1970's Hitachi console

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by Dreamsbeard

I believe that Sanyo was the main supplier for Sears television in the late 70's early 80's. Always loved the sears branded television, and one like in this add would really make me an happy camper.

I have seen a lot of remotes for those sets, most of them very worn so it's likely the sets can stand up to very heavy use.

I like the one in the plainest cabinet.

Originally Posted by Dreamsbeard

Another thing I find mildly annoying is the focus "selector". You can see it in the top right corner of the right board. This one doesn't use a potentiometer but an 8 position focus pin. I can't really see how this setup can give you the best focus possible out of this tv because the sweet spot is probably midway between 2 adjusments...maybe I could stick a potentiometer in series with the focus pin to be able to fine tune it?

So that's what that's for. I always wondered why that board from mine had what looked like a tube socket.

I just looked at my board; I just noticed the wire going into that socket and that "focus" is clearly marked next to it and on the back side. I was wondering how you knew that was a focus jumper. Very strange feature.