Antique TV?!

[Arkay]

Originally Posted by Trance88

Dang man! 50's and 60's?? Did you find those in a mummy tomb??? That stuff is ancient history!

I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who would call any CRT TV antique.

It is sobering to think that any young kid today will probably have never seen a CRT in a store, and if his parents have already switched to flat screen (not unusual these days), he/she may never see one at home, either. The television, as we grew up thinking of it (boxy, etc...) will not be a part of his experience of the world, except as a kind of curiosity he'll run into from time to time, like the old dial telephones. I've met a number of young people, right up into their teens, who (until recently) had never heard of or seen vinyl records or cassettes, either. Once technology passes the "tipping point" and is no longer sold and bought, it tends to disappear pretty quickly from the average person's experience and memory. Now that the U.S. doesn't broadcast in analog (and as over time, the rest of the world follows), that disappearing process will be faster than ever. CRT televisions are in the process of becoming "antiques", all right, even if technically that isn't the appropriate word!

All the more reason why it is good that some people around here are saving some of the old sets!