Old Tatung tv remote

[zeno]

Saw a few back in the olden days. One was a copy of the 10"
panasonics with all knobs along the bottom. They ran
pretty good. There were a group of mostly Korean &
free China sets back then like TMK ( Toyomenka) (sp?), Sampo,
Portland, NTC, AOC, etc. Mostly clones but surpringly well built &
decent low priced sets. Probably better than the other new kids
on the block like Samsung, GS & Funai . There first sets were crap,
all Funai were crap. IMHO............

Who can name some more 70's-80's indies with distinct chassii ?

73 Zeno

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by zeno

Who can name some more 70's-80's indies with distinct chassii ?

73 Zeno

Candle maybe? I got a 14" Candle set from 1987 last week. It's Daewoo-made with a C-101A chassis. It has remote varactor tuning; I didn't get the remote though. It was a freebie but still I was surprised to hear that a lot of people wanted it. I jumped on the ad less than an hour after it was posted.

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Candle maybe? I got a 14" Candle set from 1987 last week. It's Daewoo-made with a C-101A chassis. It has remote varactor tuning; I didn't get the remote though. It was a freebie but still I was surprised to hear that a lot of people wanted it. I jumped on the ad less than an hour after it was posted.

Candle in Canada, Daytron in the US, I think. I accidentally destroyed a piece of aluminum trim on a customers 80's Daytron (cheapie) AM-FM-Phono stereo, and ordered a manual to get the part number. Surprisingly, the manual came with a Candle-logoed stereo pictured on the front, but the manual was for a Daytron. The stereo was one of those with a dual-speed changer, vinyl-wrapped particle board ones where the chassis was two pieces - power supply and faceplate, with all tuner and amp boards attached. I flipped the tuner section over, and the faceplate got across the AC terminals in the power supply, arcing a nice crater in it. Even more surprisingly, a replacement was just a phone call away, and cheap. The units were sold as loss leaders at Circuit City, about 69 bucks new.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Candle maybe? I got a 14" Candle set from 1987 last week. It's Daewoo-made with a C-101A chassis. It has remote varactor tuning; I didn't get the remote though. It was a freebie but still I was surprised to hear that a lot of people wanted it. I jumped on the ad less than an hour after it was posted.

Ah Daewoo, how could I forget them. C-101 was the most seen one.
Also remember the Daytron. Funny thing abt Daewoo. The sets
labeled Daewoo were crap-cans but relabels were OK. They looked
the same, go figure.

Similar experience to Find em's. Had a small TMK needed a manual.
called & got it fast COD!. Fixed the set but broke the dial cord.
Called & got a dial cord assembly in < a week & cheap.. Service was as good as any US set & better than most Japs. Changed my attitude about
odd ball sets............. Most anyhows.

Lastly how could I forget KTV ? The contractor for the Pennsylvania
"big houses" sold lots of them & I fixed a ton. A story there I will relate
another time.

73 Zeno

[zenith2134]

I recall having two Portland brand TVs from the very early 80s. Both had Orion picture tubes and made very good pictures. One had a built-in clock and LED readout for the electronic tuner, and the other was a pushbutton tuner. The chassis weren't Daewoo, they were made by 'Tahain electric wire co' of So. Korea. Not bad for cheap sets at all.
Also, the early 80s Emersons with the goldstar built chassis. The ones with'GS' stamped into the circuitboards. I'm sure some people have bad experience with those, but both my '83 13" and '85 19" ones were great performers which never needed repair. All of these sets came from the original owners, as I saved them from the trash. I dumped all of these sadly, to make room for older and more American sets.