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Old 03-15-2008, 12:16 PM
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peverett What are you "preferred" antique TVs? I live in Austin, Texas, have a surplus of TVs and come to Oklahoma several times a year(My mother lives there, not to far from OKC).
Shoot me a PM. I would love to hear what ya got. I frequently go down to Ft. Worth. I am going down there on the 29th for an engagement photo shoot for a couple whose wedding I will be photographing in May. And my Aunt lives in Burleson so between seeing her and my line of work, I get down that way several times a year.

My preferred anitique color tvs are of course, the CT-100 but in a more realistic mode, roundies. But I seem to have enough of the CTC-16 which seems to be a VERY common chassis. There is one on the bay that I would love to have because of the cabinet but I have bid up to $175 on it and just don't want to crazy with it because it is a 16. Especially now with the purchase of the 9 in GA. I also have another 16 table top model waiting for me in MO.

But the roundies are the coolest. Funny, as a kid, I didn't like them. They were "too old fashioned." Of course, I had my family's CTC-21 so at the time, anything older was junk.

As I got older and wiser I have learned to appreciate the roundie and kind of fell in love with them. I would love to get a Philco or a nice Zenith roundie. Certainly a CTC-7 or 5. Sets that get me closer to the origins of the technology. To get an Admiral would be just awesome and those don't show up much whether rectangular or roundie.

The main thing whether the set is rectangular or a roundie is there should be something unique about it (like the Hoffie). That Hoffie is the first one I have EVER seen in my entire life and I lived in Los Angeles for 13 years. It seems the West coast was where the Hoffies were distributed most. This one lived in Denver all its life.

The real and most special thing about the roundies CT-100 through 9 and maybe even the 16 (although I am not so certain) is that these sets were pushing the envelope of the technology very hard and it seems that by the 17 and definitely by the 21, the technology was much, much more stable becoming more typical than the unusual. Even the G-2000, which, in my opinion is a super cool set, while it pushed the envelope in many, many ways with basic computer circuits and a 100% solid state chassis, it is basically a souped up 21 with LOTS of add ons. It wasn't all that far of a reach as a CTC-5 technologically. It was just freakin expensive to produce for the time.

But I have to be really picky these days, just flat out running out of room. But I will make room for something really cool!

So there you have it in a LOOOOOOONG winded thread.

Roy
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