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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoMy (now) wife freaked out coming to my apartment the first time. Turns out, she’s a huge Rush fan: In my living room at the time: All I hear is “Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!” 70% sure she just married me for the TV.
minus-squareVanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months ago“Honey, will you marry me?” um, I dunno… “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoHoly cow. That TV! Actually awesome, seems uniquely aesthetically pleasing for the era it seems to originate from. What can you tell us about that TV?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months agoThe origjnal is a Philco Predicta from around 1958 or so. The Philco brand existed for years and years, first as a maker of radios, then as a maker of televisions. The retro-futurist Predicta line ran for just 2 years, 1958 to 1960. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicta It definitely gained a hold though and has been featured in both the Sims and Fallout games: In the 90’s, the brand was acquired by a tiny company called Telstar who hand-made reproductions using Phillips parts, that’s who made mine in 2001. 25", full color, with composite, component and S-Video inputs. It even supports 480p video!
My (now) wife freaked out coming to my apartment the first time. Turns out, she’s a huge Rush fan:
In my living room at the time:
All I hear is “Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
70% sure she just married me for the TV.
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“Honey, will you marry me?”
um, I dunno…
“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”
Holy cow. That TV! Actually awesome, seems uniquely aesthetically pleasing for the era it seems to originate from.
What can you tell us about that TV?
The origjnal is a Philco Predicta from around 1958 or so. The Philco brand existed for years and years, first as a maker of radios, then as a maker of televisions.
The retro-futurist Predicta line ran for just 2 years, 1958 to 1960.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicta
It definitely gained a hold though and has been featured in both the Sims and Fallout games:
In the 90’s, the brand was acquired by a tiny company called Telstar who hand-made reproductions using Phillips parts, that’s who made mine in 2001.
25", full color, with composite, component and S-Video inputs. It even supports 480p video!