Shopping for TV's at a BrandsMart store in 1996 

The saleswoman with the tape measure was like, “look how thin these modern TVs are, only two and a half feet wide!!!!”

Ah yes........ the golden era for CRTs and cable television. What a time to be alive!!!

I went into a Best Buy in 2009 for a new TV expecting what we see here in this video. After seeing the flatscreens, I asked the salesman where the "other kind" of TVs were. He looked at me for a solid 5 seconds to see if I was joking, and told me they didn't make those anymore. Never felt so out of touch. In 1996 at a Brandsmart in the Ft.Lauderdale, FL area, I bought a new Pioneer CD changer for my home stereo system. This video is a blast from the past for sure!

I'm fond of saying, "It was a better time," but I sure as heck don't miss lifting and transporting old TVs!

Back than, people never really threw away TVs after 3 years. Most were kept until the CRTs either died or the TV's were eventually replaced by flat panel TVs. I held on to my crt tv from 2002 to 2019. I got rid of it because things were failing on it. Bright shadowy stripe, speaker, remote sensor, speaker. The shadowy stripe did not bother me much because it was on top and I mostly watched wide-screen movies on it.

2:40 - That Columbia House ad! Between them and BMG, I probably owe $300 to them still!

Man, that looks like my local Brandsmart in Deerfield Beach, FL. I can smell that store from my window.

This had to have been shot during a weekday mid morning. I see the Price is Right is on during it's Showcase Showdown round. The time was probably getting close to lunch time since that is in the eastern time zone, so probably close to 12 pm. Or, maybe central, since Florida is in two time zones. That's just my guess. I actually miss the old tube TV days. Trying to find one to fit in your entertainment center or stand was a pain. The depth of some of those TVs were unreal! Nowadays, you don't have to worry about depth anymore. You just gotta find a stand that will accommodate the width to fit LOL!

What a beautiful sight. CRT TVs from *AUTHENTIC* [Japanese] brands like MITSUBISHI, JVC, HITACHI, Panasonic and stereo rack systems…*sigh* those were the best times.

I miss the 90's

I just stumbled on this channel. I'm from 🇦🇺 & On the tv screens, you can spot Sydney, Australia, at 1:43

I wonder how many of these TV'S are in people's homes in 2023. Some of those old CRT TV'S last forever. My grandpa bought a Curtis Mathis in the 80's, and although the picture quality diminished, it still worked in 2004.

wasnt even born in this timeline and it still feels nostalgic for me

can't believe they had signs up for color tv, like there was a lot of black and white tv's in 96

Back then TVs were the center of our life. Now only old people watch tv and even they know that its garbage now. I remember i used to watch christmas movies with my family back then. Good times. We were more connected to each other back then.

had my 32 inch tv but i was wanting the 36 or a big screen projector! had that tv till, 2009? when i bought my first 52 inch flat screen 1080p! man so many choices! 720, the plasmas! this is a great channel sir!

On the outside: building looks the same today. (Thank goodness for that) On the inside: a 1990s Heaven that is long forgotten. (The only CRTs made today are mostly in China, and they're TOO cheap)

Color TVs! Hot damn!

those tvs lasted longer than these flat screen digital ones everyone has theses days.

Fantastic

Pretty cool getting to see a Brandsmart USA store in the 90's.

some of these are HUUGGEEE! N64 goldeneye wouldve been epic on these :D

Top gun is on and they only have it on ONE TV? 🙄

What a time to be alive...

I remember this place, I think in 1998 or 99 they had the first Larger LCD which they had for 50k or 10k I forget.

Those were the good old dYs when you brought a tape measure to buy a tv😂

How do you have all this footage?

Had our Panasonic until 2016. Nothing was wrong, just replaced it with a Roku

all these expensive tv's are now filling a landfill somewhere.

One of the stores both my dad and I would go to is BrandsMart. It has been a tradition ever since my parents divorced. It was one of our father-daughter bonding times 📺🔉

This store is identical to the one I go to with my family all the time at Miami Gardens, near the Palmetto.

Those were the Boob Tube days. 😂

It’s so funny seeing everyone of those model tvs have Satellites😂

What's an Expresso Maker? I've hear of ESPRESSO but not eXpresso... @1:05

Thank god tv manufacturers made tvs very light these days, those massive 50 inch screens weighed like 300 plus at least.

I remember when cable tv came out. HBO and Cinamax

Tenho até hoje 3 tv crts, Sony e gradiente 34 polegadas,, isso que é tv bruta ,, não quebra ... Começa a dar problema depois do oitavo ano para frente,,, comprei uma semana passada no Brasil lacrada na caixa Sony,, estava num galpão da alfândega parada mais de quinze anos ,, tinha umas 100 dessas,, ligou na tomada funcionou de primeira,, mais de quinze anos num galpão ....

2:10 we had one of those, a little bigger, in the garage until 2020

I’m curious on why there was a big sign that said “color tv”. Were we not way past the black and white type tvs by that time?

I miss the old CRT TVs but I don't miss how heavy they can be from 19 inches and up. I like flat screen and digital Televisions but I hate how they only last 3 to 7 years but with a CRT Television you can have it up to 20 years or until it dies out

Big jumbo tvs man those mfs was heavy af but had one always 😊

Is this the Brandsmart on US1 in Miami?

Did some tv's have better picture then some other brands back then?

I don't know if this is computer generated images of 1996 or the real thing!

this is from july 1996

99.9 FM KISS Country?!? This must be Miami!

Was Brandsmart only in Florida?

These days TV is nothing more than a computer

is this at Sawgrass Mills?

This is what I picture in my head when I see the word "televisions", not the flat ugly rectangles we have today (that probably spy on people 👀).

That black man gonna really give it to that white lady . His money that is .

That black man was gonna steal those tvs if yalls camera wasnt there