Patrick Sun
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So, I finally took the 4k plunge since prices are so low for 4K UHD TV sets, and even 4K UHD Blu-ray players, but realized that I needed to retired a lot of old pieces of HT gear just collecting dust over the decade or two. Yep, my house has been a museum for old out-dated HT gear nowadays, and it's time to retire a host of stuff.
So, looking around for local options to get rid of 2 old RPTVs, and a CRT, I came to the conclusion I'd be paying a Junk-remover outfit to come by to haul away those worthless old TV sets. My trash pick-up company doesn't even offer to haul away old RPTV or CRTs anymore unless you pay them, and getting a response from them for scheduling is too time-consuming.
I finally rolled out one of those old RPTV from my bedroom (seldom used anyway), and replaced it with an inexpensive 4K TV set, and 4K BD player. Everything else was basically fated for the eWaste pile, like my venerable Panasonic RP-91, a cheap Philips DVD player that was region hacked, a really old ReplayTV unit (I have 3 of them, 2 others are in my living room and they will be uprooted from the HT rack soon. I also have a VCR that is getting disposed of, most likely. It's weird, it's like saying goodbye to things that meant something to you a decade ago, but now, totally too geriatric to be useful for modern displays and HT setups. Time marches on.
I'm still hanging on to my LD players, though, more for nostalgia's sake, for now. I have no idea if the drive belts have brittled with time, and might not even work anymore. It's literally 20 year old technology.
It's odd how little gear is really needed for a decent HT setup. Still also hanging on to my HD-DVD player, my Roku (non-4K), and non-4K BD players in the living room for now. Will replace once I finally get the itch to replace the living room TV, still an old HDTV DLP with LED light engine, so it's still chugging along, an I still like how motion looks on it, vs the new sets with their soap-opera looking 120hz/240hz/etc motion enhancers. Also still using my Comcast box to deliver the HD content from their usual cable lineup. So, not really a lot of separate boxes needed as media gets streamlined, along with streaming options to provide entertainment content nowadays.
Anyhow, just found it interesting, turning the page on really old HT technology, looking forward to the new stuff coming down the pipe.
I guess I'll be taking those old DVD players and DVRs to Best Buy to be recycled. It just feels weird to do so, but it's necessary at this time.
So, looking around for local options to get rid of 2 old RPTVs, and a CRT, I came to the conclusion I'd be paying a Junk-remover outfit to come by to haul away those worthless old TV sets. My trash pick-up company doesn't even offer to haul away old RPTV or CRTs anymore unless you pay them, and getting a response from them for scheduling is too time-consuming.
I finally rolled out one of those old RPTV from my bedroom (seldom used anyway), and replaced it with an inexpensive 4K TV set, and 4K BD player. Everything else was basically fated for the eWaste pile, like my venerable Panasonic RP-91, a cheap Philips DVD player that was region hacked, a really old ReplayTV unit (I have 3 of them, 2 others are in my living room and they will be uprooted from the HT rack soon. I also have a VCR that is getting disposed of, most likely. It's weird, it's like saying goodbye to things that meant something to you a decade ago, but now, totally too geriatric to be useful for modern displays and HT setups. Time marches on.
I'm still hanging on to my LD players, though, more for nostalgia's sake, for now. I have no idea if the drive belts have brittled with time, and might not even work anymore. It's literally 20 year old technology.
It's odd how little gear is really needed for a decent HT setup. Still also hanging on to my HD-DVD player, my Roku (non-4K), and non-4K BD players in the living room for now. Will replace once I finally get the itch to replace the living room TV, still an old HDTV DLP with LED light engine, so it's still chugging along, an I still like how motion looks on it, vs the new sets with their soap-opera looking 120hz/240hz/etc motion enhancers. Also still using my Comcast box to deliver the HD content from their usual cable lineup. So, not really a lot of separate boxes needed as media gets streamlined, along with streaming options to provide entertainment content nowadays.
Anyhow, just found it interesting, turning the page on really old HT technology, looking forward to the new stuff coming down the pipe.
I guess I'll be taking those old DVD players and DVRs to Best Buy to be recycled. It just feels weird to do so, but it's necessary at this time.
