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[QUOTE=&quot;MrPogi, post: 74526, member: 5542&quot;]Can't set the time on an old TV? Time to buy a NEW TV!...Or, maybe find a nicer - and newer - one at the local thrift store. They're practically giving them away. My thrift store has lots of nice ones. On the shelf next to all the freakin' huge flat panel TV stands that people have removed when they mounted them to the wall. They are priced about the same as the CRT TV sets. Anybody have a use for a flat panel stand without the panel?Only problem with these TVs is the people at the thrift store separate the TV from the remote, and try to charge you $3 for it plus another $10 for the TV. And they conveniently place the remotes... in random locations around the store! I found an RCA converter box once, $4, no remote. I searched the store - several times. 2 months later, it showed up, priced at $1. Nice. The good news about remotes for older electronics is a basic universal remote usually works pretty good, and there's a slew of remotes out there on clearance because the lack the &quot;.&quot; button required to punch up sub channels. I was able to find a learning remote for $2.95 clearance, and I just programmed one of the buttons to be the &quot;.&quot; for my converter box. I wish they had more of them @ that price.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="MrPogi, post: 74526, member: 5542"]Can't set the time on an old TV? Time to buy a NEW TV! ...Or, maybe find a nicer - and newer - one at the local thrift store. They're practically giving them away. My thrift store has lots of nice ones. On the shelf next to all the freakin' huge flat panel TV stands that people have removed when they mounted them to the wall. They are priced about the same as the CRT TV sets. Anybody have a use for a flat panel stand without the panel? Only problem with these TVs is the people at the thrift store separate the TV from the remote, and try to charge you $3 for it plus another $10 for the TV. And they conveniently place the remotes... in random locations around the store! I found an RCA converter box once, $4, no remote. I searched the store - several times. 2 months later, it showed up, priced at $1. Nice. The good news about remotes for older electronics is a basic universal remote usually works pretty good, and there's a slew of remotes out there on clearance because the lack the "." button required to punch up sub channels. I was able to find a learning remote for $2.95 clearance, and I just programmed one of the buttons to be the "." for my converter box. I wish they had more of them @ that price.[/QUOTE]

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