Sunday, September 21, 2008

UPGRADING TO DIGITAL TV

(A "JERRY-RIGGER'S" HOW TO GUIDE)

[Thursday, July 18, 2008] We have been talking about this for awhile. Analog is OUT – Digital is IN. So – today we decided to replace our old 1999 Analog TV in the bedroom with a new flat screen LCD. We have been looking at TVs at Sam’s, Costco, Circuit City, and Wal-Mart every time we were in the stores. Finally, we compromised on a 19” LCD Television. (Ken wanted a 22”.)








We went FROM THIS --















TO THIS!!!
















First, Ken removed the old TV from its built-in frame.












After taking measurements, we went to Wal-Mart and made the purchase.















Then, next door to Home Depot where we had them cut a piece of plywood and support strips to proper size to fit into the frame opening.










While Ken screwed in the support strips,














I sprayed the plywood black.












Ken then screwed the plywood onto the support strips.










Next, we installed the TV Wall Mount onto the plywood.

















After a Pizza break -





We connected the electric cord and the TV cable and mounted the TV onto the Wall Mount,.

This evening we are lying in bed watching our new Sanyo 19” LCD High Definition Digital Television.



Da Dah!!!

2 comments:

Mitch and Barb said...

I love this step by step playback--it puts me right there with you! I even enjoyed the pizza!!

We miss you guys--best of luck to Ken on the knee surgery--we'll keep him in our prayers.

Your schedule on the blog is a great idea!

See you in Florida!

Anonymous said...

haha love it. I just got a 22' lcd flat screen too, its not a mounted one but hdtv is amazingggg. hopefully papa isn't too jealous that I got a bigger one then him haha.