Up until about a week ago, this was our television. Seriously.
It was a hand me down that we got when we lived in our apartment 9 years ago. (The TV itself is obviously from the 80's.) We told ourselves it was free so we would just use it a couple years and then get a new one. Well, as time went by we kept saying that we could not justify spending the money when we had a working television. We decided to just use it until it died. It survived three moves and many years. It kept going strong. One time a cable guy came and laughed out loud when he saw it.
As Black Friday approached this year it was all over the news that some of the biggest sales would be on televisions. We knew it's only a matter of time until our TV would just finally give up so we thought this might be a good time to make the switch.
In the left of the picture, in front of the fireplace, you can see the new TV stand we bought and put together last weekend. I don't have a final picture because today we are in the process of moving everything around to make room for the Christmas tree.
But, we have officially made a giant leap into 2010 and have a new TV.
Who knew it would be so complicated? Apparently our old TiVo didn't work with it because our TV was HD and our TiVo was not. Then a cable guy had to come put a cable card in. Then they mailed us a tuner we had to hook up. We also needed a TV stand because we obviously never had one before. It ended up being a way bigger deal than I thought. But, wow. It looks amazing.
Welcome to 2010 :) Little things like these always end up being a bugger ordeal than you plan. Enjoy!!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the new millennium! LOL!
ReplyDeleteI just showed your tv to my technology OBSESSED (only because he's convinced he needs all the latest and greatest before it's even invented) husband. He said, "How OLD is that picture?!?!?!" :-)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your new addition! I hope it's worth throwing out the old beauty. :-)
Oh how fun - congrats on your new toy!
ReplyDeleteTell Adam eventually there won't be any pay phones left anymore...
ReplyDeleteWelcome to 2010! I didn't know anyone still used pay phones. That's so weird! But probably a lot cheaper! Our cell phones are just way too expensive!
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought my TV was old school since it was from the late 90s! But the cell phone... I'm at a loss of words here ;-) Tell Adam he's got a kid now, it's time to get with the times!
ReplyDeleteI don't know where you are, but I'm in western canada, and it is actually CHEAPER to use a cell phone than it is to use a pay phone. IF you can find a pay phone, it's now 50 cents to make a local call... I pay like 5 cents a minute ( if that ) on my cell phone...
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't use a pay phone all the time. He has a phone at his desk at work and we have a land line at home. He just uses it if he is out and needs to call home and ask me a question or something like that. It only happens like twice a year.
ReplyDeleteI have only had a cell phone for a little over a year. And I only got it because my parents paid for the phone and put me on their family plan. haha
How did I miss this??? Can't wait to see it!
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