2. home-theater
  3. 1172776521

SONY TRINITRON ON 11 YEARS

A casual acquaintance, a real New York City eccentric, a guy who didn't throw out a newspaper or a beer bottle for over a decade and who's apartment became a public health hazard which resulted in his landlord issuing an ultimatum to clean up or get out had a Sony 19 inch vintage late 1970's tv set left on for eleven years finally break down!

He then called the guy (my friend) who sold it to him many years ago and complained! He then brought it to a local repair shop and left it there for three years. When he went to claim it, he was enraged that they sold it off in a unclaimed goods sale a year earlier!

I swear this is all true. There are alot more stories I could tell but this is an audio/video site. He'd make a great screenplay!
theduke
Ag insider logo xs@2x
muzikat
926 posts
 
My wife and I bought our first TV together right after marriage in 1980. It was a Sony 15" Trinitron with remote. It cost $700, WOW, You can buy a 32" LCD today for that.
It still works fine. It is in my shop where my employees watch it at lunchtime.
newbie13
242 posts
 
My mom still has the 19" we brought for the '80 Winter Olympics still going as her main TV. The tube has lost some color but when I think about that I watched the Mircle on Ice on it I get sentimental and don't say anything to her about it.
fplanner2000
616 posts
 
I have a 19" Sony Trinitron purchsed new in 1972 that still works perfectly. The only way I could rationalize replacing it is that "its too small.......yeah..........that's the ticket........" I've still got it and it might last another 35 years - just not sure if I will..............
unsound
7,329 posts
 
I have a 19" RCA built 09/86 that still works everyday.
ackman00
67 posts
 
I have a 36" Mitsubishi TV which I bought in 1987 when they first came out and it has always performed flawlessly and never had a down day. I am finally going to replace it with a new 52" Sharp Aquous HD LCD TV which I hope lasts as long. (I am giving my Mitsubishi away to friend only because at about 300 lbs its too big and bulky to haul upstairs.)
More to discover