“Honey, while you are out, get some red paper for the tv screen.”

Remember the early 2000s, when you tried to move your 32” television set? That beast had the weight of an elephant, and it took about 4 people to lift it up. Going further back, in the mid-1980s, I got my first job and bought a “wonderful” second-hand 13” colour TV. I thought then that I had arrived. Before then, we had black and white television, and we put red transparent wrapping paper to get the “colour”. Fast forward to 2026, and I went to buy a new television set for the basement. The sales rep said, “I think you should start to look at 80” and higher.” There are QLED, OLED, mini LED, and LED with AI that you can choose from. Technological advances have allowed the television set to be much lighter, with AI enhancing the picture and sound in real time. Do you remember your first television set? Did you have to bang it or put the wire hanger to get a better picture quality? I would love to hear from the Gen Xers and boomers.