Steven Hirsch wrote:
On 08/16/2010 04:54 PM, Michael J. Mahon wrote:A2Aviator wrote:'NTSC' isn't the problem, it's analog tuners. ;-)Exactly--they make good RGB monitors with some modification. ;-)I stand corrected. However, this distinction is certainly lost on the folks who are trying to get rid of non-ATSC capable sets and/or who did not spring for one of those $40 converters.
I did put a smiley after that. ;-) I agree that there are not nearly enough geeks to absorb the flood of old CRT TVs that will pass into landfill (despite what they tell you) in this decade. The CRT is becoming the latest vinyl record. When future archeologists uncover our age, they will find a layer of vinyl, a layer of leaded glass, and a layer of polycarbonate, and wonder what we were up to. ;-) -michael NadaNet and AppleCrate II: parallel computing for Apple II computers! Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."