CRT Console TV Set

[Console User]

I have often wondered, if anyone on here would know if there is still a NOS Console TV Set setting around somewhere out there? I believe about 2004 was the last Year that type of Set was made. I am just curious to see what anybody has on this.

Also, it may seem pretty crazy in the year of 2023 but I am going to say that I still enjoy and use my Console Set each day.

[dishdude]

Here you go.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/20434739805...Bk9SR5j3tp-fYg

[ARC Tech-109]

I remember when the Zenith C-II Avanti was THE set to have. Yes I'm that ancient

[Electronic M]

I've got an unopened early 50s Norelco DuoVue Projection end table addon for the early 7"-16" sets...
NOS stuff is out there.

I've heard some folks claim that because of the UHF mandate and the X-ray scare there's inventory of sets that didn't sell before certain things were mandated that weren't sold for fear of non-compliance related charges.

[JohnCT]

Originally Posted by dishdude

Here you go.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/20434739805...Bk9SR5j3tp-fYg

LOL, wow. This would be interesting if it wasn't the "Digital" System 3. I only sold a dozen or so (required show order) and never restocked them. At the time, we were selling the RCA CTC140s and Sonys which just blew these out of the water. When someone called to come in to demo a DS3, I made sure everyone unplugged the 140s. Just a miserable design and performance. A friend of mine sold a crapload of them and has (or had?) tons of parts including the ITT integrated circuits and complete 700 boards.

John

[JohnCT]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

I've got an unopened early 50s Norelco DuoVue Projection end table addon for the early 7"-16" sets...
NOS stuff is out there.

Any pics???

John

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by JohnCT

LOL, wow. This would be interesting if it wasn't the "Digital" System 3. I only sold a dozen or so (required show order) and never restocked them. At the time, we were selling the RCA CTC140s and Sonys which just blew these out of the water. When someone called to come in to demo a DS3, I made sure everyone unplugged the 140s. Just a miserable design and performance. A friend of mine sold a crapload of them and has (or had?) tons of parts including the ITT integrated circuits and complete 700 boards.

John

A friend bought a 31" Digital System 3 in the late '80s-early '90s and I think he gave about $1600 for it. He bought it because it had Teletext and that feature helped him with a lot of the sports betting that he was doing. He didn't have it long before it required service and in the early 2000s, the jug started going weak, but he kept watching it until it failed to turn on one day. That time, I repaired it and rejuvenated the tube. It looked good for a little while, and then the tube fell off again, and there were also some vertical issues. At that point, it became a TV stand for a 27" BPC set and he eventually gave me the Zenith. I replaced some bad caps in the vertical circuit, hit the jug again, and donated it to the Salvation Army.

I agree that those RCA CTC140 and Sony sets would blow the high-priced Zenith out of the water. Those CTC140 and 169 TVs were good ones.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by JohnCT

Any pics???

John

None on my phone (and I don't have time to dig it out and take some this month)...I've had the Norelco longer than my smartphone and I typically only photograph things when they come, get worked on, and go.
If you follow my YouTube channel there will be an unboxing video eventually... Probably next year at the rate I'm going.
The ETF auctioned it within the 3 years before the pandemic so you can probably dig up images of it there.

[JohnCT]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

None on my phone (and I don't have time to dig it out and take some this month)...I've had the Norelco longer than my smartphone and I typically only photograph things when they come, get worked on, and go.
If you follow my YouTube channel there will be an unboxing video eventually... Probably next year at the rate I'm going.
The ETF auctioned it within the 3 years before the pandemic so you can probably dig up images of it there.

What's your youtube channel? I'll sub right now.

John

[Electronic M]

Here's a link to one of my videos.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8IYZDpPr_xc

[JohnCT]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Here's a link to one of my videos.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8IYZDpPr_xc

Thanks, subbed.

John