!Busted CRT TV
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agk's diary
25 November 2022 @ 16:40 UTC
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written on iPad via GateOne ssh.sdf.org proxy
laundry machine rumbles, first daughter naps
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First daughter (my only child) kicked over the TV,
a Panasonic PV-C1332 manufactured in August 2002.
The plastic case is cracked. There's a purple
splotch in the upper right corner of the display.
Not unusable, I guess we can still watch videos,
but frustrating. No factories anywhere in the world
manufacture cathode ray tubes anymore. There's one
high-end boutique repair shop in NYC. It caters to
art galleries, etc. It's the only repair shop in my
country.
I think the only other repair shops in the world
are in subsaharan Africa and China. There may still
be some repair happening in India. Secondhand shops
in my area no longer sell CRT TVs. It's been a year
since I saw one discarded on the curb. We're in the
long-tail extinction of this technology.
