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    You know you love old TVs when.,..

    You hate the flat panels

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    when they have dials and metal cabinets ; )

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    When they have knobs and wood cabinets and the tubes

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    When you don't have to keep tracking down the remote.

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    When every show you watch is black and white.

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    when you miss the old cable cheater boxes that worked with them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SoOrScrpr View Post
    when you miss the old cable cheater boxes that worked with them.
    I've got a satellite cheater box from the 80s that from what I've read is still among the usable variety

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    Sweet!!! Stuff that lasts!

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    When you encourage people to send them to you from America to Australia...

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    When it uses 1/6th of the power of a flatscreen...

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    Quote Originally Posted by eesakiwi View Post
    When it uses 1/6th of the power of a flatscreen...
    those old TVs used less power than the flat ones?


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