I'm still using my 4:3 CRT from 1998 (and it's silver!). I'm more of a fan of old television and watch at least as much, if not more, 4:3 programming than 16:9, so no reason to change it!
We use a 2007 Sony Bravia that my gran originally bought as her bedroom telly. The only annoying thing about it is that it's only got one HDMI socket and won't default to that input when you turn it on, but otherwise haven't seen any need to replace it yet.
We use a 2007 Sony Bravia that my gran originally bought as her bedroom telly. The only annoying thing about it is that it's only got one HDMI socket and won't default to that input when you turn it on, but otherwise haven't seen any need to replace it yet.
We have a 20 inch 2007 Sony Bravia in our bedroom, still going strong, it’s far enough from the bed not to notice all the SD artefacts!
Happily had an early 00s CRT in my living room until about 2012 when I upgraded to a cheap and cheerful Bush LCD, which I kept as a TV for about 3 years before it became my PC monitor when I ditched Sky and used the money saved to get a 65in smart TV. Best decision I've ever made, by the way.
My grandparents still use their old 40” Grundig TV which they got in 93. Although the picture isn’t great these days my Nan refuses to upgrade to a smart TV. The rgb lines are visible across the top of the screen.
My grandparents still use their old 40” Grundig TV which they got in 93. Although the picture isn’t great these days my Nan refuses to upgrade to a smart TV. The rgb lines are visible across the top of the screen.
40" sounds very large for a consumer 4:3 CRT. Are you sure it's that big?
Remember when all noughties electronics came in silver? I thought it made the old grey plastic of the '90s look so old fashioned. But now it seems so tacky!
Not quite a TV but I have a Pacific (Asda) VCR from 2003 boxed up somewhere. Last I checked it a couple of months ago the silver was starting to look a bit off, more so on the remote control.
When Telewest introduced the TVDrive in 2006 I remember people praising the fact it was in silver as it would now match all their modern TV equipment… then when the Virgin Media rebrand took place they rebadged it as V+ and turned it black.
My friend still has an old, small, black and white portable set with a rotary tuning dial in her kitchen which must date from the 70s.
She’s very fond of ‘vintage’ stuff (old tat mostly), and was upset thinking that DSO would mean it wouldn’t work anymore. Her husband got her a Freeview box with an RF out so she could continue using it which made her very happy.
I have a Hitachi CPT 1444 table top CRT TV from the 1980s connected to a game console. It's quite an elegant design internally and very reliable. It has RGB input via a DIN socket.
I used to have until recently a Philips stereo TV from the 1980s that was originally fitted with a pseudo stereo circuit and later upgraded to NICAM. It was used to watch older 4:3 programmes.
The oldest TV I have is a 1950s Dynatron TV46 although I have never powered it up.
