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Last night, the TV died. The picture condensed into one horizontal line in the middle of the screen and that was that.
Now, this Samsung (27" CRT) has been on the fritz to one degree or another for a few years. I can remember when TV's lasted more than seven years, but those times seem to be in the past.
Last night we saw some nifty flatscreens on sale at various stores, with 18 months same as cash financing. We like deals like that--we start paying immediately and have the thing paid off before finance charges kick in. We've paid for the washer & dryer and all of our lawn mowers this way. It's a good plan for us.
Well, those sales all changed today. And today's sales aren't as good.
Boy was briefly seduced by a $1000 Sony LCD flatscreen at sears (which did have 18 month financing on that model), but I employed my dusty ol' logic circuits and insisted that we NOT spend that much. We can wait for the good sales to come back around again (where the 800-900 LCD flatscreens are on sale for around 600 dollars) with the financing deals. In the meantime, we'll replace the little TV. What little TV? Why the little 1984 RCA with fake wood paneling and the cute UHF dials. It died awhile back, but we so rarely used it (mostly as a Sirius speaker with the Dish receiver) that we didn't replace it. So I pointed out that having a small DVD combo TV would be more useful. We found a 13" Sylvania on sale at Sears. I think it'll serve us well until we can stumble upon another good sale. And hey, we spent less than a tenth of what my starry-eyed husband was leaning toward.
Anyhow, we wouldn't have replaced it so soon, but we watch 24 and Dirt and we listen to the Sirius MetOpera channel all the time. While we can live without the TV shows, we really like listening to the music.
Of course, now Dad will probably tell me that the Samsung just needs a simple fuse replacement. For now, I think we'll go out and do some yard work. It's gorgeous out and the poodle needs to run.
Speaking of the poodle, he got a bath earlier today. He's no longer filthy! WOOHOO!
Now, this Samsung (27" CRT) has been on the fritz to one degree or another for a few years. I can remember when TV's lasted more than seven years, but those times seem to be in the past.
Last night we saw some nifty flatscreens on sale at various stores, with 18 months same as cash financing. We like deals like that--we start paying immediately and have the thing paid off before finance charges kick in. We've paid for the washer & dryer and all of our lawn mowers this way. It's a good plan for us.
Well, those sales all changed today. And today's sales aren't as good.
Boy was briefly seduced by a $1000 Sony LCD flatscreen at sears (which did have 18 month financing on that model), but I employed my dusty ol' logic circuits and insisted that we NOT spend that much. We can wait for the good sales to come back around again (where the 800-900 LCD flatscreens are on sale for around 600 dollars) with the financing deals. In the meantime, we'll replace the little TV. What little TV? Why the little 1984 RCA with fake wood paneling and the cute UHF dials. It died awhile back, but we so rarely used it (mostly as a Sirius speaker with the Dish receiver) that we didn't replace it. So I pointed out that having a small DVD combo TV would be more useful. We found a 13" Sylvania on sale at Sears. I think it'll serve us well until we can stumble upon another good sale. And hey, we spent less than a tenth of what my starry-eyed husband was leaning toward.
Anyhow, we wouldn't have replaced it so soon, but we watch 24 and Dirt and we listen to the Sirius MetOpera channel all the time. While we can live without the TV shows, we really like listening to the music.
Of course, now Dad will probably tell me that the Samsung just needs a simple fuse replacement. For now, I think we'll go out and do some yard work. It's gorgeous out and the poodle needs to run.
Speaking of the poodle, he got a bath earlier today. He's no longer filthy! WOOHOO!
