re: What did your families' tv look like growing up?

We were a Magnavox family.

Only buy or think of buying a Magnavox.

Screen was about 19 inches and the console took up one whole wall of the living room. Ch 9,2 and 33. Had to go outside and mess with the antenna sometimes to get 33. The antennas were on everyone's roof and some wire ran into the house.

I wouldn't be able to see what was on the screen if I had to watch something like that again. Back then it was the best thing ever

Zenith4Life

Parents got this Zenith model TV in the early 90’s:



Then in 1998 they bought a larger Sony tv like this:



Then in 2005 or 2006 they got a Samsung like this:




Those are the 3 TVs that we had in my family while growing up.

That was my first flat screen TV purchase. It just died a few months ago. 37"LCD..It was $1999 in '06...

Yeah TVs like that used to be crazy expensive. TVs have gotten so cheap now.

Curtis Mathes baby

My grandparents had a Dumont 8" tv in 1940s. We got NYC from Hempstead l.i.


My parents got one in 1950. Admiral. 21". We kept until 1961. Color!!

Pretty much like that one, B/W. It sat on top a big console color TV that didn't work anymore, but was too damned big and heavy to move.