Old photos of TV's

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

I was searching americanradiohistory.com and found this picture of eight new TVs for 1947. Who out there has all eight sets in their collection? I only have 3 of them: Viewtone, Dumont 102 Clifton, and RCA.

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/...-Page-0099.pdf

Great photo of some of the earliest post-war TV offerings.
The most desirable one there, although a real bare-bones cheap set, is the Viewtone on the far right. Easily valued in the low thousands. Just a few of them are known to exist. The next rare one is the Remington console. It's hard to see in the pic, but it's a very impressive, high-quality pre-war-looking console. I recall hearing of one in existence in all my years. The angled-front Dumont console is very pre-war-like too and quite rare and unusual. Lastly, the Stewart-Warner console is one of the more uncommon of the small early console TV's.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by decojoe67

Great photo of some of the earliest post-war TV offerings.
The most desirable one there, although a real bare-bones cheap set, is the Viewtone on the far right. Easily valued in the low thousands. Just a few of them are known to exist. The next rare one is the Remington console. It's hard to see in the pic, but it's a very impressive, high-quality pre-war-looking console. I recall hearing of one in existence in all my years. The angled-front Dumont console is very pre-war-like too and quite rare and unusual. Lastly, the Stewart-Warner console is one of the more uncommon of the small early console TV's.

I was surprised to see that the Stewart-Warner is a rebadged GE 801 or similar. That was before S-W built their own sets.

[Steve D.]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I was surprised to see that the Stewart-Warner is a rebadged GE 801 or similar. That was before S-W built their own sets.

1947 Stewart Warner rebadged 1947 GE 801. Anyone have schematics to compare?


-Steve D.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

1947 Stewart Warner rebadged 1947 GE 801. Anyone have schematics to compare?


-Steve D.

I'm thinking the Stewart Warner looks similar to GE, but is a different set, not a rebadged one, but I'm not sure.
I actually only recall seeing one of these sets unearthed a few years ago. Definitely uncommon.

PS -
Remington Radio Corporation (no connection with Remington firearms) was based out of 80 Main Street, White Plains, NY, and appeared to install Dumont chassis' into high-end tabletop and console cabinets. They called their sets a "Rembrandt - master in the art of television". Tabletops were pricey at $495 and consoles at $895. They appear to have been into TV production at least up to 1950.