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1991 Emerson EC-1331 14" Color TV (pics)
Got another freebie today from the local classifieds - 1991 Emerson EC1331 14" Color TV. Made in Korea. From the listing, I had no idea what year it was from or even if it worked ! I had to drive about 40 minutes to get it. Anyways, I brought it back home, cleaned it up and turned it on. Works as it should.
 I never knew TV sets made in the early 90's still had the knobs on the tuner and woodgrain look as well ! Anyways, here's some pics and a video. http://youtu.be/sAG4b65EiVw          
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10-10-2013, 02:35 PM
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Knob jobs were still made well into the 90's. A lot of cheap
B&W's had them. Latest one I remember was my first Chinese set a Crown IIRC. Must have been '95 or later. Biggest POS set I have ever seen bar none. Barely worked, horible workmanship. 73 Zeno
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10-10-2013, 03:26 PM
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It's so tough to find sets from the 1960's to 1970's as well here, that are clean and in working shape ! They were all trashed long time ago as well !
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10-10-2013, 03:35 PM
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That set looks almost like a 13" Emerson that my Dad bought in '87 to go on the motorhome. He paid $149.99 for it at Service Merchandise and at the time, that was cheap for a color TV. Except for a bad connection on the flyback transformer that was repaired right after the warranty expired, it was a great TV that had a nice picture and was still working great when I sold it sometime around '98. When Dad bought this set, they had a non-remote varactor tuned version that was about $40 higher and the remote/cable ready version was well over $200.
Concerning knob tuned sets, I think they were available in the USA until at least '93. In '93, the closed caption mandate went into effect for all sets 13" and larger. At that point, manufacturers probably figured out that it would be cheaper to go with an electronic microprocessor based tuning system that had the CC decoder built into the microprocessor, instead of designing a CC decoder circuit around a mechanical tuner. I recall seeing 12" B&W TV's with two-knob mechanical tuners being offered at least into the mid '90's; but, these sets didn't fall under the CC mandate because they were smaller than 13". Those last B&W knob tuned TV's sold for $39.99, would operate on either a 12V wall wart or a car cord; and, were very cheap in terms of build quality. I think the last knob tuned 13" color set I remember seeing was a Megatron-branded set. I don't know who made them; but, they were nothing to write home about and I remember one of the discount electronic stores selling them for under $100, right about the time the CC mandate went into place. I recall a woman asking me to fix one for her and she got upset when I gave her an estimate, saying, "I didn't pay but $79 for the TV." The whole time I'm thinking, "I don't care, this is what it will cost if you want it fixed." I don't know when Canada required a CC mandate; so, it's possible that knob-tuned TV's in Canada (and other places) were available much later than in the USA. As recent as the late '90's, I had customers who only wanted knob tuned TV's, claiming that they were afraid they'd push the wrong button and mess things up on a newer TV. Oh, and speaking of oddball last-gasp knob tuned TV's, Sharp made a 25" knob tuned table TV during the late '80's-early '90's. In terms of picture quality, that one certainly wasn't anything to write home about.
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10-10-2013, 07:19 PM
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In USA standards, that would be considered a 13" TV. If you actually measure the picture, you will probably find that the actual viewable picture measures in the 13" range.
Up until around 1970, TV's were sold in the USA that were advertised as a 25"; but, the actual viewable picture was only 23". Or, sets sold as 19"; but, actually had an 18" viewable picture. Then, the Government stepped in and said "no, no, no, you can't do that" and required manufacturers to advertise the ACTUAL size of the viewable picture in their advertising. I don't think Canada had the same rule in place at the time; so, that's why your set claims to be a 14" model. The actual tube size is 14"; but, you only have a 13" viewable picture. I've actually had my hands on TV's that read on the dataplate, "25 inches (in Canada, 27").
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10-10-2013, 07:27 PM
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My criteria for a set of that era is that it be complete and not have and major cosmetic damage (ie grooves dug in the case, ruined photo finish, or rusted trim), and that the CRT tests good(and that the fly looks like it is still okay if I can see it). That Emerson looks like a newer version of one I had when I was a kid. Could not fit it in the car in a move and had to leave it. I still kinda wish I could have kept it.
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10-10-2013, 08:29 PM
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I rarely find any knob-tuned TV's around here and the ones I do find are usually not in mint condition. There is a little mid '80's knob-tuned 13" Daewoo-built set at the flea market that looks pretty decent; but, I'm not paying them $20 for it.
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10-10-2013, 11:55 PM
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I noticed that the UHF tuner only goes to 68. Nice set!
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The console is 1977 Zenith SG2570P chromacolor TV  Got a new old stock remote for it recently.   
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