Philco Seventeener III

[Adam]

This is the other set I picked up recently. When I saw it arrive in a really beat up box, I expected disaster, but only one corner of the back cover was cracked, and I've fixed worse.

This set, like the RCA I just got, only gets snow and static when hooked up to the dvd player. But at least the picture filled the screen... initially. After a minute or so the horiz width started to shrink and I spotted a burning resistor, so I unplugged it. And like the RCA I just picked up it could be a while before I get back to fixing it.

This uses the 17DAP4, a 2.6V tube, like in the Predicta, and unlike my RCA, it's good, not great, but ok. And I always like to find pre-1964 sets with a uhf tuner. Everyone makes such a fuss over the Predictas, but of the Philcos I like the Town & Country and the Seventeener III the most.