Free Magnavoxes - Videokarma.org TV - Video

damen · #1 02-25-2015, 12:38 PM

I got these at a estate sale for free the deal was I had to take both since I really did not want the newer one. One is a 1971 Magnavox combo that nothing worked but I found the selector switch was no activating the Relay to turn on the TV and it works very well the crt checked excellent and most the tubes appear to be original. The other is a 1979 Magnavox that worked but had a very weak crt I used my CR 70 restore function and it came up to very good and makes a good picture if it lasts. Now!! What to do with them. I put 1979 on craigslist for cheap someone will probably want the cabinet and still thinking about the combo

Celt · #2 02-25-2015, 12:48 PM

Sign off test pattern?

Electronic M · #3 02-25-2015, 01:26 PM

I dig that combo, and that Buick.

Jon A. · #4 02-25-2015, 03:33 PM

I like that '79 Magnavox. Too bad it's likely to end up destroyed.

damen · #5 02-25-2015, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon A.

I like that '79 Magnavox. Too bad it's likely to end up destroyed.

Its yours for free if you come and get it

Marco-nix · #6 02-26-2015, 08:20 AM

beautiful Tv Damen.. however I like the Buick in the background.... I have a Buick but it's a 1998 Century...this kind of Tvs are rare in Canada

MIPS · #7 02-26-2015, 10:14 AM

Well there's a set that would go with my VCR/closed captioner/laserdisc/Atari 2600 stack. Too bad I'm already packed to the ceiling with stuff.

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Its yours for free if you come and get it

Nova Scotia is a bit far, eh?

damen · #8 02-26-2015, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Marco-nix

beautiful Tv Damen.. however I like the Buick in the background.... I have a Buick but it's a 1998 Century...this kind of Tvs are rare in Canada

I know this is a TV forum but since My 1966 Buick is getting interest I will add a picture of it.

timberstx · #9 02-26-2015, 12:36 PM

Looks like nice tv set, wish i could get them. As a kid we had a tube set magnavox. Maybe late 60's, could have been up to 71. We got it used so can't be sure. I think it was a lemon because it was blowing tubes all the time, and the crt was kind of dark. But we kept it up until about 1980, when we got the solid state magnavox. Bought that one new, but it was a 79 model. That one never had one issue its entire life. It got so much use. My mom would turn it on for her soap operas. The rest of us would come home from school and watch tv until bedtime. My oldest brother would then come home from work at midnight and watch it and fall asleep. I would get up for school and turn off.
The thing about the old one is it never rendered greens very well. Maybe something to do with the auto-tint. Other than that it had a nice picture.

Marco-nix · #10 02-26-2015, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MIPS

Well there's a set that would go with my VCR/closed captioner/laserdisc/Atari 2600 stack. Too bad I'm already packed to the ceiling with stuff.

Nova Scotia is a bit far, eh?

i'm at about a minimum 12 hours from you.. i'm in Québec.

Jon A. · #11 02-26-2015, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MIPS

Nova Scotia is a bit far, eh?

Yup, and I'm going through another dry spell. Anything interesting I find is usually well away from the city. I have to negotiate with sellers to bring them to me for a nominal extra cost on their next trip here because I'm without transportation. There's one I've been waiting on for months now. Fortunately lots of people in this province's many small towns and rural areas have pickup trucks.

tvcollector · #12 02-26-2015, 04:43 PM

I'd take the 1979 Magnavox before the combo.. Too bad though, no one will probably want it and it will most likely end up being re purposed..

Electronic M · #13 02-26-2015, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by damen

I know this is a TV forum but since My 1966 Buick is getting interest I will add a picture of it.

That's a nice one!
I was considering a red 69' LeSabre convertible back in the fall, but it turned out to be a undriveable beat to heck mess that the owner VERY skillfully photographed to look like it was in good condition....

Sandy G · #14 02-26-2015, 07:38 PM

The LeSabre was basically a rebodied Chevy, the Electra was more or less a Caddy Sedan DeVille.

Jon A. · #15 02-26-2015, 08:29 PM

I don't see a channel display on the '79 Maggie. I'm pretty sure the Star System was gone by that time. I wonder if it has the OSD whose channel numbers shrink and disappear. That and I wonder if the CRT is delta or inline.

I have a CRT from a junk set that the Star System consoles came with. I hope that one's healthy, got to wait for my tester to get here to find out.