Old TV on eBay

[Eric H]

It's B&W so it probably won't sell for much

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...147470438&rd=1

[rca2000]

Nah... It won't sell for much. Probably 10-15K!

[veg-o-matic]

Boy, that cabinet would sure look good with an aquarium inside.

[rca2000]

$4, 160.00 and counting!

[Sandy G]

Nah, would be better if somebody put an Orion 9" color in it....-Sandy G.

[veg-o-matic]

I emailed the bidders to make sure they know it's a black and white set. Guess they think it's some Hi Def plasma thing??

Sandy, your Orion TV idea is good, but you'd still only end up with a 9-inch set. Pretty cabinet, though. Maybe they should take out the insides and turn it into a bar.

I just hope none of the bidders turn out to be that "I Hate Old TVs" jerk.

Yeah it would make many people here really pissed to see this set being bruned.

[wa2ise]

Wasn't the scan rates for pre-war TV something like 441 lines per frame? NTSC is 525 lines per frame. Which means that this set had its deflection circuits slightly modified to be able to display the basketball game.

[Steve McVoy]

The TRK-12 has adequate range on the horizontal hold control to operate at 15,750 Hz. The output stage is less efficient at that frequency, so the width is marginal, but most TRK-12s have enough.

Another difference is that prewar TVs used AM sound. They will work with NTSC by aligning the audio IF and detector stages for slope detection.