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Posted: 6/18/2019 7:13:55 PM EDT
Getting the signal by cable or antenna, watching TV programs.  Not to include special case/oddball uses.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 7:17:57 PM EDT
[#1]
Do those old Sony watchmen have inputs?
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 7:22:58 PM EDT
[#2]
32" Vizio flat screen I bought at WalMart for $349 in the summer of 2007.  It replaced a 1999 Toshiba 27" tube TV that I swear weighed 100 pounds.  Only bought the Vizio because I got tired of moving thay damn Toshiba.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 7:28:38 PM EDT
[#3]
Do want to pick up a 1" CRT from an old camcorder viewfinder to make a clock, could technically watch TV on that.  Does give me another idea though, to make a dual CRT goggles set.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 7:31:03 PM EDT
[#4]
I was using a 42 inch 10 year old flat screen Dynex in my den. I got an amazon promo pop up ad one day for a Toshiba 55 inch 4K for $299.....I’m glad I bought the Toshiba
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:00:36 PM EDT
[#5]
32" Philips LCD bought in 2007 in my bedroom...
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:02:47 PM EDT
[#6]
Got a 40 inch bravia I bought back in 07 in my living room still going strong.

Thinking what I paid for it then vs much bigger higher resolution tv prices today makes me sad.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:05:38 PM EDT
[#7]
We have an old 32 inch Sony CRT TV in our guest bedroom.  I think we bought it in the late 1990s.  Still works fine.

I have promised my wife several times that I will get rid of it but never have got around to it.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:07:49 PM EDT
[#8]
Nut coal guy watches on a 9" B&W that's tuned using crystal oscillators.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:08:37 PM EDT
[#9]
I have an old black and white around here someplace.

Don't watch it though. Kinda wonder if it would even switch on.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:12:40 PM EDT
[#10]
My main set is a 40" Panasonic CRT that my uncle paid about $1600 for back in the 1990s and didn't want to throw in the trash when he moved in with his wife.
Kinda small by today's standards, and older than anything any of my friends still use.

ETA: Over the air, have never paid for TV programming. Channel Master CM-7000 tuner feeds the CRT via S-video cable.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:13:12 PM EDT
[#11]
When I last had a TV, it was a 1996 Sony.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:16:08 PM EDT
[#12]
I have a Panasonic 1" screen w/magnifier. I found it in my closet as I was moving. Have the power supply, plugged it in, it works fine!

ETA: The date on the tv is 1984.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:17:14 PM EDT
[#13]
Up until last year, I was using my Samsung 19" CRT TV that I bought when I was 23 and had it here in my bedroom by the computer.  Had it for 30 years before finally replacing it with a 32" Samsung flat screen.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:19:10 PM EDT
[#14]
2007 Sony Bravia 48" flat screen

Want a 4K 65-75" but waiting for this one to die

Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:22:10 PM EDT
[#15]
Have a pocket size flast screen Sinclair TV somewhere - also one of the pocket Casio TV sets

no analogue signal here anymore so neither are able to receive live broadcast - they'd need routing through a digi box first
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:23:02 PM EDT
[#16]
I always buy used, and run them till they die... Buying new TVs is for suckers, you don't create wealth by being strapped down and hobbled by a TV payment every month, so OTA signal only for me. Sometimes I will buy a TV and might have to use another TV for sound, but at least I am not a slave to debt.

I am planning to retire at age 75 and should have about $400,000 saved by the time I am ready.

You can keep your 120348932840 P TV....   720 works just fine for me, and look where I am now.

A fool and his money!

Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:29:36 PM EDT
[#17]
2004 51" Hitachi projector still going strong as our main TV in the family room.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:34:26 PM EDT
[#18]
Had a 4" B/W portable TV/Tape/AM/FM boom box that decided to die
when I was moving it to a garage to have someting to entertain me.
Booo.

.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 8:48:45 PM EDT
[#19]
We have one television.  It's 32 inches I believe and we bought it in 2006.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 9:31:53 PM EDT
[#20]
We only have a 26"? tube tv.  We got it free when we helped clean out a house when the owner passed away.  We don't even have a digital converter for it to show free tv.  Only had Netflix on the Wii for 6 years now.  Family moved this spring and we don't have internet good enough to stream.  So the kids play super Nintendo on it because the light guns work with it.
Link Posted: 6/18/2019 10:08:45 PM EDT
[#21]
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https://www.antiqueradio.org/art/PanasonicTR1010P02.jpgI have a Panasonic 1" screen w/magnifier. I found it in my closet as I was moving. Have the power supply, plugged it in, it works fine!
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Input?
Link Posted: 6/19/2019 12:12:49 AM EDT
[#22]
I have a 19” Panasonic CRT in my second BR, that I bought in ‘88, but it hasn’t been on in years. I don’t know if it can pick up OTA signals with an external antenna.

Probably should just junk it, but it’s working.

Chris
Link Posted: 6/19/2019 1:08:44 AM EDT
[#23]
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Input?
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I used a digital box.
I have received ham ATV ( amateur television) with it just using the antenna on it.
Link Posted: 6/19/2019 5:43:41 PM EDT
[#24]
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I always buy used, and run them till they die... Buying new TVs is for suckers, you don't create wealth by being strapped down and hobbled by a TV payment every month, so OTA signal only for me. Sometimes I will buy a TV and might have to use another TV for sound, but at least I am not a slave to debt.

I am planning to retire at age 75 and should have about $400,000 saved by the time I am ready.

You can keep your 120348932840 P TV....   720 works just fine for me, and look where I am now.

A fool and his money!

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LOL.  7/10 for decent satire attempt.
Link Posted: 6/19/2019 5:58:33 PM EDT
[#25]
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Do those old Sony watchmen have inputs?
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No, but this thread made dig this up and put some batteries in it.  Still one religious station on air :)

edit: its does have a 3.5mm video input jack on the side.

Link Posted: 6/19/2019 6:24:35 PM EDT
[#26]
I have a Zenith B&W 12" I bought in 1980.  Still use it in a second house when I am there with a rabbit ears antenna and one of those digital converters they gave out coupons for years ago when they digitized the air signals.

My normal use TV is a 2007 65" DLP rear projection TV.
Link Posted: 6/19/2019 7:48:04 PM EDT
[#27]
Just therew out a sony trinatron 13" TV last year that worked fine. Just not wanted anymore and no one else did either. Was made in 1993
Link Posted: 6/19/2019 8:08:18 PM EDT
[#28]
I'm still using my 60" Pioneer Kuro Elite I bought in 2007. Picture is still perfect. Plasma was the better TV tech. Its a shame LCD won out...
Link Posted: 6/19/2019 9:55:28 PM EDT
[#29]
I have 4 tv’s in the house. 48, ,48, 60 and 60.

Only the 60 in the living room gets used as we use our bedroom for sleep and not tv. Also other two rooms have tv for guests which we rarely have stay over
Link Posted: 6/23/2019 1:42:49 PM EDT
[#30]
Got a 32" Insigna in my garage that I bought in 2008.
It's survived 105 degree heat in the summer and minus 26 in the winter.
Still works great. The only thing that doesn't work is the up channel button on the remote.
Link Posted: 6/23/2019 1:47:41 PM EDT
[#31]
I got a 32" Samsung, from right before they went all AI (smart tv). No cable, no antenna, I just use it to watch old dvds in my bedroom. It doesn't have to be big, it's near the foot of my bed.

A lady I was doing a side job for asked if I knew anybody that wanted it for free. I just told her I'd take it as partial payment, and gave her like $70 bucks off.
Link Posted: 6/23/2019 1:56:26 PM EDT
[#32]
My home theater is like 120"
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