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Old 03-12-2016, 10:32 AM
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1983 Midland 13" color set model 15-263

Picked from an estate. Probably not used for many years. Works great. I remember having a Midland 19" brand new in 87 and it had the cabinet of a Samsung Celebrity. Aluminum plated remote. Was a great set. This one will now rest on a wall mount stand in the kitchen.
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Old 03-12-2016, 01:57 PM
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The one here is also a rebadged Samsung and likely sold by Western Auto. After WA dropped the Truetone brand in '81, they got hot and heavy into selling Midland-branded products. These sets produce a nice picture; but, you might want to line up a spare flyback for it because flyback failures are common in '80's Samsung TV's.
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Old 03-15-2016, 07:59 PM
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Is this the same Midland brand that made CB radios?
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Is this the same Midland brand that made CB radios?
I always wondered that but I can tell you for sure that the name design is exactly the same in appearance. Has to be some affiliation.
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Old 03-16-2016, 07:04 AM
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Yes, the same parent company.
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Old 03-16-2016, 08:39 AM
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I thought so. Never had any trouble out of these sets.
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Yes, the same parent company.
It's more likely the Midland communications receiver company contracted an Asian company to make some TVs for Midland to slap their name on.
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We had an early '70's Truetone portable tube color set and the source code indicated Midland International Corporation; however, it looked like the chassis was built by NEC.
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From what I have seen, it appeared to me that Midland acted as sort of a distributer for electronic products from a number of manufacturers, putting thier brand on a large number of somewhat diverse electronic products.

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Old 03-16-2016, 03:53 PM
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Midland Portable Color Set

Same here. I had a 1972 Midland 16" all tube black and while set - Model 15-126B that had Sharp labels all over it including the CRT. It was a cool set, but was VERY high hour, and the PCB was very burnt around the vertical and horizontal output tubes. The CRT was also getting very weak, so I scrapped it.
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I always wondered that but I can tell you for sure that the name design is exactly the same in appearance. Has to be some affiliation.

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I'm getting a 1983 Shasta 16 ft. Travel trailer this weekend so this tv may just be the perfect fit for this.
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I'm getting a 1983 Shasta 16 ft. Travel trailer this weekend so this tv may just be the perfect fit for this.
Great combo. Shasta made some nice trailers.
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Old 03-19-2016, 06:37 PM
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Got some pics. Trailer coming In the morning. All it needs is the floor put in. Old one already cleaned out. All the pieces are included, table, benches, etc.
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Got some new pics after I cleaned it up. Soon I'll get that Midland tv in there.
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