In college, I was frequently invited to movie nights in one of the lounges because the TV there was ancient and I was one of the few people who could reliably t

In college, I was frequently invited to movie nights in one of the lounges because the TV there was ancient and I was one of the few people who could reliably turn it on. It involved hitting the reset button at a specific point of the warm up for a specific duration. Apparently no one thought to just ask for a new TV until years later.