“We Watched The Berlin Wall Fall On This TV”

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Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on TechRadar.

It’s easy to wistfully mutter ‘things were built differently back then’ when looking back at your old gadgets. But a Guatemalan couple recently shocked even Samsung with the longevity of the CRT TV they recently traded in for a new flatscreen model.

The Morales family bought their trusty Samsung set way back in 1987. After an impressive 39 years of service, the TV was finally struggling enough to...