Show us your vintage B&W sets!

[Kiwick]

The 1963 Emerson Forrestal, with wired remote and motorized tuner and volume control

[Patnukem]

Here are some pictures of my Sentinel 424 from 1951!

[wa2ise]

A vintage photo of some test equipment for TV and radio work. And a radio chassis. Photo taken in the early 60's. And that's the family cat, named "Silky". An Eico 'scope (which was little more than a toy compared to the Tektronix scopes I've used in my jobs as an electrical engineer), an Eico TV signal generator(?), Hickok vacuum tube voltmeter(?), and a simple emissions tube tester.

You can also see the entertainment center (upper left of the photo) my father built. And here it is later on with different equipment:

[IsakAlexande]

[Eric H]

Not something I'd normally bother with but it's kind of neat looking, no doubt the word "Deco" would apply on eBay.

I thought it was some kind of kids chair at first but then i noticed the wheels.

It's probably deep enough for a color set but this Zenith fits nicely on it.

[bre's dad]

Though not a collector (yet), I picked up a 1949 Arvin console tv from a friend. It doesn't work, but my father is optimistic he can get it going (old tube tv guy). Its in pretty good shape for 60+ years. I've thought about refinishing the cabinet, but probably won't. Its a 12" round set. Don't know how much the old Arvin sets are worth (don't see many). I paid $5 from a friend for it and he paid less than that. What's neat is I live in the town this was made in. In fact, it was purchased at a flea market in one of the older Arvin factories, I think where they had a TV line... talk about coming full circle.

If I get approval from domestic management (wife that doesn't understand...), I'm trying to aquire a newer Arvin table top model (looks like about a 19" square tube) that I think does work.