OT: Televisions

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote: That's about right. It didn't have a tuner or turntable. It was a nice piece of furniture. It had two knobs, one for VHF and one for UHF, a power switch. and it also had a volume wheel, up for quieter, down for louder. I know this because I went downstairs at 6am when I was about 6 years old to watch saturday morning cartoons. I turned the volume all the way "down" before switching on the power to keep from waking them up. When we moved in 1980, they replaced it with a crappier veneered model that looked more modern and came with a remote. It was a big rounded wood box on a low stand so you could turn the TV to face you. That was the feature my mother was most excited about. Of course, she was also excited when telephones switched to RJ-11 connectors instead of the old screw-terminals so it didn't take much. :-) It would certainly be an interesting thing to showcase retro games on, We have a lot of space, so that isn't the main concern at the moment. My kids destroying things and having the time to play with this stuff is a bigger problem. I'd like to get a hold of a few game consoles. I had a colecovision, but only I think 5 cartridges. My parents got tired of spending money on them in a hurry. That's all I had between 1982 when the colecovision arrived, and 1987 when i bought my amiga. I kinda wish I'd picked up a 19" B&W when those were $10 at the Thrift My mother had a 12" black and white tv. I used to be fascinated by the amber glow of the tubes visible through the vents in the back. She still has a polaroid picture of the first moon landing on that tv. How's that for retro? lol brian