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Maybe this should be a new thread... or maybe not.
Do you think that in 15 years or so, collectors won't be grousing about the wholesale disposal of nearly every TV from the 80's thru the early 2000's? The groundbreaking era of multiple baseband inputs, PIP, the introduction of stereo and (marginally) better sound components, integrated tape decks and DVD players, full-function remotes and deep menu architectures? Or the breakaway from cabinetry to monitor-style design, support for (wacky) cable-channel assignments, XDS display, caption and teletext functions, the migration from spherical to cylindrical to truly flat tube faces?
When XBR series Sony cabinets start turning up as retro frames around Smithsonian-subscription-serviced ultra-res home art display panels, or their empty cabinets (again) serving as aquarium surrounds, will we not grieve and gnash our teeth and wail?
Meh. Probably not. Recycle 'em.
I've already started hoarding early plasma's and LCD's.
Chip
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