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The Velveteen Ocelot

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34. You could make an aquarium, a liquor cabinet or a cat bed out of it.

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Sat Feb 2, 2019, 01:45 PM

Feb 2019

http://www.homejelly.com/rad-repurposing-5-reinvented-uses-for-old-tvs/

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Old television hell HELP [View all] CountAllVotes Feb 2019 OP

get a roku or amazon fire stick....load PLUTO tv..its FREE!..... samnsara Feb 2019 #1

What is Pluto tv? CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #2

Unless your tv is "new" enough to have a usb port (which I doubt) this is useless advice hlthe2b Feb 2019 #4

yup CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #7

The roku device can be purchased with serial cable hookup for older teevees UpInArms Feb 2019 #14

Is this difficult to set-up? CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #24

Very easy UpInArms Feb 2019 #25

If there are any old time tv repair shops near that work on analog "tube" tvs, you might call them hlthe2b Feb 2019 #3

Thanks! CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #5

I live in a rural area CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #9

you might be surprised HopeAgain Feb 2019 #6

oh I know CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #8

Technology and longevity HopeAgain Feb 2019 #10

It sure was not worth paying a bunch for cable CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #11

We cut the cable about a year and a half ago HopeAgain Feb 2019 #16

And no commercials! Danascot Feb 2019 #20

Too bad DownriverDem Feb 2019 #27

I was really, really against the move to all digital television. LisaM Feb 2019 #29

I got the old TV going again last night! CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #38

Try contacting Panasonic PJMcK Feb 2019 #12

I do not know why it no longer works with the DVD player CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #15

Does the DVD player work with the other TV? LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #21

I don't know CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #23

Best advice I ever heard about sentimental things like this ... Auggie Feb 2019 #13

yup.. that's what I'm currently doing to try to "downsize" hlthe2b Feb 2019 #19

I know CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #22

Search the make and model number LunaSea Feb 2019 #17

I got rid of my "monster" a few years ago. I called a local TV repair man. lamp_shade Feb 2019 #18

What sort of inputs does it have? Afromania Feb 2019 #26

New televisions are cheap matt819 Feb 2019 #28

I am on a DSL connection CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #36

Technology has long since bypassed that set. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #30

That is the boat I've been in for years CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #31

Old television tech here gay texan Feb 2019 #32

It could be that! CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #33

You could make an aquarium, a liquor cabinet or a cat bed out of it. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #34

Problem found CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #35

This 20 year old television IS WORKING AGAIN! CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #37

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