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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007
Hope they aren't live chassie!  |
Of course they are!
Power Transformers add weight and cost, and GE marketed these as cheap "second" sets that the wife or kids could carry around to a bedroom or kitchen while dad watched the evening news on the big console set in the living room.
Hotpoint, an appliance manufacturer owned by GE, even gave away a version of this set with the purchase of a new Refrigerator or Stove.
I've actually been looking for a red and white 14" set like that one for years. When I was nine years old, I bought one just like it at a week long outdoor junk sale for $4. My mom got really mad at me bringing home that "big ugly piece of junk." When I discovered that it didn't work, I was forced to take it back. This was back before I knew enough to recap a set myself, so I took it back to the seller, who was nice enough to actually give me my money back. I've wanted to find another one ever since. That little GE is what really got me into vintage TV sets, and was my first "one that got away."