The problem with collecting TV's...

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I thought his location was around Green Bay, rather than Milwaukee, because of the reference to the GB Packers.

The Packers also played in Milwaukee back then.

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[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

The Packers also played in Milwaukee back then.

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Well aware of that, living there for the first 56 years of my life.

[init4fun]

Ok , here's my on topic post ;

For me , The problem with collecting TVs is that each TV takes up pretty close to double the space , the space that the TV takes up , and the space that the spare parts for the TV takes up . For each of my TVs I try to have a spare picture tube , flyback , yoke , really as many of the scary bits as possible well packaged in a spare parts kit , and the spare parts kit has gotta get stored somewhere . I keep the TV side of the collection deliberately small , just a few favorite sets with no consoles taking up floor space that otherwise belongs to the radio collection

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by init4fun

Ok , here's my on topic post ;

For me , The problem with collecting TVs is that each TV takes up pretty close to double the space , the space that the TV takes up , and the space that the spare parts for the TV takes up . For each of my TVs I try to have a spare picture tube , flyback , yoke , really as many of the scary bits as possible well packaged in a spare parts kit , and the spare parts kit has gotta get stored somewhere . I keep the TV side of the collection deliberately small , just a few favorite sets with no consoles taking up floor space that otherwise belongs to the radio collection

A good way to reduce that is to collect sets with the same CRT(s), and keep 1 spare tube for ~3-6 sets. The probability of all 6 sets that all use say a 10BP4 or a 21FBP22 needing a replacement during your ownership is very small, but the probability of 1 out of 6 set needing a new CRT from your use is high enough to justify 1 (maybe 2) spare(s).