Will sets left alone be worth more?

[azguy1878]

Wow thanks for all the reply's guys, its been really interesting reading all the posts. Can anyone tell me if Packard Bell made all of their own tubes? I remember reading somewhere that there are certain tubes that were only made by a few companies...

I just rechecked my avatar set and all the tubes are PB except for one RCA tube. I guess that means its not 100% factory original

For some reason its been difficult to find any info on this particular set, or even PB TV's in general. I think mainly because its not old enough to be of interest to most collectors...but oh well. I also noticed that a previous owner carved their SSN into the back...I thought that was interesting

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Originally Posted by azguy1878

Wow thanks for all the reply's guys, its been really interesting reading all the posts. Can anyone tell me if Packard Bell made all of their own tubes? I remember reading somewhere that there are certain tubes that were only made by a few companies...

I just rechecked my avatar set and all the tubes are PB except for one RCA tube. I guess that means its not 100% factory original

For some reason its been difficult to find any info on this particular set, or even PB TV's in general. I think mainly because its not old enough to be of interest to most collectors...but oh well. I also noticed that a previous owner carved their SSN into the back...I thought that was interesting

Your enthusiasm for originality is commendable, however you've got to
realize that tubes in TV set were 'normal wear items'. If you have determined
that nearly all of the tubes in your set are factory originals (from date codes
or otherwise), you can still be proud of what you have on hand: it is
most likely that your set has very few hours of operation.

You should note that many TV manufacturers used custom branded tubes
that were actually made by one or more of the tube companies. I don't
think that Packard Bell was into vacuum tube production, but someone
else may have more accurate info on this. Good luck!