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They were behemoths. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon to c/[email protected]

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[–] Ghostalmedia 28 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That shit is from the 70’s.

[–] Anticorp 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

These things were still in people's houses into the 90's

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Probably because there was no practical way of getting rid of them.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That, plus TVs used to be expensive, and a working TV wasn't something most people would just get rid of.

[–] bruhduh 3 points 7 months ago

More than that, working electronics, they all were EXPENSIVE just until 2005-2010 when cheap Chinese tech flooded market and prices of domestic daily usage tech plummeted

[–] Acters 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes but I imagine this mammoth of a TV survived to the 80s for this specific person to make the generalized statement of it being a developed fear in the 80s.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My friend has probably this exact TV in their family home until probably the early 2000s. I bet it was because no one wanted to move it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

My grandparents had a similar model. It works to this day, I'm sure. Before they passed away (~5 years ago) , I would still occasionally use the TV to play my NES games when I would visit.