Obscenity!

[doug621ts]

Definitely dont mean to bash H. Poster, I went on his website once and saw that he converted some of these old sets to color conversions and that was all I had to see, that was the last time I have been back to look. Im sure Harry tastefully converts these sets but that Admiral on ebay is just a disgrace! I could only imagine all the extra holes drilled and parts removed from the cabinet to make this set work! Bad enough we see to many of these sets turned into fishtanks....I guess the next thing we will see is plasma monitors shoved into these old sets!

[Squidward]

Don't make me post a picture of my Philco with a Toshiba in it!



In my own defense (not that I need one) It was a non-working set, and I gutted it before I even knew what AK was, much less knew anyone was interested in old tube-type TVs. I'm in to tube audio now, and it still pains me that I didn't save the amp and tubes from that set. I think most people who do these things aren't malicious, they're just ignorant that anyone still wants them. In this age of iPods and Plazmas, who can blame them?

[vintagecollect]

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[doug621ts]

Its possible Harry has very little requests for any early tv color conversions hence why you dont see the parts for sale.

[roundscreen]

Originally Posted by vintagecollect

Does anyone knows once these sets are converted where poster puts all of these tv parts at?? I'm curious as tv parts are not for sale on his site.

I would think you could contact him by sending a e mail { use the link on his site} or just check him out on e bay. He sold some color roundies not to long ago. I did check out his site again, It looks like they do a nice job on the cabinets but it still sends a chill up the spine.

[hposter]

Hi All! It Harry Poster here, from harryposter dot com. I see the current discussion, and couldn’t let it go by, without offering my side of it.

I realize that most collectors find it heresy to ‘butcher’ an old TV, but there is some redeeming value to my Posterizing these sets (Color Conversions).

First, let me say, that any TV I pick up is offered online. If it’s complete when I buy it, I offer it As Found, complete, untested. Any collector, or hobbyist can buy it that way. I also offer sets as Empty Props, complete, but minus the CRT and chassis (which, if salvageable, I offer to collectors, or list on ebay, usually starting very cheaply). Nearly every set I sell as a Color Conversion, with the CRT and chassis pulled, and a new, color TV, mounted inside, has the extra parts offered for sale, if they are at all useable.

To be fair, about 1/2 the sets I buy, I get empty. If I buy them from a collector, I occasionally pay the same price, but ask them to keep, and reuse, the chassis and CRT. Often, a collector will have the TV cabinet, empty, and they just don’t want to find the parts needed to restore it. Also, when I get sets from the old TV shops, many just have the empty cabinet, or the cabinet and some miscellaneous spare parts.

Plus, there are those clunkers, with mouse-ruined chassis, tops destroyed, or chassis, knobs and trim lost years ago, that are salvaged, cleaned and refinished, or painted, and then offered and sold as props or CCs. And, like several recent sets I’ve sold, early color TVs, pre-wars, interesting or unusual older sets, all stay exactly as found, and are offered on my site or online. Even the 1960s and 1970s TVs that are still working, are sold as a Working TV, the way it was originally marketed.

Over the years, hundreds of individuals have spotted my page, realize that old TVs are saleable, and then ask the value, and where to sell their sets. Nearly always, I try to give them a realistic value, and suggest the local Radio Club that’s appropriate. A few lucky times, I’ve been able to buy a TV set from a local individual, who would otherwise dispose of the TV on recycle day.

Even the sets that end up as my Color Conversions, make an impression. I’ve had people say, 'Wow! I saw Avalon' (yeah, I propped that), or Driving Miss Daisy, or the Henry Ford or Disney Museum, or the JumboTron with a print ad, 'and it’s great. I love those old TVs, and never realized they were still around'. If reliable vintage sets were not available, many movies and museums would not have used any set at all.

Thanks to all that responded to this thread, and hopefully, even if you hate the process, you’ll see that occasionally, it’s justified, and actually creates interest in collecting vintage televisions! More than a few people on this forum have bought vintage TVs from me. . . including many Pre-wars, CT-100’s and a Westinghouse 15”, experimental color CRTs, 621’s and 630’s, 8-301W’s, Flying Saucers, VideoCapsules, and lots of tubes, CRTs, chassis, knobs, and..and..and.

[cbenham]

Originally Posted by doug621ts

Bad enough we see to many of these sets turned into fishtanks....I guess the next thing we will see is plasma monitors shoved into these old sets!

I hope I don't get in trouble with you guys for installing a Col-R-Tel convertor on my 12 inch 50-T1104 Philco. They are only about 5 years different in age. ;^)
Cliff

[Dave S]

Originally Posted by cbenham

I hope I don't get in trouble with you guys for installing a Col-R-Tel convertor on my 12 inch 50-T1104 Philco.

Cliff,

You're on solid ground, unless you decide to install a very thin fishtank inside the color wheel!

--Dave