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RE: The Modern Miracle of Disposable Technology
I'm surprised how much we want from the technology today. Quite usually we can see people complaining how the new technology is so poor quality as we have to buy new phones, televisions and such ALL the time.
However in most cases, they would work perfectly well unless we just wouldn't drop our phones, wanted faster phones, bigger screens, better image quality..
We have a TV which is almost 8 years old and it isn't showing signs of getting old. I know it's not that old compared how long the "good old" televisions lasted, but most people I know have bought a new TV once or twice during this time.
And our "old" TV is just regular Full HD. Quite small, only 32". Still handling it quite well.
"Regular Full HD" = Old fashioned.
That's too funny!
Our main living room TV is just 720p. My sister and mother still use tube TVs. That's pushing it for me, but I guess it's better than spending $30 to throw them away.
A long time ago (the late 90's😥) our old wood panel TV died and my Dad went out and invested in a top of the line, 50inch flat screen behemoth of a TV. Over the last few years he's been praying it would die to justify the upgrade to an LED or LCD. The old square is no longer standard for broadcasting and it leaves images distorted.
For Boxing Day he finally broke and bought himself a new 58" LED, he has tried to find someone to give the old "2500$ TV" but no one wants the damn thing, too heavy.
Amazing description on the cellphone, your 'tab of LSD' sized sensor😂 The progress of the last 30 years is damn near unfathomable, even a crap phone is leagues above the old bag phones, which were leagues above pigeons.
Oh damn all the technology nowadays which works for far too long ;)
My mother had an "old fashioned" TV which she bought before flat TV's became a thing. She used it for a time and then few years ago she started asking if "someone would like to get the tv for free".
She was really surprised as nobody wanted it, as everybody owns bigger and better flat TV's already.
Try asking at the thrift (charity) shops. Our local St. Vincent de Paul's takes obsolete tech and turns it in to recycle.
I've seen thrift shops turn these behemoth TV's away, they take up too much space and nobody wants them, only good for whatever precious metals may be extracted.
I've seen someplces that don't want them too. I found our place by running past the back door where they take donations and seeing the big pile of electronics. That was a few years ago though. I haven't paid much attention since. There's a lot to love about the newer larger screen TVs that take up less space in the living room. People certainly took to them quickly. I have to admit that they are light years away from the one with tubes that everyone had when I was young.
Especially in weight. I had a freind with a 32" CRT flatscreen, we helped him move once, never again... Too damn heavy.
Yeah, it's not a fancy LED/120Hz/4K/3D or anything like that.
When we bought this, I insisted that we buy a proper one - a full HD tv with proper quality so it will last, instead of saving 100-200€ and buying a cheaper model. I'm really glad it has paid itself back by working perfect for so long.
Glad the investment paid off - and didn't get obsolete too quickly!
The 'good old days' weren't . The cathode ray tube of TV's had a very limited life span...as did all the tubes inside the box. I remember having the TV repairman make house calls (to replace burnt out tubes) several times a year.
When the CRT burnt out..the TV was done. it cost more to replace it than to buy a new TV.
That's the problem. People are seeing the past through rainbow colored goggles, just like everything would have been far better then. They cherry pick the memories to remember the few things which worked for years and assume everything was made of the same quality.
I'm 67 years old this month..
The past was cast iron BITCH.
we live in the best of times
(so far)