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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Vts1134, sandy's story seemed to be set in the late 40's (I may have mis-read it) when owning a TV was not exactly cheap.
Now a days TV's are so common and cheap I can see someone doing that for the heck of it.
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When some one walks into my apartment and sees my TVs it immediately becomes the topic of conversation.
When some one walked into a home in the 40s and they see a TV I imagine it was WAY more of a big deal and the topic of conversation, even if it wasn't able to pick anything up. It was a status symbol as much as, or more than, a device for watching programming.