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Fri Feb 1, 2019, 05:48 AM Feb 2019

Old television hell HELP [View all]



My mother's old TV (20 years old) no longer works it seems which is very sad to me. Its one of the few things I have left from her (she passed in 2002 of cancer).

I dumped the cable a few moths ago.

I was getting ONE channel (C-SPAN) for a couple of months after the cut-off and my DVD player hooked up to it still worked, but now a big nothing.

I've tried several different antennas and none of them work.

I even bought a converter box (analog to digital) and still a giant nothing.

It has a built in VCR that still works but now the DVD player I have attached to is via a small black box with lots of cables no longer works either.

This is basically an old TV that has never been used much.

It is a Panasonic 20" color TV if that means anything at all.

Have I done all I can do? Should I just keep it to watch old VHS tapes on or is there an option I am missing?

Please help if you can.

Many thanks from ...

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Old television hell HELP [View all] CountAllVotes Feb 2019 OP
get a roku or amazon fire stick....load PLUTO tv..its FREE!..... samnsara Feb 2019 #1
What is Pluto tv? CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #2
Unless your tv is "new" enough to have a usb port (which I doubt) this is useless advice hlthe2b Feb 2019 #4
yup CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #7
The roku device can be purchased with serial cable hookup for older teevees UpInArms Feb 2019 #14
Is this difficult to set-up? CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #24
Very easy UpInArms Feb 2019 #25
If there are any old time tv repair shops near that work on analog "tube" tvs, you might call them hlthe2b Feb 2019 #3
Thanks! CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #5
I live in a rural area CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #9
you might be surprised HopeAgain Feb 2019 #6
oh I know CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #8
Technology and longevity HopeAgain Feb 2019 #10
It sure was not worth paying a bunch for cable CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #11
We cut the cable about a year and a half ago HopeAgain Feb 2019 #16
And no commercials! Danascot Feb 2019 #20
Too bad DownriverDem Feb 2019 #27
I was really, really against the move to all digital television. LisaM Feb 2019 #29
I got the old TV going again last night! CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #38
Try contacting Panasonic PJMcK Feb 2019 #12
I do not know why it no longer works with the DVD player CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #15
Does the DVD player work with the other TV? LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #21
I don't know CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #23
Best advice I ever heard about sentimental things like this ... Auggie Feb 2019 #13
yup.. that's what I'm currently doing to try to "downsize" hlthe2b Feb 2019 #19
I know CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #22
Search the make and model number LunaSea Feb 2019 #17
I got rid of my "monster" a few years ago. I called a local TV repair man. lamp_shade Feb 2019 #18
What sort of inputs does it have? Afromania Feb 2019 #26
New televisions are cheap matt819 Feb 2019 #28
I am on a DSL connection CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #36
Technology has long since bypassed that set. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #30
That is the boat I've been in for years CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #31
Old television tech here gay texan Feb 2019 #32
It could be that! CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #33
You could make an aquarium, a liquor cabinet or a cat bed out of it. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #34
Problem found CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #35
This 20 year old television IS WORKING AGAIN! CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #37
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