RickR Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 In cleaning up my parents' house, I've got the unenviable task of looking through their thousands of photographs and deciding what to keep. It's exhausting. Then, out of nowhere, comes this gem. It's a picture of my mom and dad all gussied up...but off to the right of the frame, it's our old TV setup! I went ahead and cropped it to the good stuff. Please note it's a console TV. And what's on at that moment? Star Trek! Check out that VCR. I don't know why or how, but my normally cheap father sprung for one of the smallest VCR's available. It was an RCA, and it lasted forever. We didn't normally get to play Atari on this TV (the dreaded fear of harming that valuable TV), but once in a while, when I was sick, I did, and it was AWESOME. greenween, The Professor, Arenafoot and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Atari 5200 Guy Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Too bad they don't make TVs like that anymore. Those where the best TVs in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 That's mint. I love that retro VCR and the TV. It brings back memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 I bet you could identify that episode based on Spock's position alone. Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 I couldn't find any pictures of our Atari 2600 set up from the glory days...but here is the room in the basement it resided in (all cleaned up). In that back right corner, there was a two-tiered, wheeled TV stand. 19" Sampo color TV on top shelf, Atari on the bottom. There was a bookcase on that right wall that housed all the boxes from the games (sadly, those got thrown out years ago). The floor had a grey area rug. StormSurge and Sabertooth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Thanks for sharing your memories Rick. I've finally had a chance to come back around these parts and try and catch up with some things and found this thread =) the first pic gave me the warm fuzzies. That's a really nice looking VCR... do you remember the brand? Quote 7800 - 130XE - XEGS - Lynx - Jaguar - ISO: Atari Falcon030 | STBook |STe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Zenith I think, or maybe RCA. I still have it I think. In my attic. Clint Thompson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 And welcome back! Clint Thompson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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