I push the power button.<\/p>\n
I hear it go “click” with power. Then, a second later, “click” with unpower.<\/p>\n
And that’s about all the TV will do.<\/p>\n
It’s funny, because I’ve been thinking about our decade-old RCA TV recently. It’s been a bit slow in the start-up, but continued like a trooper. It’s served us well for a number of years, and the TV cabinet was designed around its form factor.<\/p>\n
And therein lies the current crisis, as an entertainment console designed around a 4:3 27″ CRT is not a happy place for a new LCD or Plasma TV set. Because, of course, I’m not getting another CRT.<\/p>\n
The opening in the console 30″ wide. Which would make for an overall smaller picture than what we have now, if we put a widescreen TV in. Which means it has to be outside the console, which implies, short-term, either having it at an odd angle, or cantilevering it out, or something strange. (The cantilever idea is not as odd as it sounds.)<\/p>\n
Long-term solutions await Jim and Ginger returning for a visit. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
And, yes, it’s odd that nobody thinks of repairing a TV. But, as noted, this is an old TV, and, honestly, the likely cost of repairs (where is, I wonder, my nearest RCA repair shop?) is a substantial proportion of the cost of a new TV. Even Consumers Union indicates that past 3-4 years or so, if your TV goes out, replace it. Speaking of which, they just had a big article on their “best of” LCD and Plasma TVs.<\/p>\n
Oh, well. Now I know one thing I’m getting (family-wise) for Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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