My Grandma first got Color TV back in the summer of 1968 (Magnavox); but we didn't have it until we all moved in together in March of '73 (we moved apart again five years later).
I recorded this off TV land back on new years eve 1999 through new years 2000. It was a two day marathon and I recored the whole thing. Im glad I did, as I havn't seen the show on TV since and you can't find the color episodes from '67-'70 on DVD, which are my favorites.
So we had this TV in the wood grain cabinet. It would pop flybacks (3 in all). I could never figure out why they would arc to the high voltage cage except perhaps that they were insulated with parafin (wax). I think it was just a lemon which were quite common in those days. I was an RCA dealer from 1973 until their demise after GE and Thomson bought them. The XL-100's and Colortrak sets were probably the best on the market next to Sony Trinitron. I am still in the electronics business but it just isn"t fun like it was back then. I love your posts taking me "down memory lane"
Sir? the reason it popped fly-backs was because a lot of those sets had issues with over 180ma Cathode current on the 6km6/6je6 tube. Its a shame but if it wasn't for that and the issue with some 6GH8 tubes getting cathode to grid shorts,those tv sets would probably play for 10 plus years before every having to call a service guy. Some of those sets seemed to be okay to where you can adjust that current to have a narrow picture or a wide picture but a lot of them would just get wide and overload/overheat that fly-back and causing it to fail. Basically if the set didn't drift. you could adjust that current to be too low or too high but some of those sets would get so off that not only could you only adjust it down to higher than normal but in cases like that even the linearity coil itself would get really hot. It really pays to check all your small caps in the horizontal circuit and make sure that they are not leaky/opening to save that set from Fly-back failures.
It sort of looks like the color set in the Robinson's house in The Graduate. It's funny I notice stuff like that now when I'm watching old movies. Bet it was expensive when it was new, I didn't see color TV until 1969 when my Aunt got one. We didn't get our first color set until '72 and my cheapskate folks bought 2 crappy GE Porta-colors instead of one decent full sized set.
Very cool. I don't know anything about the workings of these vintage TV's but I could listen to somebody like you who knows what they're talking about tell me the pariculars of their whole collection. One TV we owned, and fascinated me when I was a kid was a Sylvania "Halolight". My dad would turn out the lights. and there was a light around the picture tube. This would have roughly been about a 1955 or 1956 model.
Our family's first color TV was a 19" RCA table top set very similar to this one purchased in 1968. We replaced a lot of tubes in it before it was replaced with a Zenith solid state TV a few years later.
I love color Dragnet, that is one of the most popular episodes, "The LSD incident" but more commonly known as "Blueboy" I wish I know where to petition to get certain shows like that on DVD.
I remember we had a tv like this, but with the simulated wood grain finish. No matter what channel you had it on, the channel indicator remained on 3. Often, the tv stopped working and my father put a b/w set on top of it until he got it fixed.
Wow! Our very first color television. We had the woodgrain model...weighed a TON. I remember we got it just after Christmas and had it set up just in time for the New Years Day Rose Parade and friends and neighbors came to watch...lots of Oh's and Ah's . Because we opted for an antena in the attic we had a vastly superior picture to those who just used rabbit ears. (fools!)
purity and convergance look good. i learned color tv repair on such a set. We had one like it that was used 10 years 24/7 and the wiring went bad . the tubes held up well . the 3a3 went bad and the focus coil fell apart. I had that set well into the 90's untill the flyback melted. the rare earth crt in it never went bad the 25 ajp22
I have two 22" Sylvania B&W consoles, one from '78 and the other from 1980. I think Zenith discontinued their last 22" B&W in '81 and several manufacturers continued to offer 19" B&W portable sets for a few more years.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I haven't owned a black and white set since 1979 and it's something I've been curious about for a while. Some Asian countries still manufacture generic black and white sets. The largest available is 17 inches. I was watching a documentary about TV viewing in China and there's a huge market there for second hand analog TVs. Most of their broadcasting in still in analog.
This set really looks great! I think it is very similar to the CTC-31 only the horz output and damper tubes may be slightly different. I remember the dragnet episodes being available on "Sleuth" channel that I could get on direcTV. I canceled the subscription about a year ago but still have some episodes saved on the DVR.
I love this 1967 RCA Victor color tv set if you happened to have another one , I would like to own.one. I'm in Moorpark california which is approxmeley 30 miles from santa barbara and 15 miles from Malibu. Please let me know about the tv set. My name is Art. Take care
When did they stop manufacturing 19" black and white sets? I remember going with somebody to buy a new one in 1976. It was $69. The CPI inflation calculator says that would be the same as spending $281 in 2013.
@jefferyb304 hulu actually has the whole series of dragnet. i watch shows on there from time to time love dragnet and i also listen to the radio show as well
NO, it will not "burn up" the flyback. Cathode current is perfectly balanced at 180mA. Picture only looks slightly wide is because of the formatting of the recorded show.
Another fine vintage TV. BTW: Is it true the reason we can hardly find cube sugar is because they were used by drug pushers to distribute LSD back in the 60's?
I've been trying to find an answer to this TV question for a while but nobody seems to know. You seem to know a lot about old sets, maybe you can help me. When did they stop manufacturing large black and white TVs? 17" and larger? I remember buying a new one in 1976 for $69. BTW, your videos are very COOL and instructive.
After the TV networks adopted color broadcasting c. 1967, most manufacturers (US ones mostly) ceased making B&W only TVs by the 80's. The CRT was rendered obsolete with the introduction of the flat screen display around 2000.
I remember they still made 12" and smaller black and white TVs into the mid 80's. RCA made a popular 11 or 12" "Sportable" set. They were popular in college student's dorm or Fraternity/Sorority room. Even Zenith made a small black and white TV into the mid '80s.
That was the perfect program for that TV, about as "1967" as it gets!
My Grandma first got Color TV back in the summer of 1968 (Magnavox); but we didn't have it until we all moved in together in March of '73 (we moved apart again five years later).
I recorded this off TV land back on new years eve 1999 through new years 2000. It was a two day marathon and I recored the whole thing. Im glad I did, as I havn't seen the show on TV since and you can't find the color episodes from '67-'70 on DVD, which are my favorites.
drh4683 The way we watch TV as people has changed but what we watch on TV hasn't.
So we had this TV in the wood grain cabinet. It would pop flybacks (3 in all). I could never figure out why they would arc to the high voltage cage except perhaps that they were insulated with parafin (wax). I think it was just a lemon which were quite common in those days. I was an RCA dealer from 1973 until their demise after GE and Thomson bought them. The XL-100's and Colortrak sets were probably the best on the market next to Sony Trinitron. I am still in the electronics business but it just isn"t fun like it was back then. I love your posts taking me "down memory lane"
Sir? the reason it popped fly-backs was because a lot of those sets had issues with over 180ma Cathode current on the 6km6/6je6 tube. Its a shame but if it wasn't for that and the issue with some 6GH8 tubes getting cathode to grid shorts,those tv sets would probably play for 10 plus years before every having to call a service guy. Some of those sets seemed to be okay to where you can adjust that current to have a narrow picture or a wide picture but a lot of them would just get wide and overload/overheat that fly-back and causing it to fail. Basically if the set didn't drift. you could adjust that current to be too low or too high but some of those sets would get so off that not only could you only adjust it down to higher than normal but in cases like that even the linearity coil itself would get really hot. It really pays to check all your small caps in the horizontal circuit and make sure that they are not leaky/opening to save that set from Fly-back failures.
That TV is absolutely beautiful. I think 19" is the perfect TV size.
It sort of looks like the color set in the Robinson's house in The Graduate. It's funny I notice stuff like that now when I'm watching old movies. Bet it was expensive when it was new, I didn't see color TV until 1969 when my Aunt got one. We didn't get our first color set until '72 and my cheapskate folks bought 2 crappy GE Porta-colors instead of one decent full sized set.
That is a gorgeous old set! I love the design.
Very cool. I don't know anything about the workings of these vintage TV's but I could listen to somebody like you who knows what they're talking about tell me the pariculars of their whole collection. One TV we owned, and fascinated me when I was a kid was a Sylvania "Halolight". My dad would turn out the lights. and there was a light around the picture tube. This would have roughly been about a 1955 or 1956 model.
You gotta make me a copy of those videos man! I haven't seen those in years, had me laughing my ass off! Good stuff!
Nice TV for it's age. As old as me!
my sister major is born in 1,967 when this television. since my country panama greetings.
Our family's first color TV was a 19" RCA table top set very similar to this one purchased in 1968. We replaced a lot of tubes in it before it was replaced with a Zenith solid state TV a few years later.
I love color Dragnet, that is one of the most popular episodes, "The LSD incident" but more commonly known as "Blueboy" I wish I know where to petition to get certain shows like that on DVD.
I remember we had a tv like this, but with the simulated wood grain finish. No matter what channel you had it on, the channel indicator remained on 3. Often, the tv stopped working and my father put a b/w set on top of it until he got it fixed.
Haha, I'm watching an old TV show though an old TV though the internet. This is a great show.
On a vintage youtube video...
@@c4stmiranda902 vintage comment
Wow! Our very first color television. We had the woodgrain model...weighed a TON. I remember we got it just after Christmas and had it set up just in time for the New Years Day Rose Parade and friends and neighbors came to watch...lots of Oh's and Ah's . Because we opted for an antena in the attic we had a vastly superior picture to those who just used rabbit ears. (fools!)
purity and convergance look good. i learned color tv repair on such a set. We had one like it that was used 10 years 24/7 and the wiring went bad . the tubes held up well . the 3a3 went bad and the focus coil fell apart. I had that set well into the 90's untill the flyback melted. the rare earth crt in it never went bad the 25 ajp22
I have two 22" Sylvania B&W consoles, one from '78 and the other from 1980. I think Zenith discontinued their last 22" B&W in '81 and several manufacturers continued to offer 19" B&W portable sets for a few more years.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I haven't owned a black and white set since 1979 and it's something I've been curious about for a while. Some Asian countries still manufacture generic black and white sets. The largest available is 17 inches. I was watching a documentary about TV viewing in China and there's a huge market there for second hand analog TVs. Most of their broadcasting in still in analog.
I repaired and sold one like this in the 1980s for 80 dollars. 80 dollars was worth more back then.
Great Job nice TV
hey I was watching that show. now I won't know how it turned out.
This set really looks great! I think it is very similar to the CTC-31 only the horz output and damper tubes may be slightly different.
I remember the dragnet episodes being available on "Sleuth" channel that I could get on direcTV. I canceled the subscription about a year ago but still have some episodes saved on the DVR.
I do miss analog TV
Best channel on RUclips
Again, I think it would be great to watch Star Trek Original Series on this.
Also Batman and the Monkees.
This thing for some reason looks modern to me for some reason.
I love this 1967 RCA Victor color tv set if you happened to have another one , I would like to own.one. I'm in Moorpark california which is approxmeley 30 miles from santa barbara and 15 miles from Malibu. Please let me know about the tv set. My name is Art. Take care
When did they stop manufacturing 19" black and white sets? I remember going with somebody to buy a new one in 1976. It was $69. The CPI inflation calculator says that would be the same as spending $281 in 2013.
mi hermana mayor nació en 1,967, cuando en aquel año se creó el televisor. desde mi País Panamá saludos.
This was my first color tv. Very similar to ctc24
@jefferyb304 hulu actually has the whole series of dragnet. i watch shows on there from time to time love dragnet and i also listen to the radio show as well
I had this tv back in 1984 the crt went bad.
When did RCA start using the Compactron? Nice set.
Your Videos are Great.... When are you posting more new videos?
Se ve aun muy bien!
NO, it will not "burn up" the flyback. Cathode current is perfectly balanced at 180mA. Picture only looks slightly wide is because of the formatting of the recorded show.
Got one!
I have the woodgrain model, mine is totally unrestored and awaiting testing. originally purchased by my grandfather new.
Another fine vintage TV. BTW: Is it true the reason we can hardly find cube sugar is because they were used by drug pushers to distribute LSD back in the 60's?
I've been trying to find an answer to this TV question for a while but nobody seems to know. You seem to know a lot about old sets, maybe you can help me. When did they stop manufacturing large black and white TVs? 17" and larger? I remember buying a new one in 1976 for $69. BTW, your videos are very COOL and instructive.
After the TV networks adopted color broadcasting c. 1967, most manufacturers (US ones mostly) ceased making B&W only TVs by the 80's.
The CRT was rendered obsolete with the introduction of the flat screen display around 2000.
I remember they still made 12" and smaller black and white TVs into the mid 80's. RCA made a popular 11 or 12" "Sportable" set. They were popular in college student's dorm or Fraternity/Sorority room. Even Zenith made a small black and white TV into the mid '80s.
Mow many models of this set did they make
The orange faces remind me of Oompa Loompas.
Imagine that! An old TV set playing an old TV show. They should make more old TV sets, because most of TODAY'S television stinks! |:-)
Unfortunately, those vintage TVs can only carry Digital TV signals with an antenna & a decoder.
Where do you find those vintage tvs?
Try using 6BL8's as a sub for 6GH8/6U8's.
LOL the one who played Friday on dragnet didn't even have personality. he didn't even sign his arms when he walked.
:) QC
I wouldn't have survived 😳😳 thats not a t.v