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Good bye, old friend! After being together for 13 years, my HDTV just died.

I've had this giant 56" Panasonic HDTV since before most people even knew what HDTV was. It was probably the most advanced wide-screen projection TV money could buy back then. A good deal of posts on this forum were written on it, since I hooked up my PC to it and had a wireless keyboard back when this seemed like a revolutionary idea. This TV worked great until I moved to Greenwich several years ago. As Igor can attest, since he helped me move, this TV took quite a beating.

It took us about four hours to figure out how to get the TV out of my old apt and into the truck, waiting four floors below. We tried every angle to get it out the door and into the elevator, even turning it on it's side. Grudgingly, we had to drag it back out of the hallway and drink a few beers while bitching about how heavy it was. Eventually, I recalled why it must have been that when I first got the TV years ago, the four delivery guys were so damn pissed, sweaty and tired after they dropped it off. The TV just didn't fit in the elevator. They had to carry it up four flights of stairs, this monster that was about 55" wide and 52" deep, weighing about 250lbs. There was simply no way the two of us were gonna carry it down the stairs. It was about 10pm and since Igor and I still needed to drive the truck to Greenwich from Stamford and unload everything, this called for some innovation.

I decided the way to get the TV out was to disassemble it and carry it out part by part. After about half an hour of bitching and power tools, it was in pieces. We carried the parts to the truck one by one and after getting to Greenwich, unloaded them into the garage. Igor took off and the parts stayed in my garage for several weeks until I had my housewarming party and some friends helped me carry some of the larger stuff in.

Eventually, I got around to reassembling the TV. When I powered it on, the screen flickered and the picture was all distorted. It took me a while to figure out that tilting the TV on its side back in Stamford a bunch of times loosened up the circuit boards attached to the bottom of each projector lamp. I'd had to wiggle each board to just the right angle to get the lamps to work properly. Through some experimentation, I found that a bottle of Modelo had just the right thickness to wedge under one lamp, a bottle of Sam Adams under another and a tea cup under the third. I got the TV to work, although the separation between the blues and greens was never quite right. I guess it wouldn't have been an issue if I was color blind.

I figured I'd replace the TV with a flat screen soon enough and would bear the inaccurate colors in the mean time. Before I got around to getting a replacement, the economy fucked the pooch and I was out of a job for a year and a half. By the end of it, I barely had enough money for food, never mind a new TV. When I finally started working again, all my money went towards paying off debts. So, this TV hobbled on for another couple of years.

By the time I finally had enough money for a replacement, the new top of the line Panasonic 65" plasma, the TCP65VT25 that came out earlier in the year was on back order since this spring. Since this is the TV I wanted, I had to give a store my credit card number and have them put my name on a long waiting list.

This is where things get freaky. As I had the TV on in the background today while telecommuting, the thing suddenly powered off. I unplugged it, waited a bit and powered it on after plugging back in. Nothing. It was toast. Exactly an hour later, I got a call from the store that placed me on the waiting list. They had three of the plasmas I wanted in stock at the warehouse and my name finally came up at the top of the waiting list! WTF! That's some seriously coincidental timing. It's as if my trusty TV soldiered on til it knew I'd finally get a worthy replacement and gave up its final breath in peace. Well, it's gonna be back in pieces soon again, since there's no way I can fit it out the door and down a flight of stairs. Needless to say, I paid for in-house delivery on the new plasma.

Here's the old:
http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Televisions/CRT-Projection-TVs/model.PT-56WX51

Here's the new:
http://www.eastcoasttvs.com/index.php/tcp65vt25.html

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i'm going to the bathroom and jackoff to the pic of the new TV. just want you to know that Ruben.

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DOM:
I would be willing to enlist, unlike you, point proven .I said it in 2001 and my stance hasn't changed, If somebody attacks American on our soil and gets on tv or net and says come get us you Yankee p*ssies. I would join the military in 2 seconds.

Al-Qaeda isnt a country moron. They are a global organizations of scumbags.

First of all bin ladon didn't take credit for attacks in 2001, he denied it until 2004. When was he elected president of Afghanistan?2000?If so hes had a great 11 run so far... Considering hes been rumored to be in Pakistan for years, he doesn't fit into either of my criteria's.


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RIP state of the art, old TV. I remember that thing, very cool indeed. Hello new tech. do everything clear, cool picture. And it won't be as heavy, trust me. Good luck!

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what happens if more than 2 people want to watch the new tv?

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Originally posted by spin what happens if more than 2 people want to watch the new tv?

Punk-ass Panasonic bitches only give you one pair of 3D glasses with the plasma. I guess I'll have to buy a few more pairs for guests. Then again, everyone saw "Avatar" by now and there's nothing else out there worth watching in 3D. By the time there's enough content, those glasses will be a dime a dozen.

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I am MacGyver:

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Rest in pieces:

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twhy not go to the movie theater and buy glasses for like $2.00?

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Originally posted by TottallyOff twhy not go to the movie theater and buy glasses for like $2.00?

They won't work. Panasonic TV's require active shutter glasses.

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bastarts.!

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Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.

Love is like a snowmobile flying over the frozen tundra that suddenly flips, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasles come.

DON'T GIVE ME THAT, YOU SNOTTY-FACED HEAP OF PARROT DROPPINGS! SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB, YOU TIT! YOUR TYPE REALLY MAKES ME PUKE, YOU VACUOUS, COFFEE-NOSED, MALODEROUS, PERVERT!!!

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, hange it, melt - upgrade it, charge it, pawn it, zoom it, press it, snap it, work it, quick - erase it, write it, get it, paste it, save it, load it, check it, quick - rewrite it, plug it, play it, burn it, rip it, drag and drop it, zip - unzip it, lock it, fill it, curl it, find it, view it, curl it, jam - unlock it, surf it, scroll it, pose it, click it, cross it, crack it, twitch - update it, name it, read it, tune it, print it, scan it, send it, fax - rename it, touch it, bring it, obey it, watch it, turn it, leave it, stop - format it.

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even I remember the old TV, from when we had some afterhour at your place after some PVD party when you were still with Olga, millennia ago. We had silly conversations and on the TV we had Baraka.

I like the MacGyver approach.

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so is igor gonna help get rid of the old one??

I start things, but I never

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Originally posted by albion so is igor gonna help get rid of the old one??

Nah, he's off the hook...for life! Once I broke the old TV into little pieces, it was fairly easy to get rid of it.

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Originally posted by albion so is igor gonna help get rid of the old one??

soudns like a Goodfellas thing....

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Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.

Love is like a snowmobile flying over the frozen tundra that suddenly flips, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasles come.

DON'T GIVE ME THAT, YOU SNOTTY-FACED HEAP OF PARROT DROPPINGS! SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB, YOU TIT! YOUR TYPE REALLY MAKES ME PUKE, YOU VACUOUS, COFFEE-NOSED, MALODEROUS, PERVERT!!!

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, hange it, melt - upgrade it, charge it, pawn it, zoom it, press it, snap it, work it, quick - erase it, write it, get it, paste it, save it, load it, check it, quick - rewrite it, plug it, play it, burn it, rip it, drag and drop it, zip - unzip it, lock it, fill it, curl it, find it, view it, curl it, jam - unlock it, surf it, scroll it, pose it, click it, cross it, crack it, twitch - update it, name it, read it, tune it, print it, scan it, send it, fax - rename it, touch it, bring it, obey it, watch it, turn it, leave it, stop - format it.

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i still have the 2nd generation of your old panasonic hdtv ...

mine still works fine ...

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Originally posted by eggmok i still have the 2nd generation of your old panasonic hdtv ... mine still works fine ...

LOL, holy old school, Rigo! I think I bought that TV before you joined EZD!

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Just got my new 65" plasma delivered. It's enormous. Has its own gravitational pull. The first place I ordered it from jerked me around. Since they didn't get the TV delivered as promised before I left for London, I told them to deliver it when I got back in two weeks. After I got back, they kept stalling and blaming the delivery company. Finally got a straight answer out of the salesman after half a day on the phone. Turns out, they gave my TV away to the next person on the waiting list while I was away. It would be anywhere from several weeks to a month before they could get me another one. I told them to go fuck themselves. After calling around, turns out a store a few towns over had one in stock and could deliver in two days. Paid $4k delivered. Plus, found out Panasonic is running a promotion till the end of the month where they throw in a BlueRay player, two more sets of 3D glasses and some BlueRay movies for free. Here's the link: http://www.pcrichard.com/catalog/product.jsp?modelNo=TCP65VT25

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so did the old one rise lazarus-like from the dead to fill in while the new one was being negotiated?

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Originally posted by albion so did the old one rise lazarus-like from the dead to fill in while the new one was being negotiated?

Lazarus wasn't eviscerated and chopped up into little pieces like my old TV. Had to use my 28" PC monitor to watch TV in the interim.

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Originally posted by translucent Lazarus wasn't eviscerated and chopped up into little pieces like my old TV. Had to use my 28" PC monitor to watch TV in the interim.

I don't think i could ever go back to a 28" monitor - 32" is the way forward

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Originally posted by albion I don't think i could ever go back to a 28" monitor - 32" is the way forward

LOL, honestly, I don't know how I ever lived with a TV that was smaller than 65" before. This thing is freaking awesome! It's amazing how much more background detail you notice with a TV this big.

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Originally posted by translucent LOL, honestly, I don't know how I ever lived with a TV that was smaller than 65" before. This thing is freaking awesome! It's amazing how much more background detail you notice with a TV this big.

many women have told me that size is unimportant

just saying...

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Originally posted by albion many women have told me that size is unimportant just saying...

In my experience, chicks like big TVs.

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Originally posted by translucent Lazarus wasn't eviscerated and chopped up into little pieces like my old TV. Had to use my 28" PC monitor to watch TV in the interim.

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Originally posted by Howie

That scene would be creepily life-sized on my TV. SQUEAL BOY...SQUEAL LIKE A PIG!

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