Guy in 1999 showing off his brand new TV he just bought for $5000

[Orbital-Fetus]

I see so many flat screens laying on the side of the street. It fukks me up because I remember when they first dropped and how expensive they were. Driving around and seeing 60" flat screens laying outside like nothing is crazy. But the only reason I feel that way is because I remember what was....
When I go to a Walmart or Target and see 60" 4k smart tv's going for $300 my jaw drops every time. No matter how ubiquitous flat screens become I will always see them as luxury items.

 

[Trips]

It'd go haywire, when corona virus hit that was a tease of how it woulda been in the stores

Those first few weeks/months of Covid where crazy. Can't believe we already 5 years in the future.

 

[Canon]

this finna be OLED owners in 25 years

true but you can get a fire oled for half of that

 

[KBtheKey]

I remember paying $1200 for my first 40" flatscreen tv in 2008, and I thought I was getting a bargain at the time

EDIT: I found a struggle picture from back in the day for reference.

the crib was dusty

Speaker setup took me back to my childhood

 

[Heafcliffe]

Cac got a tiny ass "personal pan pizza" TV.

 

[beenz]

$1200 in 2008?


You’re crazy.

I'm pretty sure that's what I paid. a 42" sony tv from that era was $1500, so $1200 for a samsung makes sense.

 

[Jaguar93]

 

[UpAndComing]

Adjusted for inflation, he paid roughly $9500 for that TV. Amazing lol

That's why I always laugh at electronic fads

People overpaying for things that would rapidly decrease in value in a couple of years

 

[Diunx]

As a kid you were so proud when you could finally carry a TV, you knew you just became a man

 

[3rdWorld]

90s breh

Take me back

 

[Dem313wayz]

Broke my dad big screen TV as a kid throwing a football around the house. Got my ass beat for that

 

[null]

this was state of the art not too long ago ..



now it's way behind the curve .. good pic, cam, 3D but the onboard software is not great.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

As a kid you were so proud when you could finally carry a TV, you knew you just became a man

Nah fukk that
Moving them tvs with the bbl to a second or third floor apartment

 

[Json]

I always laugh at the episode of Martin where he brags about paying 500 bucks for a CD player

 

[Illuminatos]

Thought it was gonna be one of these.


Can't imagine paying 5k for that bullshyt. Ain't shyt it can even have to warrant that price back then.

This was peak tech back in the day.