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What have you wasted money on tec wise ? Mine are two items .just " found" one in attic . Laser disc player . Fell for that one ! Also had a cb radio back in the day. Guessing 3d tvs will come up and how about Blu ray player? :erm: sorry did not see title change it should have been dud buy!!!!

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I bought a job-lot of Syquest EZ135 (135Mb) disks and readers from an office sale. Then they offered me the larger Syquest Sparq (1Gb) disks and readers for practically nothing.

They have sat in a box ever since.

I also bought 4 Panasonic DVD RAM TV recorders from the same office sale. We had a good period of good use, but when analogue TV was switched off, they were sent for recycling.

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I still have two CB radios, I used them for a number of years so didnt consider them duds.

The second video camera I bought only really ever got used once, so that was a bit of a dud.

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CB was awesome

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Still on sale if you want one

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not in 2021 I now use telegram and whatsap and twitter

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There were a lot less idiots on CB than [anti] social media.

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A tiny takami inc the plasma screen

An utter utter waste of money

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No one admitting buying a 3D TV

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I own a LG 3D TV nowt wrong with it. Only problem now is they cut down on releases. Do not consider it a dud

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I had one, totally gutted you can't get them anymore. Watched so many films in 3D on it and enjoyed most of them. It was great while it lasted. Not sure why you think the opposite.

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Mad thing is at least with polarized it would cost so little to add the feature its s ahem. Same with adding it to blu rays

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My 3D 32" tv is now my PC monitor so not a wasted buy.

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I dug my old fully-modded Cobra 148 out of my mother's attic last summer, set up the silver-rod for a laugh too and SWR'd it all in.

The slip was crazy good and I got chatting to people from Greece, Macedonia, and Denmark.

Not sure I'll ever 'need' to use it again but certainly wasn't a dud purchase.

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especially as they still make decent money on ebay

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Cobra 148 user here too, modded for all the channels you'd need plus a 4 element quad on a large pole.

Sometimes wish I still had them, but it's easier to chat globally with the internet now :D

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I bought Anti fog wipes for my glasses not to steam up when wearing them. I was recommended them by Vision Express.

They r useless.

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I've bought a couple of TV's that are 3D capable - but thats not the reason I bought them.
Ive never used that functionality, they just happened to come with it - they work perefctly fine as normal TVs as well.

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I still have my [modded] Superstar 2000 (which was very similar to the C148).
Just no ariel, no SWR meter, or anything else now, its probably 35+ years since I last used it.

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I bought Anti Fog wipes from Boots Opticians ( not Boots the Chemist)and they work fine, they are made by Leica.

Recommended

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Expensive way to get a monitor ;). 3d was /is not a cheap way to get a TV hence " dud" have aleaf blower ok it works but still a dud as it is heavy & and takes for ever to us!

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I bought one deliberately for it a few years ago and enjoyed gaming in 3D. I prefer my ultra wide screen more not though and that cost more than the TV

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TU trainer socks from Sainsbury's. The part that fits to your ankle is not properly finished so the damn things shuffle down inside the trainers. Do not buy. They're complete rubbish.