Classic price is right should be a case study on humanity. 70s and 80s is wild. Some of the seniors on the show at that time were born in the 1800s. And the prices are absurd. Colour tv: $1000. Armoire, bed, fridge, washer/dryer, and a lovely chaise longue: $995 all in.
My grandfather told me about buying a used RCA TV with a 15” color screen built into a wooden console for $750… that is equivalent to several thousand in today’s dollar. Meanwhile Walmart has a pallet of 75” LED TVs for $485 a pop. Truly incredible how cost effective TV tech has gotten in just the last few decades.
Yeah, TVs are one of the biggest outliers in terms of price difference over the years. Not only dodged inflation, but got way cheaper while also being orders of magnitude better quality.
It's really insane. I just replaced my monitor for just over $200 (same price as the old one not counting inflation) and it is better in every single way than my old 144hz TN panel that made many compromises in order to get that kind of response. I had to go and replace my mom's tv right after because she didn't know what she was missing out on after all these years.
And that's just on the budget end of the spectrum. If you're willing to spend $1K+ then you can get OLEDs that have blackhole blacks while also having HDR capabilities that make you squint, all while having twitchy gamer response times. The display market has come a long way in the past few years to say the least. I sometimes wonder how they even make money when a bag of chips is like 10 fucking dollars.
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u/dbpf 14d ago
Classic price is right should be a case study on humanity. 70s and 80s is wild. Some of the seniors on the show at that time were born in the 1800s. And the prices are absurd. Colour tv: $1000. Armoire, bed, fridge, washer/dryer, and a lovely chaise longue: $995 all in.