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Post by Ginger on Jul 28, 2014 8:10:01 GMT -6
My 22" Sony Trineton no longer has a picture. Sound only. It was purchased in 1989 in Augsberg West Germany. It could switch between the hi def of the European signal and the crappy American signal.
It was our gateway to America while we lived there, watching Armed Forces TV. Hours and hours of cartoons, the Today show, and reruns of syndicated TV shows. Saw the Berlin Wall come down on the news on that TV.
The TV moved with us to four states after we left Germany. Iowa, Kansas, Indiana and Minnesota, it's final home. We only cheated with another TV similar to it ... A Philips, but everyone still preferred the picture on the smaller Sony. We got the ultimate new TV in the family room two years ago...a 65" Panasonic plasma, but still, we kept on using the sony. It had the prime location. Upstairs in the living room and on a table where you could turn it to the dining table to watch modern family or MLB or NCIS. My favorite was watching Charlue Rose on the morning show on CBS.
It hadn't been doing well the last few months. We knew the end was near. You would turn it on and the picture would only be a stripe in the middle of he screen, but as ol' Sony woke up, the picture would expand and fill the screen with glorious color . The audio is still fine so we could turn to a music station and just listen to that. My kids are being disrespectful and are demanding we just go out and buy another TV. After all the Disney videos that have watched on that thing, you'd think they wouldn't treat like a grandparent that can't remember who try are...
Forgive all the spelling errors...I am having trouble seeing clearly...
Edit: corrected the year we got the TV. 1989 not 1998
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Post by Stan's Field on Jul 28, 2014 8:38:56 GMT -6
Throw that fucker in the River, Pappy OK4P style...
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Post by #70 on Jul 28, 2014 8:43:16 GMT -6
Old people are weird.
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Post by NotMyKid on Jul 28, 2014 9:14:06 GMT -6
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Post by Ginger on Jul 28, 2014 9:42:37 GMT -6
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Post by Ginger on Jul 28, 2014 9:42:57 GMT -6
Pls properly recycle the unit, don't just huck it in the trash. Ktks. Also, I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you. |
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Post by twinlaker on Jul 28, 2014 18:06:32 GMT -6
My condolences, Freaky. I remember that tv well...I aspired to owning one back in the day. I was still using this, which was a hand me down from my folks...  |
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Post by Ginger on Jul 28, 2014 19:20:29 GMT -6
My condolences, Freaky. I remember that tv well...I aspired to owning one back in the day. I was still using this, which was a hand me down from my folks... I had a console TV like that when I first moved out, laker. It had been my families and it had broke when I was about 12. My dad figured it would cost a lot to fix so he never got it fixed. When I moved out at 18, they said if I paid to get it fixed I could have it. I paid for a repairman to come to the house and it cost me $50. My older sister and younger sister and brother were soooo pissed that I got to take that TV after it was fixed. |
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Post by Earl Slick on Jul 28, 2014 23:45:07 GMT -6
My condolences, Freaky. I remember that tv well...I aspired to owning one back in the day. I was still using this, which was a hand me down from my folks... Quality goes in before the name goes on. |
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Post by thunderhawk on Jul 28, 2014 23:50:53 GMT -6
I was not aware that you had the good fortune to reside in The Fatherland for a time.
1989? Momentous year in Deutschland.
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Post by Ginger on Jul 29, 2014 6:54:21 GMT -6
Is the betamax unit still going strong, Ginghurrr? I never went the Betamax route, Chuck. My VCR has been broke for two years now. We have a lot of videos. Don't know what to so with them. |
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Post by Ginger on Jul 29, 2014 6:59:54 GMT -6
I was not aware that you had the good fortune to reside in The Fatherland for a time. 1989? Momentous year in Deutschland. Yes. Husband was in the army as a Russian linguist. Couldn't really go anywhere unless he had clearance. We were barely surviving financially, there, so that sucked. My oldest was two and my second daughter was born there. Food was good.for sure. |
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Jul 29, 2014 7:21:48 GMT -6
My condolences, Freaky. I remember that tv well...I aspired to owning one back in the day. I was still using this, which was a hand me down from my folks... Back in the day when you didn't need furniture to hold up the TV. The TV was the fucking furniture. Also, Eazy E much be a fan of that particular unit, since it has sideways handles, and they're very, very low. |
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Post by Ginger on Jul 29, 2014 8:36:01 GMT -6
My condolences, Freaky. I remember that tv well...I aspired to owning one back in the day. I was still using this, which was a hand me down from my folks... Back in the day when you didn't need furniture to hold up the TV. The TV was the fucking furniture. Also, Eazy E much be a fan of that particular unit, since it has sideways handles, and they're very, very low. You're right. It was a piece of furniture. You could put a lot of Home Interior Decor on there. A nice vase. Some framed pics, a runner that matched the drapes. |
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Post by Earl Slick on Jul 29, 2014 8:41:34 GMT -6
Back in the day when you didn't need furniture to hold up the TV. The TV was the fucking furniture. Also, Eazy E much be a fan of that particular unit, since it has sideways handles, and they're very, very low. You're right. It was a piece of furniture. You could put a lot of Home Interior Decor on there. A nice vase. The remote. Some framed pics, a runner that matched the drapes. |
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Post by Presidential Immunity Cock on Jul 29, 2014 8:52:34 GMT -6
I bet Earache has a massive side loading HDTV to go in le casa de derp.
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Jul 29, 2014 9:19:44 GMT -6
I bet Earache has a massive side loading HDTV to go in le casa de derp. A TV so large that it devastates the surrounding forest. |
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Post by Presidential Immunity Cock on Jul 29, 2014 9:26:43 GMT -6
I bet Earache has a massive side loading HDTV to go in le casa de derp. A TV so large that it devastates the surrounding forest. It also has the capability to call all pitbulls to him and make them very loving and carefree killers puppies that would never hurt a buggy or any children... ever. |
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Post by Stan's Field on Jul 29, 2014 10:44:21 GMT -6
LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!!!!
F@GTS!
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Jul 29, 2014 11:32:53 GMT -6
LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!!!! F@GTS!  |
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Post by Stan's Field on Jul 29, 2014 11:57:48 GMT -6
LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!!!! F@GTS!  |
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Jul 29, 2014 12:21:35 GMT -6
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Post by egadsto on Jul 29, 2014 12:24:52 GMT -6
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Post by Stan's Field on Jul 29, 2014 13:36:24 GMT -6
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Jul 29, 2014 14:42:00 GMT -6
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