Avon’s Chris Kimbro is a lucky guy. One night he was watching TV when a commercial caught his eye. A national contest sought video entries that show how people today watch TV on the most dated, vintage and unbelievable old TVs there are out there. He grabbed his dad’s old portable TV, one of the first ones ever made, propped it up on his family room coffee table and with his wife and their dogs recorded a quick clip to send in to the contest.

“Here we are on a Friday night, huddled up on our living room floor with our dogs, watching our four-inch Sony Watchman TV,” Kimbro says in the video as his wife holds up a magnifying glass to the pint-size video device. “It’s got the long antenna and everything. Since the digital switchover, we don’t get any channels. The closest one we can get is Ch. 8. It’s a little bit fuzzy but we’ve got the magnifying glass to make it look real nice.”

For his short, 30-second clip poking fun at outdated technology, Kimbro won a 52-inch Sony Bravia S-series LCD HDTV, a year’s worth of free Bright House Networks digital cable service and a high-definition DVR. His total prize package carries a retail value of $3,500.

You can watch Kimbro’s winning clip from Bright House Networks’ “Help! I’m stuck in the 21st Century” contest at http://tinyurl.com/l82rkt.

Check out Bright House Networks’ You On Demand Web site which hosts videos for anyone to see and share. Videos can be uploaded to the site by users themselves and anyone can watch videos posted to You On Demand for free simply by signing up.