1984 19" Zenith & others

[radiotvnut]

Someone who I've known for a long time dropped off this load of stuff at my house, for free. We have a 19" Zenith color TV from 1984 and it appears to use the 9-181 style chassis, a 3.5" Sampo portable B&W TV/radio/cassette combo from '87, a 13" Orion from 2000, a NIB Magnavox DTV converter (can't get enough of those), a Philips TV antenna, and a Philips DVD player that he says has never been used (said it was a gift and they never used it because they already had one).

I haven't applied a signal to any of them; but, the Zenith and Orion both light up.

When he called to see if I wanted the stuff, he indicated that he'd like to get some money for the portable B&W. I explained to him that they were not worth much, since everything is digital and you can't pick up anything on them anymore. When he brought the stuff, I asked what he was looking to get for the B&W. He said he didn't know and I offered $15. He told me not to worry about paying him; but, if I ever sold it, I could give him some of the money. I offered two more times to pay him; but, he said no.

Then, we got to talking about how not many people want old TV's anymore and he said that they recently had an estate sale for his late Mother in law. He said her TV was much newer than the ones he gave me and they couldn't even get $10 for it.

I'll probably end up giving the Orion away and I'll find a place for the rest of the stuff.