| Posted by joespagetti |
12/17/2007 2:45 AM | remove |
Those analog sets will not work after Feb. 2009
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| Posted by MutantMandias |
12/17/2007 2:55 AM | remove |
If one of them turns on in 2010, I can get it to work, with a $1 adapter.
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| Posted by Hawkwind |
12/19/2007 9:28 PM | remove |
Wow! The TV collectors at AudioKarma.org would love to get their hands on those.
The one on the left is an RCA New Vista from around 1968.
<quote>If one of them turns on in 2010, I can get it to work, with a $1 adapter<quote>
How?..
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| Posted by camarochic007 |
12/19/2007 11:47 PM | remove |
hawkwind--tell me what year the others are! this is interesting!
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| Posted by Hawkwind |
12/20/2007 2:41 PM | remove |
My guess is the top right would be from about 1972. Black plastic with chrome trim was popular back then. I had an RCA with black plastic with chrome trim from '72.
The bottom one is older and has UHF, which was optional up until 1965 when the FCC required all TVs to have it.
I'll guess its a higher end model from the early '60s...
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| Posted by MutantMandias |
12/21/2007 6:31 AM | remove |
Obviously they wouldn't work too well for OTA broadcasts, but you can get an RF signal out of and into most anything.
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| Posted by Hawkwind |
12/21/2007 9:09 AM | remove |
Yes, they would need a set top box. I got one + outdoor antenna...
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| Posted by camarochic007 |
12/21/2007 6:21 PM | remove |
you never know what you'll learn from fellow UER'ers :)
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| Posted by Hawkwind |
12/21/2007 11:40 PM | remove |
Update!
The RCA on the left is the First rectangle picture tube color TV RCA ever sold in 1966. A CTC-19.
Very rare and very collectable.
I'm the "Samurai" of old TV sets...
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| Posted by camarochic007 |
12/22/2007 6:22 AM | remove |
sweeet!
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| Posted by Samurai |
12/22/2007 4:01 PM | remove |
i always get dragged into things, but I hate to admit it, this is interesting.
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| Posted by camarochic007 |
12/23/2007 2:50 AM | remove |
Sam...you are an inspiration to all of us!
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| Posted by BravoOrig |
1/5/2008 12:01 PM | remove |
Well if you got satellite, or cable (with or without a set top box), then you will still be able to use these sets.
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| Posted by camarochic007 |
1/5/2008 3:48 PM | remove |
no, in 2009 all the signals will go from analog to digital and you'll have to get a converter.
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| Posted by MutantMandias |
1/5/2008 7:15 PM | remove |
That only applies to OTA (over the air) broadcasts, dear. Cable and satellite are not affected.
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| Posted by BravoOrig |
1/5/2008 8:05 PM | remove |
Yeah I work in the cable industry and everyones freaking out about their ancient tvs.
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| Posted by camarochic007 |
1/6/2008 9:45 PM | remove |
aaahhh, whoops. my bad.
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| Posted by Hawkwind |
1/9/2008 12:20 AM | remove |
quote<Yeah I work in the cable industry and everyones freaking out about their ancient tvs.>quote.
Well, we have had about 8 years warning. Did we freak-out when CDs replaced LPs?..
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| Posted by BravoOrig |
1/9/2008 12:30 AM | remove |
I've had my HD set for atleast 2 years now. I think the difference can be said that when LP's were phased out as the main stream outlet for music, they didn't just stop working.
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| Posted by Samurai |
1/9/2008 4:48 AM | remove |
Kill your television.
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
1/9/2008 4:53 AM | remove |
I actually did that about 10 years back. At the end of a drunken night watching totally forgettable crap, I tied all my extension cords together and tossed the thing off my fourth floor balcony. Can't say that I've missed it since.
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| Posted by Samurai |
1/9/2008 5:06 AM | remove |
i use mine to basically watch either movies, hockey or the discovery/history channel.
(although I have a terrible CSI addiction)
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| Posted by BravoOrig |
1/9/2008 9:25 PM | remove |
Though my father is an electronics whiz when the tv broke down one day they didn't watch tv for 3 years at my house. My dad is bad about taking forever to complete any project he starts. Luckily that was before my time and I never went without tv.
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| Posted by iliamo1986 |
10/15/2013 7:22 PM | remove |
Who needs to visit a sports bar? This is the next best thing...
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