The TV-on-the-box days (early 2005)
We’ve all been there, right? …the TV-on-the-box days. The old hand-me-down Panasonic I had before finally broke. It would randomly crunch the whole picture into one horizontal line. All I would have to do was tap the side of the TV, and the picture would come back to full screen. Until one day, I “tapped” a little too hard. I was in the middle of a football game when the TV decided to conveniently crunch down my picture. I “tapped” it on the side, but this time I heard some glass break. This oh-shit moment led to the death of the 24″ Panasonic CRT.
The TV dying happened a few months before the big move into my first house. Other expenses like lawn equipment and washing machines were higher on the priority list, which made me stuck with putting my high school 12″ TV on a box. Not exactly the ideal home theater, but it had to do back then. I did hook up my Philips FW-P78 mini HIFI stereo so at least I got Dolby Pro Logic stereo sound.
The connection setup was pretty similar to my previous apartment. I had an audio/video switch box which select composite/stereo inputs from a PS2, GameCube, or TiVo. All the inputs were composite since the TV didn’t have any better inputs. I don’t think better video signals would of mattered anyway on a 12″ screen.
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