Curtis Mathes circa 1980

[dieseljeep]

I saw one of those big two-tier C-M's at a thrift several years ago. The CRT looked like puke. They were asking $225.00 for it. Someone actually bought it.
They probably lusted for it in the store, when it was new.
The rent to own stores had C-M sets badged as Colortyme and Rutherford.

[Eric H]

I saw one of the big combos in a Thrift a couple years ago, it was dated mid 70's as I recall.

It was in good condition but it was also in a really nasty Particle board cabinet covered with really cheap looking contact paper type veneer, some of the edges were peeling, the TV has a plain looking tube mask and just looked bottom of the line, though I suspect it was marketed as "High End"

The Stereo Components like the Turntable & 8-Track were really cheap looking, like Yorx or Soundesign cheap looking.

I have an early 60's B&W CM and it's quite well made, it's still Particle board but it very dense PB and it has real wood veneer over it so it's quite strong.

It weighs a ton for a B&W set, mostly because of the thick, dense PB construction.