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Thread Number: 30999
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| Post# 342580 1/31/2016 at 22:08 (3,030 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
I'm in the process of obtaining a beautiful 1967 RCA Victor CTC-25 console TV from a TV collector and friend in Atlanta. A few weeks ago, I got a 1984 RCA CTC-120 from an estate sale for free. I'm watching it right now. But this CTC-25 is super clean and I can't wait to go back to pick it up on February 20th. My friend said he would do some preventative maintenance on the chassis and find a new CRT. The old one was pretty darn weak.
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Post# 342593 , Reply# 1 2/1/2016 at 02:47 (3,030 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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I have dealt with the RCA TRANSMITTERS that would broadcast to those sets-and those sets as well.Haven't seen any of those TVs in many years.Used to have some.Got rid of them for a move.Now wished I kept them-and some others got stolen. | ||
| Post# 342597 , Reply# 2 2/1/2016 at 06:23 (3,030 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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If you get it working right The color looks so much more natural than the newer sets. | ||
| Post# 342599 , Reply# 3 2/1/2016 at 09:08 (3,030 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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It's already working | ||
| Post# 342600 , Reply# 4 2/1/2016 at 09:56 (3,030 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
1972 GE portable
Somewhere in the dim recesses of my barn, I have a 1972 vintage GE 12-inch portable black-and-white TV that I rebuilt when I was taking electronics in high school. When my grandfather gave it to me around 1980 or 81, it worked, but just barely. There were two more sets just like it in the back of the electronics lab at school and the teacher gave them to me to cannibalize for parts to make one good, working set out of the three.
I haven't turned the thing on in probably 20 years but I don't have the heart to trash it. I tried to give it to Goodwill a few years ago and they said they didn't take any TVs that didn't have a remote control. More recently, they stopped taking TVs with a CRT screen and now they just don't take TVs at all. I also have a 1996-vintage 25-inch Sears LXI (re-badged GE) set that has now joined the little black-and-white set in the barn after 20 years of flawless service. Like the 12-inch set, nobody wants it and I don't have the heart to trash it. All three TVs in active service in the house are now flat panels (40-inch Sanyo, 32-inch HiSense, 24-inch Samsung). I'll be very, very surprised if any of them last 20 years. | ||
| Post# 342633 , Reply# 5 2/1/2016 at 18:46 (3,029 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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If you REALLY want A natural, lifelike picture, get a round tube color set that is working correctly, nothing like it, not like these over bright garish looking things made today. | ||
| Post# 342643 , Reply# 6 2/1/2016 at 22:18 (3,029 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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| Post# 342663 , Reply# 8 2/2/2016 at 08:29 (3,029 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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If I had my way,
ALL phlat skreen sets would be in the dumpster and everybody would have RCA, Zenith, Sylvania, and Magnavox consoles in their homes again. These new sets are just plain ugly too. There is absoluteley no design in them like the older sets with the nice cabinets. Just black plastic. I once gave a phlat skreen set away because I hated it so much. Now I have a 1984 RCA console and I love it. I just don't think there is even any reason to have "4K." Whatever that means.
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Post# 342677 , Reply# 9 2/2/2016 at 11:32 (3,028 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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We had that EXACT RCA tv | ||
| Post# 342686 , Reply# 10 2/2/2016 at 12:49 (3,028 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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Post# 342710 , Reply# 11 2/2/2016 at 16:53 (3,028 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I believe you | ||
| Post# 342731 , Reply# 13 2/2/2016 at 22:06 (3,028 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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I use all my TV's on channel 16 UHF with a Blonder Tongue agile modulator. Way better than having the TV on a coax cable leash.
It looks like I ruined my Karma tooting my own horn about how great CRT sets are. (They are). Just half an hour ago, a large capacitor in my 1984 RCA failed and the picture went haywire. 
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| Post# 342755 , Reply# 16 2/3/2016 at 09:43 (3,028 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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We didn't get a color set until 1969. Shortly before Apollo 11 landed on the moon, Dad brought home a 25-inch GE color console to replace our 19-inch black-and-white Zenith with "Space Command" remote. Before we got the color set, I used to feel really ripped off when the announcer would say "The following program is brought to you in living color" and it would be just as black-and-white as everything else.
That said, I kinda missed the "Space Command" remote after we passed the Zenith on to my grandmother. We wouldn't get another set with a remote until the early '90s. But the "Space Command" system was a trip. It had four buttons for power, channel up, channel down, and mute. Each button was connected to an ultrasonic tuning fork--no batteries required. The wild thing was I had a plastic hobby horse that was connected to its tubular metal base with a spring on each leg and when I got going really, really fast on that horse, the squeak of the springs would be the right pitch to turn the TV on! Used to scare the hell out of my mom. Ah, childhood... | ||
| Post# 342757 , Reply# 17 2/3/2016 at 09:49 (3,028 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 342758 , Reply# 18 2/3/2016 at 09:50 (3,028 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 342806 , Reply# 20 2/3/2016 at 21:37 (3,027 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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I have one of the remotes Human is talking about.
I will replacing the old electrolytic in the power supply as soon as I can afford to buy one. It will be at least $15. | ||
| Post# 342831 , Reply# 21 2/4/2016 at 13:47 (3,026 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 342834 , Reply# 22 2/4/2016 at 14:10 (3,026 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Ours looked more like this
Found this image on eBay. I'm pretty sure this is the one we had. I distinctly remember the oval shaped buttons. It was pretty cool in that you never had to worry about batteries dying because there weren't any. The whole system was pretty rudimentary. The buttons on the remote would activate electromagnetic relays to accomplish the desired function. The TV set had a manual VHF tuner that was essentially motorized. If I recall correctly, you still had to get up and tune the UHF stations by hand. And the relay activated by the mute button made a godawful loud buzzing sound for about a second. I remember being about three or four years old, definitely before I learned to read, figuring out which button did what with the express purpose of teaching myself which button NOT to press!
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| Post# 343239 , Reply# 24 2/9/2016 at 11:20 (3,021 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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I have a working 1982 RCA 25 inch colortrak oak swivel base console. My absolute favorite vintage TV set is the 1969 Zentih Amundsen 23 inch dual speaker console in the Drexel furniture Danish modern walnut cabinet. | ||
| Post# 343255 , Reply# 25 2/9/2016 at 13:25 (3,021 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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Post# 343463 , Reply# 26 2/11/2016 at 03:00 (3,020 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Here's something you don't see every day Beautiful mid '60's Magnavox color console with sliding tambour doors. CLICK HERE TO GO TO arh1953's LINK on Modesto Craigslist
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Post# 343464 , Reply# 27 2/11/2016 at 03:04 (3,020 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Dramatic Far Eastern Contemporary in Ebony Black & white, possibly 27" screen, Astro-Sonic. CLICK HERE TO GO TO arh1953's LINK on San Francisco Craigslist
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| Post# 344877 , Reply# 28 2/21/2016 at 23:43 (3,009 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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I got the
1967 RCA Victor CTC-25 home safely. The picture is absolutely phenomenal. Super crisp and sharp with very strong colors.
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| Post# 344890 , Reply# 30 2/22/2016 at 07:11 (3,009 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Nice, and a vintage Buick to go with it all. | ||
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Post# 344940 , Reply# 31 2/22/2016 at 14:43 (3,008 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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| Post# 348136 , Reply# 32 3/20/2016 at 23:24 (2,981 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
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| Post# 348137 , Reply# 33 3/20/2016 at 23:27 (2,981 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
Here are just a couple of my vintage TVs. The first one is an Admiral. As you can see it still works. The second one is a Magnavox. It currently doesn't work. The third one is an RCA/Zenith. The console is an RCA with a radio/phonograph. Someone at some point removed the RCA TV and installed an 80's Zenith TV. It works. They did such a good job, that you can barely tell. The third one is a Zenith. I picked it up at Goodwill for $1.00. Currently doesn't work. The last one is a Spirit of '76 Zenith. Also works.
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| Post# 348151 , Reply# 34 3/21/2016 at 08:31 (2,981 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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You have | ||
| Post# 348282 , Reply# 35 3/22/2016 at 16:49 (2,979 days old) by MPN () | ||
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Then you saw it . . . now you only see 2/3 of it ! ! ! These old sets are ok if you don't mind ONLY SEEING TWO THIRDS of the picture . . . I almost had a wet dream when I saw my first OLED set in Costco ! ! ! | ||
| Post# 348294 , Reply# 36 3/22/2016 at 18:58 (2,979 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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| Post# 348302 , Reply# 38 3/22/2016 at 22:14 (2,979 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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You can keep your
PLASTIC, MADE IN CHINA, THROWAWAY OLED thing, and I'll keep my QUALITY, MADE IN USA, BUILT TO LAST set. I have NO PROBLEM with not having WIFI connectivity or WALL MOUNTABILITY. My TV's will stay where a TV is supposed to be. ON THE FLOOR. And by the way, I was GIVEN a Vizio phlat skreen set several years ago. I HATED it so much that I gave it away.
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| Post# 348307 , Reply# 40 3/22/2016 at 23:12 (2,979 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
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| Post# 348309 , Reply# 41 3/22/2016 at 23:15 (2,979 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
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| Post# 348310 , Reply# 42 3/22/2016 at 23:18 (2,979 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
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| Post# 348312 , Reply# 43 3/22/2016 at 23:36 (2,979 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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Thank you, Countryford | ||
| Post# 348313 , Reply# 44 3/22/2016 at 23:42 (2,979 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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Post# 348329 , Reply# 46 3/23/2016 at 04:17 (2,979 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Those are some beautiful TV sets there. All of mine are CRT. I wouldn't mind having one flat screen, but is it normal for the figures on a flat, wide screen to be squashed so that everyone looks fat? Maybe it's just the one set I see like that. I have a friend with a 17" plasma set that looks wonderful. I know they don't make plasmas anymore. If I make the move to something new, it would be about the same dimensions as a 27" CRT picture. | ||
| Post# 348339 , Reply# 49 3/23/2016 at 09:42 (2,979 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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The 'short, fat' look occurs if you have the TV set to stretch a 4:3 image to fill the screen horizontally. My flat screens also offer two non-distorting options for 4:3 images. One option is to show the full 4:3 image without stretching it horizontally. The screen is filled top-to-bottom but has blank space on the sides, kind of the reverse of when movies were shown in "letterbox" format on 4:3 CRT screens back in the '90s. The other option is to zoom the image to fill the full screen side-to side and cut off a bit at the top and bottom. I usually do the former. The blank space at the sides doesn't bother me.
Vintage TV sets are cool as historical artifacts but unlike, say, vacuum cleaners, technology has passed them by. To me, an older, even 1990s vintage, TV set just isn't a workable option anymore but I do prefer older household appliances like vacuum cleaners, mixers, stereo equipment, etc., because they function better, are built to last--and more importantly are designed to be repaired--and can be had for a fraction of the price of their modern plasticrap counterparts. That said, I do think digital broadcast TV is a total crock in that reception seems to be pretty much all-or-nothing. And I really have to laugh at how predictive of modern digital TV stutter Max Headroom was back in the '80s. I'm fortunate where I live that I can pick up about eight stations with an antenna, giving me about 24 channels and sub-channels, but my girlfriend, who lives only four miles away, can pick up only one station. For me, Internet connectivity is key to TV viewing. I stream pretty much everything these days, watching it on MY schedule. Thanks to my ROKU box, 'Nothing on TV' is now a technologically obsolete concept. | ||
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Post# 348352 , Reply# 50 3/23/2016 at 12:23 (2,978 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Thanks for the input, it's the way the set is adjusted then. I intend to look at one before I buy it. The one I saw where the images are distorted is hooked up in a storage company, for the entertainment of the manager, not for serious watching. I remember the "TV adds 15 lbs thing from years back, so when the flat screen is set so people and other images look natural, I would have no problem with it. I do know too, that new broadcasting has black on the top and bottom of the picture, which doesn't bother me. Letterbox movies don't bother me either, unless there's more black on top and bottom than there is image. | ||
| Post# 348374 , Reply# 52 3/23/2016 at 16:17 (2,978 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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| Post# 348376 , Reply# 53 3/23/2016 at 16:27 (2,978 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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Webmaster, | ||
| Post# 348409 , Reply# 54 3/23/2016 at 20:15 (2,978 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
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| Post# 348430 , Reply# 56 3/24/2016 at 03:22 (2,978 days old) by MPN () | ||
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Here's a website you guys might like . . . CLICK HERE TO GO TO MPN's LINK | ||
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Post# 348609 , Reply# 61 3/26/2016 at 08:32 (2,976 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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| Post# 348618 , Reply# 62 3/26/2016 at 10:42 (2,976 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
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| Post# 348632 , Reply# 63 3/26/2016 at 16:46 (2,975 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL) | ||
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Post# 348785 , Reply# 65 3/27/2016 at 20:46 (2,974 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY) |
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Here is my vintage TV set It is a 1979 MGA Mitsubishi Electric 15" Color TV with ultrasonic remote control, model CS-1592. As you can see from the pictures, it still has its original remote control and is in perfect working condition!
Bill W. | ||
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