How many households still have 4:3 TVs?

[hendra]

I wonder how many people still use 4:3 TVs these days. Do they even still make one?

[Blu Titan]

I cleaned my out years ago...donated them to the Salvation Army. A lot of people still own them .

[cinema sickness]

We still have one in the bedroom. Never use it though. Every once in a while in the morning before work I'll pop it on but more or less it just sits and collects dust. However... At my parents house I have a 40 inch 4:3 in storage. The reason for keeping this will be because when I move out of my condo and into an actual house I plan on hooking my VHS player up to it since we all know how poor they look on a HDTV. As far as I'm concerned a standard TV will always be part of my life. If for nothing else then to watch all the great films & TV shows never released on anything but VHS.

[progers13]

I own 2, actually. A 27" Magnavox TV in my bedroom which still works great (I've owned it since new in 1997). The other is a small 13" TV I've had since 1988 (yes, you read that right - 1988 ), but that one seldom gets used. It is plugged in and works, but it is in my computer room. Usually when I am in here, I'm listening to my receiver setup in the other room.

[Switchblade9]

I've got a huge 32" Sony in the bedroom. The picture is beautiful, but it weighs about as much as my car and I would love to replace it with a 40 inch LCD at some point. In the living room I have a 50" Sony HD that is magnificent.

[nathanp]

The landfill was gonna charge me a recycling fee to drop my old Sony Trinitron off there, so I decided to donate it to the Home Depot parking lot.

[Blu-rob77]

Well i got one it a 19inch sony in our bedroom for the wife but it has a ps3 lol. But living rooms got a 52 and sons room got 32 sammy's with ps3's.But one day she'll get a 42 in her room lol.

[vsidhu]

I've still got a 25" RCA from '98. One of my cousins still had 27" wood cabinet Zenith from the mid 80's until around '04.

[steve1971]

In my house I am the only one with an HDTV. The rest all have boob tubes as I call them.

[SDon1969]

Still have 'em in the two bedrooms, won't upgrade them until they break.

But the living room and HT basement have flat panels, of course.

[MaCruz]

I still own 2 of them. Not replacing them until they break. (Knock on wood)

[koontz1973]

Originally Posted by nathanp

The landfill was gonna charge me a recycling fee to drop my old Sony Trinitron off there, so I decided to donate it to the Home Depot parking lot.

I know it is not a funny thing to do but it reading that made me
In the UK now, shops who sell electrical items must take them back at end of usage and dispose of them. Much better than a parking lot.

Last one I had was around 10 years ago.

[FREYMAX 3D]

Haven't had a 4:3 TV since I got divorced 3 years ago - The ex took the 32 inch Sony tube TV with her (at my request!), so I could get myself a 52" Aquos for the living room of my new bachelor pad... then of course I have my 120" 16:9 projector screen in the Basement HT.

What really irritates me is that there's still way too many broadcast and cable channels in 4:3 - I think it is definitely time to give those "black bars" to all the slackers who still own their outdated 4:3 screens, and let all of us "with-the-times" crowd actually enjoy our 16:9 screens...lol! Plus, it would most likely help nudge them towards buying updated TVs a bit sooner, as well!

[P@t_Mtl]

None in my family. My mom still had a 4:3 in her bedroom but I decided to get her a brand new one last Christmas. Brother and most of my friends are also on 16x9 now as well.

[blusharks78]

I have 2 flat screen televisions in my home. I gave my last tube television to my parents for their basement for my niece and nephew.

[Pelican170]

I have one in my computer room that isnt used very often...

[acritzer]

Well, we just upgraded our bedroom set to a panny LCD, so we're down to 1 left. Down in the basement and now that the treadmill is busted it's never used. Honestly though, if we're just watching TV to have something on, or watching old sit coms and such, the older sets are OK.

[bz1080p]

2-27" & 2-19" still in use.
2 46" Samsung LCD's (B750 & 4671) for serious viewing.
BZB

[Moefiz]

I have a small 13 in still in use now and then,other than that one all the rest of TV'S in the house are flat screens.

[steve1971]

My parents simply refuse to seperate with their tube tv's as well as my cousin and sister. My dad always comes in and watches my 46inch flat screen when Nascar is on but for some odd reason he refuses to give in even when I have offered to by him a 32inch flat screen for his room! My cousin said a tv is a tv and says we are all "crazy" but I bet if I bought him a flat screen he would change his mind. Some people refuse to let go I guess but as I have told my family when their tube tv's die they will either be forced to buy a flat screen or go to the pawn shop and by a used tube tv because thats the only way they can keep the tube tv era alive.