TV set / fishtank conversion

[Robert Grant]

A relative recently gave me a 60-gallon all-glass aquarium.


What would I need to do to convert it to a black-and-white, no-transistor, VHF-only analog TV set?





sorry...couldn't resist. Have a happy April Fools Day!

[David Roper]

Isn't that called a jail TV?

[wilkes85]

Oh no, i thought this was gonna be a thread about turning a TV into an aquarium. I hate when people do that!

[Alan Merritt]

That's all very well, but I know that I have NEVER seen a fishtank in an old TV chassis. Ever.

I see it mentioned everywhere, but it seems more like a threat than an actuality.

Any photos?

[compucat]

Originally Posted by wilkes85

Oh no, i thought this was gonna be a thread about turning a TV into an aquarium. I hate when people do that!

Me too, hence my signature line.

[wilkes85]

Originally Posted by Alan Merritt

That's all very well, but I know that I have NEVER seen a fishtank in an old TV chassis. Ever.

I see it mentioned everywhere, but it seems more like a threat than an actuality.

Any photos?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGU2aJsZvvw

[Robert Grant]

Originally Posted by David Roper

Isn't that called a jail TV?

Interesting-- I very briefly owned the type of TV you're talking about, a KTV 1210CLR (if I remember the model number correctly).
I had bought it at a thrift store in Upper Michigan to use for DXing while staying at a cabin for two weeks, cost was $5.
I thought the design of the set was from the clear appliance fad of the early 1990's (I had seen tons of clear telephones, 5" TVs, and personal cassette players in stores).
At the end of the vacation, I had no room in the car for the set, I gave it to the cabin manager, who tossed it. The following year, I found out at the thrift store that the sets had come from a prison in town that had recently closed.
I kinda wish I could have kept the set. Somewhat of an oddity, besides it's clear cabinet, it was a black-and-white with a cable-ready electronic tuner!

[Robert Grant]

Originally Posted by Alan Merritt

That's all very well, but I know that I have NEVER seen a fishtank in an old TV chassis. Ever.

I see it mentioned everywhere, but it seems more like a threat than an actuality.

Any photos?

One of the DTV transition PSAs shows one, though it was quite possibly built explicity for the PSA shoot.

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by Alan Merritt

That's all very well, but I know that I have NEVER seen a fishtank in an old TV chassis. Ever.

I see it mentioned everywhere, but it seems more like a threat than an actuality.

Any photos?

Try Google:

http://tinyurl.com/fishTV

http://tinyurl.com/fishTV-2

[Hemingray]

Originally Posted by Robert Grant

Interesting-- I very briefly owned the type of TV you're talking about, a KTV 1210CLR (if I remember the model number correctly).
I had bought it at a thrift store in Upper Michigan to use for DXing while staying at a cabin for two weeks, cost was $5.
I thought the design of the set was from the clear appliance fad of the early 1990's (I had seen tons of clear telephones, 5" TVs, and personal cassette players in stores).
At the end of the vacation, I had no room in the car for the set, I gave it to the cabin manager, who tossed it. The following year, I found out at the thrift store that the sets had come from a prison in town that had recently closed.
I kinda wish I could have kept the set. Somewhat of an oddity, besides it's clear cabinet, it was a black-and-white with a cable-ready electronic tuner!

I myself own a Zenith branded set that's a translucent green color. this sees daily use in my workshed. Paid $5 for it at a flea market.

[markdi]

I think pre war sets make the best fish tanks

[Sandy G]

Or a CT-100...

[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Or a CT-100...

April Fools....

[Sandy G]

For someone to make a Fishtank out of a CT-100, would just about be grounds for justifiable homicide...

[nasadowsk]

what about making a CT-100 out of a fishtank?