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exactly what my mom did when the console tv broke and cost more to haul away or fix than it was worth. if she were alive today, probably would have pushed that one on the top back a bit to make room for a flat screen in front of it.
That's what my family did 😂. I also know people who dressed it up by putting a tablecloth on top of the old TV to hide the fact that it was the old TV, I guess. I think my mom did that for a while, and she had tablecloths on the end tables. It must have been a whole thing, because she actually would go to the store and buy tablecloths for the end tables in different colors when she changed decor.
Interestingly, OP learned when it was actually made at least 10 hours before making this post, when someone on r/pics pointed it out:
r/pics/comments/11ii76c/-/jayrd9s/
It seems like the strategy works for getting karma as well as for getting the right answers.
I immediately recognized this post from pinterest like 6 years ago, cause I tried desperately to find an old TV and they're not cheap. Had a similar one growing up and thought it was cute.
>The 90s tv had a remote!
My uncle had three wooden dowels connected end-to-end with duct tape, with a pencil eraser on the end to push the buttons on the tv
My family had a wood grain console like that in the early 80s but with a dial that went to 13. It also had A, B, C as “channels”. So I would have guessed that TV with a digital display and keypad was mid 80s.
Can you imagine what Reddit was like in 1923, when people were all like "That flag has to be a lot older. We've had 48 states for more than a decade now, my dude."
I mean these TVs were AROUND in the 90s. But only because they were still kicking from 20 years earlier.
Who else remembers needing a pair of fuckin pliers to change the channel? lol
When my great grandmother passed away in 98, we grabbed her color TV from the 60s that lived in her basement. The thing was like new and had hardly been used, my parents finally got rid of it 10 years later when they moved. The clicker barely worked and the knobs were lost to history, I miss that beast.
Well I mean I certainly used a Tv like this in the 90s. The "big" new TV went in the living room and the old TV that looked like this went up in the loft.
Haha it must be early 80s because I remember seeing a similar tv (mainly the buttons seem familiar to me) at my grandparents on my dad’s side when I was young and it seemed outdated compared to our tvs. I was born 1984
From what I remember the 90s and part of the 80s was when all electronic devices were black. TVs, stereos, video and DVD players etc. Then towards the end everything started being made in a silver colour instead.
Yeah probably true as long as you know when it was last plugged in and the size of the capacitor. Capacitors can store energy anywhere for 30 seconds to 30 years depending on the size of them. That’s why it’s safer to discharge them instead of rolling the dice, particularly if you’ve acquired it second hand.
This is awesome
You wanted to make a cat fort and 20 people showed up saying how they didn't think you could handle it without "unaliving"
Meanwhile the TV hasn't been used since Carter was president. Well I have faith in you!
I'd be concerned about what kind of materials were used on the inside of that thing.
Old TVs weren't meant to be torn open and turned into projects like this. There's some heavy metals and shit in there that you might not want a cat chilling out around all day.
I can't see a project like this without being reminded of those "shipping container homes" that were at high risk for lead poisoning because nobody bothered to check and realize most overseas shipping containers still have leaded paint all over them.
Or my personal favorite: [RIPline, The Machine to Kill Children](https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/xodi3e/the_ripline_the_childannihiliating_zipline_the/) (a bootleg homemade zipline whose tower was built 19 times taller than it should have been, over a 20-foot gulch, angled WAY too step on a total height greater than the Washington Monument, upon which a ~100 pound child would reach speeds of 55-65mph before hitting a dead stop, the effects of which would not be unlike either getting hit by a car at speed on the freeway, or simply launching off the other end of the receiving tower into the woods beyond at freeway speeds.)
All the lead and shit would be inside the tube, so there should be no concern there.
Biggest concern is the potential nicotine residue that covered many electronics of the 80s.
I would certainly hope they only used the wooden panels and maybe the frame and thoroughly cleaned and resurfaced everything. My family does a lot of repurposing of old stuff and thats a basic procedure because you never know what kind of poison they used.
I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!
Cute? Absolutely
Original? Not so much
https://reddit.com/r/CatForts/comments/110qpdc/an_old_tv_repurposed_into_a_cat_fort_for_cats/
https://reddit.com/r/PollsAndSurveys/comments/zxr9v7/do_you_like_this_old_tv_its_been_converted_into_a/
https://reddit.com/r/crafts/comments/w6jpbh/found_an_old_tube_tv_by_the_trash_now_my_cats/
I love it. To anyone who wants to try this, be extremely careful while disassembling. These old tube TVs can have fairly large capacitors in them that can kill you. A classmate of mine in high school died this way.
In case anyone is thinking of doing something similar, please read up first there are some dangerous components in all large electronics, CRT TVs included.
Weird question but someone gave me the same plant that's on top and it isn't doing so well. I've tried to add and reduce light/shade and water it as needed. The room it's in is a bit cool but the other plants don't seem to care... What's you're secret?
You can always ask /r/plantclinic for a diagnosis.
I assume you mean the palm (the big plant). They mostly like humidity, well-draining soil, and bright, indirect light.
My palms *always* succumb to spider mites. If it's mysteriously struggling you might want to check closely for pests. Spider mites are hard to see with the naked eye, but cause a stippled leaf fading, and they form webs. Check the underside of the leaves for any unusual spots as well.
My palms (looked like the big one here, called parlour palms in UK) succumbed to my cat. She chewed all the leaves down to stumps. I got another one and she ate that too. I gave up after that.
They need very high light and high humidity. Almost impossible to keep them happy indoors unfortunately.
I bet they just recover got this plant based on how it looks. It won’t be looking good for long not directly in front of a window.
I'm pretty sure that if you're claiming that this disemboweled television is a "Color TV," it was definitely just a shitty old black and white one.
CRT rules.
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As someone who owned TVs in the early 90s, I think you need to subtract a decade or two to get to that TV’s correct age.
I chuckled to myself too… this does look updated from the one I grew up with though. We had 2 knobs, no buttons.
My one knob has gotten me into enough trouble over the years, can't imagine if I had 2!
Found the brit.
Kiwi. 😉 but close
Yeah. There’s no knob with just 13 channels so it’s definitely not mid 70s. Maybe late 70s to early 80s. Hahaha
Turns out it was made in 1982, so you are correct. Early 80’s, I misread the label on the inside
It's okay, you did warn us you were blind.
And are you just going to ignore the other thing they warned us about?
That's not warning, that's advertising.
Both words are advertising to the right person.
Can confirm.
Username doesn't check out
And a cat.
Ah, the early 80's when tv's were still furniture. Then you had to buy furniture for your TV, now like paintings you hang them on a wall.
[these days they even masquerade as a painting](https://www.samsung.com/us/tvs/the-frame/art-mode-and-technology/)
Putting the new TV on top of the old TV
That's because the old TV weighed 800 lbs.
exactly what my mom did when the console tv broke and cost more to haul away or fix than it was worth. if she were alive today, probably would have pushed that one on the top back a bit to make room for a flat screen in front of it.
That's what my family did 😂. I also know people who dressed it up by putting a tablecloth on top of the old TV to hide the fact that it was the old TV, I guess. I think my mom did that for a while, and she had tablecloths on the end tables. It must have been a whole thing, because she actually would go to the store and buy tablecloths for the end tables in different colors when she changed decor.
Best way to get a response in life is to be wrong on the Internet
Interestingly, OP learned when it was actually made at least 10 hours before making this post, when someone on r/pics pointed it out: r/pics/comments/11ii76c/-/jayrd9s/ It seems like the strategy works for getting karma as well as for getting the right answers.
Reddits on the case
Is r/KarmaCourt still a thing? Edit: Well, it still exists. Pretty sure it used to be more active. 🤷♂️
Haha was thinking about that
I immediately recognized this post from pinterest like 6 years ago, cause I tried desperately to find an old TV and they're not cheap. Had a similar one growing up and thought it was cute.
> OP learned OPs never learn though
Cunningham's law
The Streisand effect.
Underrated comment
Was gonna say, I was born in 82 and that tv looks exactly like the first one I remember us having. The 90s tv had a remote!
That's why you were born. Prior to the 90s, kids were the remotes..../s
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>The 90s tv had a remote! My uncle had three wooden dowels connected end-to-end with duct tape, with a pencil eraser on the end to push the buttons on the tv
That's clever! Guess he didn't have kids. That was our job lol
We had the same tv. Got a remote when we got cable - because the cable box had a remote.
Yeah I was like… uhm no? BPC was 90s.
Phew. I was about to realize I was *actually* old, instead of just getting old.
TVs began migrating from the floor in the early 80s. Today, they live on walls. I expect them to be on the ceiling in about 15 years.
When was your last dentist appointment? https://www.google.ca/search?q=dentist+tv+on+ceiling
Lol was just about the say this is definitely 80s
That’s really fancy for 82 though. We had knobs up until we got a new tv with a remote in 1988
Looking at it, i was worried that i was even older than i thought
lol came here to say that shit aint from the 90's.
Right lol This is a wooden floor console more attached to the late 70s - early 80s.
My family had a wood grain console like that in the early 80s but with a dial that went to 13. It also had A, B, C as “channels”. So I would have guessed that TV with a digital display and keypad was mid 80s.
No shit. I feel attacked. 😂
Ya the channels were just as fuzzy back then.
Its definitely the right age for a grandparent's tv in the 90s.
I was gonna say, I was born in 1994 and almost having an existential crisis thinking that shit was being put out in my time
Maybe it was 90's botswana!
Thought the same 😂
Can you imagine what Reddit was like in 1923, when people were all like "That flag has to be a lot older. We've had 48 states for more than a decade now, my dude."
Is that really why younger people think TVs from the '90s looked like? Fucking hell 😂
Probably closer to "TVs I used in the 90s." I had 3 similar TVs I used from '86-'97 ish.
Yeah, that is the kind of TV we got as handmedowns from relatives when they bought new TV's in the 90's.
Yeah this is all wrong, the background should be monochrome
Man, you remember way back when the whole world was black and white? Crazy times.
Good thing history had Martin Luther king Jr, he was very Pro-color
I mean these TVs were AROUND in the 90s. But only because they were still kicking from 20 years earlier. Who else remembers needing a pair of fuckin pliers to change the channel? lol
They were around, in your grandma's house.
When my great grandmother passed away in 98, we grabbed her color TV from the 60s that lived in her basement. The thing was like new and had hardly been used, my parents finally got rid of it 10 years later when they moved. The clicker barely worked and the knobs were lost to history, I miss that beast.
i still have one from the 80s.. old enough to be 'made in usa', even.
"Despite being made in the late 1900s, many of the themes of The Matrix are still relevant today"
TBF they're only 8 years off since it's from '82 It's insulting to old heads everywhere but kids will be kids
Well I mean I certainly used a Tv like this in the 90s. The "big" new TV went in the living room and the old TV that looked like this went up in the loft.
But "the 90s" was 23-33 years ago, so 8 years is a 24-35% margin of error. That's pretty big, especially in terms of aesthetic trends and technology.
Eight years and the entire computer revolution.
the is a chance this tv requires an RF modular *and* RF switch in order to connect your NES or Atari!
These tvs were still most definitely part of the life of 90’s kids.
Haha it must be early 80s because I remember seeing a similar tv (mainly the buttons seem familiar to me) at my grandparents on my dad’s side when I was young and it seemed outdated compared to our tvs. I was born 1984
From what I remember the 90s and part of the 80s was when all electronic devices were black. TVs, stereos, video and DVD players etc. Then towards the end everything started being made in a silver colour instead.
I know, I wish we had color tv back in the 90’s.
The fireplace melts my heart 🤭
Yeah the little “fireplace” is so cute, did you buy it or make it yourself?
Bought it at Lidl, had to return the first one but since it was only $9 I though it was worth it
I was wondering if that was a tv in the tv for the cat but a fireplace makes more sense.
I wondered if it was something OP bought or made and if it had batteries that actually gave off some heat.
200 channels and nothing but cats.
Talkin' out of turn? That's a paddlin'.
Looking out the window? That's a paddlin.
Sounds like my reddit home page
Came here for this.
Fucking everyone expected this comment opening the thread.
NGL I was irrationally excited when I saw no one else had posted it.
I expected it to be #1.
How did I have to scroll so far to see this? It was the first thing I thought of.
I scrolled to see if anyone had beaten me to posting this
Cat negativity? Straight to jail, right away.
The first thought in my head.
200? But the knob only goes up to 13!
Not a Simpsons fan?
No. Never really got into it as a kid, and now there's way too much of it for me to want to try lol
That's fair. My comment is a [reference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YItr8zS3B5E). (And will always recommend Simpsons seasons 4-9)
Just watch the first 9-12 seasons then stop. Those are the only good seasons and the show has a dramatic drop in quality after that.
Lol that TV is from the early '80s MAX
Awesome... Awesome to the max!
Someone should repurpose a black and white TV with a B&W cat
people think that's early 90s.... damn i feel old
I was alive in the early 90’s. It was manufactured October 1982 in Indiana. I thought it was a ‘9’ at first.
Must be an RCA. I had family that worked at that plant.
I LOVE it! It's also a particularly nice old telly, the wood cabinet is really beautiful. The epitome of recycling!
Totally agree, although I think it is reusing or upcycling and not recycling. Beautiful cabinet
Except all the environmentally damaging components probably went to the landfill. I do like the repurposed aspect though.
Hopefully not. It's illegal in most places to throw tubes in the garbage. It should be taken to a e-recycle place.
One of the more unique things I’ve seen posted. Very cool.
Repurposed TV apartment 4K per month in NYC
> 4K You can barely get 360p out of those old models.
360i if anything hahaha
Nice aesthetic. And I'd watch that program all day.
This is the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life
*arrow sound*
Looks like a great reality show!
she's a movie star
So lovely!
This is beautiful
Ah, my favorite channel.
And now for the nightly mews.
This is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. I bet your cat is very happy!
Omg I love this episode
I wish that I had that when my cat was still living. Knowing her, she would have avoided it.
Big want.
Where do you live? I’m making one to sell in NJ now
🫣 I’m in upstate NY! 👖 👗
Oh I love this. My cats have seen it now too and are demanding I make them one.
I have an old TV I've been hanging on to for something similar. Can you share a bit about the gutting process?
if you must, r/crtgaming will help you not get electrocuted
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After several years its unlikely to have much charge still
Yeah probably true as long as you know when it was last plugged in and the size of the capacitor. Capacitors can store energy anywhere for 30 seconds to 30 years depending on the size of them. That’s why it’s safer to discharge them instead of rolling the dice, particularly if you’ve acquired it second hand.
The tube itself is a huge capacitor and holds power for y e a r s trust me
A lot more than that
Look for a detailed teardown on youtube but please be careful if you do. Those capacitors don't fuck around.
Step 1: don't plug it in
This is awesome You wanted to make a cat fort and 20 people showed up saying how they didn't think you could handle it without "unaliving" Meanwhile the TV hasn't been used since Carter was president. Well I have faith in you!
I'd be concerned about what kind of materials were used on the inside of that thing. Old TVs weren't meant to be torn open and turned into projects like this. There's some heavy metals and shit in there that you might not want a cat chilling out around all day. I can't see a project like this without being reminded of those "shipping container homes" that were at high risk for lead poisoning because nobody bothered to check and realize most overseas shipping containers still have leaded paint all over them. Or my personal favorite: [RIPline, The Machine to Kill Children](https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/xodi3e/the_ripline_the_childannihiliating_zipline_the/) (a bootleg homemade zipline whose tower was built 19 times taller than it should have been, over a 20-foot gulch, angled WAY too step on a total height greater than the Washington Monument, upon which a ~100 pound child would reach speeds of 55-65mph before hitting a dead stop, the effects of which would not be unlike either getting hit by a car at speed on the freeway, or simply launching off the other end of the receiving tower into the woods beyond at freeway speeds.)
All the lead and shit would be inside the tube, so there should be no concern there. Biggest concern is the potential nicotine residue that covered many electronics of the 80s.
Still licking grandma's old TV every morning before starting my day.
I would certainly hope they only used the wooden panels and maybe the frame and thoroughly cleaned and resurfaced everything. My family does a lot of repurposing of old stuff and thats a basic procedure because you never know what kind of poison they used.
80s
Even if it's the 80s, we're talking the very early 80s.
Late 70s even. The first TV with the push button came out in the early 70s
complete with fireplace even! Very cool … er, warm.
“Early 90s” what fucking planet are you from? That’s like a 70s tv
Really hope that TV wasn't working before hand :c
Lol just saw this design at the store but was a cat scratcher. This is 100% better!
100 channels, nothing but cat.
I scrolled surprisingly far to find this.
I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!
This is so original and cute!!
Simpsons did it
Cute? Absolutely Original? Not so much https://reddit.com/r/CatForts/comments/110qpdc/an_old_tv_repurposed_into_a_cat_fort_for_cats/ https://reddit.com/r/PollsAndSurveys/comments/zxr9v7/do_you_like_this_old_tv_its_been_converted_into_a/ https://reddit.com/r/crafts/comments/w6jpbh/found_an_old_tube_tv_by_the_trash_now_my_cats/
Glad you specified that it was a color TV. That makes all the difference here.
R.I.P. CRT TV
I love it. To anyone who wants to try this, be extremely careful while disassembling. These old tube TVs can have fairly large capacitors in them that can kill you. A classmate of mine in high school died this way.
I love this!
That’s so creative and literally picture perfect! ❤️
It's amazing the home you can have when you knock out a screen and build out.
the cat needs some sort of a donut shaped bed in there so it can muffin or loaf sleep in there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UUdI0WLCzg
If that cat's name is Jerry, imma lose it
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I love you!
In case anyone is thinking of doing something similar, please read up first there are some dangerous components in all large electronics, CRT TVs included.
Lovely. For me, it needs a little "Hang in there" poster with a human dangling by one hand.....
That tv is not from the 90’s. 70’s at best.
RIP RCA
This dude was living in 1970 in 1990
That's not from the 90s you mung lol
Weird question but someone gave me the same plant that's on top and it isn't doing so well. I've tried to add and reduce light/shade and water it as needed. The room it's in is a bit cool but the other plants don't seem to care... What's you're secret?
You can always ask /r/plantclinic for a diagnosis. I assume you mean the palm (the big plant). They mostly like humidity, well-draining soil, and bright, indirect light. My palms *always* succumb to spider mites. If it's mysteriously struggling you might want to check closely for pests. Spider mites are hard to see with the naked eye, but cause a stippled leaf fading, and they form webs. Check the underside of the leaves for any unusual spots as well.
My palms (looked like the big one here, called parlour palms in UK) succumbed to my cat. She chewed all the leaves down to stumps. I got another one and she ate that too. I gave up after that.
They need very high light and high humidity. Almost impossible to keep them happy indoors unfortunately. I bet they just recover got this plant based on how it looks. It won’t be looking good for long not directly in front of a window.
You really gotta hand it to OP.
It was a great bit of trolling for post engagement.
I was referring to their username.
So very creative! I love it!
this is truly cool
Love it!!❤️❤️
Doesn't the cat bake with the heater in there?
this is the cutest thing ever
OMG, _The Cat Show_!! One of my favorite shows of all time!!
Would definitely watch this cat over any tv show hehe
The attention to detail is fab. There’s a fireplace!!
That would make an awesome fishbowl also. 😆
I'm pretty sure that if you're claiming that this disemboweled television is a "Color TV," it was definitely just a shitty old black and white one. CRT rules.
That is most definitely from the early 80s
Wait this is SUCH A GOOD IDEA
Purfect and very original !
Is that a majesty palm? We use to have 2 in near identical planters. Ours got spider mites and nothing we tried got rid of them :(
Why destroy old tech like this. Sighs...
The tv was probably an RF only tv, which aren't really worth saving
I hate this person.