During the days of the cathode ray TV, which emmitted cathode rays from a tube, hence boob tube, TVs were size just right to fit into what we call an antertainment center, which would also house a vcr--eventaully dvd-players, stereo equipment speaker. It would also store movies & hide the wiring for the products.
TOday i nthe day oh HI-Def TV, its no longer as practicle. Walk into a furniture store and you'll see an much lower amount of these things, most of them just left over. Today these flat HD TVs are mounted on a wall of just a stand since space lo longer availible because its taken up by the TV
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I will make this my blog entry since no body was brave enough to! I noticed this very clever perception also. I remeber my entertainment cneter as a child. It was this ugly amber colored wood very large entertainment center from IKEA that took up the entire length of the living room wall (about 10 ft). My parents had the entire piece of shelving furniture clogged with their favorite record albums, CD's, Videos, and my dads electronic equipment, including CD players, tape payers, record players, and a speaker system with sub woofers. Back then, there were truely so many things to have because tapes, records, and CD's were all popular and my parents had "TONS" of them. But now all you need is your flat screen, your Tivo (additionally maybe a DVD player) and your speakers (which can sit on the floor). Very neat and what i call technologically efficient.
ReplyDeleteI too agree that the entertainment centers are ugly. Ikea still has a version of them but nothing like the used to have. In the Smithsonian they have exhibits of antique furniture, I wonder when the entertainment center will be included. Also, I’ve helped friends move and those things are b*tch to move in and out of apartments is three flights of steps.
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