Any one here will still use the C.R.T tv's for every day wathcing tv?

[rose14]

Beautiful house.Carmine

[Josef]

Originally Posted by rose14

Beautiful house.Carmine

Definitely!
Your taste is great and everything looks neat and tidy

Back on topic:
Surprising how many of you guys still use CRT TVs
I planned replacing my almost 30 years old but fully functional B&O MX7000 with the new Sony 48 inch OLED.
So far so good.
On the other hand: The business I'm working in is quite going down thanks to Covid19 and the terror attack here in Vienna also was not an improvemet for the difficult situation we are in

[Airedale]

My living room consists of 3 TV's, a 2011 Samsung LCD that is left on almost 24/7 (so I don't ruin my CRT sets with 24/7 use).

When I'm ACTUALLY in there and watching TV I turn it off and either watch on my lil 1982 b&w 5" TMK or my 1964 Zenith b&w 19" portable.

In my garage/shop I use a 1992 Magnavox 25", great tv for gaming

[Marco-nix]

Love the B&W one .

[Charlie]

I have not, as of yet, purchased a modern TV. My current main TV to watch is the Zenith in the top right of this photo. I occasionally watch the RCA roundie. And yes, i use that nearly 20 yr old Panasonic VCR on a daily basis since I do not have the hopper!

The LG VCR/DVD on top is a piece of junk.

[Electronic M]

I've got the same Zenith porthole. Mine worked as found with only 4 of the paper caps replaced with orange drops some time in the 60s (based on replacement tubes in it).

Those CTC9s are nice sets...I wish I had enough floor space to turn my wide console upright and use it regularly.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Charlie

I have not, as of yet, purchased a modern TV. My current main TV to watch is the Zenith in the top right of this photo. I occasionally watch the RCA roundie. And yes, i use that nearly 20 yr old Panasonic VCR on a daily basis since I do not have the hopper!

The LG VCR/DVD on top is a piece of junk.

Most of the VCR/DVD combinations are trouble prone!
I have several I picked up at the thrift stores and most of them are junk.

[Charlie]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

I've got the same Zenith porthole. Mine worked as found with only 4 of the paper caps replaced with orange drops some time in the 60s (based on replacement tubes in it).

That was the same exact situation with this porthole... damn near all the original caps in there and made a pretty decent picture as it was. Just got better as I replaced the rest. I don't turn it on very often.

My Panasonic combo has been a really good performer thru the years. Seems I found the Panasonic brand to be the most reliable for VCRs. That LG has some neat features... it's a VCR/DVD recorder... but wasn't really that reliable even when it was new.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Charlie

That was the same exact situation with this porthole... damn near all the original caps in there and made a pretty decent picture as it was. Just got better as I replaced the rest. I don't turn it on very often.

My Panasonic combo has been a really good performer thru the years. Seems I found the Panasonic brand to be the most reliable for VCRs. That LG has some neat features... it's a VCR/DVD recorder... but wasn't really that reliable even when it was new.

I've got an older Panasonic DVR/DVD recorder unit that has been through ~8 years of 10 hours recording/playback a week and the only maintenance it needed was a new PATA hard drive (that dates it) after the old one completely died. Panasonic has my respect for making the unit capable of formating a new drive to work in it.
It's more of an emergency back up now than a watching unit since I have to use an HDMI capture device to timeshift cable in HD.

If you are at sea for long stretches I'd imagine you'd want more recording time to keep up with shows.

[Charlie]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

If you are at sea for long stretches I'd imagine you'd want more recording time to keep up with shows.

Are you kidding? We have 43" HD sets in each room with Direct TV. I don't miss a lot! Actually, I only watch a limited amount of TV at sea. I do, however, have a couple of shows I keep up with while i am out there.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Charlie

Are you kidding? We have 43" HD sets in each room with Direct TV. I don't miss a lot! Actually, I only watch a limited amount of TV at sea. I do, however, have a couple of shows I keep up with while i am out there.

As someone who has always had OTA or cable I forget satalite exists sometimes...

[Marco-nix]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Most of the VCR/DVD combinations are trouble prone!
I have several I picked up at the thrift stores and most of them are junk.

I have had two Toshiba VCRs / DVDs for almost 15 years and have never had a problem with this kind of device and my two devices work almost every day since I have a good collection of VHS and DVDs that I guard for a very long time. To say it would be bullshit or 'junk' is a bit of an exaggeration on your part. Even with minimal maintenance (lens cleaning for my DVD players) and cleaning and lubrication (cart grease and other trinkets from VHS players) it drives great. I also have a very cheap DVD player whose name has been deleted for a long time due to overuse and which I use less now, still well maintained anyway (I still maintain my devices), will last a good longer a long time .

And all my old TVs are Toshiba excepted a RCA that i have since yesterday . they run great . Every 6 months , i open them and use a can of compressed air everywhere, being careful. So these are simple maintenance, but my devices are going to last quite a bit longer than average.

[ARC Tech-109]

Still running a Panasonic CT-34WX54 TAU series widescreen CRT for my daily watching and as my computer monitor using the HDMI input, far better than an LCD big screen

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Most of the VCR/DVD combinations are trouble prone!
I have several I picked up at the thrift stores and most of them are junk.

I picked them at the thrift stores for less than $5.00 US dollars. For that money, you can't expect much! I know nothing about how they were taken care of. Maybe the former owner had problems with it and got rid of it. I just buy the ones that are clean and looked like they were cared for.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

As someone who has always had OTA or cable I forget satalite exists sometimes...

I was suckered in the late 90's, Direct TV.
Lesson learned!