A large pile of crap, but at least a large pile of crap in one convenient location.Tumblr (3.0; @isthisreallynecessary)http://isthisreallynecessary.com/<p><strong>SF bay area craigslist > peninsula > for sale / wanted > electronics - by owner</strong></p> <p><code>Date: 2010-11-29, 7:46PM PST</code></p> <p>Looking for an HDTV, but disappointed by LCD’s poor image quality and plasma’s high cost? Well, look no further… this Sony KD-34XBR2 34” widescreen tube HDTV is for you! </p> <p>What’s that… tube? YES TUBE! The flat-faced Wega tube offers outstanding picture quality with viewing angles and rich blacks that LCD can only DREAM OF! 1080i? 720p? 480i? IT DOESN’T MATTER… it’s a TUBE! It can change scan rate and give you a clear image no matter what source you throw at it — not like those lousy fixed-resolution LCDs that have to glom pixels together! Plain old DVD? NICE! Blu-ray? BEAUTIFUL! Law & Order reruns from your VCR? NOT TOO SHABBY!</p> <p>Confused by HDMI versions and firmware updates for encrypted content protection? You’re in luck! This TV has NONE OF THAT! No HDMI, no DVI… not even VGA! But it DOES have two component and four composite video inputs and optical audio out as well as two IEEE 1394 (iLink/Firewire) ports that are just as USELESS now as the day the set was made!</p> <p>The KD-34XBR2 is also one of the rare TVs from its era to include a digital tuner, so it’s ready to go TODAY plucking FREE HD PROGRAMMING from the very AIR around us with nothing more than RABBIT EARS! Amazing! It’s almost as if this TV KNEW nine years ago that analog broadcasts would go the way of the dodo! DARE you have this DIGITAL NOSTRADAMUS in your LIVING ROOM?!</p> <p>Thinking of popping the KD-34XBR2 in your Prius and setting it up on a TV tray in your third floor apartment? HA! No way! IT’S A TUBE! Two hundred and five pounds of glorious glass that’ll need two people of reasonable strength and an SUV/van/truck of reasonable size just to GET IT OUT THE DOOR! That wonderful picture comes at a COST, but once you’ve hauled it off and found a structurally sound location to put it, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it for YEARS, just as I have.</p> <p>What does $205 get you? </p> <ol><li>The Sony KD-34XBR2, originally purchased November 2001 (for $4,100 — CAN YOU BELIEVE IT), in pristine condition.</li> <li>A remote control, in passable condition but fully functional.</li> <li>A MANUAL.</li> <li>The original box and packaging, which will make hauling it up to your third floor apartment that much easier.</li> </ol><p>Don’t take my word for it… just LOOK at that photo! Mr. Potato Head* is STUNNED that such an amazing specimen of QUALITY VIDEO TECHNOLOGY can be HAD FOR SO LITTLE! </p> <p><img align="middle" alt="KD-34XBR2" height="470" src="http://toastdesign.com/avRack.jpg" width="488"/></p> <p>Contact Rob and let’s make this entertainment behemoth yours.</p> <p><br/><br/><br/></p> <p>* Mr. Potato Head is a registered trademark of Hasbro Inc. and as such does not endorse the sale of this television. BUT… if he WASN’T indentured to his CORPORATE OVERLORDS, Mr. Head would most certainly recommend that you buy.</p> <p>P.S. Seriously, what’s with LCD? Color me unimpressed.</p> <p><br/><br/></p> <ul><li>it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests</li> </ul>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/16510064962http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/16510064962Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:40:16 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxcyvl8Phk1r5yoejo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mn70s.tumblr.com/post/15899396807/beautiful-austin-minnesota-mid-1970s-before-its" target="_blank">mn70s</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>Beautiful Austin, Minnesota, mid 1970s, before its re-branding as SpamtownUSA.</strong></em></p> <p>Image via Minnesota Historical Society</p> </blockquote>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/15930140142http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/15930140142Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:40:44 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxki0c3wlG1qz4j43o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/15608157955http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/15608157955Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:31:24 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luh3xdtUYL1qz4j43o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/12623108270http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/12623108270Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:53:37 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqrrfrriES1qz4j43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/9610439969http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/9610439969Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:43:03 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqqlif8uZw1qz4j43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/9583058420http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/9583058420Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:37:27 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llhc4ztY9k1qz4j43o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5660572090http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5660572090Thu, 19 May 2011 22:48:36 -0700<span id="video_player_5573443569">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 10</a> is required to watch video.]</span><script type="text/javascript">renderVideo("video_player_5573443569",'http://isthisreallynecessary.com/video_file/5573443569/tumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43',400,225,'poster=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43_frame1.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43_frame2.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43_frame3.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43_frame4.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43_frame5.jpg')</script><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5573443569http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5573443569Tue, 17 May 2011 04:05:42 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkncs4H3nZ1qz4j43o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5177006304http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5177006304Tue, 03 May 2011 18:14:28 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkc66xBHEW1qz4j43o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>From <em>127 Hours’</em> alternate ending.</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/4998052525http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/4998052525Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:18:33 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhs4f2NI9J1qz4j43o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Bargaining, depression, acceptance.</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/3738966725http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/3738966725Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:21:02 -0800ipadapplecomic<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbcr5ld0i81qz4j43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1478108429http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1478108429Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:48:56 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la73wopl8j1qz4j43o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>What’s on your clipboard?</p> <p>(this was for an IM, complaining about Safari 5’s autocomplete)</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1300858960http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1300858960Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:05:12 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8594ne1SO1qz4j43o1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1055538425http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1055538425Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:55:35 -0700<a href="http://toastbucket.com/miscAudio/stretched/Know.m4a">“Know”</a>: <p>2:50 song stretched to 22:30</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1037423511http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1037423511Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:24:13 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n_Z5GOgsiV4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sita Sings the Blues - Who’s That Knockin’ At My Door?</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1003210588http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1003210588Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:17:15 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7ni2wyUek1qz4j43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1002780423http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1002780423Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:52:08 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EYM-B9jAflM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sometimes it’s best to leave them alone.</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/961147237http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/961147237Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:22:26 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5hhgpBgr11qz4j43o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>What was the sin, exactly? Depending on the difficulty level, this will color my opinion of the album.</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/805454737http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/805454737Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:46:01 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3gy7f97Ye1qzpapzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://adamsdayoff.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">adamsdayoff</a>)</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/664434600http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/664434600Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:42:55 -0700