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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember a 42" plasma TV that cost $12,000 at Best Buy.

[–] czardestructo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Plus $1000 a year electric bill

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah those early ones - and the one I'm thinking of was like the first big-screen flatpanel they sold, sometime in the late 90s - were extra extra bad about power.