Interesting little GE

[DaveWM]

here is mine, different handle but pretty much the same. I like the color better than the yellow on mine.

[Jeffhs]

I think this TV may be a GE, judging from the "GE" logo on the CRT base.

[electroking]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I think this TV may be a GE, judging from the "GE" logo on the CRT base.

Well, it may indeed be a GE, but General Electric did supply OEM parts
(including picture tubes) to many manufacturers. The Canadian built
Electrohome in my avatar does have a factory GE CRT.

[Dennman6]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

here is mine, different handle but pretty much the same. I like the color better than the yellow on mine.

Dave I see you are a Twilight Zone fan. Your set is showing the great 1962 episode "Nothing in the Dark", with Dame Gladys Cooper as Wanda Dunn & Robert Redford as Mr. Death. Cooper was excellent in just about everything she did, & Bobby was as the start of his career in this. "Mother, give me your hand".

Another great Gladys Cooper episode is "Night Call", where she plays elderly invalid Elva Keene who starts getting phone calls from her long dead fiance after a storm pulls down telephone wires over a cemetery.

Dennis Forkel

[jr_tech]

While we are still on the subject of the turquoise/white GE 14" set, I have a question about the color scheme on the little 9" version that I posted above.



The paint on the side panels does not match the front plastic piece very well, with the front plastic being more like "seafoam green" than turquoise. The paint inside the cabinet appears to be the same color as that on the outside, so there is no evidence that the outside paint has faded. Likewise, the knobs and front bezel appear to be fairly uniform in color, with only the slightest hint that the parts may have "yellowed" slightly in sunlight.

Any ideas... Bad factory match? Deliberate 3 color scheme? Chemical aging?

just curious,
jr

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Any ideas... Bad factory match? Deliberate 3 color scheme? Chemical aging?

just curious,
jr

I don't know the answer but mine is exactly the same way.

Since the front is the same color inside and out, even where the mounting post has broken off I've always believed it was supposed to be that way.

[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

While we are still on the subject of the turquoise/white GE 14" set, I have a question about the color scheme on the little 9" version that I posted above.

...
just curious,
jr

I strongly suspect that the plastic color has shifted due to age. I am no chemist so I can't begin to describe exactly what has happened but I have seen the color of plastic change over the years. There would be no reason to have two different shades of "green" I would think.

Just my 2¢ though...