I don't see how to make this post caving related, but it seems like an interesting historical event.
I was in Fry's last week and they didn't have a single tube TV for sale. Not even the little 13 inchers with integrated VCR or DVD. Today, on the web, Best Buy announced that they have stopped selling them also. They claim it is related to the lack of future analog broadcasting. I am guessing it has more to do with holiday gift sales and they just need to have the room for the flat-panels which are obviously what everybody will probably buy for the holiday season. My family got it's first color tube TV in 1972, and I remember how exciting at the age of 8 to finally see upclose Mary Ann and Ginger. My parents and my paternal grandparents and my younger brother and I, would all gather around the TV and watch Wild Kingdom, and Daniel Boone, and Davey Crocket and we would turn it off to eat dinner. Then one day, we got the idea to put the TV in the living room at an angle where everyone could watch it while eating dinner. Life was never the same after that. I can't say I am going to miss the tube TV. The wall-mounted plasma screens are just too cool. I imagine some discount store will continue selling the tube TV until the price of a similar LCD model is less. David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
