Interesting little GE

[danrulz98]

Found this on Ebay when trying to find an example of a Motorola set. Looks kinda interesting, seems to be in really good shape.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-GE-Mid-C...ht_7457wt_1137

[bandersen]

Wow, it sure does have a nice finish!

[DaveWM]

I have one like that, easy to work on, prob shorted filter and blown internal fuse. IIRC I had a couple caps that need replacing but no big deal.

I reall killer without the back, hot chassis, relies on little plastic parts to isolate the metal chassis from the metal cabinet.

[DaveWM]

here is mine, different handle but pretty much the same. I like the color better than the yellow on mine.

[Jeffhs]

I think this TV may be a GE, judging from the "GE" logo on the CRT base.

[electroking]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I think this TV may be a GE, judging from the "GE" logo on the CRT base.

Well, it may indeed be a GE, but General Electric did supply OEM parts
(including picture tubes) to many manufacturers. The Canadian built
Electrohome in my avatar does have a factory GE CRT.

[Dennman6]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

here is mine, different handle but pretty much the same. I like the color better than the yellow on mine.

Dave I see you are a Twilight Zone fan. Your set is showing the great 1962 episode "Nothing in the Dark", with Dame Gladys Cooper as Wanda Dunn & Robert Redford as Mr. Death. Cooper was excellent in just about everything she did, & Bobby was as the start of his career in this. "Mother, give me your hand".

Another great Gladys Cooper episode is "Night Call", where she plays elderly invalid Elva Keene who starts getting phone calls from her long dead fiance after a storm pulls down telephone wires over a cemetery.

Dennis Forkel

[jr_tech]

While we are still on the subject of the turquoise/white GE 14" set, I have a question about the color scheme on the little 9" version that I posted above.



The paint on the side panels does not match the front plastic piece very well, with the front plastic being more like "seafoam green" than turquoise. The paint inside the cabinet appears to be the same color as that on the outside, so there is no evidence that the outside paint has faded. Likewise, the knobs and front bezel appear to be fairly uniform in color, with only the slightest hint that the parts may have "yellowed" slightly in sunlight.

Any ideas... Bad factory match? Deliberate 3 color scheme? Chemical aging?

just curious,
jr

[jr_tech]

I find it interesting that the logos are missing on so many of these little GE sets. Some, however were branded "Hotpoint", but they were the same set.
On the little 9" version, GE made the front bezel out of plastic, and molded the logo into the plastic.
Both the 9" and 14" are desirable little portables for a collection.
jr

[Eric H]

I think it's a GE, the Hotpoint I have says Hotpoint right on the handle, also the holes for the logo are much closer together than the GE.
The internals are made by GE in any case.

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by Eric H

I think it's a GE, the Hotpoint I have says Hotpoint right on the handle, also the holes for the logo are much closer together than the GE.
The internals are made by GE in any case.

Good point! I forgot about the handle...I traded off the Hotpoint that I had many years ago.
I wonder if the color choices were the same...I don't think that I ever saw a Hotpoint in turquoise and white (mine was dark red and white or perhaps rust color and white), but nearly all GEs that I encountered were turquoise and white. Cute little sets!
jr

[OvenMaster]

I once had one exactly like that when I cleaned out my grandmother's apartment back in the early 70's, except it was orange-red and white. It was indeed a GE. After replacing a diode, the UHF tuner worked again. We used it for years.

[holmesuser01]

Its a GE for sure. The channel selector has the same design in the center that our 23" GE lowboy had. That would be 1956...

[jr_tech]

Well, the cute little GE on eBay went for $36... anybody here get it?
Found this ad on Youtube (I think they have the year wrong, however):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCes-...eature=related
I swear that the little 9" looks somewhat "three tone" even in the B/W video.
jr