On 7/1/2013 8:57 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 01/07/2013 8:44 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 6/30/2013 11:25 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 30/06/2013 10:35 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
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>>>>> Mine is a Toshiba, dimensions approx 20" wide 24" tall and 15" deep.
>>>>> It certainly isn't a huge thing. It sits on a nice coffee table with
>>>>> the cable box sitting underneath. Plenty of space around it for
>>>>> ornaments (if I were ornament minded, which I am not)
>>>>
>>>> I miss my console TV's. The cabinets were really pretty with lots of
>>>> room on top to set things.
>>>
>>>
>>> TVs used to be furniture. They were big wooden cabinets that housed the
>>> TV electronics, and they sometimes had doors over the screens.
>>>
>>>
>> My parents had one (1960-something) that also had a built-in record
>> player on one side. It was a *big* piece of furniture.
>>
>
> The HiFi stereo my parents bought in 1964 as huge. It was a bout 6 feet
> long 2 feet wide and close to 30 inches high. It had the speakers built
> in at the ends with sliding doors to disguise them and a pop up top. It
> was basically a large cabinet, a huge piece of furniture.
>
>
>
Those types of stereo cabinets must have been popular. My parents had
one that was in 4 pieces. One tall speaker on each end, a cabinet for
the turntable, and one for record storage and the top was something I
remember them calling a "dry sink".

Records used to skip if you didn't walk lightly enough by it so my dad
hung it on springs and it floated just above the shelf.

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