Even though its not my favorite cabinet, its a unique item and Id like to own one. This one is close enough for me to pick up, but considering how the seller advertized his auction (featured item, highlighted etc.), He probably wants a fortune for it. For those of you who one one of these, should there be a model tag on the back? If so, it looks like this one is missing it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/RCA-G2000-1st-ALL-SOLID-STATE-COLOR-TELEVISION-1969_W0QQitemZ290050167714QQihZ019QQcategoryZ3638Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If he's going to have a reserve, he could at least include a single picture that's in focus.

at the very least, a picture of the set working would have been nice too. Seems pretty nicked up for an "unused" tv. Poor storage location???

I THINK this is the SAME 2000 that was on here and the 'bay a year or 2 ago.

Remember-- I offered $150 or so, and was laughed at and such by the seller, and he said none of us knew a "good tv" when we see it?? And he threatened to destroy it and dumpster it??

It WAS supposed to be a "demo model", just as this one says. nd it WAS in

WIsconsin, too!!

Isn't there one of these on display at Graceland? I actually like the mod styling.

RCA 2000,please dont start up the stuff about this set again,like last year,it IS a demo,ive seen it in person and seen it work that one time he plugged it in,its just been pushed around in storage a lot,this guy purchase taylor's stored inventory,he had lots of nice mint sets,this is the last piece,i think its worth it for what he is asking.

I sold mine for $350 to member roundscreen this past spring. I would put that set a couple notches higher.

And I've got my eye on this thread should anything spiral out of control.....

Here are a couple of screen shots of the g2000 I bought off Tim.
I have most of the caps replaced and the tuner-remote circuits working.
This is one cool set and I think it was worth every penny I paid for it.
Ed

Don't these things have a lot of "Gee-Whiz" stuff in 'em that is about impossible to make work if it goes south? Did they use a special CRT ?

I had a really mint-condition one that I sold on eBay about 4 years ago. It had the usual cracked tuner sockets, but otherwise was good. I had to put another tube in it when I sold it because the neck had smashed against the wall in the '94 quake. All I got was $50, but that was 4 years ago. I was disappointed, as I had hoped for $250.

This is ABSOLUTELY a significant historical set, and needs to be preserved. As far as cash value, they're huge, hard to move, and VERY HEAVY. Like any other collectable, it's worth exactly what the highest bidder wants to pay.

Charles

My CT-100 no sale was proof of that statement.......

I say go for it Doug! If you are going to start that museum, then this one is a must.

Either nobody wants it, or everyone is waiting to snipe it 4 seconds before the auction ends. Id like to go after this one. Space is the major decision factor now. I still havnt found a nice spot for that ctc16 I brought home a few weeks ago.
The museum concept will definitly be happining sometime down the road. All these sets wont be stuck in a basement. They need to be in a better more presentable environment before they all get thrown away when Im gone.

I do have a question about these sets::

WHY is it that ALL of these 2000'S(including mine) always seem to have the corners nicked up??


Is it that they "stick out like a sore thumb" and so are prone to damage??

I found it on ebay before I know of Audiokarma and I wanted it so bad I couldn't stand it. At the time I had also found an owner's manual for the G2000 that was supposed to have come from Elvis' L.A. home. The seller of the manual claimed that Elvis loved high tech stuff and she could just imagine Elvis reading the manual. I kinda doubt Elvis would have looked through the manual but it is possible. I think another website mentioned a G2000 in Elvis' L.A. home being one of the sets Elvis blew out the picture tube with one of his guns. Could that have been the one Elvis saw Robert Goulet on? I had always heard Elvis disliked Goulet and shot the TV when he came on. Being an Elvis fan made me want the G2000 all the more. To have all the accessories also was very enticing! I was bothered by the missing serial/model tag. I doubt those tags ever fell off much. I think they usually got ripped off and maybe for the wrong reason. I didn't buy it because on top of the $1000. he wanted for it I would have had to drive all the way up north and so I passed.

I hope one of you deserving gentlemen gets it! Please keep me in mind when you want to sell it in the future!

I hope the next owner will obtain the exact style verneer chip to repair that corner.

IIRC, Elvis was ahead of the curve by taping programs at they air on a video tape recorder and watching them at his own leisure, much like we do on VHS or DVD-R today.

Chuck

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IIRC, Elvis was ahead of the curve by taping programs at they air on a video tape recorder and watching them at his own leisure, much like we do on VHS or DVD-R today.

Chuck

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Could you tell us where you learned of that? It makes sense that he would have. I expect he had the U-matic set-up but he probably had a reel to reel video recorder in the early '60's as well.
I wonder if the estate still has his equipment and tapes or if they were sold like so much else he had.

Check this link: http://www.linkydinky.com/graceland/TV.jpg

Pictures of anything upstairs at Graceland are rare, so quality isn't that good. I've seen a VCR at Graceland too, as I recall it is an RCA Selectavision.

I went to Graceland a few years ago. Was shocked to see that they wanted $50 to tour the Kings house and airplanes. :tears: I decided it was too much money for me. I looked at the free stuff and left. I will never go back. His house is in a now pretty rough section of town. I was also afraid to park my packed car and leave it unattended. It was a pretty nice looking house though. Shame he had to die so young. That filly must have put something on him that night. It was stated that he was relaxing with his girlfriend. Lets stay away from the more controversial issues. He would have his own casino and concert hall in Vegas if he were still alive. He would not have to tour and see people, they would flock to see him. My Mother hates the Beatles but loves Elvis. Long live the King and may he rest in peace.

Even the Prime Minister of Japan and President Bush were not alowed to upstairs in the King's house.


polaraman

I haven't seen them before. I wonder if that is at Graceland or his L.A. home?
My screen doesn't show it very clear so I could not see the SelectaVision. I thought RCA's SelectaVision came out in '78? Could someone confim that? I just wonder if he ever used it as he passed away in July '77.

I do so wish people around him could have helped him better. Strange as it may seem, I have actually dreamed of being a friend of his, talking to him at one of his homes. I guess that means I am a real fan!

After seeing that photo I really want the G2000! It wil have to happen later as I am somewhat over extended.

I bet that lucky dog Nick Cage got to explore every inch of that mansion!
I think I consider him the luckiest guy on earth for having married Lisa Marie. He must not be so cool to let her go.

I've seen a VCR at Graceland too, as I recall it is an RCA Selectavision.
You mean this? (http://www.cedmagic.com/history/magtape.html) Someone at RCA must have really loved Elvis to give him an experimental format tape recorder.

The Selectavision name really got around at RCA. They used it first for a 1969 holographic tape format that never came out of experimental phase, then this magnetic tape, then CED (which is probably what Bobby Brady was thinking about), and finally regular VHS.

Btw, am I seeing a second set on top of the G2000 in the bottom pic?

I don't remember the details on the VCR, but I do remember it being an RCA and it used video cassettes. Seems like it looked very much like the Selectivision that my father bought when they first came out. They had it on display with some of the tapes that Elvis had made --- with labels in his own handwriting. It may have been a pre-production unit? The pictures of the G2000 are supposedly from Elvis' bedroom upstairs in Graceland. (maybe he had two of them? If you're Elvis, why not?)

Bobby, I guess I am a real fan too!

You mean this? (http://www.cedmagic.com/history/magtape.html) Someone at RCA must have really loved Elvis to give him an experimental format tape recorder.

The Selectavision name really got around at RCA. They used it first for a 1969 holographic tape format that never came out of experimental phase, then this magnetic tape, then CED (which is probably what Bobby Brady was thinking about), and finally regular VHS.

Btw, am I seeing a second set on top of the G2000 in the bottom pic?


reminding me of how advanced things were.

It would be very interesting to hear from somone who used one of those in the '74 field test mentioned. 200 machines were used by regular consumers only in Indiana? I met someone who worked at an RCA factory and I will ask them to try to remember if they heard of this.

I do believe the executives at RCA would have been a huge Elvis fans if only for the fact he was made much money for them but I suspect many would have loved to use that machine as a way to get to meet him. More people than you may think would have done most anything just to get to meet him.

Could somebody help us figure out if Elvis' videotape machine was the experimental '73 model or the newer one offered to the public.
I could be wrong but I thought I heard RCA did not offer the public a videotape machine that would have looked like a Selectavision until '78 after Elvis passed.
I know the U-matic was out by '72 but it is much larger and does not look like a Selectavision.

Found this online somewhere....

Looks like it was a JVC? JVC invented the VHS format and had machines available by 1976. Elvis had recorded Monty Python and The Godfather.

That may be branded by JVC but it is a Sony U-matic and is likely a '72 or '73 model. It uses a cassette that is quite larger than the newer VHS and it has 3/4" tape. It is a high quality format that has been used regularly by TV stations and schools even to this day but is being phased out by many.
Before I wrote the U-matic came out in '72 but I think it was '71.
I have the same machine minus the tuner and recording option that is branded "FORD" as it was used in Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers from '72 up.

It is really neat to see anything Elvis owned. I can afford one of those when I find one! They usually go cheap because they are hard to fix and extremely heavy with real wood on the sides and cast-iron inside. Well maybe not cast-iron but it feels like it.
I bet Elvis had a fresh copy of his "1973 Live Via Satellite" special on tape.
Lisa probably has that.
I still can't get over how lucky Nick Cage was to marry Lisa. I kinda suspect his biggest interest was to go through Elvis' property and posessions. They would never admit that but it's just too logical to not be true. If it were true love he would have stayed with her more instead of going away to make movies.
I was very impressed with her in recent interveiws and I do have respectful sympathy for her. I think there must be something good to that religion she is a member of to help her get past a very upsetting past. Apparently they use "talk-therapy" which is available through many sources. The thought of her experiencing the horror of her dad's passing is a real heartbreaker.

I have two of the early JVC Umatic units, They were licensed by Sony but not built by them. The VO-1600 that Sony introduced in 1971 is (in my opinion) better quality. The one I have seems more rugged and still works like a champ.
That one in the pic looks like my CP-5000 but with a clock and tuner.

Seems like I remember seeing a pic of Elvis giving his mom an RCA color set, maybe a CTC-5 or something. IIRC, she died in '58, so it had to be before then...Elvis had a thing for lavishing expensive gifts on his favorites...

As I expected, the 2000 failed to meet the reserve, and it has been relisted. Looks like you have a second chance Bobby!
I seriously have to give the seller an A+ for not giving up over the course of several years and holding out for the long dollar. But you have to figure, after listing it however many times on ebay, then possibly in publications, answering calls, possibly again waiting for no-shows to come look at it, and who knows what else, He must be very patient! Sometimes you just have to cut your losses though, if he paid himself say, 18.00 an hour for all the time invested in selling it, it would add up to a sizable chunk of the set's value.
I am in no way poking fun at the guy, I just was remarking on the fact that it has been for sale for a while.
In fact, I hope someone would appreciate it and purchase it soon for a museum or private collection.

You mean this? (http://www.cedmagic.com/history/magtape.html)The Selectavision name really got around at RCA. They used it first for a 1969 holographic tape format that never came out of experimental phase, then this magnetic tape, then CED (which is probably what Bobby Brady was thinking about), and finally regular VHS.

You're right, but RCA's use of the Selectavision name for VHS machines started in 1977 with their first home VCR (basically a re-badged Matsushita); the first CED player didn't come out until 1981. Still, RCA must have been really fond of the Selectavision name to have "overloaded" it so much.

I have two of the early JVC Umatic units, They were licensed by Sony but not built by them. The VO-1600 that Sony introduced in 1971 is (in my opinion) better quality. The one I have seems more rugged and still works like a champ.

Old U-matic machines are pretty cool. Matsushita also made U-matic VCRs for a while too in the 1970's, in addition to their own rather weird RIAJ-based cartridge format VCRs (which they called "Omnivision" VCRs... but then they later re-cycled that name for their VHS-format VCRs.)

By the way, I've noticed that the "U-matic" logo/name didn't seem to be very consistently used by manufacturers. I'm sure Sony always used the same basic name/logo on their equipment and tapes, but other companies didn't necessarily use that name or logo. Those Matsushita VCRs, for example, aren't marked U-matic anywhere as far as I know-- they called it "U-Vision" instead. I've got a few dozen old U-matic tapes, and many of them don't have the U-matic logo/mark to indicate the format, though I'm sure they're licensed. I guess Sony didn't enforce the use of the U-matic name or logo as part of their licence agreement..? (unlike Sony's "Beta" (for Betamax) or "8" (for Video 8) marks, or JVC's "VHS" mark)

Funny, though, how long U-Matic has survived though. It's waning now, but for a long time it was certainly the Video Format That Wouldn't Die. Sony kept on adding capablity to the format and it just kept going..!

its back on ebay now. No reserve this time. Starting off at $600.00.

It's his eBay listing fees... Glad not mine!

Charles

When I started school in '77 they had Panasonic U-matics; they worked pretty well I thought. The next time I see the principle I should ask if one is still sitting around. Some of the teachers used them to record soap operas for later viewing. I really should contact my middle school history teacher, who was in charge of the A/V department. He had a Panasonic reel-to-reel video player which he fired up one day to show a short film. He also had a classy looking 19" Chromacolor while the rest of the TV's were eighties era solid state.

The G-2000 is significant but has a limited appeal. How many people really appreciate such a thing? For me, space is a premium and there are other sets I would rather have taking up the real estate.

I just had to have a G-2000, then when I got one and realized how big, heavy and ugly (to me) it was, I was counting the days until it left my house! Again, I am not knocking it, I just didn't care for the style, and i'm not a real fan of solid state stuff anyway.

Shall we say it's a "WHITE ELEPHANT"?

(pun intended)

Charles

Yes! Just like that dang 500 pound Sony I had a few years ago!