[Lonesome in Massachussets]

My family’s first color set was a Sony Trinitron around 1970, and it worked flawlessly. Kids today don’t understand vertical and horizontal hold. I bought my first TV in 1980 (!) at age 29 to watch NFL football. One of my first memories of it was hearing Howard Cosell announce John Lennon’s death on it on Monday Night Football.

I bought my next set in 2002, which was my first set with a remote control. I still own it. In fact, I’ve only purchased two television sets in life.

I am beginning to think it may be time to purchase a flat screen TV one of these days....

[BluH2o]

My family’s first color set was a Sony Trinitron around 1970, and it worked flawlessly.

My first television was a Sony Trinitron which I purchased back in 1969-1970 era. It was still working well into the 1990's. Watched many a Super Bowl on that TV ...