Did I just ...... my 1950s Philco TV set?

[Sandy G]

CRTs from this era aren't quite a "Roundie", but they aren't really all THAT rectangular, either. its all a ploy to try to get folks to buy ANOTHER TV, since sales of TVs had kinda leveled off. The "Squared off" sets were more modern looking, they told us. Aside from selling a few tiny CRT sets, the next big thing would be color TV taking off, in the mid-late sixties.

[Marzutra]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

CRTs from this era aren't quite a "Roundie", but they aren't really all THAT rectangular, either. its all a ploy to try to get folks to buy ANOTHER TV, since sales of TVs had kinda leveled off. The "Squared off" sets were more modern looking, they told us. Aside from selling a few tiny CRT sets, the next big thing would be color TV taking off, in the mid-late sixties.

Didn't know that. I still do not own a flat screen.. Perhaps the only person in Canada that doesn't own a cell phone either...lol

I think I'll wait until I find some extra cash and someone to restore/service this thing properly. I'll probably really bugger it - or myself - up...lol

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by Marzutra

Didn't know that. I still do not own a flat screen.. Perhaps the only person in Canada that doesn't own a cell phone either...lol

Wrong, I don't have a cell phone either and that's by choice. I don't want a flat screen TV either. I watch a 1976 Electrohome console almost every day.

[Marzutra]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Wrong, I don't have a cell phone either and that's by choice. I don't want a flat screen TV either. I watch a 1976 Electrohome console almost every day.

Now that's grand! I was going to "like" your post but apparently there's no option for that here...
congrats from the second slowest town in Canada - next to New Glasgow...LOL

[Tubejunke]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Wrong, I don't have a cell phone either and that's by choice. I don't want a flat screen TV either. I watch a 1976 Electrohome console almost every day.

Hey, maybe we could start some sort of a peer group of like minded folks. We could help people understand that our brain isn't a device that we whip out of our pocket when/if we have a though or a question. We could challenge young adults who have NEVER known a world without cell and "smart" phones to go without. Of course this would be similar to drug withdraw, so there would have to be a support structure like a 24hr hotline for those frozen in confusion and withdraw.

It could start a trend of sorts; maybe even a reality TV show like Naked and Afraid! I've been thinking for years that the smarter and safer we get through technology, the dumber many people seem, and the safe world we gained is way more dangerous than what came before everything being safe.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Wrong, I don't have a cell phone either and that's by choice. I don't want a flat screen TV either. I watch a 1976 Electrohome console almost every day.

Count me in too as another member who doesn't have a cellphone. I hate them and am sick of people looking down at or talking into those sheets of plastic anywhere and everywhere you go. "In an emergency it's invaluable" - well, I'm 50 and have never once desperately needed one in an emergency. I'm bilked enough money to have a home phone, TV, and Net service!