bad news, my 11 yr old TV is dead...

[Mday]

it's a 24" sony trinitron which i use in my bedroom ;_;

=(

 

[ElFenix]

its time was coming... they don't last much longer than 10 years...

 

[Booster]

Your TV was a long living one. I had one die on me after about 4 months!

 

[LostHiWay]

Well the TV you replace it with will only last 5 years. They don't make stuff as well as they used to. My Grandma still as TV's from the 60's that work fine. She also has a VCR from the early 80's that works fine (it may weigh a ton though)

 

[Mday]

i think the tube burned out... =\

 

[psteng19]

I have a Mitsubishi 20" from 1987 that's still running like new, and a Sony 27" Trinitron that's 8 years old also running great.
Hope our 36" WEGA has a long life

 

[eakers]

i think i need to go to bed.

i thought this said "bad news, my 11 yr old son is dead"

my first thought: he has a son?
second thought: bad news? what? its horrible news
third thought: why would he say it like that?
fourth thought: this is horrible, i hope hes okay...
last thought: better reread the title

*kat. <-- worked ot last night and doesnt want to go to bed yet.

 

[RamzaBeoulve]

I read the title wrong, too -_-

sleep is good

 

[Cuda1447]

Yah I read the title and thought it said your "11 yr old son died" I was like... OMG IM SOOOO SORRY!!!!..... need sleep

 

[ToBeMe]

Well........I have a big ole' honkin' 25" color console made in 1978 which still works great down in the basement if you like oldies...........

 

[Amused]

I have a Sony 32" XBR from 1990 (give or take a year) that still runs fine.

Granted, compared to my HDTV sets it looks like ass, but it still works like the day I bought it

 

[hoihtah]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
its time was coming... they don't last much longer than 10 years...

not true!

my very first sony trinitron tv... from 1983 is still running strong.
colors are vivid!

next year, it'll be hitting 2 decade aniversary

 

[ScottyB]

Originally posted by: ToBeMe
Well........I have a big ole' honkin' 25" color console made in 1978 which still works great down in the basement if you like oldies...........

We have the same setup

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

:Q I read the title to be something like "bad news, my 11 yr old is on TV dead"

dude... had me freakin out over here :Q

 

[waggy]

i just had a TV from 1983 die on me about a year ago. i was mad about it.

though TV's are cheap now compared to what i paid for my older one used. now i nice 55inch tv =)
oh and ended up getting a 27inch samsung that is great and a 13 inch rca for next to my computer heh

sad part is i dont watch much tv! maybe 3 hours a week unless the Cubs are on.

 

[Cuda1447]

I got my nice 30' TV above my computer. Had this TV for 3 years, works pefect. Paid 200 bucks for it, not a bad deal eh?


Yah I know 3 years isn't anything, but most of the stuf Ive had has last a long time, I think its just a matter of taking care of what you buy.

 

[apoppin]

My 20 inch Sony Trinitron is still going after 10 HARD years. It has been dropped by movers . . . but the most AMAZING thing is that it has survived being submerged in water during a FLOOD.

It was on Oahu's North Shore that we had severe rains and my lower apartment had 3 feet of water in it - only the top of the tv was not covered. A couple of months later - after the insurance settlement - I was going to throw it out but had the bright idea of plugging it in to see if it would explode. Instead, the volume came on and a few minutes later a PERFECT PICTURE.

Fast forward a few years later to shipping it to the Mainland . . . (I wasn't giving up that TV) . . . UPS dropped it and there was a huge crack in the base through the off/on controls. Nothing worked. After the insurance settlement (again), I discovered the REMOTE still worked!!!!

I am still really happy with it (very happy).

 

[Pliablemoose]

My 36" RCA croaked, talk about a bitch to get to the shop.

 

[tigerbait]

I had an Advent Videobeam front projection TV from 1978 that still works fine. It just takes up too much space.

 

[crystal]

Originally posted by: Mday
it's a 24" sony trinitron which i use in my bedroom ;_;

=(

On the plus side, here is your chance of getting a new bigger one. At least 27"

 

[pac1085]

My 25 yr old sears tv is still chuggin along stong

 

[Mday]

this is my bedroom tv, why the hell would i get a 27inch...

i am stuck with the usb tuner on my laptop...

i dont feel like setting up the aiw radeon on my desktop....

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Mday
this is my bedroom tv, why the hell would i get a 27inch...

No idea . . . why did you want a 24" as a bedroom tv? A 27" isn't really that much bigger.

 

[crystal]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Mday
this is my bedroom tv, why the hell would i get a 27inch...

No idea . . . why did you want a 24" as a bedroom tv? A 27" isn't really that much bigger.

So true. If you read their spec. some 24" are bigger than 27". Most are pretty much the same.

 

[olds]

I have a 19" Zenith that has been going strong for 15 years.