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Is it possible that for many of us, we currently own the last television we will ever buy?


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2021 Jul 10, 4:14pm   921 views  29 comments

by Tenpoundbass   ➕follow (9)   💰tip   ignore  

I can see when the one I currently have gives up the ghost, I wont bother buying another one.
In the last 2 years we bought several Samsung 4K televisions. Especially last year they were around $300 to $350 for a nice 42 inch.
We have an older 60 inch Samsung in the living room. The streaming app is limited. They updated it, but it was mostly just a skin, and added new apps. Still limited and is slow to load, but it works. It's still a 1080p not Hi-def by today's standard. Though 7 or 8 years ago, it was top of the line.
We did not feel the need to update that television with nicer newer and thinner television, and that says a lot about how unimportant the Television is coming in our house. Perhaps many other's as well. The televisions we did buy, were just 42 inch, that's all we wanted. Having the latest model didn't even matter. We bought the previous years, with the crappier refresh rate, and the thing with the thing... It just doesn't matter anymore. I always had one motto when it came to consumer electronic, or any consumer hard goods for that matter. "Buy Good and Buy Once, By God!"
I always bought the newest best bang for the buck, where it made most sense to do so. If I was buying a new TV I always wanted the latest, so I didn't feel the need to upgrade when it became obsolete. That's why the 6 year old Sammy in the living room still suits our needs. Though if TV was still important to us, I would probably have an 80 inch 8K, with the thing that has that stuff.

This crap doesn't help either.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/07/06/report-shows-how-queer-creators-spent-years-pushing-the-lgbtq-agenda-in-childrens-tv-programs/

Report Shows How ‘Queer Creators’ Spent Years Pushing the LGBTQ Agenda in Children’s TV Programs

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2   FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut   2021 Jul 10, 4:21pm  

our last one is from 10 years ago, maybe older. only kids watch some dvd's and tapes on it through vcr (yeah still got those things). not sure if we'd buy another one. news are fake, movies these days are degenerate, sports are woke.... fuck man nothing to watch there really. besides fuck it, real life is better, fuck television.
3   Patrick   2021 Jul 10, 4:29pm  

Our last one was about 24 years old. Can't remember when we got rid of it.

Our life is definitely better without commercials.
4   seesaw   2021 Jul 10, 4:51pm  

I bought an AKAI monitor... and used the shit out of it... audio went thru the stereo, and I had a Charlie box.. that AKAI lasted for a long fricking time... shame it was almost 70Lbs. I would still just get a nice monitor or use only the HDMI port... disable the rest of the SMartTV shit....put an intel nuc pc on the back with a vpn and control what I want to watch... torrent the rest... take no spying from LG, or samsung, or any other ChinaTV.
5   clambo   2021 Jul 10, 5:13pm  

I have a 42” TV and I’ll probably get a bigger one in a while.

I think 55”-60” is my limit.

I never watch broadcast or cable TV, except maybe stuff like MeTV or movies.

I might watch ion Law and Order reruns. I mute all commercials always.
6   richwicks   2021 Jul 10, 5:16pm  

Who has seen The Prisoner? 1960's spy stuff. I really liked the first half of that series.

Since we are talking about teeeeveeee.
7   clambo   2021 Jul 10, 5:32pm  

I watched in the 60’s on a tiny black and white TV:
1. Secret Agent
2. The Prisoner
Both had Patrick McGoohan
I also watched
3. The Avengers (Diana Rigg, Patrick Macnee)
4. The Saint (Roger Moore)
England was trendy back then.
Today it’s British soccer,the Premier League, that’s on TV here and there.
Trivia: Britain comes from the Romans “Britania”
The Celt natives had a queen Pretani whom the Romans fought.
Somehow it became “Britania”, not “Pretania”.
I think it’s fun to know trivia about our Founders’ ancestors.
8   Shaman   2021 Jul 10, 8:33pm  

I have a TV from like 10 years ago. It’s a non-smart LG LCD at 42”. I was going to get rid of it when I got the new 65” LG OLED TV with all kinds of fancy stuff but I mounted it in the bedroom instead and equipped it with an Amazon fire stick. Turns out that made it into a smart TV and I don’t need a new one at all.

I really can’t see what would make me upgrade either TV.
9   AmericanKulak   2021 Jul 10, 8:47pm  

richwicks says
The last television I owned was 1992.


The first and only TV I ever brought was a 19" Philco combo VCR in 1993. I had it until 2005 when I was tired of lugging it around and realized I never used it, except maybe a movie every so often. Realized I could also dump the box of tapes I lugged from place to place, too. Haven't owned a TV since then.
11   komputodo   2024 May 27, 1:35pm  

not for me.. i get my hands on dead tvs and bring them back to life...its a hobby
12   komputodo   2024 May 27, 1:39pm  

Patrick says


Our last one was about 24 years old. Can't remember when we got rid of it.

Our life is definitely better without commercials.

I watch all my shows commercial free...TORRENTS...and only non woke old stuff...the other day I watched BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S for the first time. In my opinion, only morons watch regular tv...but I guess you get to see all the new meds for your ailments advertised.
13   komputodo   2024 May 27, 1:42pm  

Tenpoundbass says

We have an older 60 inch Samsung in the living room. The streaming app is limited. They updated it, but it was mostly just a skin, and added new apps. Still limited and is slow to load, but it works.

I told you before...Spend the $20 for an ONN TV box at walmart...its now running android 13 with Play store
14   WookieMan   2024 May 27, 5:25pm  

AmericanKulak says

Realized I could also dump the box of tapes I lugged from place to place, too. Haven't owned a TV since then.

I'm indifferent on TV's. We have a lot. I won't give up the movie screen. 110". New house will probably be 200-300" depending on the ceiling height.

I want to drink my own beer, eat my own food and not drive. Built my current theater myself. It's not hard. Cabinets were a bitch. It's a good set up. I'll have roughly 1k sq. ft. to build it out. I really don't give a shit at this point. At some point movies are going straight to streaming. They generally all suck, but I like watching it at home.
15   PeopleUnited   2024 May 27, 7:49pm  

WookieMan says

At some point movies are going straight to streaming.

In the BladeRunner dystopian future only approved films will be shown on your controlled connected media box and only then if you have a high enough social credit score to afford such “entertainment.”

After all you will own nothing and be happy.
17   komputodo   2024 May 28, 9:42pm  

WookieMan says

I want to drink my own beer, eat my own food and not drive.

I agree,agree, and agree
23   63323r6u3r111a   2024 Dec 30, 3:15pm  

I kinda like these new updated versions of the alphabet media.
24   Al_Sharpton_for_President   2024 Dec 30, 3:28pm  

I think you mean broadcast television. It’s all shit these days. No credibility and content is dwarfed by streaming companies. At one pont in US history, folks like Huntley and Brinkley and Walter Cronkite appealed to the masses. They appeared to be trustworthy. Now the major networks which had been a COVID19 scamdemic and Joe Biden enabler have no credibility. The final nail in coffin of the declining health of the majors. Alert people have known their content was bullshit for quite a while. See They Live which utilized the vehicle of science fiction to demonstrate what we all know is happening in the real world and has been for a long time. Now it is undeniable. Game over. Your computer or iPhone is today’s television.
25   AmericanKulak   2024 Dec 30, 3:55pm  

Even local news is bullshit. No more "5 shot at Marcus Garvey and MLK" but instead "Tamala Jackson got an award for not missing over 20 school days last year at Tubman Elementary. She was the first student in decades not to miss at least 20 schooldays"
26   Maga_Chaos_Monkey   2024 Dec 31, 8:40am  

I still use a TV. You can get awesome TVs these days for cheap. I just don't use it for cable or local (unless internet is down) and instead mainly use a roku for internet stuffs. Also movies from time to time.

Who the fuck wants to watch everything on a computer monitor?

Not only that you can't really hook a computer up to a nice sound system. Well, you can but you'd never be sitting in the proper place.
27   Peter P   2024 Dec 31, 8:49am  

Because WW3 is coming and new TVs will not be made?
28   Maga_Chaos_Monkey   2024 Dec 31, 8:54am  

I won't stop buying TVs until I can no longer see the wall it is mounted on!
29   WookieMan   2024 Dec 31, 9:39am  

Maga_Chaos_Monkey says

Who the fuck wants to watch everything on a computer monitor?

27" is just fine at a desk with legit studio monitors. I have a bunch of options in the the 42"-57"ish ranges. About 7 and two unopened TVs. Then a 110" movie screen.

I'm totally fine with the computer. Given my snoring, if not wanting to have fun ;) I'm usually in the basement for sleep. I have a nice chair and like sleeping vertically anyway. Completely knocked out my acid reflux. Used to have ridiculous heart burn. It's gone. Wife gets a better sleep and so do I. She also wakes up a 4:15am and you guys see when I post. Not a solid sleeping pattern if you're up at 2am. Still get 6-8/day but I have to nap.

Had some melatonin last night. That shit destroys my head. I don't get headaches, but damn it wasn't pleasant this morning. Figured I'd be up late tonight.

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