I remember from childhood that a 'big screen TV' was one of the stereotypical status symbols. Same with nice cars. But back then, TVs didn't innovate that muc

I remember from childhood that a 'big screen TV' was one of the stereotypical status symbols. Same with nice cars. But back then, TVs didn't innovate that much, so people treated their TVs like they did cars. They kept them on decade long schedules and repaired them instead of replaced them.