GE Portacolor II needs help

[JohnCT]

Originally Posted by joe111671

Ok John! Full power and I got a picture. Crude and no color, but a picture!

Ordinarily, I would suggest checking the dilithium crystals for cracks... The good news is the tube looks strong.

John

[joe111671]

Originally Posted by JohnCT

Ordinarily, I would suggest checking the dilithium crystals for cracks... The good news is the tube looks strong.

John

The dilithium crystals are always the first thing I check. Haven't had a bad one yet! ;-) The tube is definitely strong, despite it having instant on. It's the first solid state set I've had that has it. I'd disable it if I planned on leaving it plugged in, but I have to say that it's really cool to have a set just pop on immediately. No other TV to this day can do that.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by joe111671

The dilithium crystals are always the first thing I check. Haven't had a bad one yet! ;-) The tube is definitely strong, despite it having instant on. It's the first solid state set I've had that has it. I'd disable it if I planned on leaving it plugged in, but I have to say that it's really cool to have a set just pop on immediately. No other TV to this day can do that.

What am I missing here! What is a dilithium crystal?
I guess I'm still stuck in the past!

[uxwbill]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

What am I missing here! What is a dilithium crystal?

As best I remember, they were a rare material that featured in various Star Trek series.

[JohnCT]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

What am I missing here! What is a dilithium crystal?
I guess I'm still stuck in the past!

Yes, two hundred years in the past! LOL, the dilithium crystals were an exotic mineral that more or less powered starships in the Star Trek universe, or at least the energy from the matter/anti-matter engines was funneled through. A continual plot device where they were always in danger of cracking, burning, etc. I guess they never thought of carrying any extras...

John

[zeno]

My brother was in the Nuke business. Worked for Maine Yankee,
Westinghouse, Combustion Engineering. He knows about dilithium.
As soon as the pols figure out how to tax it & create a massive
bureaucracy we will have it. The military already does.

73 Zeno

[KentTeffeteller]

Originally Posted by zeno

My brother was in the Nuke business. Worked for Maine Yankee,
Westinghouse, Combustion Engineering. He knows about dilithium.
As soon as the pols figure out how to tax it & create a massive
bureaucracy we will have it. The military already does.

73 Zeno

Off topic related note: I bought a 1996 Nissan Sentra from Honda of Cleveland (Tennessee) some years ago. The financing was through Combustion Federal Credit Union from Chattanooga, Tennessee (Combustion Engineering had a plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee). So I was a member of Combustion Engineering's Credit Union. The car was excellent, lasted 140,000 miles until hit from the side, and was reliable. $5000 well spent (and the trade in of one near death Chevy Astro Van, a 1993)

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by JohnCT

Yes, two hundred years in the past! LOL, the dilithium crystals were an exotic mineral that more or less powered starships in the Star Trek universe, or at least the energy from the matter/anti-matter engines was funneled through. A continual plot device where they were always in danger of cracking, burning, etc. I guess they never thought of carrying any extras...

John

I never was much of a "Trekkie". I worked nights and never saw much Prime Time TV, at the time.