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Tafkam Hokie
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Tafkam Hokie
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Yeah, I recall going to a friends house once where they had a long cord

that ran under the carpet and up to the end table next to the sofa so the slider box was right there beside you. Wait, what...you can do that?
Posted: 04/24/2025 at 10:39 AM ET
(In response to this post by Late 80s Hokie)

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TV remotes**
AZHokie59 • 04/22/25 02:18 PM ET
1st I recall was chorded, ca. early 80s **
astrohokie • 04/22/25 05:19 PM ET
my parents got a Curtis Mathis - TV in a cabinet that worked for 25 yrs
JoseyWales • 04/22/25 05:01 PM ET
ANd where is it today? Landfills full of those BIG BOXES**
UTPr0sim • 04/22/25 08:27 PM ET
I'm not sure I understand your point. Landfills are full of...
MP4VT2004 • 04/22/25 08:37 PM ET
…get out of here Curtis. I don’t hear you unless you knock
chumley • 04/22/25 05:53 PM ET
My grandmother insisted on having those huge cabinet TV's.
HokieNoVA • 04/22/25 05:25 PM ET
I remember those...they were the "Cadillac of televisions."**
EDGEMAN • 04/22/25 05:04 PM ET
Our first kinda/sorta remote was when we first got cable and the channel
Late 80s Hokie • 04/22/25 04:54 PM ET
Sadly, the cord on ours wouldn't reach the sofa, so it had to stay on top
Tafkam Hokie • 04/23/25 03:29 PM ET
Ours had a freaky long cord. Easily made it to the couch, and for the
Late 80s Hokie • 04/23/25 04:24 PM ET
Yeah, I recall going to a friends house once where they had a long cord ◄
Tafkam Hokie • 04/24/25 10:39 AM ET
After I was married, I remember our first "big screen" tv purchase.
MCL3 Hokie • 04/22/25 04:34 PM ET
hope you had pair of pliers for when the knob broke**
HokieDan95 • 04/22/25 04:28 PM ET
You also had to know the correct antenna direction for each channel**
Tuckahokie • 04/22/25 04:01 PM ET
We had a "Tenna-rotor"**
AZHokie59 • 04/22/25 09:29 PM ET
I remember my first remote control. I think it was a Zenith.
Brown Water • 04/22/25 02:26 PM ET
That's a clicker. It didn't become a remote for many years.**
UEMcGill • 04/22/25 03:17 PM ET
Ah, a fine point now that you mention it**
Brown Water • 04/22/25 04:00 PM ET
Ours was a RCA.**
Major Kong • 04/22/25 02:48 PM ET
Rich people had a Curtis Mathes...or so I've heard**
Tuckahokie • 04/22/25 03:59 PM ET
Zenith, Motorola.**
PhotoHokieNC • 04/22/25 03:43 PM ET
Ours was a Tony:)**
AZHokie59 • 04/22/25 02:36 PM ET