Yep, these days all TVs look alike. They’re all just black plastic rectangles. I kind of miss the days when they looked different and some of them were in wooden cabinets and fashioned like pieces of furniture.
My parents’ first TV – circa 1950 – was a Magnavox. Solid mahogany, with doors that hid the screen when the thing was turned off. The doors had red fabric behind a brass screen – very attractive. I still have the matching radio/stereo in our living room. Still works.
My brother has a huge flat screen TV and only gets local on-air digital signals via, you guessed it, a rabbit ears antenna setup inside the house.
…and they even have the same old problems and solutions. He had to stand there holding one antenna end to get a clean signal until I suggested tin foil… it worked.
sueb1863 almost 7 years ago
Yep, these days all TVs look alike. They’re all just black plastic rectangles. I kind of miss the days when they looked different and some of them were in wooden cabinets and fashioned like pieces of furniture.
Dani Rice almost 7 years ago
My parents’ first TV – circa 1950 – was a Magnavox. Solid mahogany, with doors that hid the screen when the thing was turned off. The doors had red fabric behind a brass screen – very attractive. I still have the matching radio/stereo in our living room. Still works.
sml7291 Premium Member almost 7 years ago
My brother has a huge flat screen TV and only gets local on-air digital signals via, you guessed it, a rabbit ears antenna setup inside the house.
…and they even have the same old problems and solutions. He had to stand there holding one antenna end to get a clean signal until I suggested tin foil… it worked.
Pedmar Premium Member almost 7 years ago
I WISH we coulda used rabbit ears. Our small town was far from the TV stations so we had to use a roof antenna with an electric rotor.