How many tvs do you have?
 

Ok, Im kinda bored at the moment. We all are collectors of either color, b/w or both. How many tvs do you have? break it down into the types of sets. Be honest!!!!
my current oversized collection of tube type/hybrid only sets:

B/w console: 2
b/w portable: 18
Color, rectangular console: 7
Color, 21" round console: 6
Color, portable: 8
Color, Table: 6
(remote controlled sets, only 8)

Oldest set, 1956 zenith sc200 console,
Newest, 1973 zenith chromacolor portable.
(oldest color, 1961 rca ctc11)

Current collection as of 10-6-03, 47 Televisions! two more comming soon to make 49. Now to include every single set in the house, total is: 55.

Lets here the stats on your collection!

Damn Doug... you're loaded up over there!

Mine...

21" round color... 12
B/W console........ 6
B/W portable....... 14
color portable...... 1
Philco Predicta..... 1

34 sets total. Wasn't sure which catagory to put the Predicta in, and then decided it kinda needed a catagory of its own.

82 give or take a few


1. Admiral 19A11 Bakelite 7”
2. Admiral 19A15 Wood 7”
3. Admiral 24A12 Bakelite 10” floor model
4. Admiral Blue & White 10”
5. Admiral two tone green 10”
6. Capehart 10” Combo
7. Conrac Fleetwood chassis only
8. Coronado 10”
9. Crosley 9-407 12” Tabletop
10. Curtis Mathes 24” Combo
11. Emerson 1232 8” portable Blue
12. Emerson 1232 8” portable Red
13. Emerson 14” Suitcase
14. Emerson 14” Wood cabinet
15. Emerson 17” Fabric covered
16. Emerson 571 10” Tabletop
17. Emerson 610 1949 7”
18. GE 14T Yellow
19. GE 17” Pink & White
20. GE 9T002 9” Portable Green & White
21. GE Bakelite 10” Locomotive
22. Hallicrafters T-505
23. Hallicrafters T-506
24. Hallicrafters T-54
25. Hoffman 12”
26. Hoffman 12” w/radio
27. Hotpoint 14S Pink
28. Hotpoint 17” Pink & White
29. Hotpoint 9” Portable Black & White
30. Hotpoint 9” Portable Red & White
31. Motorola 7VT5 Suitcase Red
32. Motorola 9T1 Bakelite 8”
33. Motorola 9T1 Bakelite 8” Painted White
34. Motorola VT-105 10”
35. Motorola VT-71
36. Motorola VT-71 Blond
37. Motorola VT-73 Suitcase Tan
38. Motorola wood 8”
39. Olympic 10”
40. Olympic 12”
41. Philco 17” Brown set
42. Philco 1953 21” Floor set
43. Philco 48-1001
44. Philco 49-1002
45. Philco 50-T-1105
46. Philco 7” Bakelite
47. Philco 7” Wood
48. Philco Predicta Holiday
49. Philco Seventeener
50. RCA 14-PD-8055 14” Portable Gold & Blue #1
51. RCA 14-PD-8055 14” Portable Gold & Blue #2
52. RCA 14-S-7070G 14” Portable Red #1
53. RCA 14-S-7070G 14” Portable Red #2
54. RCA 16” Floor Model w/radio
55. RCA 17-D-8186 Portable with swivel
56. RCA 17-D-8187 Portable with swivel
57. RCA 17-PD-8096 17” Portable Blue & White
58. RCA 21-CD-8865 21” Color CTC-7
59. RCA 2T51 Bakelite 12” With stand
60. RCA 721-TS
61. RCA 8_PT-7030 8” Personal Portable Red #1
62. RCA 8_PT-7030 8” Personal Portable Red #2
63. RCA 8” Personal portable Red w/stand
64. RCA 8-PT-7034 8” Personal Portable White
65. RCA 8-T-243 10” #1
66. RCA 8-T-243 10” #2
67. RCA Black Personal portable w/o stand
68. RCA Red Personal portable w/o stand #1
69. RCA Red Personal portable w/o stand #2
70. RCA T-120 12” Metal tabletop
71. RCA White Personal portable w/stand #1
72. RCA White Personal portable w/stand #2
73. Sentinel 400-TV 7” Trapezoid Portable
74. Setchell Carlson Red
75. Setchell Carlson Tan
76. Silvertone Suburbanite
77. Sonora 1949 12” Tabletop
78. Tele Tone Model # 220 7”
79. Truetone 8” Portable
80. Westinghouse H-14T171 14” Portable Teal & Grey
81. Zenith 19” Portable
82. Zenith Z1510L Beige Portable with swing handle

:D

You guys make me sick! Where do ya'll put them all??? :eek:

Eric, are ALL of these on your website?

These are the TV's I have:
Bedroom:
1. RCA 5" b/w w/radio (1980's)
2. RCA 23" tube type Lyceum B/W TV/Monitor (1974)
3. Zenith 17" System 3 w/ultrasonic remote (1979)
4. Sears 12" b/w avocado colored portable (1960's/70s)
5. RCA 14" tube type color CTC 52? (1973)
6. Toshiba 15" Blackstripe w/ultrasonic remote (1979)
7. RCA 25" solid state color console CTC 48? (1973)
8. Zenith 18" tube type color (1968)

Office at home:
9. GE 10" solid state color (1984)
10. RCA CTC 68 color console (1975)
11. Emerson 21" b/w tabletop w/wood cabinet (1950's)
12. RCA CTC 92 color console (1979)

Living Room:
13. RCA 17" b/w tabletop (1957)
14. GE 10" color (1986)
15. Admiral 13" B/W (1960's)
16. GE 21" round color console (1964)
17. RCA 16" b/w portable tube type (1974)
18. RCA 8" tube type b/w portable (1950's)
19. K-mart 9" solid state b/w portable (1970's/80's)
20. GE 27" color console (1990's)
21. GE 21" b/w console (1955)
22. Zenith 16" b/w tube type portable (1966)
23. Magnavox 9"color portable w/VCR (1993)
24. Wards Airline 21" round color tabletop (1964)
25. RCA 12" tube type b/w (1974)

Kitchen:
26. GE 19" rectangular color tube type (1975)
27. RCA 18" CTC-36 tube type color (1970)
28. Magnavox 23" color console w/stereo and turntable (1968)

Storage shed:
29. Sony 26" white plastic color console (1980's)
30. Wards 13" color (1980's)
31. RCA 12" b/w solid state (early 1980's)

Barn: (main room, garage portion)
32. Sony 27" table top color (1980's)
33. Goldstar 19" color (1980's)
34. GE Porta-color (1970's)
35. GE digital tuning 19" color (1980's)
36. Sears 23" b/w console (1966)
37. Zenith 27" console (bad CRT) (1993)
38. Zenith 23" console w/power tuning (1967)
39. Sears 9" color portable (1970's)
40. Sylvania 13" portable (2000's)
41. Westinghouse 12" tabletop (1940's)
42. Magnavox 23" console w/remote (1968)
43. GE 12" b/w tube type portable (1970's)
44. RCA 15" color portable (1980)
45. Curtis Mathes b/w 23" console (1960's)
47. RCA Lyceum XL-100 25" monitor/receiver (1970's)

Barn, TV storage room:
47. GE 25" solid state console (1980's)
48. Sony 23" tube type tabletop color (made by Admiral, 1968)
49. RCA 15" color portable (1980's)
50. RCA 25" Lyceum monitor/receiver (1986)
51. GE 19" solid state color w/clock and radio (1980's)
52. Philco 25" color w/radio and phono (1970's)
53. Motorola 19" b/w tube type (1960's)
54. Sony 19" color (1980's)
55. Sony 13" color (early 1970's)
56. Zenith 23" color console (1966)
57. RCA CTC-31 tabletop 22" (1968)
58. RCA 19" tabletop color (1980's)
59. Quasar works in a drawer 23" w/tubes (1970's)
59. Montgomery Wards 25" color console (1980's)
60. Zenith 25" console (1980's)
61. Midland 19" b/w solid state (1970's)
62. Zenith 12" b/w tv with digital tuning! (1980's)
63. Zenith 12" b/w w/ manual tuning (1980's)
64. RCA 15" color solid state (1980's)
65. RCA 19" color w/ single knob tuning (1980's)
66. RCA 19" w/ single knob tuner (1977)
67. Zenith 19" b/w tube type (1970)
68. RCA CTC-68 color console (1976)
69. Zenith 23" color console without legs (1968)
69. Truetone 23" b/w console (1960)
70. Hitatchi motel TV 19" color w/ radio (1980's)
71. Zenith 18" b/w with timer (early 1960's)
72. Zenith 9" b/w AC or cigarette lighter (1970's)
73. Magnavox 21" b/w console (1950's)
74. Conrac 17" broadcast monitor (1960's)
75. RCA CTC-92 color console (1979)
76. Magnavox 18" color tabletop (wood cabinet) (1966)
77. Arvin 12" b/w tube type (1960's)
78. GE 19" motel TV solid state (1980's)
79. Curtis Mathes 19" made by RCA (1980's)
80. GE 19" motel TV solid state (1980's)
81. Hitachi 10" color portable (1976)
82. Curtis Mathes 19" color (NEC) (1979)
83. Zenith 25" color console tube type (1974)
84. Emerson 19" color (1980's)
85. GE 19" solid state (1975)
86. GE porta-color (1975)
87. GE Porta-color (1973)

Barn bathroom:
88. RCA 13" color portable (1980's)
89. RCA 12" b/w portable (1980's)

Office at radio station:
90. RCA XL-100 console (1980)
91. Hitatchi 17" solid state color (early 1970's)

I probably have forgotten some---at one time I counted more than 100. Also I have about 100 other TV's stored at my parents' house in the garage, including some b/w sets from 1950-1952.

Guys- Gulp !!- I'm not worthy ! I'm not worthy ! I've only got about 2 dozen or so- lots of the little mid-80's Japanese hand-held sets. I DO have a '65 Zenith roundie, though, so I guess there's hope for me yet.-Sandy G.

this is a odd one.
48. Sony 23" tube type tabletop color (made by Admiral, 1968)
like to see it!
not aware sony sold anything in the states with other than a trinitron tube.

7 asst roundies i need to work on
1 magnavox tv stereo combo roundie in the front room.
too many rectangulars to count.
1 ct100 in a crate i need to open.
5 portacolors
2 philco safaries that work.
about 15 7"electrostats
10 asst 50's bw portables
and about 40 asst vintage crt's.

Yes, the Admiral/Sony is an unusual set. The front of the set looks just like the Admiral picture on the photofact folder with a small volume/fine tuning knob between the channel knobs, the circuitry is the same, it uses Admiral tubes. It says "Sony" on the front panel. The set originally was a monitor/receiver, it has a switch for TV/line, but the previous owner removed the video/audio patch panel for some reason. The back cover says "Sony" and it has a long, 3-conductor power cord like the RCA monitor/receivers I have. Sorry I don't have a digital camera, so cannot provide photo.

I had a sony vtr with a re-badged admiral b/w tv/monitor from 1968, Thought it was odd that sony would do that. Maybe was something sony america only did?

2 7" electrostats
1 8" Motorola
2 CT100s
4 other roundie colors
3 assorted B&W consoles
1 Predicta
3 other B&Ws

Total 16, but I've had as many as 70 at once :)

Guys- I remember that oddball Sony color- There was a Sony distributor in Knoxville, & I cajoled my dad into taking me there a lot. But he liked looking at all the neat stuff, too. I remember seeing one of those one time back when I was 11 or 12, & I remember it because it was color & didn't "look" like a Sony. Seems like it was on a roll-around cart, & may have had an early VTR with it. I have one of the 1st Trinitrons, a '69 7" color that came from Hammacher-Schlemmer in NYC. I don't think Sony ever really officially imported it into the US. I'd give my eyeteeth to get it working again.-Sandy G.

Yow!
 

My jaw is on the floor!! :jawdrop:
Looks like some of you guys could open up a museum. I'm totally jealous!
Not going to list the sets I own--I'd be too embarrassed. But how's about some pictures, fellas? Ya know, with the right marketing, a collection of pics could be turned into a nice coffee table book. I'd buy a copy. Maybe two, so I could keep one nice and drool all over the other.
Bob, who's wishing he'd bought a BIG house with a garage!

Bob has the idea, get the pics going! We need to fill up that tv picture gallery! Im currently working on getting all of my sets pictured there. Its almost like a tv "photo file" for me. Lets see all the pics on the gallery!

Since everyone is putting up nice detailed lists of their sets, here are mine:

B/W sets:
1960 Zenith 16F25Q portable/table space command 300
1973 Zenith 12CB12ZX portable hybrid
1965 Zenith 13N15 portable (brown)
1966 Zenith 13N15 portable (white)
1968 Zenith 14Z21 portable
1967 Zenith 14Y33 portable/table
1965 Zenith 14M28 portable/table "touch tuning"
1966 Zenith 14M21 portable
1968 Zenith 14Y33 portable/table, w/ spot light dials
1970 Zenith 14B36 portable/table, all steel cabinet
1967 Rca Victor KCS160 portable/table with 3 function remote
1967 Rca Victor AH054A portable "sweet 16"
1963 Rca Victor 64-A-030 MV "sweet 16"
1963 Rca Victor 94-A-171 MV (hotel set) I have 2 of them!
1967 Rca Victor AJ-0-87W Portable
1965 Rca Victor --------------- Portable/table
1961 Silvertone 528.51696 portable/table "medalist"
1968 Westinghouse PB82A19A portable "pongee"

B/W Console:

1956 Zenith Z3004R, 17Z22Q Space command 200
1960 Zenith D3005W, 16D21Q Space command 300

Color portable:

1969 RCA CTC38, 22" Table
1968 RCA Victor CTC22, RCA's first truly portable TV "Carry-Ette"'
1968 RCA Victor CTC31, 25" table w/ 7 function remote
1973 RCA CTC53 Table
1971 GE "Portacolor"
1971 Zenith 14CC15 portable
1968 Zenith 15YC615 portable
1968 Zenith 15YC616 portable, only 2 models for '68 14" sets
1973 Zenith 14DC15 portable/table chromacolor
1968 Zenith 20X1C38 table
1972 Zenith 20CC50 table
1967 Zenith 20X1C38 table

Color Console:
1968 Sylvania CF521
1965 RCA Victor CTC16 21" roundie
1961 RCA Victor CTC11 21" roundie w/ 7 function remote
1967 RCA Victor CTC31
1966 RCA Victor CTC25
1966 Zenith 23XC38
1968 Zenith 20Y1C48
1965 Zenith 24MC32 21" roundie
1968 Zenith 20Y1C48 w/ space command 600
1963 Zenith 26KC20, all steel cabinet
1965 Zenith 25MC33 21" roundie
1964 Zenith 25MC33 21" roundie w/ space command 400

would that be a kv-7000u?
i still repair old sonys so it may have hope.

Here's my list...
 

Black and White:

ANDREA 16" round metal cone CRT with FM radio. Purchased at the ETF swapmeet earlier this year. Restoration will be underway if I ever get time to get caps.

RCA 14" portable. Identical to one on Eric H's site, but has UHF. It will be restored eventually and rewired to solve the hot chassis problem. I need the correct SAMS for this. I have the version of the SAMS that used a transformer instead of AC/DC.

Sylvania 17" metal portable. Will be restored and rewired to fix hot chassis problem.

Stewart-Warner 12" round. Not at my current location, but will get here and be recapped. It had a fairly muddy picture last time I had it on.

Zenith 21" Late 50's metal table model. Works well, but will get a recap.

ROUND COLOR: All use the 21FJP22.

RCA CTC-16. Would have been totally recapped if I weren't laid off at the time. Need a CRT socket for this since somebody did a "Mickey Mouse" fix on the focus lead (wrapped it on pin 9 on the CRT... totally unacceptable). I did fix some other previous "repairs"). CRT is the original RCA with no cataracts.

Zenith 25MC32 (need to verify chassis number. The set is in Warren). Works like a charm. Replaced all filters and bad mylar caps in the vertical. A full recap wouldn't hurt.

Sylvania D-01. Worked last time I had it on. Will get a full recap eventually.

SILVERTONE TV,AM/FM, TURNTABLE combo. Works, but a full recap is in order. The filters are leaky and I think the voltage doubler needs to retire. The CRT was replaced (I still have the old one, it will get rebuilt eventually). The radio worked as found. The turntable is toast. Someone tried to fix it and screwed it up even more. The inrush limiter for the degauss was crumbled and the voltage dependent resistor is toast. The degausser is bypassed for now (I know...DUMB.)

OTHER:

RCA CTC-38. Found about a week before I relocated. CRT prognosis is uncertain. I have not tried the set yet. This one I have may have been one of the first to use the modern RCA logo.

I also have two of Zenith's first solid state sets. These are the ones where if the safety caps open, the HV triples and burns the neck off the CRT. Both have color problems which I haven't looked at yet.

RCA XL-100. Had a nice picture until the vertical crapped out. Something was smoking, but I don't have the right print for it. It will eventually be fixed.

RCA COLOR TUBE PORTABLE. 17 inch. This is similar to one mentioned in another thread where all caps and resistors (in the sweep section) had to be replaced. The CRT isn't great, but could look good with a proper restoration.

I'm always looking, but with my luck, one of my nosy neighbors might report me to the rental office, saying I'm running a repair shop out of my apartment. I'll eventually help fill the gallery.

As someone who is just getting into the hobby, my total is 11. At this point, my oldest would be from the mid 80's. Here is a breakdown by brand:

RCA--5
Citizen--2
JVC--1
Panasonic--1
Zenith--1
GE--1

One question for those of you who have mega numbers of sets: How many are in working condition, and how many are used with any frequency/regularity? As for myself, all sets are in working order with the exception of one RCA console which conked out just after the big blackout in August.

Eric
Tweed, ON

The sets I have in the house are almost all working and are hooked up to a private cable distribution system. Of about 25-30 sets in the house, only 3 are not working. I use a high-power MATV amplifier off of a VCR to feed the distribution line. The input is an outdoor antenna with pre-amp. Also I have a DVD player hooked up to the VCR and this allows me to watch videos on any of my TV's. I try to rotate the use of the TV's so they get somewhat equal use. Have not watched much recently, maybe 3 or 4 hours a week as there is not too much that's that interesting on antenna TV. I'm more interested in the technology of TV and in repairing them than a lot of the programming these days! The barn TV's almost all work, too, and are plugged in and can be turned on.

Ive kept all my sets working, so far, all work. I have repaired all that needed servicing and that was almost all the color sets. The B/w sets worked when I found them.

Chad, I'm jealous. If I had the room, your set-up is the one that I would LOVE! You've got some great sets!

Here is my Roster
 

1. RCA CT-100 CTC-2 Current project: Would like to have this running for the Rose Bowl Parade...much to do..may have to rewind the convergece transformer by hand...

2. RCA 21CT660 CTC4 Haviland Blonde Restored, 21AXP. Runs 1 hour a night to watch Bill O'Reilly

3. RCA 21CT661 CTC4 Director 21. Mahogany Restored. 21AX. Runs very good.

4. RCA 21CD789 CTC5 "Whitby" Blonde Awaiting Resto. 21AX

5. RCA 21CT785 CTC5 " Wescott" Blonde Awaiting Resto 21AX

6. RCA 21CD886 CTC7C "Anderson" Prof. Veneered, Repl 21cyp. Restored and working. Excellent. My 1st set (you never forget your first...well you know!)

7. RCA 21RC898 CTC7AC "Pensbury" VERY orig set, Orig 21cyp. low hours. Runs great

8. RCA 210-CTR-84 CTC9 "Abbot" Remote. Orig set, Orig 21cyp. Runs great, remote works

9. RCA 210-CK-85 CTC9 "Anniversary" awaiting resto. 21fj nice tv, lots of gold trim

10. RCA 212-G-805 CTC11 Awaiting Resto 21fb dead

11. RCA 212-F-102 CTC 11 Nice Original, 21FB, runs nice, long gold legs!

12. RCA 212-F-102 CTC 11 (#2) 21FJP, runs nice, black and gold, on loan to Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Ct. Runs all day every Sat.

:) I agree that we need to fill the photo gallery! I work alot but will photograph my collection and post it the next day off that I get!

Thanks,
Kirk

I was going to respond, strongly.

But with only 2 B/W and 5 color, I'm chump change.

(However, with a new Mit's 48413, and High Definition cable, I win!)

At least, in my own mind.

;)

Doug,

You know that you have just raised the bar way too high for most of the rest of us slobs to match. :( I mean common, did'ja have to make that claim in public? ;)

Seriously, hats off to you brother!

Wow, there are some fine collections here eh!? I'll have to tabulate my own modest collection of mostly non-restored sets.

Hi Charlie, no they're not.
Currently there are only 39 sets listed on my site.

Some of the sets on my list are duplicates, some need finish work to be presentable, a very few are beyond repair, mostly tho I just haven't got around to photographing them yet.



Eric

Modern sets
 

My list didn't include any newer SS stuff.

1990 27" Sony XBR

1991 Sony 20"

1980s? RCA 9" (Thrift Store Special)

1981 Sharp 5" AC/DC (Thrift Store Special)

1991 Mitsubishi 27" (Goodwill special, has a vertical problem and is probably headed for the dumpster)

...

bragging?
 

Doug,

That's OK. As I see it, this thread was started for the express purpose of "bragging" ! :)

Most of the sets I have arnt worth bragging about as there really is no desire for the types I have. Thats why I get as many as possible as they dont cost to much and still use tubes.

Let me think a minuite...
 

And I will see if I can remember, and list all of mine..

First..

7" electrostatic sets--(2) admiral 19a1's

10" round bw sets--

2( philcos)
1(ge- #804, I think)
1 admiral(chassis only, no cab.)
1- admiral 30a1

12" round bw sets-
rca kcs-34b( two, table model, and console model)
zenith porthole-- #22h20(console)
philco 50-t-1302(2, both table models, one w/ bad power trans)

19" round sets--

rca kcs-47(console
Andrea( chassis only), no cab.
admiral 21a1 ( chassis only, no cab.)
emerson 19"

rectangular bw--

rca kcs- 78a( 1952, looks a LOT like a ct-100)
admiral 20b1 16" (table model).
rca 14" table models(2 of these in RED)
rca 17"( table model)
rca 8" metal portable , 1956(3 of these, red, brown, and black)
rca kcs-153, 12", solid state, 1966
sylvania 12" , solid state, 1968
emerson 7" metal portable
emerson 14" portable, w/ am radio
zenith 16k23, 19" ,remote (table model)
zenith 16j20, table model
zenith 16e21(2, one table model, and one console- console is remote, )1960
zenith 16l24, (table model)1964
ge 1959 model. 19" (table model)
ge 1962 model(lx chassis)



round color sets--
Zenith 29jc20-- 1962( console model( zenith FIRST regular production model)
Rca ctc11 (console model )1961,or 62.
Zenith 25lc20 -- 1964, combo, w/ hybrid stereo, remote
Rca ctc 16-- 1965,or 66, (console model)


rectangular color tube sets--

Zenith 25mc36-- 1965( console)
zenith 16z8c19, 1969(table model)
rca ctc27- 1967-(table model)
zenith 15y6c15- 1968, ( table/portable model)


Solid state sets--

Rca ctc -40, (table model), 1969, PLUS 2 SPARE CHASSIS
Rca ctc-46, 1972, (console model)
rca ctc-68 (console model, 1974), family owned since new.
RCA CTC-47, G-2000, 1970 MODEL, SPECIAL CONSOLE.
Magnavox t979, 1973, (console)
Heath gr-395?, 1970 (20" console)

There may be a few I have forgotten.. These are only my collected sets, i have a number of "modern"(1980's-present ) sets around, also.

OK, guys, first time here, after reading a reference on the antiqueradios.com forum. Yeah, I knew coming here would mean trouble. Too much time on the computer now...but I want to play too so here is my list, if I can recall: (w=working)

(updated May 2007)

Admiral
1)10" Bakelite console-w
2)10" wood console
3)12" wood console
4)15" metal cone bakelite -w
5)19" portable, late 60s-w
6)21" round color table model-w
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Airline
7)9" color portable, early 70s-w
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Andrea
8)early 50's console w/large round crt-w
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CBS Columbia
9)15" table model
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Delmonico
10)3" portable, 60s
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DuMont
11)21" blonde console -w
12)23" color table model, 1969-w
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Emerson
13)early 50s table set, 15"
14)early 50's table set, 21" -w
15)mid-50's "ac-dc" portable
16)suitcase portable, c.1960 -w
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GE
17)early 60s 19" portable-w
18)late 60s 12" bw
19)Portacolor, c.1967-w
20)Portacolor, c.1974-w
21)18" table model, early 70s-w
22)19" table model, early 70s-w
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Hotpoint
23)9" portable late fifties
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JVC/Nivico
24)12" bw portable, 60s
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Longines Symphonette
25)3" portable w/radio-w
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Motorola
26) VT-71 -w
27)1959 21" table-w
28)1960 21" console
29)1969 21" rectangular color table-w
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Olympic
30)early 60s 19" portable
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Panasonic
31)early 70s 12" bw-w
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Philco
32)'49 wood 12" table -w
33)'51 metal 15" table
34)'54 15" console -w
35)21" mid-fifties table set
36)late 50s portable
37)Seventeener portable (late 50s)
38)Predicta, cheaper model -w
39)early 60s 19" table model-w
40)mid-60's 12" portable (I use in my office) -w
41)early 70s 12" portable-w

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Pilot
42)3" missing crt
43)3" w/green crt-w
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RCA
44)630TS-w
45)641TS combo
46)721TS
47)1948 10" table model
48)1949 10" table model
49)unknown bakelite (2T???) 12"-w
50)9T245 console
51)21" console mid fifties
52)21" console, my first old one
53)19" suitcase portable-w
54)CTC-5 Whitby, mahoghany-w
55)CTC-11, metal cabinet -w
56)CTC-12 console-w
57)CTC-15 console-w
58)CTC-? 15" portable-w
59)CTC-? 18" portable -w
60)CTC-? 18" portable , older
61)CTC-? 18" portable
62)CTC-? 18" table model "Mural"
63)mid-70s alarm clock/tv/radio-w
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Setchell-Carlson
64)19" table model, mid-sixties-w
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Silvertone
65)21" Suburbanite table set
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Sony
66)early 60's Micro TV-w
67)mid 60's like above w/uhf-w
68)mid 60s 9"
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Sylvania
69)21" Halo-light console, 1953
70)21" Halo-light console, early 60s
71)23" color table model, c.1967
72)15" color portable, c.1970
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Tele-Tone
73)7" table model
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Transvision
74)built from kit in 48, homemade console cabinet -w
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Westinghouse
75)early 60s 19" portable-w
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Zenith
76)Porthole table model 10" Mayflower-w
77)Porthole chassis only (later model)
78)21" SC400 console -w
79)21" Flashmatic console-w
80)late 50's portable -w
81)late 50s portable
82)25MC30 color, metal console, extremely clean inside-w
83)25MC33 color, nice console, paper inside shows new Zenith crt installed in early 70's-w
84)late 60s portable-w
85)c.1970 bw console
86)15" color portable-w
87)19" color portable-w
88)19" color portable
89)19" 4-tube color
90)13" color, eighties

Welcome!
 

bgadow,

Welcome to AK! I seem to recall seeing your monaker over at the other site. I haven't been there in a long time. There's plenty to keep my interest here. :)

That is a nice collection you have. Is that homemade kit TV from 1948 nice? Can you post more info and pics of any of your collection? It is really easy to do with the software AK uses.

Gosh,,,i dont even have a TV,,,,after a storm knocked mine out, and cable raised its prices,,,I said: "see-ya"!!!,,,

now, I read, listen to music, or hangout here and other forums,,and listen to ice-hockey on internet radio,,

WhiteSE,

Many of the TV's that members of this forum have don't work. You are in good company here! :) If your blowed-up TV is a vintage round screen tube color set, you can still brag about it here too!

LOL..i know,,but my TV is a mid 90's vintage Daewoo color TV...
I did purchase what can be considered a vintage ADCOM car amp,,,to replace my McIntosh..

Rob,
I have been waiting for a tube-type digital camera! No, really, I'm a cheapskate, so no pics to share-yet. Hopefully in the next few months I'll remedy that.

The Transvision is pretty neat, my wife's favorite, I think. The cabinet is sorta "Eames-like", makes heavy use of plywood, maple colored, I guess. Includes all the original plans. I feel guilty because I bought this several years ago at the Radioactivity auction for only $35.

I hardly ever watch tv, but nearly anything is worth watching on a well-tuned tube color set. Sometimes I just sit there dumbstruck!

This is a great site!

bgadow,

The Transvision is a great collectible! As for early tubed color TV's, I am constantly amazed at how well the clever engineers were able to make these work with so few tubes. If a tube equals a transistor, then the modern TV's would need hundreds of tubes to work!

Posted by Dave A
 

I thought Dave A's post discussing his collection in the "Show Us Your B&W TV's" needed presence here.

Rob, Vintage TV Moderator

I had a huge collection of old TV sets (all trash-day finds, of course) in the basement of my former home back in the early 1970s; gee, I wish I would have taken a picture or two of it (them) so I could scan it into my computer and show them off now, thirty-odd years later. I had just about every American make of television down there except Magnavox. I'd list them here, but I can't remember them all anymore.

My old neighborhood, near Cleveland, was also Zenith land, maybe not so much as drh4683's hometown, but a lot of my neighbors in my former hometown had Zenith consoles, portables, roundies . . . you name it, in the 50s and 60s. (I picked up one Zenith Space Command "300" portable--without the remote--in the late '70s and used it in my bedroom as my main set; it lasted only about a year before the horizontal-output tube went gassy and overbiased the RF amp in the tuner, not to mention the IF strip and AGC, so badly as to practically wipe out the picture.) I'm not saying we had more Zeniths than Doug's hometown had, but there were a lot of them out by the curb on trash day, every week, as the old sets developed serious problems or defective CRTs and were replaced by newer, and in some cases bigger, color sets. I once picked up a 23-inch Zenith b&w console which someone had filched all but one tube out of; I retubed that set (it still had a very strong 23ANP4 CRT, which produced a beautiful picture) and it worked, for three whole years. I even patched an FM tuner into the audio system to make a cheap-and-dirty mono hi-fi system (that set had a wonderful and great-sounding audio channel, with a 6BN6 quad detector and 6BQ5 output stage, not to mention a 6x9 oval speaker in the cabinet directly below the CRT). Then my dad remarried and we moved, which meant getting rid of all but two of those nice old TVs I had in our basement :( including my pride and joy 23-inch Zenith, which I had so lovingly rebuilt from the ground up over the course of a year. There were so many old TVs being put out for the trash each week before we moved that I swear, my neighbors must have thought we were running a TV repair shop out of the basement! :eek: :jawdrop:

Good luck, guys, and very kind regards, as always.

Oh my gosh! How does he do it?
 

I wonder just how big Big Dave's apartment is. It must be huge, if he can fit all those old TVs in there and still have room to move around. I also live in an apartment, but mine is very small (one bedroom, with the main part of the apartment being one large room). I couldn't begin to amass a TV collection anywhere near as big as BD's is. The best I can do here is to have my two old Zenith radios in my place, but when I got my new one I had to stick my first ebay find in a closet (my apartment only has one closet, in my bedroom). I am pretty much out of space now, so collecting old TVs is completely out of the question anymore (although I did have half the basement of my former home full of old sets, but that was over 30 years ago).

BD has a valid point about his neighbors possibly reporting him to the rental office or landlord, as most apartment managers take a dim view of their tenants using apartments for anything other than living space. I don't envy him his collection, however, because it will be a big job getting all those old sets out of there if and when he moves again. Believe me, I know. When I moved from my former home 31 years ago (years before moving to where I live now), I had to get rid of all but two of the old sets I had in the basement of that house. My neighbors must have thought I was running a TV shop out of my basement when they saw TVs on the tree lawn in front of the house, every week for about a month before I moved.