View Full Version : $48 Hallicrafters in OK


Eric H
06-18-2011, 06:18 PM
OK it's a mid 50's 21 incher but it looks nice and it's cheap!
Looks like it might have a metal cone CRT though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Retro-TV-Television-Hallicrafters-1088-console-/190545474739?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5d6534b3

ChrisW6ATV
06-18-2011, 11:49 PM
Were there ever any large-neck, metal-cone 21" CRTs? I was thinking maybe this was a 17" set, but the dimensions seem more like a 21" as you said, Eric.

Eric H
06-19-2011, 01:53 AM
I'm pretty sure there were 21" metal tubes, we know there was a 30 inch one.
I was just guessing about this one being a 21 inch but it looks like one.

miniman82
06-19-2011, 09:54 AM
Here's a page with a picture of a 21AP4:

http://evilfurnaceman.tripod.com/id16.html

I don't think the HC set is metal, you can see wires going sround the outside of the tube that would not be there were it of metal contruction. I think they are grounding the outside of the dag coating, so it's probably glass.

David Roper
06-19-2011, 02:02 PM
21MP4 is another metal rectangular tube.

jr_tech
06-19-2011, 02:20 PM
For sure the set has a metal CRT... the joint area between the glass section and the metal cone is visible in both chassis pictures, and the faceplate appears flatter than a glass 21".
I have seen a metal 27" rectangular CRT (27MP4) which also had a flatter faceplate than an all glass CRT of that size.
jr