On 10/15/2013 9:21 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/15/2013 8:56 AM, True North wrote:
My old Sony Wega Trinitron HD tv finally started acting up. a couple
seconds after I turned it on it would shut off.. I had a couple
seconds of audio but no picture.
After exploring a couple of self help sites, I decided to move on up
to the 21st century and get an LED TV.

Decided on an LG 47" 'Smart TV'
It has multiple USB and HDMI inputs for I can play the series and
movies my son downloads on his computer and brings to me on a thumb
drive... such as Sons of Anarchy.
I now have it hooked up to my wireless computer router so I can load
Netflix, YouTube etc.

It was only $100.00 more than the standard 47" HDTV so I hope it's
worth it.
Anyone have suggestions on uses.. so far I haven't found out if I can
monitor newsgroups while enjoying network viewing.

Oh yeah.. that old tube style TV that served so well for 8 years...
loaded it and the wife's tv on my Mission utility trailer for a last
trip to the electronic recycle depot.
That thing weighed 142 pounds... I could feel it in my back the next day.


BTW, the old Sony Trinitron TVs were actually fairly lightweight
compared to non-Trinitron CRT sets of the same size. Sony's Trinitron
design utilized one electron "gun" instead of three used in
conventional sets. The one gun design eliminated the requirement to
"converge" three independent electron beams, one each for blue, green
and red through the mask resulting in a much clearer and focused
picture. Perfect convergence using three guns was impossible to achieve
on a curved screen and if you looked closely at the edges, you could see
three independent dots of blue, green and red.

Donnie must have been the last luddite to exit the stone age.