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Old 07-29-2016, 10:26 PM
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Mystery Sylvania from my childhood

I was reminded of a set that I knew many years ago in middle school, and I was wondering if anybody has any idea what set it could be. It was a late 70's, early 80's Sylvania with the newer Sylvania logo. As far as I can remember, it was a standard 19" knob tubed set with AFT on the front and a smoke grey plastic case with woodgrain. I would love to find the set to be able to finally have one. I'd love to see pictures to see if I could identify the set. I also remember that the mask did not "fold" to meet the CRT. It went directly from mask to CRT with no corner in the mask. Just like an 80's RCA.
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Old 07-30-2016, 01:48 PM
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That sounds a lot like the one that was at my junior high on a cart. I think it had electronic tuning though, I don't recall it having a remote. Most of the time it was in the library but one language arts teacher used to borrow it to show videos on.
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Old 07-31-2016, 10:28 PM
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Sylvania used that same set up on many models, from the mid '70's until the mid '80's. The cabinet designs didn't change much; but, there were lots of different chassis versions used.
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Old 08-03-2016, 12:14 AM
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I'd like to see one at least similar to what I remember, but I don't know where to start. I was thinking somebody could post a picture, and we can go from there.

There is another mystery TV from my childhood that I would like to identify. It was either a 1981 or 1983 RCA 19" color table model. Very cheap - it didn't even have dial lights. It was the first TV I ever took apart. I was in 6th grade. If anybody thinks they have anything similar to these two sets, please post pictures.
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Old 08-03-2016, 09:00 AM
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Can you narrow it down yourself using searches like the following.

https://www.google.com/search?q=sylv...lvania+tv+1978

When you find a close one, then let us see it and tell us what was different on the one you remember.

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Old 08-03-2016, 02:00 PM
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I've searched everything I can think of, and I can't cone up with anything remotely similar to the RCA or the Sylvania.
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Old 08-03-2016, 08:26 PM
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19 inch set from the late 70s to the mid 80s.vhf/uhf knobs,woorgrain cabinet ad a door that fols down for controls.simple design but very good performing sets.always the lowest priced with the best picture
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