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Post# 961835   10/10/2017 at 20:45 (2,361 days old) by philcobendixduo (San Jose)   |   | |
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Just curious to see how many AW members still use a CRT television as their "primary" set.
I am one of the "CRT fans" that watches a 1998 Mitsubishi 32" CRT console TV. I would estimate that it's on about 7 hours a day so has about 50,000 hours on it. It still works perfectly and has a good picture and excellent sound. Never been repaired. I watch mainly old TV shows and movies on cable or DVD so it's perfect for what I watch. I thought about getting a flat screen last year but couldn't bring myself to chuck out a perfectly good TV with a beautiful oak cabinet. So, I will keep watching my CRT TV until the day it dies (or the day I day - which ever comes first!). Any other CRT watchers out there -what brand and how old is your set? |
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Post# 961837 , Reply# 1   10/10/2017 at 20:58 (2,361 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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A JVC IIRC.
Keep it around because can longer find televisions with VCR connections any longer, and have an extensive collection of recordings. When had cable also used to record shows for playback later. Have gone to OTA which is slightly less reliable in terms of reception so that is no longer possible. |
Post# 961839 , Reply# 2   10/10/2017 at 21:02 (2,361 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Well, until last night my one and only TV was a CRT set... But it's stopped working, as I mentioned in a thread I created here earlier. I have no idea what will happen next. CRT TVs are "good enough" for me, but a part of me does sort of like the idea of a flatscreen because there is less bulk. But, as I say, CRT is good enough--and potentially cheap used. If I can find one used, of course. I've noticed that my local Goodwill--which carried them--seems to have stopped carrying them. So, due to cost of replacement, I may just do without a TV for a while. |
Post# 961840 , Reply# 3   10/10/2017 at 21:02 (2,361 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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It's not the primary but I have one in the bedroom. 27" Magnavox dated Oct 1987. Has a Roku on it (which I seldom use), and I've been watching GH (via cable) on it for a couple months. Also have a 20" RCA in another bedroom, dates to approx 1985. The picture was bad, washed-out, last time I tried it. Also have a 23" Emerson Sanyo dated Dec 2005 that hasn't been used since the grandmother died Dec 2013. |
Post# 961841 , Reply# 4   10/10/2017 at 21:11 (2,361 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Since the market basically dried up after the digital broadcasting mandate became effective.
You see televisions of all sizes (including some TOL SONY, JVC and others) on curbs or whatever here in NYC left for rubbish. That being said you can find plenty of used and even often NIB CRT televisions on fleaPay, CL and the other usual online sources. Some at reasonable to near give away prices. What killed CRT televisions here in NYC was when local cable providers changed their systems and began requiring *everyone* get one of their boxes. This even when people already had newer televisions that already had built in digital converters. Time Warner and others stated it was necessary because their boxes gave more options or whatever. What a load of flannel! They wanted to get people who were receiving service by merely connecting cable wire to television to pony up. By the way proof how many are still watching tube televisions can be seen in prices paid for those digital converter boxes. You know, the ones that were given away free or whatever in advance of the USA moving over to digital broadcasting. Get yourself one of those boxes, add a good antenna and you'll never need cable television. |
Post# 961843 , Reply# 5   10/10/2017 at 21:18 (2,361 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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I'm still using a 1983 13" Sylvania in the kitchen, with rabbit ears and the converter box. The channel selector is getting "noisy" (don't know the exact term) and probably needs some contact cleaner, but I don't know enough about these things to start taking it apart. I know you can get a lethal jolt if you don't know what you're doing.
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Post# 961845 , Reply# 6   10/10/2017 at 21:29 (2,361 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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I still have a 12" RCA click station tv in my bedroom that has not been turned on since this digital crap started. Got a 25" GE console color tv downstairs, which none work without a converter. Have a 34 or so" cheapie Emerson, somewhat smart tv that works fine and I can watch anywhere in the house.
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Post# 961866 , Reply# 8   10/11/2017 at 00:01 (2,361 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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I still have my big Sony 30" Trinitron. It resides in a big cabinet in the guest room. Was in the living room until around 2004, when I got a 42" Visio LCD for the living room. Then it moved to the family room/office, and was able to receive digital broadcasts via a Panasonic DVD recorder that could do such a conversion. Finally got a 32" flat panel for the family room. The DVD recorder stayed (and is still in use today recording selected programs) but the Sony CRT moved to its retirement location.
For a while I had a Toshiba 21" set on a high shelf in the wardrobe in the master bedroom; that got replaced by a 21" Samsung flat panel, which I rarely watch any more anyway. It was still working when I donated it to Goodwill (where it probably got crushed and sent to Asia to recycle the components). And so it goes. Oh, and I still have a little 13" B&W GE set; still works but is kind of a hassle to hook up to anything. That one was my main set in the '70's. |
Post# 961868 , Reply# 9   10/11/2017 at 00:23 (2,361 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Post# 961871 , Reply# 10   10/11/2017 at 01:28 (2,361 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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I collect a few vintage sets and the daily watcher in the living room is a 1965 RCA CTC-17XE color console in danish modern cabinet, all tube. Beautiful picture, accurate color, does need a sound alignment performed, audio is rather weak. When I finally repair it, the RCA will trade places for a while with a Zenith 25MC33 round screen color set. When working it has a better color than I have ever seen on ANY set including all the modern televisions. NTSC scan lines are the limiting factor on these older sets though, phosphor based color still cannot be surpassed though.
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Post# 961880 , Reply# 11   10/11/2017 at 03:20 (2,361 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 961883 , Reply# 12   10/11/2017 at 04:08 (2,361 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)   |   | |
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What is a CRT television? (I'm just kidding, but it also answers the thread question.) |
Post# 961888 , Reply# 13   10/11/2017 at 05:10 (2,361 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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I have two Samsung flatscreens, in the livingroom and in the bedroom. The 21 inch Sony tube TV that was in the livingroom before, is now in the kitchen. I still use that TV a lot.
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Post# 961889 , Reply# 14   10/11/2017 at 05:22 (2,361 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 961925 , Reply# 16   10/11/2017 at 09:25 (2,360 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 961932 , Reply# 17   10/11/2017 at 10:49 (2,360 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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Post# 961943 , Reply# 19   10/11/2017 at 12:12 (2,360 days old) by iej (.... )   |   | |
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They’re horrible to watch when you get used to UHD. I find myself thinking: did I really watch that?! |
Post# 961948 , Reply# 20   10/11/2017 at 12:59 (2,360 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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We have had that issue out here in WA. I think there were disposal laws in place, and if a thrift store couldn't sell the TV, they had to pay for special disposal. So they refused to accept TVs. Although they did get "donated" regularly. Perhaps a small TV stuffed in the bottom of a box, covered with clothes. Or--best of all--people who'd come by after the store had closed, and leave a TV out back.
Now Goodwill has some partnership for recycling. For a long time, they'd try to sell the TV. If it couldn't sell or was broken, it went to recycling.
Not sure why I'm not seeing them do that now with CRT sets. Maybe the Goodwill I shop just hasn't been getting them recently. Maybe they are too hard to sell in this flatscreen world, and it's not worth bothering with. |
Post# 961951 , Reply# 21   10/11/2017 at 13:19 (2,360 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 961952 , Reply# 22   10/11/2017 at 13:21 (2,360 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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CRT computer monitors can display almost any resolution completely perfectly, a lcd monitor only looks good at it's native resolution.
And this was one thing I liked about CRT monitors when I used them. Years back, I ran a modern system (Internet) and an older Classic MacOS system (for productivity). The ideal resolution settings were different for the two worlds, but a CRT monitor could happily work with either system (although the Macs needed a special adapter to connect the monitor cable to the Mac, which would also "tell" the Mac what sort of monitor was in use). At one point, I even had a switch box, and I could flip between two computers.
I still have older Macs around, but don't really use them much. I can use them with flatscreen...but it's far from ideal. But it's good enough for using a Mac long enough to print something on my old LaserWriter.
While I missed the range of working resolutions, I have to say overall I prefer flatscreen monitors. They seem to be much easier on my eyes. |
Post# 961953 , Reply# 23   10/11/2017 at 13:24 (2,360 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Post# 961956 , Reply# 24   10/11/2017 at 13:39 (2,360 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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I still have a 1997 Magnavox 25" in my bedroom, its starting to go, once it does, out to the trash it goes, see no reason to buy a replacement until its dead....
I also have two in the kids bedrooms, Sylvania TV/DYD/VCR combo's.....will use them until they drop dead.... don't understand though, since just about everyone has some sort of 'pay cable'....why don't the newer TV's become available without a built in tuner....seems a waste of money/equipment for something that doesn't get used.....digital box's of some sort select all the channels for us.... when we had the 60" Sony WEGA, all we had to do was get this 'card' from the cable company that fit in a rear port, that allowed the TV to operate without an external digital box... I did see a DVD/VCR combo recently that was tuner-less....which made sense...why pay for something I can't use... |
Post# 961963 , Reply# 25   10/11/2017 at 13:52 (2,360 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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and it had a perfect picture, but was so hard to move for cleaning &c, got a 32" Toshiba flat screen, had a hard time giving away the ctr for free on CL, but finally a gamer wanted it!
Still have at camp a CRT 19" color Sylvania from around 10 yrs ago that cost $89 new at Sears, and still has an excellent picture! We have free over-the-air TV (4 PBS, 8 channels total) with our flat screen and antenna, we've never had cable, and never will! |
Post# 961964 , Reply# 26   10/11/2017 at 13:53 (2,360 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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why don't the newer TV's become available without a built in tuner
I've sometimes thought a tuner-less TV might make sense.
But, at the same time, the cost of the tuner might not be that much, due to economies of scale. For all I know, a TV tuner might now be a 10 cent chip used in every TV made by a given company.
Then, of course, there is always that argument that "it adds only a little to the cost, and so it might as well be there 'just in case.'" I remember a local audio dealer years and years back who carried NAD, and all the sample models were stereo receivers. He pointed out that the comparable integrated amplifier was only $50 or so less...so you might as well just buy the receiver, and get that radio tuner. |
Post# 961968 , Reply# 28   10/11/2017 at 14:07 (2,360 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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I tend to watch most television in my office/den where my computer lives. In the living room is this big, super-heavy Panasonic flat screen CRT set I purchased when I bought this house in 2001. I pretty much use it when I'm cooking since the kitchen is open to the living/great room. It's been a very fine TV and the flat screen coupled with the recessed area it fits in makes it appear less "vintage".
Take a look at the photo. See that 55" LED 4K set sitting on the floor? I purchased that 4 months ago to replace the big CRT set. It's been sitting there all this time, never plugged in, while the warranty ticks away. Fortunately it came with a 2 year extended one. The set is turned around so the cleaning ladies won't hit it with the self-propelled vacuum. There's really no excuse for my laziness. I have a hydraulic lift table that makes removing the old set a simple one-man job, even for an old man like me with a bad back. Pull it out, lower the table and roll it over to the front door where the local thrift shop Revivals will gladly pick it up. There's a ceiling-mounted projection/screen set-up that I use for movies. Don't ask when that was last used. I think "Gone With the Wind" was new.
I bought a very nice new Yamaha Internet stereo receiver before I bought the new TV. It's still in the box! I need to get off the pot, have my back surgery (which I canceled in March even though Medicare and my insurance covers everything) and get my fanny in gear.
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Post# 961996 , Reply# 30   10/11/2017 at 15:56 (2,360 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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We had a few, a teeny tiny portable that was not near adaptable for HD/Digital-cable type use, just basic cable & antenna (rabbit ears)... So that one had been gotten rid of after we'd left our apartment...
There was another that was larger, and eventually it stopped working... --I think it was another portable... Then a large 24" diameter in the living room, that go replaced w/ our first flat screen, just to buy a few more--one that fell off the kitchen counter & I'm trying to prevent another TV from going there--too close to where I prepare food & cook! -- Dave |
Post# 962001 , Reply# 31   10/11/2017 at 16:46 (2,360 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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I have my mom's RCA 26" cabinet tube TV from the early 1980s. Still works but it is not my primary TV. The narrow picture is a result of the program being broadcast - the full screen is functional.
Gary
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Post# 962039 , Reply# 35   10/11/2017 at 21:33 (2,360 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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I noticed Laundress mentioned the new sets have no input for VCRs, what kind of VCR is it? I have a Sony in the living room and it still connected right up to the newest LED set using the red and yellow plugs.
I've been looking at flat screen TVs on-line the last day or so (partly because of this thread), and it's not hard finding a TV with composite input. I'm assuming it should work fine with a VCR, although I suppose there would black bars on the TV screen (since video tape isn't widescreen). The only sneaky thing is that the composite seems to be integrated sometimes with component video inputs--use all three inputs for component, but use one of the three inputs (specially labeled) for composite.
Of course, a lot of people were used to using the RF connection (antenna). That said, line level (composite video/ line level audio) is probably better, since the signal doesn't have to be converted to RF and back again. Line level connections have always performed better in my tests. I do note that some TVs seem to claim analog support in their tuners, and so perhaps those can support a VCR.
I note S-VHS connectors seem to be non-existent on modern TV sets, but I think all devices I've seen with S-VHS outputs also had composite video.
The big pain I see is that there appears to be only one set of line level analog connectors now on TVs. I have a VCR, a LaserDisc player (seldom used, though), and a DVD player. I suppose switching could be done elsewhere--home theater receivers usually have switching ability (at least the older units I've seen), but I A) don't have a home theater receiver, and B) I'm not sure I'm interested in having one. |
Post# 962040 , Reply# 36   10/11/2017 at 21:37 (2,360 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Earlier, I was thinking about the talk about leaving out tuners, which some don't need or want. One thing I wouldn't mind losing off TV sets are the speakers and amplifiers to power them. TV sound was lousy on CRT sets (at least the newer ones I'm familiar with--things might been better on, say, a 60s console set), and has only gotten worse on flat screen sets. I always--always--route sound through my audio system. |
Post# 962064 , Reply# 37   10/12/2017 at 03:37 (2,360 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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LordKenmore: The only sneaky thing is that the composite seems to be integrated sometimes with component video inputs ...Interesting that component video inputs are available. I recently read that DVD players now don't have component outputs, only HDMI for hi-def ... although 3rd-party converters supposedly can be found. My plasma panel predates HDMI so I have concerns if/when I need to replace my player, which is already outdated and can no longer pick up YouTube and Pandora due to changes in network security protocols (NetFlix still works). I don't want to replace my plasma until it dies. |
Post# 962068 , Reply# 38   10/12/2017 at 05:47 (2,359 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Or lack thereof. It was several years ago now at least because haven't looked at new televisions in some time.
Cannot recall exactly why at the moment, but the DVD player (Phillips) is routed through the VCR. That was the last new device added, and it was done a few years ago. The Phillips is an older model that plays DVDs from various zones. So can watch my British programming quite easily. Came in handy during the Downton Abbey craze as had DVDs sent from UK instead of dealing with the long drawn out (and delayed) PBS showing. |
Post# 962084 , Reply# 39   10/12/2017 at 08:01 (2,359 days old) by GRWasher_expert (Athens)   |   | |
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I had an old 1987 Blaupunkt color CRT TV which was working perfectly until 2012.Then it became useless because of the analog switch off.It didn't have any scart or rca input,so I couldn't connect any set-top box.
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Post# 962166 , Reply# 40   10/12/2017 at 15:53 (2,359 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN)   |   | |
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I still HAVE a 27" Sony from 1998 as my 'primary' TV. But it hasn't been turned on for over a year. Any 'TV' I watch is done on the computer monitor now. I use a Tablo box to record off air to watch through the network.
I need to haul that Sony off for recycling. Then I will be down to the last four remaining CRT's in the house (3 oscilloscopes and an older RF spectrum analyzer). I purged the house of all other CRT's years ago, good riddance. |
Post# 962180 , Reply# 41   10/12/2017 at 17:04 (2,359 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 962183 , Reply# 42   10/12/2017 at 17:07 (2,359 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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I had a 35" Toshiba for years. The picture had a wonderful film-like quality. Unfortunately, moving it was a multi-person monumental pain. It was recycled in 2014 or 2015 and two 32" LG's entered the house. They will undoubtedly have shorter lifespans than the CRT, but the picture is quite good and motion blur isn't a big issue.
Being able to pick up and move a TV that weighs no more than a bag of groceries: Priceless. I dodged cable around the same time and now do my watching on Hulu, YouTube, and Netflix via the little black Apple TV box. It's Siri-enabled so you can, for instance, say "Find Elvis Presley documentaries on YouTube" and a list pops up on the screen. If your request is open-ended, it will, naturally, try to find the item at iTunes first. |
Post# 962394 , Reply# 44   10/14/2017 at 01:37 (2,358 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Post# 962414 , Reply# 47   10/14/2017 at 07:57 (2,357 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Many local areas no longer have sanitation pick-up, but require dropping off the set at a designated E-Waste collector.
As you can imagine not everyone is keen on lugging a heavy TV or whatever to a recycler, so you get illegal dumping. www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-... We've been talking about CRT televisions, but don't forget about those old computer monitors. resource-recycling.com/e-scrap/2... |
Post# 962468 , Reply# 49   10/14/2017 at 11:01 (2,357 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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I figured I would post a couple pictures. The picture is better in real life. The camera made things a little blurry.
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Post# 962703 , Reply# 51   10/15/2017 at 13:12 (2,356 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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I like Danish modern. Namely a 1969 Zenith Amundsen or Lundberg. |
Post# 962864 , Reply# 52   10/16/2017 at 12:12 (2,355 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ)   |   | |
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Here is a picture of me next to my 1956 Philco, after it was restored. The second one is a picture of my collections. More have been added.
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Post# 962871 , Reply# 53   10/16/2017 at 13:07 (2,355 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Post# 962882 , Reply# 54   10/16/2017 at 13:54 (2,355 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 963952 , Reply# 59   10/22/2017 at 23:00 (2,349 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)   |   | |
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Yeah, I was/am giving the TCL some serious thought. Read very good reviews, and it's very budget friendly. |
Post# 963955 , Reply# 60   10/23/2017 at 00:37 (2,349 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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"When did you work at Gold Star? I own a 1981 Gold Star color table top set."
I went to work at Goldstar in 1991 after I finished college for my first career. We made televisions for Sears, Citizen, CurtisMathis, JCPenney, and I'm sure a few others. I usually worked on the table top models 20"-32. Occasionally they would loan me to the console set line (I liked the console line because it moved a little slower). I did everything from chassis assembly, white balance, color/tint, final inspection, and packaging. It was a clean climate-controlled job. Now Nursing is a climate-controlled job but it isn't always so clean :-( |
Post# 963958 , Reply# 61   10/23/2017 at 01:37 (2,349 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)   |   | |
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I remember when I was a boy my dad would take me to Horne's department store and I would see color TVs where Walter Cronkite was on the news in a vivid purple, and our aunt who paid "top dollar" for everything had an RCA TV where the color image looked like a bad "acid trip". I think this might have been one reason color TV may have been slow to catch on, we did not have one until 1974. I don't think it was until about 1980 that one could buy a color set that was reliable about the image. The thinking was I would rather look at a clear B&W image than a bad color one. So why is your old TV so "beautiful" when the new ones back then looked so bad?
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Post# 963962 , Reply# 62   10/23/2017 at 05:38 (2,349 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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Askolover - Thanks for the information about your career at GS. Very interesting.
Neptunebob - Your aunt's set probably had thrown a 6gh8(likely the one by the color crystal), like Akronman's Magnavox, sets of this era just ate these tubes, ESPECIALLY RCA. Also, because those sets were at a department store, they might not have gotten a proper setup. |
Post# 963964 , Reply# 63   10/23/2017 at 05:44 (2,349 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Surprisingly nearly all of all our old CRT's have been Color, but my grandparents bought a fairly large-sized black & white in the '70's (the thing had a jack for an earplug) to replace various black & white sets, (the one before it was a very small, compact table-top sized) then eventually in the '80's getting their very first color...
Somehow the compact CRT my wife & I had, I believe was also a color set (a surprise considering its little size) and I remember various B&W portables growing up, that my family had, which despite being an American brand, had Japanese components, inside & all breaking down, one, by one... -- Dave |
Post# 963968 , Reply# 64   10/23/2017 at 06:53 (2,348 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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A little known fact about Goldstar televisions....we used tubes made by Phillips and Zenith (back then Zenith was not a part of LG...Lucky Goldstar), and I think occasionally I would see an RCA tube but I'm not positive about that. At Christmas, Sears was our biggest customer and we worked overtime building sets for them. I enjoyed that job...I later returned to college for another degree in nursing. |
Post# 964024 , Reply# 65   10/23/2017 at 14:21 (2,348 days old) by Revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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The last ones I had were #1, a 27" Hitachi from the mid / late 80's and #2, a 50" Toshiba rear projection. The Hitachi was a really great TV even after 25 years with good image quality and color accuracy, plus really good stereo sound. I was very happy with this one.
The first Toshiba projection TV I had was bought back under the 5 years "bumper to bumper" extended warranty. Service tech's were never able to get the picture and color dialed in correctly and after 2.5 years, got a full refund. When it's replacement finally died (another Toshiba) 2 or so years ago, I replaced it with a 55" Samsung LED flat panel. Much less bulk & weight, plus a better picture too. Have been very happy with it! |
Post# 964028 , Reply# 66   10/23/2017 at 15:31 (2,348 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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I remember when I was a boy my dad would take me to Horne's department store and I would see color TVs where Walter Cronkite was on the news in a vivid purple, and our aunt who paid "top dollar" for everything had an RCA TV where the color image looked like a bad "acid trip".
I can't comment about 1970s color TV from personal experience. But I seem to recall reading old Mad Magazine pieces that made fun of it.
Also I recall a crack I read in a British electronics book: NTSC stands for Never Twice the Same Color. LOL
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Post# 964029 , Reply# 67   10/23/2017 at 15:37 (2,348 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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So why is your old TV so "beautiful" when the new ones back then looked so bad?
I can only speculate, but maybe the TV was somehow better than what competitors were doing. Also it may be also a factor of broadcast quality--I assume the equipment TV stations use has evolved and improved over the years. The TV is only as good as the signal put into it... |