We got our very first color TV in the mid-1960's, and it was this RCA model. We already had a motorized antenna, and I'll never forget how excited my Dad was as we anxiously waited for the set to be delivered. Dad was edgy as hell, and I had to keep emptying his ashtray; I think he smoked a whole carton of cigarettes in just a few hours! It was early Saturday evening, and finally, the RCA man arrived. The set was gently placed where it needed to go, and the technician spent a full hour warming the set up and using that 'wand thing' that they always used in those days, but us kids didn't know what it did! The look on my Dad's face when the TV set was up and running was like he had seen the face of God!!! I was amazed at the 'huge' screen! The RCA man gave us his card and told us to call him if we had any problems, and he left. It was just me, Dad, and the RCA, and we were just in time for one of my favorite shows and it was, Flipper, and it was in color! I got up early Sunday morning just to watch the 'test pattern'!
This is almost exactly identical to our first color TV which was originally purchased by my grandparents. I always thought it was a 1964, but it may have been a 65, they just purchased it early. Ours had a more minimal wood cabinet and more clearly defined legs. I believe the speaker was also the 4 x 6 on the side that you mention. It had a great picture. one evening in 1971 picture went funny, lil puff of smoke, nasty smell, and that's all she wrote. Replaced with a 71 Sylvania Console. It seemed to need a lot of fixing and tweaking at first. I always liked the RCA better for some reason. But step dad had other plans.
My grandparents had this exact set. The memories of laying on the living room floor and watching The Wizard of Oz, A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Lucy Show, and so many others, came flooding back the moment I saw this video. Thanks for posting.
Hey!! TURN THAT TV BACK ON!! I wasn't finished watching that!! I wasn't sleep, I was just resting my eyes... Amazing that this videotape wasn't wiped like most episodes from that era?? I really enjoyed the Muppets AND your beautiful TV!! Thanx for using such a cool clip to 'show off' with!!
We had neighbors who bought an RCA set in '65 in a Danish Modern cabinet. Had a nice picture, and was a great looking set. One thing I remember, though, was being told to NOT touch it. The settings were all adjusted and it wasn't to be changed. Shoot, when my folks got their set in '69, my dad had ME adjust it for color after the install guy adjusted it to our antenna. The original settings were boosted and my folks preferred more natural color. The good old days.
Wonderful video me and my GF loved it. Makes me think about what it would have been like to be my grandparent's age, marveling at the wonders of COLOR tv
My folks bought a Westinghouse H840CK in 1954 - it was the first color tv on the market, as I recall beating RCA by weeks. The chassis was an RCA CTC-2. I know that well as I became the set's guardian angel. The picture was absolutely gorgeous as the NTSC phosphors utilized on the 15GP22 were RICH, GORGEOUS. Those phosphors unfortunately were phased out for brighter images. We bumped up to a 21" RCA a CTC-5 called the Wescott, brighter image, but poor color compared to the Westinghouse --- I'd like to dream that perhaps the H840CK at the TV Museum might be our set...I believe less than a dozen are known to exist today.
@EricandDish "The Tonight Show" had been in color ever since 1959, the heyday of Jack Paar. Very few color tapes of "Tonight Shows" prior to the early 1970's exist. Some black-and-white kinescopes do exist of shows from the 1960's (and earlier).
That's an excerpt from the December 31, 1965 "New Year's Eve" edition of "THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON", one of the rare videotapes of that period to exist today (note that Woody Allen, who was also a guest that evening, is sitting next to Johnny, who's wearing a tux as part of the festive mood).
purity problems were within the video, I noticed that right away. The first muppet thing looked out of purity, but notice kermits red sweater looked perfect.
I have this set in a table model, FF567E.. It also suffers from cataract syndrome. It replaced a Sylvania b&w which had the flourescent halo around the picture tube.
Seeing this video makes me wish we had colour in the 60s. Aussies didn't have "roundies" and most of the tube sets were B&W. One of the solid state colour sets we did have was the Philips K-9 chassis (made around late 1974) - with a VHF only rotary wafer tuner and delta gun CRT. Later the K-11 chassis was released with UHF push button tuning and an inline gun tube. Both chassis sets featured plug-in modules for chroma-luminance, demodulation, sound, frame and line control on the right-hand signal board, plus a module in the power supply. Compare a flat panel plasma set to a vintage roundie - notice the difference?
drh: I would appreciate your views and feelings regarding something that I actually do: "Calibration". Calibration is the current buzzword for alignng a TV or other display's picture control to reference voltages or test patterns, via oscilliscope or pattern displayed on a TV's screen via disc or other media. I personally have had mostly satisfying results with using DVDs and Blu Rays to properly set at least the two basic (black & white) or five basic(color) TV pictures settings available to the user. 90 percent of people watch their TVs with the picture settings left at whatever setting they left the factory at, most not even understanding what each control actually does.
I lived in Berwyn in 02. Was the Sale on Oak Park Ave? i remeber someone having an estate sale who was over 80 years old, so could be the age of TV that makes sense.
I really like those american TVs of that era. Germany got color in 1967 using the PAL system, but even though PAL fixes some NTSC flaws, it doesn't have this "warmth".
Another thing is that in West-Germany we never had (--and as far as I know, neither in Western Europe) those "console TVs". I totally like them, but sadly we never built them.
What PAL does: It's exactly like NTSC... just that it saves each other's line colour information and mixes that with the other lines. This mixing gets rid of colour artifacts, which is why PAL TVs don't have a TINT-knob. It needs a sort-of-expensive delay-line though, which saves one line while the other one is being processed.
Yes, they would still pick up the signals from low-power stations which were not required to change to digital signals on June 12th. Otherwise you somehow need to get a didital converter hooked up to it. Also, with the help of an RF Modulator/RF Switch you should be able to hook up a VCR, DVD Player, game console or any device that plug in using RCA input jacks and display its signal on either Channel 3 or Channel 4.
Do old Tvs like this still pick up analog broadcast signals? Also, just how many modern video devices, such as video payers and gaming machines, can be hooked up to old tvs like this? I don't know anything about old Tvs so these questions came right to mind after seeing this video.
Drh: I would appreciate your feelings and thoughts on display “calibration”(the current buzzword for aligning a TV or other display’s picture settings to some references - either test patterns or oscilloscope patterns) I have had mainly satisfactory results and accurate pictures by using DVDs and other media to adjust the two basic(black & white) or five basic(color) TV picture settings to reference patterns on the media. The vast majority of TV viewers watch their sets with the controls set to what ever they were at the factory, and most don’t know what each control (Contrast, Brightness, Color, etc) actually adjusts.
I really enjoy the clips you post. Although I would not know the first thing about how to bring an old television back to life, I am memorized that you and others can. The clips are great as well. BTW is that Mitch Miller (of Sing along with Mitch fame) that opens the door for the old man who wants in to party? Thanks again for some great videos of technology from yesterday. 73 from A I 4 Q T (Huntsville AL)
I want ro make a cabinet with my 28" LG HD television set. I have in mind mdf wooden shape, 4" deep, and I want to add a black carton on screen giving curved corners, and up, down, sides curved almost same like CRT screen.
When did "The Tonight Show" aired its first color show on NBC? Was it a couple of months before this clip? You notice that Johnny is sitting with Woody Allen at the start of this: He was on almost all of the New Year's Eve shows (much like what Regis Philbin does when he comes on Letterman in recent years) during the 1960's. You heard there's a new "Tonight Show With Johnny Carson" DVD boxset that includes clips from the mid-60's that were considered lost but now found and some are in color.
Hi Doug, This is a very nice looking television set. If you still have this TV, it would be interesting to see the inside. Is it possible to connect a 4x6 speaker and mount it where the grill is; what you would have is a TV with sound coming from the bottom and the right side at the same time, or put a switch to choose the speaker that can play. Like for movies, use the bigger speaker and for regular TV vewing use the little speaker. Just a thought :) Gary
How did this person get this TV to show this Tonight Show episode? Was there a VCR or DVD player connected that we don't see in the video, or was it streaming/broadcast?
Красиво телевизор показывает Вот сравниваю PAL SECAM, и первый имеет более естественные краски,более натурально показывает Жаль,мне такой телевизор не купить,и цена выйдет "конской" и привезут "дрова"
We got our very first color TV in the mid-1960's, and it was this RCA model. We already had a motorized antenna, and I'll never forget how excited my Dad was as we anxiously waited for the set to be delivered. Dad was edgy as hell, and I had to keep emptying his ashtray; I think he smoked a whole carton of cigarettes in just a few hours! It was early Saturday evening, and finally, the RCA man arrived. The set was gently placed where it needed to go, and the technician spent a full hour warming the set up and using that 'wand thing' that they always used in those days, but us kids didn't know what it did! The look on my Dad's face when the TV set was up and running was like he had seen the face of God!!! I was amazed at the 'huge' screen! The RCA man gave us his card and told us to call him if we had any problems, and he left. It was just me, Dad, and the RCA, and we were just in time for one of my favorite shows and it was, Flipper, and it was in color! I got up early Sunday morning just to watch the 'test pattern'!
Wonderful memories
that's very nice! I love that. if I could find one for sale, I'd buy it :)
This is almost exactly identical to our first color TV which was originally purchased by my grandparents. I always thought it was a 1964, but it may have been a 65, they just purchased it early. Ours had a more minimal wood cabinet and more clearly defined legs. I believe the speaker was also the 4 x 6 on the side that you mention. It had a great picture. one evening in 1971 picture went funny, lil puff of smoke, nasty smell, and that's all she wrote. Replaced with a 71 Sylvania Console. It seemed to need a lot of fixing and tweaking at first. I always liked the RCA better for some reason. But step dad had other plans.
My grandparents had this exact set. The memories of laying on the living room floor and watching The Wizard of Oz, A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Lucy Show, and so many others, came flooding back the moment I saw this video. Thanks for posting.
Hey!! TURN THAT TV BACK ON!! I wasn't finished watching that!! I wasn't sleep, I was just resting my eyes...
Amazing that this videotape wasn't wiped like most episodes from that era?? I really enjoyed the Muppets AND your beautiful TV!! Thanx for using such a cool clip to 'show off' with!!
We had neighbors who bought an RCA set in '65 in a Danish Modern cabinet. Had a nice picture, and was a great looking set. One thing I remember, though, was being told to NOT touch it. The settings were all adjusted and it wasn't to be changed. Shoot, when my folks got their set in '69, my dad had ME adjust it for color after the install guy adjusted it to our antenna. The original settings were boosted and my folks preferred more natural color. The good old days.
this is a really nice tv set great video,picture Jerome
Wonderful video me and my GF loved it. Makes me think about what it would have been like to be my grandparent's age, marveling at the wonders of COLOR tv
wow, the convergence is almost perfect on that.
My folks bought a Westinghouse H840CK in 1954 - it was the first color tv on the market, as I recall beating RCA by weeks. The chassis was an RCA CTC-2. I know that well as I became the set's guardian angel. The picture was absolutely gorgeous as the NTSC phosphors utilized on the 15GP22 were RICH, GORGEOUS. Those phosphors unfortunately were phased out for brighter images. We bumped up to a 21" RCA a CTC-5 called the Wescott, brighter image, but poor color compared to the Westinghouse --- I'd like to dream that perhaps the H840CK at the TV Museum might be our set...I believe less than a dozen are known to exist today.
Nice set! Thanks for sharing!
My grandmother had the same model but in different wooden cabinet. I wish i could have got hold of it.
@EricandDish "The Tonight Show" had been in color ever since 1959, the heyday of Jack Paar.
Very few color tapes of "Tonight Shows" prior to the early 1970's exist. Some black-and-white kinescopes do exist of shows from the 1960's (and earlier).
I recall reading 35 or more years ago, how pissed Carson was when he heard that most of the tapes had been thrown out.
That's an excerpt from the December 31, 1965 "New Year's Eve" edition of "THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON", one of the rare videotapes of that period to exist today (note that Woody Allen, who was also a guest that evening, is sitting next to Johnny, who's wearing a tux as part of the festive mood).
I learned Color Tv repair on this model at RCA Institute NYC.
you have a lot of nice tv sets. I wish I could find 1 good tv from the 60s that's been restored then I'd be happy !
purity problems were within the video, I noticed that right away. The first muppet thing looked out of purity, but notice kermits red sweater looked perfect.
the cabinet is in beautiful condition, the picture is surprisingly good
berwyn!
i grew up in berwyn so im allowed to say that!!
great tv my grandparents had the same one
up until about 1980 when it finally died
I have this set in a table model, FF567E..
It also suffers from cataract syndrome.
It replaced a Sylvania b&w which had the flourescent halo around the picture tube.
Very cool. I love the softness of the picture. Today's TV's are blaring bright.
that set you can use as a heater i believe that uses 350 watts
Berwyn is one of my favorite suburbs with all those bungalows in perfect rows. I remember this set was from a home on S. Riverside Dr.
Old white guys over 50 love these TV's. lmao
I'm a younger white guy under 50. And I love it, too.
@@JakeMabe1 I started to collect TVs like that when I was 15... I'm now 32.
Hell im 24 and started about a year ago. It’s fun. It’s like a puzzle when you have to fix them.
LOL $20 for that TV!?
Man if I was living in 1965 that TV would have cost $500 at that time. $500 in 1965 was a lot of money.
my parents had a tv like this one it wass a rca new vista from 1964 threw 1983 still working in 1983 david i think it was well made
this tv looks just like the one my parents had from 1964 threw 1983 still worked 1983 but dots around outside ege of crt between glass
It has a very nice picture! I have one just like it but it is a small sized console, just need to replace bad filter caps.
red looks good .. crt looks great the rca . looks lile rear earth crt
Seeing this video makes me wish we had colour in the 60s.
Aussies didn't have "roundies" and most of the tube sets were B&W.
One of the solid state colour sets we did have was the Philips K-9 chassis (made around late 1974) - with a VHF only rotary wafer tuner and delta gun CRT. Later the K-11 chassis was released with UHF push button tuning and an inline gun tube.
Both chassis sets featured plug-in modules for chroma-luminance, demodulation, sound, frame and line control on the right-hand signal board, plus a module in the power supply.
Compare a flat panel plasma set to a vintage roundie - notice the difference?
i like they show old shows
drh:
I would appreciate your views and feelings regarding something that I actually do: "Calibration".
Calibration is the current buzzword for alignng a TV or other display's picture control to reference voltages or test patterns, via oscilliscope or pattern displayed on a TV's screen via disc or other media.
I personally have had mostly satisfying results with using DVDs and Blu Rays to properly set at least the two basic (black & white) or five basic(color) TV pictures settings available to the user.
90 percent of people watch their TVs with the picture settings left at whatever setting they left the factory at, most not even understanding what each control actually does.
altfactor, I didn't know "The Tonight Show" began showing color when Jack Paar was host? I know that fact about some of the 1960's shows in kinoscope.
I lived in Berwyn in 02. Was the Sale on Oak Park Ave? i remeber someone having an estate sale who was over 80 years old, so could be the age of TV that makes sense.
That's Skitch Henderson, the Tonight Show bandleader before Doc Severinson.
altfactor, I didn't know "The Tonight Show" began showing color when Jack Paar was host. I know that fact about some of the 1960's shows in kinoscope.
I really like those american TVs of that era. Germany got color in 1967 using the PAL system, but even though PAL fixes some NTSC flaws, it doesn't have this "warmth".
Another thing is that in West-Germany we never had (--and as far as I know, neither in Western Europe) those "console TVs". I totally like them, but sadly we never built them.
What PAL does: It's exactly like NTSC... just that it saves each other's line colour information and mixes that with the other lines. This mixing gets rid of colour artifacts, which is why PAL TVs don't have a TINT-knob. It needs a sort-of-expensive delay-line though, which saves one line while the other one is being processed.
@kataisa3 Because at the time they could not get the electron beam in color CRT to the corners.
I’m guessing vintage Carson being fed into the TV via a DVD player.
Yes, they would still pick up the signals from low-power stations which were not required to change to digital signals on June 12th. Otherwise you somehow need to get a didital converter hooked up to it. Also, with the help of an RF Modulator/RF Switch you should be able to hook up a VCR, DVD Player, game console or any device that plug in using RCA input jacks and display its signal on either Channel 3 or Channel 4.
Do old Tvs like this still pick up analog broadcast signals? Also, just how many modern video devices, such as video payers and gaming machines, can be hooked up to old tvs like this? I don't know anything about old Tvs so these questions came right to mind after seeing this video.
Drh:
I would appreciate your feelings and thoughts on display “calibration”(the current buzzword for aligning a TV or other display’s picture settings to some references - either test patterns or oscilloscope patterns)
I have had mainly satisfactory results and accurate pictures by using DVDs and other media to adjust the two basic(black & white) or five basic(color) TV picture settings to reference patterns on the media.
The vast majority of TV viewers watch their sets with the controls set to what ever they were at the factory, and most don’t know what each control (Contrast, Brightness, Color, etc) actually adjusts.
A rare "adult-themed" Muppets skit on NBC's Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
I really enjoy the clips you post. Although I would not know the first thing about how to bring an old television back to life, I am memorized that you and others can. The clips are great as well. BTW is that Mitch Miller (of Sing along with Mitch fame) that opens the door for the old man who wants in to party? Thanks again for some great videos of technology from yesterday. 73 from A I 4 Q T (Huntsville AL)
nice clip 5*
I want ro make a cabinet with my 28" LG HD television set. I have in mind mdf wooden shape, 4" deep, and I want to add a black carton on screen giving curved corners, and up, down, sides curved almost same like CRT screen.
When did "The Tonight Show" aired its first color show on NBC? Was it a couple of months before this clip? You notice that Johnny is sitting with Woody Allen at the start of this: He was on almost all of the New Year's Eve shows (much like what Regis Philbin does when he comes on Letterman in recent years) during the 1960's. You heard there's a new "Tonight Show With Johnny Carson" DVD boxset that includes clips from the mid-60's that were considered lost but now found and some are in color.
The Rana René (the frog) is green, but looks gray. Problems with Green gun? Or just adjustments back of cabinet knob?
Hi Doug,
This is a very nice looking television set. If you still have this TV, it would be interesting to see the inside. Is it possible to connect a 4x6 speaker and mount it where the grill is; what you would have is a TV with sound coming from the bottom and the right side at the same time, or put a switch to choose the speaker that can play. Like for movies, use the bigger speaker and for regular TV vewing use the little speaker. Just a thought :)
Gary
*Let ne in* , I hearded a TV set on. ,😘
convergance look good a little out of purity. The wiring is still good . What was wrong with it the HV rect tube ??
Can you hook up cable to it 🤔
How did this person get this TV to show this Tonight Show episode? Was there a VCR or DVD player connected that we don't see in the video, or was it streaming/broadcast?
1960's TV's only pick up 1960's broadcasts.
@@Forlornguild Yes but that is not what I asked if you would've read it properly. I asked if there was a VCR or DVD connected or was it streaming?
Красиво телевизор показывает
Вот сравниваю PAL SECAM, и первый имеет более естественные краски,более натурально показывает
Жаль,мне такой телевизор не купить,и цена выйдет "конской" и привезут "дрова"
02. Accquied. Why does everyone say alpha owh for numerical zero. Zero two correct
Welcome please my very town muppets
Это что за шоу показано?
Как называется?
The tonight show with johnny Carson December 31, 1965 episode
@@stewssman
Спасибо!
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Muppets this sketch is bad. Canned yak as well.