Webcor 9" B&W TV

[radiotvnut]

That's a nice TV that looks well built. I also think it's the first Webcor badged TV that I've seen. I think that by the late '60's-early '70's, the original Webcor company was a thing of the past and the name wound up on a lot of imported electronics, sort of how they do things today. Does that set use a solid state "stick" HV rectifier or does it use a tube? I know that many of these earlier SS B&W TV's still retained a tube for the HV rectifier.

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

I think that by the late '60's-early '70's, the original Webcor company was a thing of the past and the name wound up on a lot of imported electronics

This has to be the oldest "resurrected old American brand" device I have seen, quite interesting.

When I was a child, my mother once mentioned Webcor as a radio brand she would avoid "because they went out of business so parts will not be available". If she could only see me now! (Or any of the rest of us collectors who will not even blink at the most obscure and old brands.)

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

This has to be the oldest "resurrected old American brand" device I have seen, quite interesting.

In this case Hitachi was probably equal to or better than Webcor quality, not like now where it's guaranteed to be junk.