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10-16-2015, 07:40 PM
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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.
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10-16-2015, 08:07 PM
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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.
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