Watching the SuperBowl on your vintage TV?

[Phil Nelson]

I will never learn how to take decent live shots with my digital camera. Anyway, you get the general idea. My 630TS is receiving a local station on an amplified rabbit ear antenna.

I'm not that much of a sports fan, but with my wife out of town, this is a rare opportunity to watch a Big Game on a small B/W television without anyone laughing!

Phil Nelson

[Steve D.]

Hey Phil,

Just the way lots of folks watched football 60 years ago. Very cool.

-Steve D.

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

Just the way lots of folks watched football 60 years ago.

I just remembered this 1947 RCA ad, showing father & son watching baseball on a 630TS:

http://antiqueradio.org/art/RCA630TSAdvertisement01.jpg

Phil

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

...a Big Game on a small B/W....

As SteveD said, very cool.

[Tubejunke]

Me too! Very cool! I just don't get why anyone would laugh at doing this. Well, yes I do.....

We take so much for granted while actually standing on the edge of having to re-learn how to make fire with sticks.

[kx250rider]

Oops; I missed the Super Bowl this year. I was busy sharpening pencils, then I decided to do something more interesting like reading the phone book.

Charles

[matt_s78mn]

Just as a side note here, I was at the bowling alley for league that evening, and of course they had the HD feed of the super bowl on the plasma tv in the bar, I thought it looked like crap, but that was probably because of the downpour. It's just interesting that i'm sure the super bowl is a big driver of sales for new sets, and it was probably a big bummer to a lot of people that ran out and bought a brand new TV for the game and ended up with the sub-par picture.

[ManFromPorlock]

Originally Posted by kx250rider

Oops; I missed the Super Bowl this year. I was busy sharpening pencils, then I decided to do something more interesting like reading the phone book.

Confess! You're my wife, aren't you?

[bgadow]

There was an article in the paper just prior to the game regarding the increased sales of new sets because of super bowl "show-offs". One guy had just shelled out $10K to have a big, big screen on Sunday. I could never have a party, even if I wanted to...my newest set, a 1990 19" Sylvania, would have me laughed out of the county!

[Dan Starnes]

Glad I am not the only one out there that watched on a vintage set. Pretty cool!

[cbenham]

Originally Posted by Dan Starnes

Glad I am not the only one out there that watched on a vintage set. Pretty cool!

Me too, but with a slightly different twist er, spin. This is a 12 inch Philco 50T-1403 with a Col-R-Tel unit mounted on it. OK, so it's a color picture
but it is a B&W set.

[roundscreen]

Originally Posted by cbenham

Me too, but with a slightly different twist er, spin. This is a 12 inch Philco 50T-1403 with a Col-R-Tel unit mounted on it. OK, so it's a color picture
but it is a B&W set.

That is really cool. WOW

[Tubejunke]

Originally Posted by roundscreen

That is really cool. WOW

I agree!! I've never heard of such a device. Can anyone elaborate?

[yagosaga]

Originally Posted by cbenham

Me too, but with a slightly different twist er, spin. This is a 12 inch Philco 50T-1403 with a Col-R-Tel unit mounted on it. OK, so it's a color picture but it is a B&W set.

Wow. Give me more photos!

[Big Dave]

I didn't even bother. Since the only way the clowns, er.. Browns are ever going to get there is to buy tickets. Anyhoo, the Philco with the ColorTel is cool. Did anyone use CBS color to watch the game?