Post those 1950s color roundies

[miniman82]

Theremin, are those yours or a museum?

[Theremin]

1958 RCA 21RC8987 with remote control. This and 150 others: private collection.

[kvflyer]

Bryan,

Those screen shots look great. I can't wait to work on my CTC-9C. Hope it looks half as good...

[Electronic M]

Theremin that is quite the collection! Plenty of neat rare stuff to to drool over.

[ChrisW6ATV]

1957 Muntz 721CV. RCA CTC-5 chassis with Muntz tuner and control panel.

[Sandy G]

Ahh hate ALL of Yew....(grin) -Yosemite Sam, Esq.

[hi_volt]

Wow! Some pretty spectacular sets in this thread.

I'm working an acquiring a CTC-5. Might have pix late this weekend if all goes well

[Kevin Kuehn]

Ahh feel bad like Sandy(although not as hateful)...not one pre-1960 color roundie in my possession.

You guys sure do have some beautiful sets.

[Aussie Bloke]

Originally Posted by Theremin

1957 Packard-Bell 21CC1.

You have an awesome rare collection of colour sets!

That Packard Bell set has some cosmetic characteristics similar to my 1959 HMV F5-A6 B&W set http://www.troysvintagevideo.741.com/hmv.html and many other Aussie made B&W sets made in the late 50s , the wood colour, the positioning of the knobs (except mine are at the bottom) and most notable the blue/violet/grey tint colour of the plastic bezel behind the safety glass. I notice that safety glass tint characteristic with quite a few vintage sets of the same era my friend John has http://cool386.tripod.com/ see this pic for example http://www.flickr.com/photos/1346915...in/photostream . I wonder if the colour is due to age of the glass?

[Aussie Bloke]

Great thread, love checking out those TVs, had I been living in the states knowing my luck of getting a hold of rare vintage TVs, cameras etc. I would of had a roundie for display. But being in Australia and Australia not getting colour broadcasts till late 1974 we missed the roundie era so the odds of coming across one here is less than 1% compared to in the states but we did have a few used in colour demonstrations and training in the 60s so there's still a chance of getting one over here, I was lucky enough to get a 1947 Andrea VJ12 B&W TV chassis http://www.troysvintagevideo.741.com/andrea.html so knowing my luck I reckon I'll find me a roundie somewhere here or get enough dollars together to import one from the states .

[WCF720]

Here's my 2 cents worth; my unrestored 1959 RCA CTC-9 Paterson with 'Panoramic sound' (3 speakers). Great Mid-Century Modern design!

[Cadman]

That Paterson is to die for!

[miniman82]

I know, I feel like killing myself every time I look at it. Kiddling! lol

[Sandy G]

Seriously, I LOVE seeing guys saving these old sets from an Ignominious fate..

[Sandy G]

...Altho I KNOW I'll NEVER be able to do it...So, I gotta sit on the sidelines, & root for the guys that DO...But I'll be SNARKY & say Ahh HATE Yew....(grin)