new listing ctc 4
 

i hope that the guy who restored the ctc 4 that is currently on ebay wasnt done with it? anyway----nice aquisition for someone-----needs color realignment

Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...179737565&rd=1

The color looking funny could simply be due to the camera. Depending on the lighting in the room, it is often difficult to get a good picture of one of these roundies operating. It might also be due to a cheaper camera.

In my experience, it seems that many photos of the screen turn out looking somewhat blue... although looking at the screen live will have perfect color. Pictures of b&w screens often turn out with a blue tint as well.

In my old camera, there is a setting for the white balance... choices are automatic, indoor, and outdoor. Usually, it's always on automatic. I've learned that while taking photos of operating sets, changing this setting to indoor helps a lot in making screen shots look more natural.

That's a nice looking set... looks like someone will be getting a nice addition to their collection!

Where is Jonathon? He was wanting an early RCA... and this one is not too far from him.

Nice set, but I'm guessing it'll go past $500 or close to it... It's probably in perfect condition.

Here it is with a better camera and lighting
 

You guys are right...that camera and lighting was bad...Here is a better pix with the CTC 4 and two of it's cousins.

Take care,

Kirk (aka KStanki)

Great picture.

Ah-hah! So, that ebay seller was own of our own!

Kirk, that's an awesome looking shot on those three sets with the NBC peacock! Breath-taking! Those sets kick ass! And they keep that room warm, too!

Hmmm

Kirk's got a CT-100.

But MY CTC-7 has a REMOTE :)

Hmmm.

Still need a CT-100 for me, though :(

is it me or does this have uhf?i havent seen too many early models with a built in uhf

Con Ed "Man of the Year"
 

Can't get enough of those off screen pix. Great collection. Keep that meter spinning.

-Steve D.

Hey Kirk,

What is the source of your NBC peacokk video?

Yep, some folks use a hair dryer or a toaster oven to burn a thousand watts. But this, yeah, this is a way to burn a thousand watts!

Let's start a Kilowatt-O-Color Club. Kirk's the first member. :yes:

LOL...
I tried to 7 of them one time and had to use two circuits...

The source of the peacock is a VHS tape. The peacock is included in the beginning of a "Best of Johnny Carson" video. It is a short segment, so I copied it about 30 times so that is repeats.

Kirk,

What a wonderful shot and I love the peacock image ....

Which set in your collection ....excluding the CTC100 ..which must a be a special case....is you favourite?

Hey Ceebee, It's great to have a collector from down under on our forum!

That is a hard question to answer, I enjoy restoring pre-1960 RCA Color, and each set has a special part of the evolution. CTC 2: The first set sold to the public. CTC 2B: The first 21" (The 15 " was never meant to be produced) CTC 4: 1st reduced tube count full-scale production. CTC 5: Further circuit reduction (too much !) 1st set under $500.00 CTC 7: First all-glass tube, practical and reliable design. CTC 9: Improvements on CTC 7 design, many of these sets ran well into the 1970's.

I enjoy the history...RCA lost money making these sets but in the end they helped the product evolve. It was my intention to have one of each in working order (I do). I have a few doubles that I will be getting rid of.

If there is anything I can do to help with your restoration efforts, please let me know.

mmm..and which one do you actually watch at nite....my first colour set (a philips K9 from 1974) ..one of the last with a delta array tube, produced far better colour than anything I see these days...is still my favourite to watch anything where colour is important.

This is no wonder. Philips and a few other brands improved their video section. Even the first Philips colour tv sets had a much more contrast richer and brighter picture than most of the others.
Do you have any hybrid color tv sets in Australia or were they all solid state?

we did have some late Decca hybrids....non solid state audio sections.

but they didn't stay on the market for long.

When I first read about my CTC-5 "Special" being the set where they first went with the inferior narrowband color decoding, I was disappointed, like I had the 'turd' or 'dog' of antique color tvs...but then figured out that this same not-as-good type of decoding was used for almost all TVs after this point, so I think the Special gets sort of bad rap in this respect it doesn't deserve. CTC-16s etc had the same non-I/Q decoder. Hell, did they ever go back to full IQ decoding even to the modern day other than a few isolated sets?