!Busted CRT TV
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agk's diary 
25 November 2022 @ 16:40 UTC
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written on iPad via GateOne ssh.sdf.org proxy
laundry machine rumbles, first daughter naps
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First daughter (my only child) kicked over the TV,
a Panasonic PV-C1332 manufactured in August 2002.
The plastic case is cracked. There's a purple 
splotch in the upper right corner of the display.

Not unusable, I guess we can still watch videos, 
but frustrating. No factories anywhere in the world 
manufacture cathode ray tubes anymore. There's one
high-end boutique repair shop in NYC. It caters to
art galleries, etc. It's the only repair shop in my 
country.

I think the only other repair shops in the world 
are in subsaharan Africa and China. There may still 
be some repair happening in India. Secondhand shops 
in my area no longer sell CRT TVs. It's been a year 
since I saw one discarded on the curb. We're in the 
long-tail extinction of this technology.

I don't like it.

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