More than that, working electronics, they all were EXPENSIVE just until 2005-2010 when cheap Chinese tech flooded market and prices of domestic daily usage tech plummeted
Yes but I imagine this mammoth of a TV survived to the 80s for this specific person to make the generalized statement of it being a developed fear in the 80s.
My grandparents had a similar model. It works to this day, I’m sure. Before they passed away (~5 years ago) , I would still occasionally use the TV to play my NES games when I would visit.
That shit is from the 70’s.
These things were still in people’s houses into the 90’s
Probably because there was no practical way of getting rid of them.
That, plus TVs used to be expensive, and a working TV wasn’t something most people would just get rid of.
More than that, working electronics, they all were EXPENSIVE just until 2005-2010 when cheap Chinese tech flooded market and prices of domestic daily usage tech plummeted
Yes but I imagine this mammoth of a TV survived to the 80s for this specific person to make the generalized statement of it being a developed fear in the 80s.
My friend has probably this exact TV in their family home until probably the early 2000s. I bet it was because no one wanted to move it.
My grandparents had a similar model. It works to this day, I’m sure. Before they passed away (~5 years ago) , I would still occasionally use the TV to play my NES games when I would visit.