RCA Sportable

[Eric H]

I had no idea Doug H was that old!

[Electronic M]

He's a vampire! ...I'm surprised you did not know.

Originally Posted by Eric H

I had no idea Doug H was that old!

[Steve D.]

Found this 1960 snapshot of your's truly w/our brand new RCA Victor "portable" tv. I recall it did weigh a lot. My folks also bought a similar size Westinghouse
portable set for their bedroom. The RCA outlasted it by many years.

-Steve D.

[Jeffhs]

That RCA Victor "Sportable" TV looks a lot like the earlier version, the one with only a VHF tuner. The Sportable looks like it's set up for all-channel reception; otherwise, it looks almost exactly like the earlier set.

BTW, the reasons these TVs weighed so much were because a, they were metal-cased sets, and b, they had a power transformer with a 5U4 rectifier. My aunt had one of the VHF-only sets, and hers weighed the proverbial ton. I'm sure these TVs all came with a stand for that reason. One could get a hernia in no time flat lifting a TV like this the wrong way.

[drh4683]

Originally Posted by Eric H

I had no idea Doug H was that old!

I got a good chuckle at that, Eric!

A few years ago I was fortunate enough to find one of these locally and it came with the metal stand and was even a remote set! Mine is a '59, but the remote was gone and have periodically searched to find one on ebay. It's kind of a strange looking remote, the end flares open like the bell of a trumpet and has two clicker buttons on it.