The penguin is gone

Or in other words, there’s nothing on the telly.

My TV is no longer useful. It works just fine, but there’s nothing left to watch. I have a Sony Watchman that I received as a gift more than 20 years ago. It’s a clunky little thing with a 1.5 inch black and white image and I’ve always thought it was pretty cool. Oh, it was surpassed in functionality as the technological times rolled on, but when it came out in the 80s it was leading edge in consumer electronics.

I was always amazed when I would take it out over the years and find that it was still working. I didn’t use it much, more recently for the fun of it and because of the impending loss of signal, but it was nice to have around. It was a neat gadget.

Now I can’t use it anymore. There are a few low power stations still broadcasting in analog in the area, but the only one of those that I can really get a decent image and sound on is a shopping channel.

Well, it was fun while it lasted. I’m just sad that the TV still works but the times have passed it by. Profit has overwhelmed technology. Everybody with a voice in the matter wanted broadcast TV to go digital and so it did. Now I have a relic. At least I’ll save on the batteries.

Maybe I’ll add a new, digital, color TV to my wish list. After all, you have to have something to use to sit outside and watch the game on. OK, the 1.5 inch projected Watchman image was not really good for watching a game (I used it for news and weather mostly) but I can go for an upgrade, can’t I?