1952 GE TV on CL near Rochester, NY

[mbear2k]

No affiliation. No price - listed as a '52, but looks slightly newer to me. Has a remote.

http://rochester.craigslist.org/atq/2658483984.html

[David Roper]

1959 or 1960. The 110 degree CRT gives it away (among other style cues), look at the depth of the cabinet...or rather the lack thereof.

[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by David Roper

1959 or 1960. The 110 degree CRT gives it away (among other style cues), look at the depth of the cabinet...or rather the lack thereof.

Yup. I worked on many of those puppies as metal cabinet table models. Don't remember seeing one in a floor-standing cabinet before.

[wa2ise]

That does look like a portable TV chassis GE made into a shallow console. Actually make sense, sometimes the marketing types do something that makes sense. "Not a lot of room in your place, or you don't want a space hog, but you still want a console TV set, get this one."

[old_coot88]

They were a little bigger than a standard portable. More like a table-model "luggable". Some had handhold slots in the sides rather than a top handle.

[Eric H]

One of the GE Designer Series from 1959/60, I have a Tabletop with a similar chassis, the back looks identical, like they just used the tabletop back on a console set.

I wonder if that remote really goes with that set?