Trash saved - Hitachi S-88 B&W TV
 

Was driving near my area today and what do I see ? A VINTAGE TV ON THE CURB !
Why do people throw these vintage sets out when they still work ! :nono:
Their loss, my gain :)
Anyways, heres some pics.
Anyone have info on it ? I think it is from 1972
It is Made in Japan.


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I'd say that's quite a find. That set looks to be in really nice shape and even looks to have a wooden cabinet; which, is rare for a B&W portable.

Good save!

Anyone one the exact year ?
I cant find any info !! :(

Nice little set. I picked up a small Hitachi CT1322 from 84' today that was either mine or tossed. It's a little colour portable about the same size.

The sliders for contrast and such remind me of the old laptops in the 90s. :)

cool.. at least there's info on google on your TV.

That thing is a work of art, nice save. I especially like solid-state sets that are old enough to actually say "solid state" on the front. Sweet. It has my vote for nicest B&W set on this board (time to duck and cover).

I cant believe the condition of it after 40+ years ! Must be a 1 owner set !

Yeah, and in dry storage for much of that time apparently. My oldest set (1982) apparently was in storage for at least 7 years before I got it in May. That's probably accurate as the batteries in the remote were supposed to have expired last year. Fortunately they didn't leak, and were still working, but they were replaced anyway.

It's in Sam's 1233 from April 1972.

you have a link ?

https://www.samswebsite.com/en/photo...index/id/69374

THIS IT ?

Just put S88 in the model number box and scroll through the results..

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Spot on.

Where does it say 1972 ?
How did you download it ?

The dates are on the manual, and in the printed index.

I didn't download it.

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Click the symbol next to the green arrow. You'll be walked through a checkout process.

You were lucky on those batteries. I've had batteries in heavy use remotes that still had years left before expiring...The remote went dead while I was using it, I opened it up to replace the batteries, and much to my shock the batteries were leaking!..And it looked like they had just started.

That's one reason I only use lithium batteries in remotes that use AA or AAA cells. They cost a king's ransom (well, not exactly), but they last a heck of a long time and seem to hold up well. The remote that came with my 1987 Sony contained off-brand batteries of unknown age. Apparently that TV was also out of service for years. Again, the batteries were working, not leaking, but removed. Two of my mom's remotes were destroyed by leaking batteries.

I dont want to buy the manual.... :no:

Hopefully someone with a Sams subscription could help you then. Unfortunately I don't have one.

That sure is a nice set....

thanks. :smoke:

What's the screen size in that anyway? Kind of hard to tell from the photos. Looks like one of the larger "portables", the only thing qualifying it as being portable being the handle.

Man, that thing is sweet! The wood cabinet is a big bonus too!

Dont pay $22 !!! If you are not in a hurry I probably
got it & can send you the real thing not a crappy download.
MUCH cheaper.
PM me if interested.

73 Zeno:smoke:

zeno,
PM sent

Here's a video I uploaded of this set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrTPStjoits

hey Robb, how have you been? I enjoyed watching that video..you have found quite an interesting Hitachi.

Im excellent ! Thanks :)

Find me a mint GE Portacolor !

My mint '66 portacolor with NIB crt was lost in a storm. Looking for a new one myself..but I know I will never find one in that condition with brand-new crt again. 11SP22 was the tube..it had coarse phosphor dots but was literally used for less than 5 or 6 hours total.:thumbsdn:

Is that a real wood cabinet?

Yes.

If its like the ones we had in Australia,there will be two grey caps across the secondary winding and sometimes one on the primary,change these for x or y rated caps,go intermittent short,fuse blowing bridge rectifier goes open on 1 leg,giving hum bars,if it's one with the synchronous converter,where the line output stage drives the chopper power supply,look for a 220k resistor,replace with 2 100k high voltage types,usual,BU126 or BU208 types suitable as replacements for the power transistors,dry joints on the yoke plug,and horiz drive trans.Sometimes agc lockout caused by a little 1uf cap,hiding on the VHF tuner.

Good to know. :smoke:

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