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Thread Number: 71345
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Cool Dumont for the vintage TV nut |
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| Post# 944043 6/17/2017 at 21:15 (2,502 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
 This very nice Dumont just popped up on the local Craigslist. Very nice cabinet. Very nice price at $99. I hope it doesn't get turned into a liquor cabinet. CLICK HERE TO GO TO twintubdexter's LINK on Palmsprings Craigslist | ||
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Post# 944044 , Reply# 1 6/17/2017 at 21:29 (2,502 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 944054 , Reply# 2 6/17/2017 at 23:52 (2,502 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Post# 944064 , Reply# 3 6/18/2017 at 00:40 (2,502 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Dumont was the forerunner of Emerson.Beleive Emerson bought up Dumont in the older days.Very nice set!!!!Early TV history there.DuMont also built TV transmitters-those are rare and desired among transmitter fans.Sadly many got scrapped and replaced by later model RCA,GE,Gates transmitters. | ||
| Post# 944077 , Reply# 4 6/18/2017 at 06:50 (2,502 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Dumont Was the Allen B Dumont industries, bought up in the late 50s by Emerson,this is a real Dumont though, the tuning is continuous like a radio. | ||
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Post# 944105 , Reply# 5 6/18/2017 at 12:46 (2,502 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 944116 , Reply# 6 6/18/2017 at 13:58 (2,502 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
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I didn't see anything about a telephone option. I do know that early Zenith "Circlevision" round picture tube sets were often advertised as "provision for Phonevision" way back then. Dumont made some very pricey stuff. You've heard me talk about the applioance store I worked at 100 years ago...I used to have an old newspaper clipping of the owner standing next to this huge-screen Dumont console. He looks like a munchkin. The set had such a long tube that some owners had to have their front doors modified to accommodate it.
I'm a big fan of "The Honeymooners". The credits at the end of each episode say "filmed entirely on the Dumont Electronicam Television System". In the early days Dumont had their own network.
Dumont 30" Royal Sovereign...I think you needed a royal bank account to pay for it.
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| Post# 944128 , Reply# 7 6/18/2017 at 15:21 (2,502 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA) | ||
That's a nice set, I've got the table model here and it's easily a 2-person lift so if you go after this, bring some help.
The seller is probably looking at the shortwave band and listing what they see on the dial...aviation, amateur, and telephone (the old mobile frequencies). If I recall, this set might actually NOT have an AM band. Since TV audio is FM, and the tuner is continuous, it was easy enough to add 88-108MHz with no add'l equipment. $99 is a great price, too. | ||
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Post# 944180 , Reply# 8 6/19/2017 at 00:55 (2,501 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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30" CRT set in those days---you might need a forklift to move it!Nice,though.Would have liked to see this set working. | ||
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