Anyone know who built this?
 

This set looks very odd to me! Anyone know anything about it, I couldn't make out a name or anything from the pictures and its all the way across town.... http://images.craigslist.org/00j0j_9...zX_600x450.jpg

Possibly related to these Setchell-Carlson sets:
http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=262761
Also perhaps mid 50s GE or Silvertone?
jr

I think it's a Silvertone.

agree, Silvertone

I know it wasnt me.... :D

SR

Think that it is a 24" like this Silvertone?

http://www.videokarma.org/showthread...e+top+controls

jr

1957 Silvertone, Warwick built. They were rather common around here. It might be a 24" model. I've seen and worked on worse sets. :scratch2:

Looks a bit like a dishwasher or dryer! Or perhaps a front-load clothes washer -- way ahead of its time.

I think that GE was first with these '51 models... the low mounted tube on some models must have been great for kids! :)

From the TV history site:
http://tvhistory.tv/1951-GE-Brochure.jpg

jr

Someone else here recently posted having found one of those. I replied about the one that I found in front of a dumpster. It should have Silvertone written all over at least the back cover if there is one. Perhaps he wants to know who made Silvertone as being a Sears product it was made by someone else and branded Silvertone. I have no idea who that would be, but Sears always had good manufacturers and products back in the "good old days."

Someone miss-dated that entry. Those were 1955 model year sets.
I understand those low low-boys weren't very good sellers. :no:

I think many would disagree with you, about good manufacturers and products, including myself. Some of their TV's weren't the most reliable and not too technician friendly. Their radios and HI-FI stereos were always fairly decent.
I did buy at lot of items from Sears, tools, hand and power, appliances etc.
The future doesn't look too bright for Sears holdings. :sigh:

Sears also used a lot of proprietary parts, including tubes. They were usually similar enough to more generic types so you could frequently substitute something common, but until you figured out what would work, it was common to have to purchase a $6-7.00 "Silvertone" tube from Sears instead of using a more generic tube that was commonly available for $1.00-2.00.

As I recall from the mid 1960's when I actually worked in TV repair, nobody really liked working on Silvertone sets.

Yeah, that whole business model is about gone now really for a number of reasons. Heck, why buy anything other than building supplies anywhere when you can get everything from WalMart; and American products too! :scratch2:

My dad worked for Sears for many years, and I did specify the "good ol' days" b.t.w. Seems like he used to say that Samsung made a lot of their TVs around the late 70s or early 80s. I can testify that we got our first remote control big (for the time) screen floor model about that time and I finally kicked it to the curb about 5 years ago with no repairs ever. And most people know that Kenmore appliances are hard to beat. I don't who made them, but the refrigerators were bulletproof.

how about craftsman tools? decent quality and lifetime warranteed? break one and simply bring it in and exchange it. If sears goes under it'll really be the end of an icon.

Regarding return of broken tools, they must be planning for that!
Craftsman tools are now being sold by Ace Hardware and Menards.
Sears just announced closing two large stores in southeast Wisconsin, plus a few K-Marts. Sad, but true. I'm going to miss them. :sigh:

In the 1980's and 1990's and possibly today, Sears (branded) TV's were mostly supplied by Sanyo, if I remember correctly.

To those who remember them, Western Auto actually still has a few stores. I couldn't believe it when I found one open in a tiny town in North Carolina. Supposedly Sears consumed them years ago. I'm not sure if it was before or after the closing of most of the stores I have ever seen. Anyway, you will find Craftsman tools in Western Auto.

As far as no questions asked, lifetime warranty goes; just about all of the "out of the box" auto parts chains like AutoZone :thumbsdn:(dirty management pushes front line employees for underhanded tactics at the register), and Advance Auto have tool lines with about the same type of warranty.

Maybe you've got a bad AutoZone in your area. The one here was helpful, and steered us clear of buying the wrong stuff for some exhaust patch work.

There are good people in most any decent retail establishment as well as bad. And yes, they along with others are trained to cater to the modern day D.I.F.M. (do it for me) which is all but replacing the more traditional D.I.Y. customer. Trust me though, there is a huge corporate push to jack up the average ticket sale through often unnecessary "add on" sales that they would say employees are asked to suggest, but in reality they are pushed and bullied into scanning 99 cent light bulb lube when your not looking and throwing it in your big bag banking on you not looking at your big receipt.

I don't want to turn this into a witch burning as it's not why we are here, but I do know this happens and is not isolated. It's really the tip of the iceberg. Glad you had a good experience though as many, many people do.