Show us your vintage B&W sets!

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by cchaven

Here are my two sets...a 1948 Admiral 30A14-N, which I just picked up locally from craigslist yesterday, and a 1959 Philco Seventeener III. Both are complete and unmolested and I hope that the Admiral will be up and running relatively soon. Due to the compactness and layout of the Philco, I'm not sure what I'll do regarding trying to rebuild it.

Jeff

I have a seventeener that my parents bought in about '57 or '58, it is about 13- 1/4 inches deep. It looks as if Philco shaved off about 3-4 inches in the "III" design...how deep is that puppy?

Nice Finds!
jr

[cchaven]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

I have a seventeener that my parents bought in about '57 or '58, it is about 13- 1/4 inches deep. It looks as if Philco shaved off about 3-4 inches in the "III" design...how deep is that puppy?

From front, to the deepest part of the cover over the CRT neck, it measures about 11" Since you don't see the bulge in the back panel in most pics, it looks deceptively thin. It uses the shallower 110 degree CRT. I think it's an interesting set though, especially the handle with the antenna.

Jeff

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by cchaven

From front, to the deepest part of the cover over the CRT neck, it measures about 11" Since you don't see the bulge in the back panel in most pics, it looks deceptively thin. It uses the shallower 110 degree CRT. I think it's an interesting set though, especially the handle with the antenna.
Jeff

Ahhh! That's the difference... the early model did not have much of a CRT "bump"... also the "wrap around" vs the "lip" treatment of the CRT bezel adds to the illusion of a much thinner set!
jr

Update: I just measured a 17" "Predicta" which uses a 110 degree 17ADP4...it is also 11" deep... guess the 114 Degree tubes were not built in time for it or the "Seventeener III"

[sidbartos]

Here is my 1958 Westinghouse portable. Currently being recapped..

[cchaven]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Update: I just measured a 17" "Predicta" which uses a 110 degree 17ADP4...it is also 11" deep... guess the 114 Degree tubes were not built in time for it or the "Seventeener III"

Actually the Seventeener III shares the same tube as the 17" Predicta. The 3/59 Sam's lists the tube as using either the Philco or Sylvania 17DAP4/SF-17.

Jeff

[cchaven]

Originally Posted by sidbartos

Here is my 1958 Westinghouse portable. Currently being recapped..
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Nice looking set! That looks large enough that it'd stretch the meaning of 'portable'. Also, nice bit of silver Pioneer stereo gear in the background. I've a few bits of that myself.

Jeff

[ggregg]

Here's mine so far. DuMont, Zenith porthole combo, Admiral, and Predicta. Three have rasters. The DuMont is completely recapped and on final testing.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Decent looking blond RCA I worked over during the holidays.

Been watching it ever since. I find B&W seems to be easier on the eyes.

Kevin

[Electrohome]

That Indian Head test pattern looks really awesome on that 1950's RCA Victor TV:-)
Many boomers from the 1940's and 1950's have very fond memories of this from the good ol' 1950's after the TV station signed off for the night after the news or late show:-)

[Kevin Kuehn]

I love the old test patterns. The patterns are from a downloadable DVD from this website;

http://techpreservation.dyndns.org/dvddl/testdisc.htm

Pretty nice of whomever owns that site to generate, and then make them available to us all. They're not all perfectly centered, but they are still very cool to look at.

Kevin

[GeorgeJetson]

Charlie,
Your site is great,you have some very nice sets!
I love the Sylvania "Dualette" you have,I haven't seen it in brown and yellow two tone before.
I want to find one of those one day soon,I only worry about shipping because the tv is made of plastic.
I am sure I'm going to wind up having to have one shipped though because I have not seen one locally.

[bandersen]

Here are some of the sets I've picked up since my last post in this thread.

Admiral 16R12


Admiral 19A12


Admiral 20X11


Admiral 26X56


Admiral 30A14


Bel-Aire ???


Emerson 639


Silvertone 8132


Zenith G2346R "Graemere"


Zenith G2439RZ "Monroe'

[John Folsom]

Bob, Nice sets! Is that Bel-Air ?? a round or rectangular CRT?

[compucat]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

Decent looking blond RCA I worked over during the holidays.

Been watching it ever since. I find B&W seems to be easier on the eyes.

Kevin

I agree. I like to adjust black 7 white sets for a soft picture with nice shades of grey, not too much contrast and moderate brightness. I find it looks better and is easier on the CRT as well. I find I can't set up a color set this way. The color does not display correctly unless there is ample contrast in the picture. Although I still use conservative settings to make the picture tubes last longer.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by John Folsom

Bob, Nice sets! Is that Bel-Air ?? a round or rectangular CRT?

Thanks! It's rectangular - about 8".