Out with the old ...

... and in with the new!
It is truly amazing how one adapts to things.  For many years now, I have been watching TV on my old JVC (picture tube kind) and enjoying my shows.  I watch lots of  nature shows, CNN and a few documentaries.  I hardly watch the others because I find the shows too dark.  Of course, I did not, for one minute, think to adjust the brightness on the TV. 
Well, my daughter was here for the Christmas holidays and she complained about my TV. She has been complaining about this for quite a while.  "How come everything is green?" she says.  "What colour do you expect the trees and lakes to be?" I asked.  She called me over to look at an ad which was showing a silver watch.  "Look at that, it should be silver but it is green!"  I said that the green is the shadow of the watch.  She did not buy that at all.  She tried to adjust the brightness and tint but to no avail.  Apparently, the picture tubes for them are gone and no amount of adjusting would rectify that.  No wonder I stopped enjoying CSI and NCIS because it was always "filmed at night".  And, no wonder, the grand daughters always chose to play their board games instead of watching TV when they came over. Whenever I suggested that they could watch their show, they would reply "It is okay, Nana, we would rather play the game!" was their reply. How kind of them not wanting to hurt my feelings by telling me that my TV is not good.
One night, during the holidays, the doorbell rang and when I opened the door, my daughters were there holding a big box and seem to be struggling with the weight of it.  They asked me to hurry and help them because the box was heavy.   I rushed to help them to hold one end of the box and when I took hold of one side of it, it almost flew out of my hands.  It was so light.  That was my introduction to a new, flat-screened LED HD TV which weighed 12 lbs.
When she got it all connected, I was shocked at the picture.  It was sharp, bright and so detailed. I realized that I had missed quite a bit ... how beautiful a cheetah and tiger looks,  how beautiful and blue the lake looks, how dry and gray an elephant's skin is. When I watched CNN, I could see every wrinkle, pimple and hair on the faces of the newscasters.  It is so light that I will not have trouble dusting the back of the shelf.  Myra was good enough to combine all the remotes into one and she left written instructions on the inside of the entertainment centre.
Now, this RCATV sits in the spot where the JVC used to be.  My JVC had been with me for 19 years and had been my friend and companion for all those years. I kept it clean and had always moved it slightly to clean the back because it was really heavy.  I was sad to see it go to the great TV heaven in the sky.  It was dropped off at Best Buy and sat among microwaves and computers for recycling.  Goodbye my friend!
I watched a movie with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon on Netflix. I did have a little trouble getting Netflix on my TV but after a couple of texts with Myra, I got it going.   (Oh yes, I now can watch Netflix on the TV and I control it with my cellphone). Oh yes, I have come a long way with technology!  I was sadden to see how old Richard Gere looked ... I saw his wrinkles and also how large his pores are.  It really took me aback.  I guess I will have to get used to this.
Thank you girls for bringing me up-to-date with the rest of the world.  Perhaps now the grand daughters will enjoy watching TV at Nana's again.