1976 Quasar console

[radiotvnut]

Does this set use a delta gun CRT? I'd be interested in knowing who made the tube (the EIA number on the tube label should tell us).

[Dreamsbeard]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

Does this set use a delta gun CRT? I'd be interested in knowing who made the tube (the EIA number on the tube label should tell us).

Of course it does! V25VCZP22

[drh4683]

This is an interesting set. I can appreciate the Matsushita attempt at the "works in a drawer" design. Seeing that you're in Canada, I'd be curious to know if this set was built at the Motorola/Quasar TV plant that was in Markham, Ontario. That plant opened in 1971 and they only built TV's for the Canadian market there. I don't know if Matsushita took over that plant right away or not when they completed the purchase of the consumer division in May of '74. Do you have the exact model and serial number from the back tag on this set?

[Dreamsbeard]

Originally Posted by drh4683

This is an interesting set. I can appreciate the Matsushita attempt at the "works in a drawer" design. Seeing that you're in Canada, I'd be curious to know if this set was built at the Motorola/Quasar TV plant that was in Markham, Ontario. That plant opened in 1971 and they only built TV's for the Canadian market there. I don't know if Matsushita took over that plant right away or not when they completed the purchase of the consumer division in May of '74. Do you have the exact model and serial number from the back tag on this set?

Yep, it was built in Markham, Ont.

there are a lot of numbers at the back of the set...let's see :

- HY644914
- 68P72601A21
-47H31YWU9314NK

It would be logical that the canadian branch was included in the deal, so I assume that by may 74, Quasar was panasonic in canada also.

[drh4683]

Ok, yes it's certainly a Canadian made set because of the "Y" in the model number. It's interesting to note that even though Matsushita purchased the Quasar division from Motorola in May of '74, it wasn't until May of 1976 when they had total control and ownership of ALL of the plants outside of the Chicago area that built consumer products. I was never quite sure what ended up happening with the Ontario plant after everything was finalized.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Dreamsbeard

Of course it does! V25VCZP22

The Quasar CRT's of that era were Sylvania. They seemed to be very long lived.