View Full Version : World Series Philco vs GE


Dave A
10-25-2016, 08:43 PM
Cubs vs. Indians. Philco 7" vs. GE color. You decide. I will be at game 5 Sunday in Chicago. Deep left field tix. Go Cubs. Go Philco.

baursam
10-25-2016, 10:54 PM
Ditto. Go Cubs and Philco. Mind you both teams are starving for a championship, the Cubs a wee bit longer. Nice to see both of them in there.

Electronic M
10-26-2016, 06:37 AM
Can't readily come up with an Ohio brand of TVs, but would like to point out Chicago had plenty of good TV makers most notably Admiral, Motorola and Zenith to represent them.

I'm not much of a sports fan, but I am rooting for the Cubs.

ed857
10-26-2016, 09:08 AM
Crosley was a early TV Ohio brand. Go Indians.:thmbsp:

Crist Rigott
10-26-2016, 09:59 AM
Go Tribe!

dieseljeep
10-26-2016, 10:32 AM
Cubs vs. Indians. Philco 7" vs. GE color. You decide. I will be at game 5 Sunday in Chicago. Deep left field tix. Go Cubs. Go Philco.

I have both sets!
I'm seriously thinking about selling the Philco! Would prefer trading for a tin-box roundie RCA CTC16 series. :thmbsp:

broadcaster
10-26-2016, 06:36 PM
The Meck brand was an Ohio product. Go CUBS!

dieseljeep
10-26-2016, 07:03 PM
The Meck brand was an Ohio product. Go CUBS!
Meck was a Plymouth,Indiana make. Every tube was stamped with that info.

broadcaster
10-27-2016, 07:20 AM
OOPS I meant Wells Gardner, not Meck

wa2ise
10-27-2016, 06:25 PM
You should set the converter box to not be in letterbox mode. That way, it would look more like a game played when the sets were new.

Dave A
10-27-2016, 06:38 PM
I wish I could. It is a simple DTA box with a fixed RF output. Some channels are 4x3...some are letterbox depending on what the channel/Comcast is sending. No need for a full HD adjustable box on top of my fridge. This is good for $2/month.

Electronic M
10-28-2016, 06:35 AM
Some of the tiny adapters (cisco) have zoom settings for that in the user menu.

dieseljeep
10-28-2016, 10:21 AM
OOPS I meant Wells Gardner, not Meck

Sorry! Not Wells Gardner either! They were always in Chicago.
Midwest was an Ohio make, besides Crosley. :scratch2:

David Roper
10-28-2016, 03:29 PM
I can't stand letterboxes on my 4:3 sets. That's my biggest disappointment with Roku. It's great for the classic stuff on hulu, but that's a pretty limited selection.

Big Dave
10-30-2016, 07:21 PM
I vote for Philco. Go Indians.

kramden66
10-30-2016, 11:27 PM
Philco has more of a round stadium look lol

dieseljeep
10-31-2016, 10:32 AM
Philco has more of a round stadium look lol
My small GE color set like that has a remarkable picture. Made by Samsung.
BTW, I looked into the user's menu on the $2.00 Cisco converter. You can change the aspect ratio. The picture is in letter box on the channels, I don't use, so I didn't bother.