Movie thread

[Road Guy]

last weekend I was woken up early when the wife went to work at 5 am and couldn't go back to sleep, my kids had rented "The 5th Wave" so I popped it in the VCR   I was expecting it to be like Independence Day, but in actually its more of the typical teenage "action" movie ala Hunger Games, Divergent, etc.. what a waste, wasn't one alien in the whole GD movie..

 

[NJmike PE]

So last Friday night I had a late night standby call where I had to sit at another fire companies house while they were fighting a house fire. I didn't get home until 4 am. Not much else to do except really watch tv and at that hour, there isn't much to pick from. We came across the movie "Grandma's Boy". HFS, that movie was hilarious. It's a Happy Madison movie, but man did it not disappoint.

 

[mudpuppy]

last weekend I was woken up early when the wife went to work at 5 am and couldn't go back to sleep, my kids had rented "The 5th Wave" so I popped it in the VCR   I was expecting it to be like Independence Day, but in actually its more of the typical teenage "action" movie ala Hunger Games, Divergent, etc.. what a waste, wasn't one alien in the whole GD movie..

Ok I'll bite.  You have a VCR??!?

 

[MA_PE]

I watched Minnions on Netflix last weekend.  Iiked it.

Watched the original Die Hard on Mother's Day.  My college grad son had never seen it before.  Yippie Ki Yay MFer.

then we watched a movie called Snitch with the Rock.  I think it was made last year.  Just so-so.

 

[jeb6294]

Ok I'll bite.  You have a VCR??!?

He uses it to watch his shows on the picture box.

 

[MA_PE]

VCR works great on the 35 in. CRT

 

[Dleg]

A 35 inch CRT weighs probably 125 lbs.  

 

[MetsFan]

It's also the only way to play Duck Hunt on the NES

 

[knight1fox3]

Boom!

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[Ramnares P.E.]

Can't wait ^

Car Ramrod rolls again.

 

[MA_PE]

A 35 inch CRT weighs probably 125 lbs.  

I think it's more, want to come to my house and take it away?  It's a Sony Trinitron, works perfectly and has the Sony stand made specifically for the TV.

 

[Supe]

We had the Sony Wega 36", the last of the cream of the crop tube TV's.  That mother F'er weighed nearly 350 lbs.  Delivery guys about had a coronary going up a single step to get it through a set of French double doors.

 

[willsee]

We had the Sony Wega 36", the last of the cream of the crop tube TV's.  That mother F'er weighed nearly 350 lbs.  Delivery guys about had a coronary going up a single step to get it through a set of French double doors.

Had a 27" and 36" of this same TV.  Great TV, heavy as ****.

 

[Dleg]

The largest CRT I had was a 32 inch Toshiba, which caused nerve damage in two of my fingers from carrying it into and out of my car once when i had to get it repaired. It also friction burned the carpet in the back of my SUV.  That stupid thing had such narrow, sharp plastic edges on the bottom that the pressure on your fingers or carpet was probably 1000 psi or more.

Modern flat screens are freaking amazing.

 

[roadwreck]

The largest CRT I had was a 32 inch Toshiba, which caused nerve damage in two of my fingers from carrying it into and out of my car once when i had to get it repaired. It also friction burned the carpet in the back of my SUV.  That stupid thing had such narrow, sharp plastic edges on the bottom that the pressure on your fingers or carpet was probably 1000 psi or more.

We have a 32" LG flat screen HDTV collecting dust that has the same issue.  I need to take it to Goodwill but can't pick it up without assistance.  All the weight is on the front and it's supported by what feels like razor sharp plastic just beneath the screen.  :\

It works and has a great picture, it just can't compare to the 50" we have in the living room and there is nowhere else in the house for a TV that size.  

 

[MA_PE]

We have a 32" LG flat screen HDTV collecting dust that has the same issue.  I need to take it to Goodwill but can't pick it up without assistance.  All the weight is on the front and it's supported by what feels like razor sharp plastic just beneath the screen.  :\

It works and has a great picture, it just can't compare to the 50" we have in the living room and there is nowhere else in the house for a TV that size.  

ever hear of work gloves?  just sayin'

 

[wilheldp_PE]

We have a 32" LG flat screen HDTV collecting dust that has the same issue.  I need to take it to Goodwill but can't pick it up without assistance.  

Last I heard, Goodwill was no longer accepting CRT TVs.  Nobody buys them, and it costs them money to send the TVs to the e-waste recyclers.

 

[roadwreck]

Last I heard, Goodwill was no longer accepting CRT TVs.  Nobody buys them, and it costs them money to send the TVs to the e-waste recyclers.

The one near us still will (we checked) but there are a number of places that won't.  

 

[MetsFan]

Best Buy recycles old electronics for free.

 

[snickerd3]

Best Buy recycles old electronics for free.

not anymore.  They stopped collecting tvs for free like 6 months ago.  I sit a couple cubes down from the lady that does the electronics recycle program.  She used to say best will take up to 36" in the store and anything larger would be part of their pick up service, but now bestbuy doesn't offer those services for free.