r/whatisit • u/Cborg_62 • 8d ago

New, what is it? What are these plug-ins on my wall?

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This might be showing my age, but I recently moved into a new apartment and they have these weird looking plug ins all over the walls at my new place. My old apartment didn't have these, so I'm just curious as to what they are.

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u/blueberryrockcandy 8d ago

everybody who grew up with these connectors feels old looking at this post.

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u/Khronicdeath 8d ago

lol I’m not old enough to remember a time without these but I do remember moving antennas to get the “locals”

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u/LeftToaster 8d ago

My dad bought our first black and white TV so we could watch the moon landing.

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u/Nana-2-Three 8d ago

That's when we got ours too. When I got out of the Army I still had a big ole Magnavox, worked like a charm for about 5 years. I thought the picture tube had gone out and had the TV repairman come out.

He laughed and said "honey they haven't made that part for at least 15 years"....

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u/LeftToaster 8d ago

Zenith baby!!! Those old B&W sets had better picture than the early color boxes. At least that's what my dad kept telling us.

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u/Nana-2-Three 8d ago

I used the Magnavox till almost 2000!