CRT sets on clearance at Wal*Mart

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Originally Posted by AUdubon5425

I was talking with my wife today about the 19" Symphonic or Durabrand (or whatever) set she had when I met her, asking if she wanted to put it in her daughter's bedroom and get it out of my shed. She said that she bought it on sale for $70 new in 2004 at Wal Mart - I still find it incredible, a new TV for $70. Incidentally, I never have bought a new TV; never paid more than $25 for a used one.

I have bought one new TV set...a 12" bw Midland from Western Auto back around '85. With tax I paid over $70. Not a bad deal at the time.

Color TV selling for under $100 was a major milestone, though few thought much about it, I guess. It was a nail in the coffin of every independent TV shop in the country.

I have nothing against someone buying a flatscreen; I just have no interest in owning one myself. Luckily my wife doesn't either. A couple times I have offered to replace our living room set (an inherited 19" Sylvania that is close to 20 years old) with a 27". She says that would be too big! Fine with me. I'll keep that old NAP set as long as she'll let me.