Picked up an Emerson 1232 from C-List

[Eric H]

Found this 8" emerson last night while browsing Craigslist, drove the 60 miles round trip to get it sight unseen, figured I couldn't go too wrong for $25 since he said it worked and wasn't too beat up for it's age.

It's in fair shape, scratches and the usual but it has it's knobs and it does come on, though the horizontal and vertical are out of sync, the antennas are still with tit but they are kind of cruddy looking, I think they would clean and polish up OK.
It does receive a signal though.
CRT was a little dim, could be from low HV or a weak tube, I have a spare tube but I may just use it for parts to fix up one of my other 1232's that needs a couple things.

[Eric H]

The CRT is good, very good!

[bandersen]

Nice find I didn't realize this model was as old as 1956 until I looked it up on Phil's site: http://antiqueradio.org/emer1232.htm

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Eric H

The CRT is good, very good!

Many of those 8DP4's were short lived, as they weren't aluminized.

[compucat]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Many of those 8DP4's were short lived, as they weren't aluminized.

Why would the lack of aluminization shorten the life of the tube? A properly adjusted ion trap prevents burn in while the emission is unaffected by the lack of an aluminum screen coating. I have aoriginal 8DP4 in my little RCA metal cabinet set and it is still very bright.

I have always liked those little Emersons especially because of the included radio. That woud have been a perfect bedroom TV back in the day.

[Boobtubeman]

I got one of the 14" Emersons with the radio.. Missing the knobs for it...

SR

[decojoe67]

That's one of the trickiest TV's to date. At a glance you can take it for a mid-60's set.
Nice find. You don't see them often.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by compucat

Why would the lack of aluminization shorten the life of the tube? A properly adjusted ion trap prevents burn in while the emission is unaffected by the lack of an aluminum screen coating. I have aoriginal 8DP4 in my little RCA metal cabinet set and it is still very bright.

I have always liked those little Emersons especially because of the included radio. That woud have been a perfect bedroom TV back in the day.

The aluminized CRT's always lasted longer.
Some people have the popular misconception that an aluminized CRT didn't use an ion trap. The aluminized CRT's had a lot more brightness and contrast and didn't have to be maxed out in a brightly lit area.