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Originally Posted by jstout66
I'm pretty sure those table-top Philco's were the LAST of the roundies. (circa 1967/1968) I have a bunch of "Life" and "Look" magazines from 1967 & 1968 and have seen ads for them. Other than that set, no way were ANY of the major brands making any after 1967. Most quit making Roundies in 1965, and a few may have still been in production and sold in 1966. (using the spare parts stash?) Other than that Philco which WAS made and sold in 67/68 I don't think there were any others. And NO WAY was anyone making Roundies in 1970. Most brands were working on solid state at that time, so they wouldn't have bothered. I worked in a TV Sales/Service shop in the late 70's and most people pitched roundies as fast as they could, to get something more reliable and "modern". We sold a few used, but had to sell them cheap, and this is when they were around 14 years old.
On service calls, the only people that would put any money into a reapair on a roundie was usually women who loved the cabinet.
I loved roundies then and still do. It's a shame of all the ones that got tossed.
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You are correct Philco still had some 21 inch model as late as 1971, I had the serviced some of these guys. Most were hy-brids with solid state front ends and tube driven sweep circuits