A-C Radio and TV color TV display, mid 60s

[bgadow]

I've heard stories about the local Admiral/Sylvania dealer who would setup a color TV in the store window, hooked to a timer. People would gather in his parking lot at night to watch Bonanza in living color!

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by bgadow

I've heard stories about the local Admiral/Sylvania dealer who would setup a color TV in the store window, hooked to a timer. People would gather in his parking lot at night to watch Bonanza in living color!

That's somewhat clever, but did he ever join the crowd and suggest they come in during business hours for a good deal?

[Steve McVoy]

I worked in an independent RCA dealer TV shop in the late 50s. They had about ten color sets on the floor, but usually only had a couple on at a time.

Department stores, on the other hand, had rows of color sets, all on. Of course they all had different color pictures, mainly because the stores didn't have competent people to set them up.

[etype2]

Watched this on this mornings Today Show.



All about vintage analogue this week.

[DavGoodlin]

Oh Prunella A few wrong knobs, missing control box door and a BW picture superimposed on a 1963 RCA color set

[old_tv_nut]

^^^ Tubejunke has it exactly right. My first color set was a Motorola hybrid, and while it never failed outright, the horizontal section would get tired after a year, and the picture would brighten right up again with the replacement of two tubes.

[Big Dave]

The TODAY show picture... A 6GH8 shorted out. That's my excuse.

[davet753]

Most independent dealers didn't leave a bunch of sets turned on all day, because 80% of the time or more the display set was the same one that got sold. I used to have about 20 models on display, but didn't usually have more than a couple of extra's in the box.

Of course, in those days there was a distributor in town where we could go and pick up a new one from the warehouse any time.