japanese roundie

[ita]

Hi everyone. This is the japanese roundie made by "YAOU ELECTRIC Co. LTD" in japan.

front pix

[ita]

back pix

Interesting !

How old is that set.

How many scan lines are used in Japan ?

Does that set work BTW ? It looks to be in good condition.

Originally posted by lynnm
Interesting !

How old is that set.

How many scan lines are used in Japan ?

Does that set work BTW ? It looks to be in good condition.

I think it's NTSC just like US sets.

[Kirk]

This set looks like a "spinoff" of the RCA CTC 7 or CTC 9. Note the mask and inside clips.

The tube looks like a 21CY. Also note the purity magnets. Very RCA.

Once they figured out how to make a color tv, RCA was doomed. I didn't realize that it began so early.

Kirk Out

[Tubejunke]

I took note of the word GENERAL on the front of that set. That sounds like the set was produced for export to probably the US judging by the styling and the name. Anybody ever heard of General sets in the 60s?

[Jeffhs]

It looks to me as if that set has a hi-fi audio system as well. I saw a separate chassis to the right of the TV chassis, connected to the main chassis by several cables which looked an awful lot like an amplifier, or perhaps it was the power supply. (On second glance, I saw several large electrolytic capacitors on that chassis; the line cord looks like it is attached there too). The speaker looks like it's at least 8" round.

I also saw a switch on the antenna terminal board, just above the antenna terminals. Does this have anything to do with the tuner, or was it connected in some way with the chassis in the right half of the cabinet, looking at the back of the set?

The split-chassis design is unusual, to say the least. If this set is/was an RCA clone, it is unusual, as I don't remember ever seeing stand-alone RCA color TVs with split chassis. Philco had at least one split-chassis set in the '50s (my best friend's parents had one, a 21-inch console with two side-by-side chassis [power and deflection/IF-video/audio, IIRC] connected by a multi-conductor cable), but ita's set is the first RCA lookalike I've seen with this design.

[frenchy]

[QUOTE=Jeffhs]It looks to me as if that set has a hi-fi audio system as well. I saw a separate chassis to the right of the TV chassis, connected to the main chassis by several cables which looked an awful lot like an amplifier, or perhaps it was the power supply. (On second glance, I saw several large electrolytic capacitors on that chassis; the line cord looks like it is attached there too). >>>

yeah just looks like the power supply and big can type caps are on it, and maybe the high voltage stuff under that metal cover.

[Telecolor 3007]

@crooner: there's a problem with the TOSHIBA site...

[Jeffhs]

Originally posted by Tubejunke
I took note of the word GENERAL on the front of that set. That sounds like the set was produced for export to probably the US judging by the styling and the name. Anybody ever heard of General sets in the 60s?

No, I've never heard of any Japanese TVs branded "General", and this is the first Japanese roundie I've ever seen. The closest I can come to "General" are the TVs made by the original General Electric Company of Syracuse and later Schenectady, New York, but those were U. S.-made sets. How "General" ties in with the Japanese maker of ita's set, however, is beyond me.

[Sandy G]

Yeah, NTSC was one of the things we "forced" on Japan during the Occupation, so it was relatively easy for them to make TVs for the US market. In my opinion, it was all over for Zenith, RCA & all the others when Sony came out w/that little 5" B/W set in '62 or '63. Just a matter of time then. Anyway, this is a very nice looking old roundie- I didn't know Japan made any of them. I certainly hope it works, & ita will favor us w/some more pics. -Sandy G.

[polaraman]

Nice set Dude! Are there many like it in Japan? Wonder what it would cost to import one. Is there a SAMS folder for it?

polaraman

[ita]

Thank you very much for your interest about Japanese roundie.
I would like to answer some questions.

Q1:How old
I think this set was manufactured in 1960.(In Japan,colorcast has started in 1960.)

Q2:How many scan lines
Scan lines are 525 and using NTSC system same as USA.

Q3:What is "GENERAL"
Yaou ELECTRIC Co. LTD used brand "GENERAL" until 1985. Fujitsu(Fujitsu is the famous company about computer in the world as you know.) has merged Yaou and established "FUJITSU GENERAL LTD" in 1985. http://www.fujitsugeneral.co.jp/english/index.html

Q4:Are there many like it in Japan
The production number of roudie is very small. The set was too expensive for the ordinary Japanese to buy. So,roundie is very very rare set in Japan.

Thanks a lot to everyone
from JAPAN

[Carmine]

Awesome post.

I always love to see "foreign" sets. Too bad so much of the world got color so long after the US... I love to see old color sets from the rest of the world (Just like I love seeing the "weird" Mopars from Australia and South America.)

Could we see some close-up shots of the controls w/Japanese characters? Doesn't Japan use some kind of analog "compatable" HDTV? Does this set work with current broadcasts? (Does it work at all?)

On a personal note ita, are you Japanese or an American living in Japan? It's great that this site is getting such an international flavor.

[Tubejunke]

Originally posted by ita
Thank you very much for your interest about Japanese roundie.
I would like to answer some questions.

Q4:Are there many like it in Japan
The production number of roudie is very small. So,roundie is very very rare set in Japan.

Thanks a lot to everyone
from JAPAN

In reference to Carmines question my guess is this person is Japanese...