show us your early remote control sets!

[Jeffhs]

Doug (drh4683),

I saw the pic of your non-remote Zenith with power tuning. Very interesting. What did you mean when he said "...a remote set without the remote"? Also, I'm sure that wasn't the only power-tuning set Zenith made in the early '60s. Many high-end sets of that era had power tuning (VHF only, except the Maggie in your collection with the motorized UHF tuner).

BTW, there is a way to have "power remote" UHF tuning on any older TV with remote control and/or power tuning. When the VHF tuner is set to the UHF position, the set will bring in whatever channel to which the UHF tuner is set. Great if you live in an area with only one UHF station (try to find a city or town like that today--most have at least two), or if you have a favorite UHF station (the PBS affiliate or a favorite movie station, etc). I used to do that a lot with my sets that had separate VHF and UHF tuners.

How many UHF stations does the metropolitan Chicago area have? You said in one of your posts a few months back (an answer to one of mine) that your area has quite a few UHF stations. How does this compare to Cleveland (I live about 30 miles east of the city), which only has a half-dozen UHF channels (including the PBS station on channel 25)? I'd say the greater Chicago area alone must have at least a dozen UHF channels, and still more if you have a high-power antenna and can get stations from other cities, such as Milwaukee.