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What is this? Sony tv-120nw color set
So I'm picking this up this weekend. No sound, no transformer hum.
Any idea what year its from? |
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Sams Photofacts published the information for model TV-120U in May of 1968. The "U" suffix set shows UHF knobs, your picture with the "NW" does not. Also, it's black and white, not color.
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Thanks for the help.
The seller said it was a color set but I was unsure, but I've no issue with picking up another b&w. |
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Never seen one in 40 yrs including a year at Sony FS.
The U stands for United States not UHF. I dont remember NW. It just means where it will work & it passes any rules for that country (s). 73 Zeno LFOD ! |
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Lacking UHF it's probably Canadian.
With the title calling it color, looking at the blurry seller picture of the knob captions I thought I read color and tint, but it makes sense it they are contrast and bright. If Sony had offered a color set that big in 1968 in North America it would change how I understand their history.
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Possibly Canadian? That would make sense, I'm close to the border.
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Yeah, if I recall Canada didn't require UHF until some time in the 1970s. I think the delay was just because of how few stations we had compared to the US. My city got our first UHF station in 2006, only 5 years before the digital transition.
I've don't recall seeing NW before, maybe it was only on early sets. |
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It was probably for use in Mexico as well! |
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This is Monochrome. TV prefix on Sony indicates that. Yes, 1968, and a USA Model (U indicates United States).
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If so where is the UHF tuner all sets newer than 1964 were mandated to have to be sold in the United States of America?
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Could maybe have been for VTR monitor use. Those sets didn't usually have UHF tuners fitted, or maybe Canadian sale.
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I own at least 4 60s-70s VTR monitors and every one that has a tuner has BOTH UHF and VHF. The mandate applied to monitors that had built in tuners and could function as TVs on their own.
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Thanks for that update, been a long time since I saw an old Sony monochrome VTR monitor set.
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I wonder if this set uses a tube for the HV rectifier. The first Trinitron color sets used a tube HV rectifier.
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square connectors Also seen BNC's & SO-259. RCA quite rare on industrial stuff. Sony even converted a tin can all tube Admiral. They added a board that looked very hobbyist built. Admiral names were removed. I saw a few at Sony FS in Westwood Ma. I always wondered why they used a POS set when they could have used a Zenith hybrid or RCA in line etc. enuf fer now Zeno |
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