1970 round tube ad
Thought the commercial at 2:02 in this video would entertain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIII0_4ibAw "Four-way home entertainment center" for just $398! TMA is the brand apparently...whatever that was. It's kind of a sad setup with the 8-track just a box on top... Call now--PO7-6900! |
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When looking up TMA sets in the Sams index is says "see Muntz". Hmm...
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Here's another commercial with a better look at the cabinet (plus a bunch of other sets that look like...I dunno what, Curtis Mathes maybe?)
https://youtu.be/kSGQoS1Mxww?t=26 The spots aired in Chicago. I'd love to know more about those sets; I have a real weak spot for ugly consoles from that era. |
Interesting phone number. If you check a phone dial, the first three digits in alpha terms would be "POS." Maybe they were trying to tell people something! :-)
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Long ago there was a little discussion on here about TMA. From what I recall, the initials stand for Television Manufactuer's of America. Essentially, after Madman Muntz left the TV company he started (I think there might have been a bankruptcy in there) it stuck around making sets like this and also cranking out some stuff for Montgomery Ward. At some point it I think it became TMA. It seems like I had a module for one at one point, or at least saw a very good photo of one, and they were made in Mexico. I don't think they lasted beyond the early 70's.
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According to this site TMA was around from 1948 to 1973: http://www.tvhistory.tv/1960-2000-TVManufacturers.htm
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They still made roundies in 1970?!! :eek:
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The whole "entertainment center" seems to be a kludge to me. The lack of any address for wherever "PO7-6900" rang makes me suspicious of the venture. *for people outside the US and Canada, PO 7-6900, if it were in service, would be dialed +1 312 767 6900. |
There are reports that Magnavox, Montgomery Ward & perhaps Philco were still offering roundies around '69-'70. Once supply of 23v tubes caught up with demand (and it took quite a while) the market dried up for the old tube.
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Philco-Ford offered Roundies as late as 1972-1973. The leftover Roundie CRT inventory got used on loss leader and economy models. And several other makes also did so for the budget customer. Philco-Ford is unusual as their late Roundie models had some transistors used in their circuitry.
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Since I have all the Sams from 1970s now, does anyone know of a later roundie than the 17MT80 chassis. Example:could a 1972 be a 22MT80? |
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That Airline sure wasn't a stripped-down model: it includes a "phosphor-coated screen" for brightness!
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