GE Roundie, does anyone have one?

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by Chad Hauris

I've got several GE tube color console sets but I have not worked on them in several years...hopefully I can get to them someday soon. The round set I have is almost exactly like a RCA CTC-15 inside. I think it may have a different type of tuner than an actual RCA (not nuvistor). The filter capacitors are GE brand caps but everything else seems exactly the same as a CTC-15. It worked fine the last time I tried it but the power switch had gone bad.

One of the rectangular GE tube type sets I have is a 23" and the other a 25V". The 23" has a bad crt (arcing/shorted) but I did get the chassis working. The 25V" works OK with some minor problems.
The 25" set has a lead shielded HV rectifier tube. Both of these sets are power transformer type chassis that are true GE designs.

The 19V" GE set I have is a series string set very similar to a Portacolor chassis.

I can try and get some pictures of the sets if you would like to see them.

Sure! I would love to see some pics!
Mark

[oldtvman]

There was a local tv-appliance dealer down the street and they had a GE model on display. I remember watching the 1961 world series on it.

I think all the GE roundies were RCA clones.

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by RetroHacker

I have a GE roundie. I found it in a construction roll-off dumpster last year. It's in terrible shape, and the cabinet is scraped up real bad on the top, and the glue joints are all coming apart. It needs some serious work. I haven't done anything with it at all, since it's missing the horizontal output tube and I don't have a replacement.

Here's some pictures I posted when I first found it:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84840

I also have an empty GE roundie cabinet (different tuner mounting than the one I found all banged up in the dumpster, so not easily compatible) that I found along the side of the road - but no innerworkings at all.

These are the closest things I've found yet to a standalone round color set. Both GE. (Living three miles from the main GE plant in Schenectady, NY might have something to do with it, however.)

-Ian

I would even like to have one in this condition, my wife would probably kill me, but I would still get it anyway! LOL!