I never understood why my dad was always so cheap until now.

You “used” to pay this much for something and now it skyrocketed, so you can’t live with yourself paying that higher price when it has been much cheaper for so long. Maybe he thought prices were going to come down again.

I don’t think the prices of RAM are ever going to come down. At least as long as people keep paying, which they do.

I wouldn’t put Breaking Bad over The Wire.

They use old tubes though. No manufacturing plant is tooled anymore to create new tubes and that’s why they probably won’t make new ones unless a super rich retro gamer funds the endeavor or something. The TVs would have to be expensive as fuck to cost justify that for niche retro gaming.

In case anyone is a fan of CRTs near Columbus OH, I highly recommend the Early Televison Museum https://www.earlytelevision.org/

Old google? I miss av.com (AltaVista)