who has an old TV with CRT tube? ya knaw, those big clunky box kind..

[tulip]

I guess I'm a Luddite. My big, 20 yrs old TV works just fine with cable connection. Just got a notice from cable company that they were going to make us analog types rent a special adapter come April for $1.00/mo/tv. If I did not have cable, I would only get 2 stations, mostly snow, and it galls me to have to spend $73/month to watch the news or 2-3 programs a week. Might have to break down and get a new flat screen but the idea is just painful.

My flat screen HD was $130 and the digital antenna was $30. With 16 channels (that's what I get, YMMV) and the ease of connecting a computer for Hulu + ($8/mo), you would be way ahead of your current setup in a couple of months if you drop the cable.

[carlotta]

We had a 13" TV/DVD combo (from my dorm room days) until last year. The remote no longer worked so we could only watch DVDs that played when we hit play on the front of the unit.... and sometimes that resulted in captions/other languages. I tried replacing the remote but it was time to upgrade. Our apartment is small so a 32" flat screen is perfect, plus a new DVD player so we can stream Netflix, etc. No cable, just what we get over the air with a cheap-o set of rabbit ears on top of the bookshelf. Watching sports is also WAY better on the bigger screen.... it was hard to see the puck/ball on the little TV
The old one got recycled at the local electronics recycling event for $10-15.

[rebeccaC]

I've never had a CRT tv. Never had a tv when growing up either. I bought a 51" plasma 3d smart tv in Dec for my second bedroom which now is also a tv room. It has a wireless internet connection so I can watch netflix (Orange is the New Black ftw) etc. and even use it for the net or skype. The remote even has voice recognition controls. Amazing picture quality and I'm enjoying the little tv i have time for, mostly things I've DVR'ed so I can zip through commercials or just watch when I want to. Didn't think I'd use the 3d until a friend brought over the Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man 3d blu ray. WOW

TV is a guilty pleasure for me that's also nice to have when I want to relax and with this one be immersed in it.

[Eden]

My living room is not big enough for a huge TV….. We still have our little Sony trinitron and will have until it breaks. It's basically a monitor these days. We dumped our satellite, not because we didn't like their service, but because we found ourselves sitting in front of the computer way more often to watch stuff online. So we've hooked our old TV up to a Roku box and can be comfortable at it now… Not sure if I'll want to replace it at all if it breaks. The monitor on my laptop is awfully good -but the speakers kind of suck.

[Catrin]

I moved to a 27 inch Sony flat screen about 4 years ago and I like it fine...but my sister has a 55? 60? inch that her son gave her. It really is much too large for her small living room but I can see the attraction. When the time comes to replace it I will be less resistant to a larger tv, though I doubt that they even make them as small as 27 inches any more.

[OakLeaf]

I doubt that they even make them as small as 27 inches any more.

They've got plenty of 27" TVs in the big box stores. We just bought my MIL a TV for Christmas, and while it was a larger one, we saw the small ones on display too. I just did a search on one of the big stores' sites and they've got 86 choices between 19" and 27".

(We had to wait for the family Christmas party to remove her old TV and install the new one. It took three strong men to get it out of the space and they wound up dropping it on the porch for the maintenance crew to pick up, because they physically could not carry it any farther. Just very lucky it didn't shatter!)

[Catrin]

They've got plenty of 27" TVs in the big box stores. We just bought my MIL a TV for Christmas, and while it was a larger one, we saw the small ones on display too. I just did a search on one of the big stores' sites and they've got 86 choices between 19" and 27".

(We had to wait for the family Christmas party to remove her old TV and install the new one. It took three strong men to get it out of the space and they wound up dropping it on the porch for the maintenance crew to pick up, because they physically could not carry it any farther. Just very lucky it didn't shatter!)

This is good to know Oakleaf, we will see what is out there when it eventually comes time to replace what I have. As my current LR is much larger than previously I might even opt to go a bit larger. Irulan mentioned something about room size/viewing distance recomendations that sounds helpful!

Glad to hear the family was able to get the huge tv upstairs!!!