Pickles by Brian Crane for February 24, 2012

And the new ones use several hundred more watts.

No TV last 50 years but then again this is a comicstrip.

The new TV’s make terrible cat warmers.

Good point, Earl! Plus nothing I watch is worth seeing in HD.

Don’t even try to explain DVRs or pausing live TV…

Who is this girl?

My eyes are low-def as well, so I don’t really see what all the fuss is about. But I’ve got 4 of them of various sizes in the house.

The early color TV’s from the 1960’s had terrible garish colors. My guess is that Earl’s TV is more like 20 years old and his daughter is exaggerating.

My eyes and ears are both lo-fi. Grew up with a Philco console with an AM radio and a turntable that played 78’s. No TV in house till ’64.

I know more than one household with flat panel TVs that just get the 480i programming.

as much as nelson’s at earl and opal’s, you’d think she was homeless. my wife refuses to give up the magnavox. so, i now have this killer 32" computer monitor to read these strips on….

If it’s 50 years old, where is he finding the tubes to replace the burned out ones?

I ordered eye glasses from the ’ VA ’ 5 months ago they’re not here yet. " WHAT TV "

Growing up I had a TV that had a record player on top, and the screen was behind 2 sliding doors. I don’t remember the brand name. Does anyone know?

Low Definition….

LOL LOL. Excellent one, Earl!

xxx

I remember watching color TV about 1956 at a friend’s grandma’s. The NBC peacock came on the screen before the program.

I watch most of my TV in my office. On a 13" that my wife brought to the wedding as part of her dowry (along with the car loan, the student loan, the…). Don’t see the need to step up to HDTV when the real problem is all the programs are just as good or bad as before HDTV. The quality of the program didn’t change.

I proudly accept the punishment. ;-)

I expect to replace my 1992 vintage Panasonic soon.

The picture is getting darker and darker by the week.

I’ve tried to turn up the “brightness” on many of today’s

programs, but, for some reason, that just don’t work!

So. Earl’s a plugger too.

They cost too much. BTW, my old TV (which as old as the one in the strip) works just fine with Dish Network, thank-you.

Today’s strip is all about me.

My parent’s, my dad’s been gone for 13 years, have a consel color TV with dial. Only thing broke the power button wore out, before everyone had to buy converter box. TV is 30 years old. How does Earl and Opal watch TV?

Earl’s got a point there.