I love these old trade transmissions, they are so nostalgic, they were shown back in the 60s and 70's during the day before all day TV (in the UK anyway), they were probably responsible for me going into electronics, now retired after nearly 50 years in electronics.
I adore this kind of footages, these sort of things transport me to that era like if I was lived on it, American cars, houses, neighborhoods, way of life, fashion style, comercial tv programs. *Interesting* We in Spanish use to say televisor (tv set in English) and I think that the expresion "set" maybe perhups origined cause of early television devices were available also for sale just the screen and the electronic tubes displayed into a circuit, it is no cabinet all the time required. (People built their own cabinet?) Am I right? 😶 Greetings from 🇨🇱 Santiago Chile SouthAmerica
I was an employee of RCA for over 33 yrs (1954 to 1988). During those years I was a technician repairing TV's and radios. Then RCA opened up Training centers when Color TV came in. I was made an instructor. Then when the Bell Telephone system was broken up, RCA got in the business of installing and repairing Telephone systems; and I got a new job instructing about the world of telephony. I said all that to say that I had to laugh out loud; when this video said things that I know are bold faced lies. IE: Electronic gear uses capacitors and resistors, along with other items. Now get this, RCA bought these from vendors and they often purchased the ones that were going to break down, especially in humid places. Wax capacitors and IRS resistors are going to break down. Again it is terrible in humid areas. More than half of their resistors would go bad in a single TV; and the same for the capacitors. I have replaced 10's of thousands of them. I know this to be the truth. When I was transferred to Ft Lauderdale, Florida (VERY humid all the time), I used to replace 40-50 of resistors and capacitors in every set that came into the shop. It was a joke. When management (In NJ) asked us, "WHY are you replacing all those items?"... ... we told them, "The humidity is getting in them and damaging them". That's why. They laughed at us. That scenario never changed year after after. They just did NOT believe it; nor did they care. But it was the truth. So when I saw this video I had to laugh out loud. They were liars and never owned up to it. No wonder they went belly up. All RCA is today is a subsidiary of a French company that is even worse. David Sarnoff is turning over in his grave over this chacanary. If he knew it when he was alive, he would have stopped it YESTERDAY! For what it's worth.
I watched this video after buying a vintage 1950's or 60's rca victor tv (says super on the side not sure what that means) it's got some major picture issues but after reading this im just going to toss in all new caps and take a hard look at the resistors any advice for how to clean out the tuner? it's just a standard 13 channel
@@raccoon681 Thank you raccoon. May you do it well. Just be very careful when cleaning out the tuner. Because it has some parts that are easily damaged. The ONLY thing that needs to be cleaned, is the stator and rotor; that turns going around to another channel. Please use an electronic cleaner. Putting small amounts of the cleaner as you turn the rotor. Near the center. I will say a prayer that Jesus guides you well dear friend. Again thank you. stator
You sir are a fraud and you have no idea what you are talking about. I worked in Quality Control at RCA labs. We multi- sourced vendors to keep the production line going 24/7. Out field test lab documented each set that was tested .
I remember going to Sears in Glendale in the mid 50s with my folks. We bought a Sears Silvertone Television. I remember the salesman telling my mom and dad that the set was made by RCA under contract with Sears. They bought it because they thought it was a RCA. How true that was, I don't know but it worked okay and then they bought a Packard Bell TV for the grandparents who lived with us. Those were the days when children took care of the elderly parents as there was no Medicare or Medicaid..
Haha, yes. Or Hanna Barbera cartoons also. I love that era of American things were the best of the best, not European nor Japanese electronic devices.😉 Greetings from Santiago Chile SouthAmerica 🇨🇱.
The cheapest ones may, but I’ve got three flatscreens that are much older than 4 years and one that is younger. I’ve had zero issues with any of them. Not only that, but the parts inside a flatscreen are much more easily repurposed. As for sets this old still working, there aren’t many. Check ebay listings and you’ll see there are many more broken sets than there are working. In particular, the color picture tubes from that era have a tendency to lose their seal, and thus the vacuum, making them worthless. New systems have been developed for restoring and resealing old color tubes, and most working extant models use a restored tube. By the mid-1960s, the picture-tube manufacturing process had improved to the point that the sets tended to last much much longer and had more vibrant color. These improvements made it possible for GE to develop the PortaColor and for Sony to release the Trinitron, which helped to drive down prices for traditional, RCA-patented shadow-mask color sets.
sarnoff and paley [cbs] fought for years on a color standard, with sarnoff, nbc, and rca took the market share, the fcc made the rca ntsc standard. paley still ran blank and white for years until he had to use sarnoffs patents...
The back of my RCA old model TV came off and when I was trying to put it on I bumped something in the back of the tube and it was a hissing sound. Does anyone know enough about these TVs to know if it was something toxic
Folks in the US this is when America was Great! We made excellent electronics here. Now? its rather Pathetic we could not make a have way decent electronic device. Cause it is all made over seas.
@@lindaeasley5606 That was down to take-overs and bad management, who only wanted short-term gains; So costs were cut, assests were stripped, jobs were outsourced, and the rest is histroy.
I love these old trade transmissions, they are so nostalgic, they were shown back in the 60s and 70's during the day before all day TV (in the UK anyway), they were probably responsible for me going into electronics, now retired after nearly 50 years in electronics.
My mother worked there for years in Marion Indiana and it’s sad to see the tv plant empty. 📺
I adore this kind of footages, these sort of things transport me to that era like if I was lived on it, American cars, houses, neighborhoods, way of life, fashion style, comercial tv programs.
*Interesting*
We in Spanish use to say televisor (tv set in English) and I think that the expresion "set" maybe perhups origined cause of early television devices were available also for sale just the screen and the electronic tubes displayed into a circuit, it is no cabinet all the time required. (People built their own cabinet?) Am I right? 😶
Greetings from 🇨🇱 Santiago Chile SouthAmerica
I was an employee of RCA for over 33 yrs (1954 to 1988). During those years I was a technician repairing TV's and radios. Then RCA opened up Training centers when Color TV came in. I was made an instructor. Then when the Bell Telephone system was broken up, RCA got in the business of installing and repairing Telephone systems; and I got a new job instructing about the world of telephony.
I said all that to say that I had to laugh out loud; when this video said things that I know are bold faced lies. IE:
Electronic gear uses capacitors and resistors, along with other items. Now get this, RCA bought these from vendors and they often purchased the ones that were going to break down, especially in humid places. Wax capacitors and IRS resistors are going to break down. Again it is terrible in humid areas.
More than half of their resistors would go bad in a single TV; and the same for the capacitors. I have replaced 10's of thousands of them. I know this to be the truth.
When I was transferred to Ft Lauderdale, Florida (VERY humid all the time), I used to replace 40-50 of resistors and capacitors in every set that came into the shop. It was a joke. When management (In NJ) asked us, "WHY are you replacing all those items?"...
... we told them, "The humidity is getting in them and damaging them". That's why. They laughed at us. That scenario never changed year after after. They just did NOT believe it; nor did they care. But it was the truth.
So when I saw this video I had to laugh out loud. They were liars and never owned up to it. No wonder they went belly up. All RCA is today is a subsidiary of a French company that is even worse. David Sarnoff is turning over in his grave over this chacanary. If he knew it when he was alive, he would have stopped it YESTERDAY!
For what it's worth.
I watched this video after buying a vintage 1950's or 60's rca victor tv (says super on the side not sure what that means)
it's got some major picture issues but after reading this im just going to toss in all new caps and take a hard look at the resistors
any advice for how to clean out the tuner? it's just a standard 13 channel
@@raccoon681 Thank you raccoon. May you do it well. Just be very careful when cleaning out the tuner. Because it has some parts that are easily damaged.
The ONLY thing that needs to be cleaned, is the stator and rotor; that turns going around to another channel. Please use an electronic cleaner. Putting small amounts of the cleaner as you turn the rotor. Near the center.
I will say a prayer that Jesus guides you well dear friend.
Again thank you.
stator
You sir are a fraud and you have no idea what you are talking about. I worked in Quality Control at RCA labs. We multi- sourced vendors to keep the production line going 24/7. Out field test lab documented each set that was tested .
@@raccoon681 if you are restoring an old RCA monochrome and complaining about parts 60 years old then you are the fool!
@@erin19030 don't know what you read im not complaining we just replaced every cap on it and she's good now
I remember going to Sears in Glendale in the mid 50s with my folks. We bought a Sears Silvertone Television. I remember the salesman telling my mom and dad that the set was made by RCA under contract with Sears. They bought it because they thought it was a RCA. How true that was, I don't know but it worked okay and then they bought a Packard Bell TV for the grandparents who lived with us. Those were the days when children took care of the elderly parents as there was no Medicare or Medicaid..
I know victor made a lot of sears stuff not just t.vs
Originally released in 1959, produced for the RCA Victor sales force.
Too bad we no longer have this type of quality manufacturing in electronics here in America.
Now RCA is nothing more than a trademark.
The beginning of this video the way they are singing reminds me of a commercial for Barneys Auto Factory, a toy that was made in the mid 60s.
Haha, yes. Or Hanna Barbera cartoons also. I love that era of American things were the best of the best, not European nor Japanese electronic devices.😉
Greetings from Santiago Chile SouthAmerica 🇨🇱.
Nice!
How much is an RCA Victor 1939 model very good condition
When they made things to last I see sets 60 years old still working,flat screens blow out after 4 years chinese capacitors and IC'S
Not true about flat screens at all! I've had a plasma TV set for 12 years.
The cheapest ones may, but I’ve got three flatscreens that are much older than 4 years and one that is younger. I’ve had zero issues with any of them. Not only that, but the parts inside a flatscreen are much more easily repurposed.
As for sets this old still working, there aren’t many. Check ebay listings and you’ll see there are many more broken sets than there are working. In particular, the color picture tubes from that era have a tendency to lose their seal, and thus the vacuum, making them worthless. New systems have been developed for restoring and resealing old color tubes, and most working extant models use a restored tube.
By the mid-1960s, the picture-tube manufacturing process had improved to the point that the sets tended to last much much longer and had more vibrant color. These improvements made it possible for GE to develop the PortaColor and for Sony to release the Trinitron, which helped to drive down prices for traditional, RCA-patented shadow-mask color sets.
sarnoff and paley [cbs] fought for years on a color standard, with sarnoff, nbc, and rca took the market share, the fcc made the rca ntsc standard. paley still ran blank and white for years until he had to use sarnoffs patents...
Too bad the same quality wasn't applied to the abysmal advertising jingle at the start of the video.
Nobody's going to mention the women spraying lacquer with no mask or breathing apparatus?
The back of my RCA old model TV came off and when I was trying to put it on I bumped something in the back of the tube and it was a hissing sound. Does anyone know enough about these TVs to know if it was something toxic
Sound's like you broke the picture tube, very easy to do.
Folks in the US this is when America was Great! We made excellent electronics here. Now? its rather Pathetic we could not make a have way decent electronic device. Cause it is all made over seas.
Like those white shirts. 😜
Back when Americans cared about making things.
I’m afraid US corporate companies greed killed the tv’s in America. Definitely not the workers.
Quality took a dive when corporations moved the jobs to 3rd world countries.
RCA became makers of crap products by the 1980s / 1990s
@@lindaeasley5606
That was down to take-overs and bad management, who only wanted short-term gains; So costs were cut, assests were stripped, jobs were outsourced, and the rest is histroy.
@@lindaeasley5606 RCA Really Crappy Apparatus....not back then tho!
@@pony053 we used to call 'em "Re-Conditioned Admirals", lol
Isn't there a current technology to take the "bounce" out of the playback? It's making me carsick trying to watch this!
Wow, bow ties and thick glasses, what a difference from today's ripped jeans, hat on backwards, tattoos up the neck thugs ..........
And then the Japanese came...
And then the Americans outsourced their manufacturing jobs to China!
Vaccium tubes , make s you think
Ladrones!!!
Really fascinating!. But so sexist talking about the "men" when a good portion of the workers in the flim were women.
In those days 'men' meant men and women (ie mankind), just like 'day' can mean either 12 hrs (and 'night' the other 12), or the whole 24 hrs.