Thought you all might enjoy these as much as I do!

http://i47.tinypic.com/2wg9fzb.jpg http://i47.tinypic.com/70xs3b.jpg

Isnt it beautiful?? -- The colours so vivid and clear on the vid and the makings in the set??

:)

I'm in SERIOUS Lust... Imagine stumbiln' on one o' thease in an Aunty-Kue Store or a yard sale one day..And it had a GOOD 15GP22...Whine, Whimper...(grin)

This one has a 19VP22:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/cbs_205.html

I guess the owner deleted the back in favor of the optional chassis illumination kit.
LOL.
Sorry...couldn't resist.
Phil

Well, Reeferman, I ain't TOO sorry he did...(grin) Like a LOT of us here, the "Guttiwutts" are almost as impressive as the picture they make...

I had a Motorola with the 19VP22, but I don't remember the CRT having been mounted with the blue gun down, but maybe it was. Was the 19VP22 always so mounted, or just on the CBS model?

I am guessing in the screen picture the bloke in the suit'n'tie is Ed Sullivan and the show is "Toast Of The Town".

Unless you have documentation claiming this is an actual screen picture, it isn't. It's just a pasted-in photo for use in the advertisement. And yes, that is Ed Sullivan, whose program was on CBS.

The rectangular mask really shrinks the face of the 19" tube. That, coupled with the fact that the cabinet is big as a combo, makes it look like a 15" set if you don't have a reference to scale.

Here's a pic of mine, which has a 21" tube...

http://tvontheporch.com/images/img_9755_1_242x250.jpg

...better illustrating just what a massive beast the 205 is.

I have seen half of the surviving sets; none of them have the earlier CBS-Columbia script logo as illustrated in the ad.

Haha I knew that :) , it looks too photo perfect to be an actual screen picture and I know back then in photos and films it was common practice to paste in photos instead of taking screen snaps, I wasn't meaning it was an actual screen picture when I made my statement but referring to the picture on screen.

My set also has the later style CBS Columbia badge. But the 19VP22 CRT and CT-100-like IF Video and Color circuitry are capable of delivering a picture almost as good as the pasted in photo in the ad.

Motorola SS 100 pics attempt
 

Looking for history and value. Everything works and all original. This link is to the album I created on this site. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. This is located in Tennessee.

http://www.videokarma.org/album.php?albumid=608

I recognized those pictures from this 1997 American Heritage of Invention and Technology magazine article: http://www.earlytelevision.org/pdf/color_wars.pdf
(They are used on the front and back covers of the magazine.)

WHERE in Tennessee ?!? (Hopin' its NE Tennessee...Grin)

The pic is outstanding for sure!!

I havent seen one @ salvation army but I do look thru the TVs once in awhile and im sure something like this would stick out :)