Hi, all...!
Brian: I get "the bird" enough as it is, so I'll just consider this my sanctuary away from it...
Rob: Thanks for the welcome... and "Kevin" is fine. I used my "Maltese Falcon" nom-de-net because it 's the same name that I use over on Steve Hoffman's forum, and I just thought I'd maintain some continuity. I found this place after Steve pointed me here when I asked some questions regarding the images to be seen on a round-tube set.
I watch a lot of classic broadcasts (and am quite a vintage TV program collector), but it's been quite some time since I've seen a vintage round-tube fired up... I was expecting a **lot** more geometric distortion for some reason, but boy-- was I in for a shock when I saw some of those screen images in the "vintage color TVs" thread...!!
Astounding... Beautiful... Breathtaking... well, I'll just run out of adjectives.
As for my own equipment, I have a few vintage video machines (1/2" EIAJ sort of stuff, as well as Beta, VHS and 3/4" u-matic), but no vintage receivers... though I'm now drooling over the RCA CT-100s that I've seen here...!!
Anyway, I'm 43 , so I remember a lot of the stuff I watch **now**from the first time around, back in the 60s. My passion is to dig up old videotapes, particularly of classic game shows like "Password", and the like.
Which reminds me-- it anyone here has a line on 2" videotape copies of any classsic 60s game shows, especially those like the CBS primetime versions of "What's My Line?", "I've Got a Secret" and "To Tell the Truth", which were only preserved on kinescope films; **OR** NBC daytime programs like "Concentration", "Jeopardy!" or "You Don't Say" (which evidently weren't really preserved **at all**), please feel free to drop me a PM or an e-mail... these programs, considered "disposable programming" by the networks, are my particular passion...
Anyhow-- it's great to be here-- and I hope at some point that I can make a positive contribution to the group!!
Thanks again for the hearty welcome, folks... and now, back to your regularly scheduled forum, already in progress!!
-Kevin