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Originally Posted by TheNixer
All the good TV's seem to be up North or West Coast. Basically, anywhere but the South. That's a really nice looking set - and it's an Admiral! Hope someone saves it.
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I was browsing eBay just now, and saw a listing for a red "K-Mart" branded 12" b&w portable TV in the Detroit area. At one time in the '70s, I believe these little sets were made by Admiral for K-Mart -- the control panel looks like one I would expect to find on a '70s vintage Admiral portable TV.
BTW, I live in northeast Ohio near Cleveland and don't see too many old TVs, even in the trash. The last small portable I saw here, ten years ago, was an RCA 12-incher from about 1980 -- on a curb very near my apartment. I've seen an RCA ColorTrak console set from '78 and a couple of stereo consoles since then, but none recently. With the DTV transition in June 2009, I was half expecting to see old (and not so old) analog b&w and color sets on treelawns and curbs all over my small town, but it didn't turn out that way -- not even close.