LOL, pretty sure there was one in our grocery store. And yes, trip out with dad to fix the TV! Better than paying a guy fat 1970’s money to do a service call.
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LillyPip@lemmy.ca 6 months agoThe furniture-style console TVs still had tubes as late as the 1970s.
We had one very similar to this until about 1980..
It was easy to pop the back off (it had little hinges like the back of a picture frame) and the tubes were right there. Very simple fix. You’d miss your show, but it meant a fun trip to the electronics store with dad.
shalafi@lemmy.world 6 months ago
HeapOfDogs@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I remember laying on the floor in front of the TV and changing the channel with my foot. I was the remote control.