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
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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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On 2013-07-01, jmcquown > wrote:

> Oh yes, I remember those days. When I was growing up the "living room"
> was for company. And that didn't include children. Or television.

Yep. And Ida hated to have been "company" and forced to endure that
despised room. Dry old musty smell of non-use depite routine
cleaning. :|

nb

On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 08:42:03 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!! I
> > shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I can get
> > a new one small enough to suit me.
>
> Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It doesn't
> have to be massive.
>
You're right. O can easily replace her CRT with a flat screen that
will fit inside the console. The good thing about a flat screen is
they can be hung on the wall and you can reclaim all the floor space
that was gobbled up by those old fashioned TV cabinets.

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On 7/1/2013 10:03 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2013-07-01, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> Oh yes, I remember those days. When I was growing up the "living room"
>> was for company. And that didn't include children. Or television.
>
> Yep. And Ida hated to have been "company" and forced to endure that
> despised room. Dry old musty smell of non-use depite routine
> cleaning. :|
>
> nb
>
I don't think the "company" minded. There were always cocktails.
The men wore suits (or uniforms), the women wore cocktail dresses,
gloves and hats. That was a long time ago.

Jill

On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:07:05 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 7/1/2013 8:59 AM, notbob wrote:
> > On 2013-06-30, Ophelia > wrote:
> >
> >> We are very lucky then. There is a recycling centre we can just drop stuff
> >> off for free!
> >
> > you also have real health care. Such are the drawbacks with free
> > enterprise capitalism.
>
> My town takes all that stuff for free. They only charge for dropping
> off stuff they can't sell, like tires.
>

Our trash company recycles and we have curbside pickup for the bulkier
items. http://www.sunsetscavenger.com/universalWaste.htm I think
people just take old tires to a tire shop and they take care of it at
no charge. We don't change our own tires, so it hasn't come up.

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On 1 Jul 2013 13:02:31 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> On 2013-06-30, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> > Of course, I have one for the computer too, as well as the modem and
> > even a digital clock that does not have a reliable battery backup. .
>
> Yesterday, I discovered another problem. A gust of wind through an
> open window almost blew my new flat panel TV over (forwards). Gonna
> hafta secure it, somehow.
>
Hang it on the wall.

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"sf" > wrote in message
news
> On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 08:42:03 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> > No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!! I
>> > shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I can
>> > get
>> > a new one small enough to suit me.
>>
>> Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It doesn't
>> have to be massive.
>>
> You're right. O can easily replace her CRT with a flat screen that
> will fit inside the console. The good thing about a flat screen is
> they can be hung on the wall and you can reclaim all the floor space
> that was gobbled up by those old fashioned TV cabinets.

No, no. Mine isn't inside a console. It just sits on top of a 'coffee
table ' type thing with a shelf underneath. Not enclosed at all.
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!! I
>> shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I can get
>> a new one small enough to suit me.
>
> Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It doesn't
> have to be massive.

Thanks I refuse to look because I don't want to tempt providence ...

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On 7/1/2013 9:32 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/1/2013 9:07 AM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2013-06-30, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> I don't have a TV in the living room. That is a room for friends and
>>> conversation, not TV watching.
>>
>> My grandparents house was set up like that, living room and rec room.
>> No one ever spent time in the living room. It was like a deserted
>> museum wing.
>>
> Oh yes, I remember those days. When I was growing up the "living room"
> was for company. And that didn't include children. Or television.
>
> Jill

Same for our family. Everything was pristine. I think I was the first
to mess something up. We had company so we were actually using the
living room and my mom let me burn some incense. I put three little
cone shaped incense things in a glass ashtray and when they all burned
down at the same time, the ashtray shattered and the coffee table was
burned. Oops.

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On 1 Jul 2013 13:07:02 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> On 2013-06-30, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> > I don't have a TV in the living room. That is a room for friends and
> > conversation, not TV watching.
>
> My grandparents house was set up like that, living room and rec room.
> No one ever spent time in the living room. It was like a deserted
> museum wing.

My husband doesn't want a TV in the living room either. No idea why
because there are times when it would be really great to have, like
watching the ball drop on NYE. We're on Comcast, so we don't have the
option of moving a TV around.
>
> > Bedroom went from 13" to 19" to 34" flat to a 40" flat.
>
> That's something I didn't do. My bedroom was for sleeping.
>
I like having a TV in the bedroom. For one thing, it's more
comfortable to sit in bed than it is to sit at the kitchen table (I
have a little one in the kitchen) and I use it the TV as a sleeping
pill when it's in the bedroom. I had one there for years - haven't
had one in the BR for at least 5... but I'm going to put one back
because I like being able to watch something other than what hubby is
watching and his constant channel flipping annoys me. He also listens
to the TV at a louder volume than I can my ears can take and he won't
wear wireless headphones to mitigate the problem.


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On 7/1/2013 9:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> that was gobbled up by those old fashioned TV cabinets.
> No, no. Mine isn't inside a console. It just sits on top of a 'coffee
> table ' type thing with a shelf underneath. Not enclosed at all.
> --


I converted an old armoire into a TV/stereo cabinet. Built shelves in
the bottom for the stereo equipment, then a shelf for a 42" flat screen
then a shelf over that for the Dish equipment.

It looks nice, but if I had to to it over again... I wouldn't. It is a
big, clunky box in the living room and the doors are always open.
Better use of the space would be to wall mount it and put the other
stuff in a separate cabinet.

Don't tell Becca... but we have a fireplace in the living room that will
never again be used for a fire. I'd like to mount the TV over the
mantle and install the electronic stuff inside the firebox.... then make
a nice cover. Maybe some day.

George L

"George Leppla" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/1/2013 9:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> that was gobbled up by those old fashioned TV cabinets.
>> No, no. Mine isn't inside a console. It just sits on top of a 'coffee
>> table ' type thing with a shelf underneath. Not enclosed at all.
>> --
>
>
> I converted an old armoire into a TV/stereo cabinet. Built shelves in the
> bottom for the stereo equipment, then a shelf for a 42" flat screen then a
> shelf over that for the Dish equipment.
>
> It looks nice, but if I had to to it over again... I wouldn't. It is a
> big, clunky box in the living room and the doors are always open. Better
> use of the space would be to wall mount it and put the other stuff in a
> separate cabinet.
>
> Don't tell Becca... but we have a fireplace in the living room that will
> never again be used for a fire. I'd like to mount the TV over the mantle
> and install the electronic stuff inside the firebox.... then make a nice
> cover. Maybe some day.
>

My lips are sealed

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On 7/1/2013 10:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> news
>> On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 08:42:03 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> > No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!! I
>>> > shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I
>>> can > get
>>> > a new one small enough to suit me.
>>>
>>> Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It doesn't
>>> have to be massive.
>>>
>> You're right. O can easily replace her CRT with a flat screen that
>> will fit inside the console. The good thing about a flat screen is
>> they can be hung on the wall and you can reclaim all the floor space
>> that was gobbled up by those old fashioned TV cabinets.
>
> No, no. Mine isn't inside a console. It just sits on top of a 'coffee
> table ' type thing with a shelf underneath. Not enclosed at all.

My flat screen TV isn't enclosed in anything. There is no rule saying
flat screens have to be *big*. I really do like the clarity of the flat
screen HDTV better than the picture I got on the analog. And a 24" flat
screen isn't really *too big*.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/1/2013 10:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 08:42:03 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> > No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!! I
>>>> > shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I
>>>> can > get
>>>> > a new one small enough to suit me.
>>>>
>>>> Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It doesn't
>>>> have to be massive.
>>>>
>>> You're right. O can easily replace her CRT with a flat screen that
>>> will fit inside the console. The good thing about a flat screen is
>>> they can be hung on the wall and you can reclaim all the floor space
>>> that was gobbled up by those old fashioned TV cabinets.
>>
>> No, no. Mine isn't inside a console. It just sits on top of a 'coffee
>> table ' type thing with a shelf underneath. Not enclosed at all.
>
> My flat screen TV isn't enclosed in anything. There is no rule saying
> flat screens have to be *big*. I really do like the clarity of the flat
> screen HDTV better than the picture I got on the analog. And a 24" flat
> screen isn't really *too big*.

Hmmm we will see when the time comes)

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On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 15:53:09 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >> No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!! I
> >> shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I can get
> >> a new one small enough to suit me.
> >
> > Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It doesn't
> > have to be massive.
>
> Thanks I refuse to look because I don't want to tempt providence ...
>
>
Honestly, they are so inexpensive now that you might even be glad you
gave in to temptation if you let yourself.


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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 15:53:09 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> >> No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!! I
>> >> shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I can
>> >> get
>> >> a new one small enough to suit me.
>> >
>> > Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It doesn't
>> > have to be massive.
>>
>> Thanks I refuse to look because I don't want to tempt providence ...
>>
>>
> Honestly, they are so inexpensive now that you might even be glad you
> gave in to temptation if you let yourself.

But, but, but we like the one we have ... Not a matter of cost, we just
don't see the need.

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On 01/07/2013 9:32 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/1/2013 9:07 AM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2013-06-30, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> I don't have a TV in the living room. That is a room for friends and
>>> conversation, not TV watching.
>>
>> My grandparents house was set up like that, living room and rec room.
>> No one ever spent time in the living room. It was like a deserted
>> museum wing.
>>
> Oh yes, I remember those days. When I was growing up the "living room"
> was for company. And that didn't include children. Or television.
>

We used our living room, but the TV was downstairs in the rec room. My
grandparents used their living rooms. Of course you had to be a
careful... no bare skin or dirty clothes on the good furniture, but it
was used all the time.


One aunt and uncle were a little different. They were quite well off and
had no kids. Their living room was exquisite.... and out of bounds most
of the time. The also has a really nice cottage. We had to change in
and out of bathing suits in the boat house so the water would not be
tracked into the cottage.

On 01/07/2013 11:00 AM, sf wrote:

> My husband doesn't want a TV in the living room either. No idea why
> because there are times when it would be really great to have, like
> watching the ball drop on NYE. We're on Comcast, so we don't have the
> option of moving a TV around.
>

We don't have a TV in the living room. It was always in a spare room,
and for the last 20 years or so that has been upstairs. When I got a big
screen TV a couple years ago we moved the older TV down to the family
room, which is next to the living room.

If I am visiting someone and the TV is on in the living room.... it's
time to go home.

On 01/07/2013 11:38 AM, jmcquown wrote:

> My flat screen TV isn't enclosed in anything. There is no rule saying
> flat screens have to be *big*. I really do like the clarity of the flat
> screen HDTV better than the picture I got on the analog. And a 24" flat
> screen isn't really *too big*.
>
You're right. My son's flat screen is about 24" and the one in our
family room now is 27. The larger one upstairs is 44. That is plenty
big enough for that room because it is a small room. It also has a
sloped ceiling and a larger one would have to be out further into the room.

On Monday, July 1, 2013 5:57:34 AM UTC-7, 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
>
> >>> ...
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
>
> >>>> 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.

Zenith Radio used to own a furniture factory in Pennsylvania to build its cabinets. They divested it in the 1970s, around the same time they shut down their audio division (remember Zenith Circle of Sound?).

On Monday, July 1, 2013 6:02:31 AM UTC-7, notbob wrote:
> On 2013-06-30, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>
>
> > Of course, I have one for the computer too, as well as the modem and
>
> > even a digital clock that does not have a reliable battery backup. .
>
>
>
> Yesterday, I discovered another problem. A gust of wind through an
>
> open window almost blew my new flat panel TV over (forwards). Gonna
>
> hafta secure it, somehow.

I have our flat screen sitting on the TV cabinet we have had for years. I just use a tiedown strap (looks a bit like a seatbelt), which I run over the base of the screen, and hook on either side of the cabinet bottom (it's on casters). A ratchet keeps it tight.

> wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:56:57 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"sf" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 15:53:09 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>> > On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> >> No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!!
>>>> >> I
>>>> >> shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I can
>>>> >> get
>>>> >> a new one small enough to suit me.
>>>> >
>>>> > Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It
>>>> > doesn't
>>>> > have to be massive.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks I refuse to look because I don't want to tempt providence ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Honestly, they are so inexpensive now that you might even be glad you
>>> gave in to temptation if you let yourself.
>>
>>But, but, but we like the one we have ... Not a matter of cost, we just
>>don't see the need.
>>
>>--
> I'm with you, it is not a temptation, could have had one (large) when
> I had to replace the old Sony but for the amount I watch, large,
> doesn't make programmes worth watching

Pretty much the same here

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"Ophelia" > wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message ...
>> On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 15:53:09 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!! I
>>>>> shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I can >> >> get
>>>>> a new one small enough to suit me.
>>>>
>>>> Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It doesn't
>>>> have to be massive.
>>>
>>> Thanks I refuse to look because I don't want to tempt providence ...
>>>
>>>
>> Honestly, they are so inexpensive now that you might even be glad you
>> gave in to temptation if you let yourself.
>
> But, but, but we like the one we have ... Not a matter of cost, we just
> don't see the need.

A few years ago, I got a 36 inch CRT tv. It wasn't until I got glasses I
realized how good it was. Still no match for HD. Its about quality, not
size. I can pick up a few dozen free over the air channels with the digital
tuner, but I had to pay $5 extra for cable HD channels.

I got my brother to take the very heavy CRT TV. Taking up too much space.

Greg

jmcquown > wrote:
> On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!! I
>> shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I can get
>> a new one small enough to suit me.
>
> Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It doesn't
> have to be massive.
>
> Jill

I have a nine inch portable tv.

Greg

gregz wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>> I hope I can get one small enough to suit me.
>>
>> Not to worry. It doesn't have to be massive.
>
>I have a nine inch.

In your dreams... hehe

On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:11:43 -0500, George Leppla
> wrote:


>
>Don't tell Becca... but we have a fireplace in the living room that will
>never again be used for a fire. I'd like to mount the TV over the
>mantle and install the electronic stuff inside the firebox.... then make
>a nice cover. Maybe some day.
>
>George L

The ones I've seen over a fireplace were too high for comfortable
viewing though. Maybe in the right recliner it would be OK.

On 1 Jul 2013 13:07:02 GMT, notbob > wrote:



>
>> Bedroom went from 13" to 19" to 34" flat to a 40" flat.
>
>That's something I didn't do. My bedroom was for sleeping.
>
>nb

As was ours, but then along comes a medical procedure that needs a few
days of bed rest. That is why the modest 13" at first.

On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 08:00:06 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On 1 Jul 2013 13:07:02 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>> On 2013-06-30, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>> > I don't have a TV in the living room. That is a room for friends and
>> > conversation, not TV watching.
>>
>> My grandparents house was set up like that, living room and rec room.
>> No one ever spent time in the living room. It was like a deserted
>> museum wing.
>
>My husband doesn't want a TV in the living room either. No idea why
>because there are times when it would be really great to have, like
>watching the ball drop on NYE. We're on Comcast, so we don't have the
>option of moving a TV around.

In out last house, we had no family room so the TV was in the LR. I
don't object to it, but now I have a choice to put it elsewhere. Our
family room as also much larger. We do entertain friends there once
in a while, like "come on over and watch a movie" type evenings with
snacks.

On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:20:41 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:



>
>If I am visiting someone and the TV is on in the living room.... it's
>time to go home.
>

With a few exceptions, I agree. We usually visit to enjoy time with
friends, not to watch a soap opera for sit-com re run.

"gregz" > wrote in message
...
> "Ophelia" > wrote:
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 15:53:09 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 6/30/2013 10:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>> No place for a massive flat screen tv on one of those things!!!!!! I
>>>>>> shall be really sad when my old tv dies. I shall have to hope I can
>>>>>> >> >> get
>>>>>> a new one small enough to suit me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not to worry. Flat screen TVs come in all different sizes. It
>>>>> doesn't
>>>>> have to be massive.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks I refuse to look because I don't want to tempt providence ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Honestly, they are so inexpensive now that you might even be glad you
>>> gave in to temptation if you let yourself.
>>
>> But, but, but we like the one we have ... Not a matter of cost, we just
>> don't see the need.
>
> A few years ago, I got a 36 inch CRT tv. It wasn't until I got glasses I
> realized how good it was. Still no match for HD. Its about quality, not
> size. I can pick up a few dozen free over the air channels with the
> digital
> tuner, but I had to pay $5 extra for cable HD channels.
>
> I got my brother to take the very heavy CRT TV. Taking up too much space.

To each his own You have what you like and I have what I like eh? Ta
daaaaa and the world is right)
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On 7/2/2013 5:07 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:11:43 -0500, George Leppla
> > wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Don't tell Becca... but we have a fireplace in the living room that will
>> never again be used for a fire. I'd like to mount the TV over the
>> mantle and install the electronic stuff inside the firebox.... then make
>> a nice cover. Maybe some day.
>>
>> George L
>
> The ones I've seen over a fireplace were too high for comfortable
> viewing though. Maybe in the right recliner it would be OK.
>


In our case it would be borderline. I do have enough room to lower the
mantle if I had to.

George L

Dave Smith wrote:
>
>If I am visiting someone and the TV is on in the living room.... it's
>time to go home.

Ditto... turning on the TV is the easist way to tell me it's time I
leave. I don't permit guests in my home to watch TV, then they should
have stayed home. I stopped going to theaters some forty years ago, I
tired of having to listen to constant commentary all through a movie
and sitting with the unbathed masses is not at all entertaining, talk
about smell-o-vision, who needs body odor-o-vision?

On 7/2/2013 6:07 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:11:43 -0500, George Leppla
> > wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Don't tell Becca... but we have a fireplace in the living room that will
>> never again be used for a fire. I'd like to mount the TV over the
>> mantle and install the electronic stuff inside the firebox.... then make
>> a nice cover. Maybe some day.
>>
>> George L
>
> The ones I've seen over a fireplace were too high for comfortable
> viewing though. Maybe in the right recliner it would be OK.
>
I could mount a TV over the fireplace mantle. The cable connection is
right there next to it. But it would have to be a very *large* flat
screen. It wouldn't look nice at all. (I currently have a nice
Japanese hand painted screen hanging over the fireplace.) As you said,
Ed, there is the it's too high so not comfortable for viewing issue. I
really don't want to crane my neck to watch television.

Jill

On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 7:26:17 AM UTC-7, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/2/2013 6:07 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:11:43 -0500, George Leppla
>
> > > wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >>
>
> >> Don't tell Becca... but we have a fireplace in the living room that will
>
> >> never again be used for a fire. I'd like to mount the TV over the
>
> >> mantle and install the electronic stuff inside the firebox.... then make
>
> >> a nice cover. Maybe some day.
>
> >>
>
> >> George L
>
> >
>
> > The ones I've seen over a fireplace were too high for comfortable
>
> > viewing though. Maybe in the right recliner it would be OK.
>
> >
>
> I could mount a TV over the fireplace mantle. The cable connection is
>
> right there next to it. But it would have to be a very *large* flat
>
> screen. It wouldn't look nice at all. (I currently have a nice
>
> Japanese hand painted screen hanging over the fireplace.) As you said,
>
> Ed, there is the it's too high so not comfortable for viewing issue. I
>
> really don't want to crane my neck to watch television.

Before the advent of the LCD/LED, when a "flat screen" was an expensive plasma, my buddy bought a HDTV projector and a silvery motorized screen. Both projector and screen were relatively unobtrusive when not in use. But he and his wife did have to watch TV in recliners.

On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 06:07:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:11:43 -0500, George Leppla
> > wrote:
>
>
> >
> >Don't tell Becca... but we have a fireplace in the living room that will
> >never again be used for a fire. I'd like to mount the TV over the
> >mantle and install the electronic stuff inside the firebox.... then make
> >a nice cover. Maybe some day.
> >
> >George L
>
> The ones I've seen over a fireplace were too high for comfortable
> viewing though. Maybe in the right recliner it would be OK.

I'm the opposite, I want it high because I don't like watching
television between my toes.

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On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 10:52:10 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> But he and his wife did have to watch TV in recliners.

What a sacrifice!

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> The ones I've seen over a fireplace were too high for comfortable
> viewing though. Maybe in the right recliner it would be OK.

I've seen a few mounted high like that and I agree with you....seems too
high for me. I like watching tv on an even eye-to-screen level.

G.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On 1 Jul 2013 13:07:02 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
> >
> >> Bedroom went from 13" to 19" to 34" flat to a 40" flat.
> >
> >That's something I didn't do. My bedroom was for sleeping.
> >
> >nb
>
> As was ours, but then along comes a medical procedure that needs a few
> days of bed rest. That is why the modest 13" at first.

I sleep every night with tv on (low volume), fan on for breeze and a bit of
white noise, and the light on so I can read my current book. This is why
I'll probably never remarry. No wife would put up with all that.

G.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:20:41 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >If I am visiting someone and the TV is on in the living room.... it's
> >time to go home.
> >
>
> With a few exceptions, I agree. We usually visit to enjoy time with
> friends, not to watch a soap opera for sit-com re run.

My living room tv is always on (low volume) when guests are here. We don't
watch it, it's just a bit of white noise and something to glance at
occasionally during a pause in conversation.
G.

On 7/1/2013 3:10 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2013-06-30, dsi1 > wrote:
>
>> "Roku" is also the number 6 in Japanese. My guess is that it's the
>> number of tries that it takes to open the packaging.
>
> ...or the number of cuts sustained attempting it.
>
> nb
>

My guess is that the main reason you'd have these little things in these
bulky, hard to open, packages is that it discourages people walking out
of the store with the merchandise. I don't like those things either but
that don't count for much.