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I guess we all know what a cathode ray tube used to be. It was one of those things that was used in most TVs bought in the olden days before about 2005, fatscreen TV I suppose it would be fair to call it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20608949
Better late than never of course and it's good to see that the EU is in favour of markets functioning correctly rather than preventing price signals from influencing behaviour at all. This definitely sends a message as the fines are not small change but doesn't this just seem a bit like yesterday's news?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20608949
The European Commission has imposed a record 1.47bn euro ($1.92bn; £1.19bn) fine on a number of TV makers for price-fixing.
EU anti-trust regulators fined the companies for fixing prices of TV cathode-ray tubes over more than two decades.
Better late than never of course and it's good to see that the EU is in favour of markets functioning correctly rather than preventing price signals from influencing behaviour at all. This definitely sends a message as the fines are not small change but doesn't this just seem a bit like yesterday's news?
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I guess we all know what a cathode ray tube used to be. It was one of those things that was used in most TVs bought in the olden days before about 2005, fatscreen TV I suppose it would be fair to call it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20608949
Better late than never of course and it's good to see that the EU is in favour of markets functioning correctly rather than preventing price signals from influencing behaviour at all. This definitely sends a message as the fines are not small change but doesn't this just seem a bit like yesterday's news?
Indeed it is yesterday's news.
I know of charity shops who don't want cathode ray TV's as they have an abundance of them.
Just goes to show, a good working tele, bot wanted by so many that even charities don't want them.
What does that say about society?:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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IveSeenTheLight wrote: »Indeed it is yesterday's news.
I know of charity shops who don't want cathode ray TV's as they have an abundance of them.
Just goes to show, a good working tele, bot wanted by so many that even charities don't want them.
What does that say about society?
Sunk deeply in the capitalist grasp. Must be time for a version change soon black and silver cases are soo yesterday."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
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IveSeenTheLight wrote: »Indeed it is yesterday's news.
I know of charity shops who don't want cathode ray TV's as they have an abundance of them.
Just goes to show, a good working tele, bot wanted by so many that even charities don't want them.
What does that say about society?
We are about to get rid of our last CRT TV. The other one went when it broke down and this one is on the way out and makes a squealing noise when it's switched on. Repair is no longer feasible as the repair man shut up shop years ago. I could go pick up one from a second hand store or charity, but the cost to buy a new one is so ludicrously cheap (it was a portable and the replacement was £62 for an LED version) that it's just not worth it.
So part of the issue is technical - newer, better versions and part is economic - is it worth shelling out £10 on a second hand set that may only last a few months and has no guarantee when a new one is still very affordable?
I still don't understand why people go into hock for mega-tellys though or get rid of something that functions perfectly just because the new model comes out.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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vivatifosi wrote: »I still don't understand why people go into hock for mega-tellys though or get rid of something that functions perfectly just because the new model comes out.
We only have one telly in the house (flat screen)
I put my old 32" CRT into a flat I lease out.
I used th have a 14" CRT in the kitchen, but when that went it was binned / not relaced.
Once my house is built, I plan to get a second flat screen for the kithen / family area.
No problem in replacing CRT when they no longer work, but was surprised there was so many working ones in charity shops, they would take no more.:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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grizzly1911 wrote: »Sunk deeply in the capitalist grasp. Must be time for a version change soon black and silver cases are soo yesterday.
I have seen one fancy flat screen lately that detects when you go too close and switches off the channel and onto a black screen and text advising you are too close.
Fantastic for kids to make sure they are not too close to the telly:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
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IveSeenTheLight wrote: »Indeed it is yesterday's news.
I know of charity shops who don't want cathode ray TV's as they have an abundance of them.
Just goes to show, a good working tele, bot wanted by so many that even charities don't want them.
What does that say about society?
Not a great deal really.
Charities are obliged to PAT test any electrical item and are not really keen on taking any low value electrical items bar some that take white goods.US housing: it's not a bubble - Moneyweek Dec 12, 20050 -
Now doubt you are defined as poor if you only have a CRT telly?0
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