I never had any particular interest on collecting 80's sets, until very recently I never thought of them as being collectable and such, I am way to familiar with them ( since I grew up with them ) to think of them as "vintage" or "collectable" . But , following the advice of the man who introduced me on this hobby, I began to be more careful. He told me that the 1980's were "the last period in which the factories wanted to show some creativity on cabinet design" and that, since no one gives a damn about them, 1980's TV sets are being destroyed at an alarming rate, to a point that just in a few years they will become rare.

So, one day I as at thrift store and saw this 1980's 14 inch Philips set. I immediately fell in love with this little thing, because looking at it I knew it was special - not only it was in excepcional well shape ( sets that age usually look very beaten up, it`s difficult to see, at least here where I live, a 20 year old or so set that is in good cosmetic condition ), but also, it was one of the very first - and so, rare - sets manufactured here with remote control ( some companies tried to make remote control sets here in the 1960`s , but a very powerful man made than stop, because it could hurt the audience ratings of his network ). It still had the remote, and the remote still works! Remote controlled TVs only started to really catch on here after the mid-90`s. This one is from around 1985. So I knew I had to grab it. Paid US$ 50,00 for it. In the pictures it is showing a 1980`s hit, the series "McGyver" .

Other set is a more popular TV, a 1986 Sharp, 20 inch, with no remote. This TV is in extremely good shape, cosmetically speaking. I was passing in front a TV repair shop, and it was sitting on the floor, with the screen facing the wall. I knew it was a 1980`s set, but decided to take a look anyway. It had a piece of paper attached with tape on it`s top. It said simply - "to the dumpster". I pushed the TV, and was surprised to see that it really looked well cared. I thought "well, I cannot let such a nice TV be destroyed" , so I talked to the womam in charge. She said that owner of the shop was traveling, gave me the phone number and a few days later I talked to him. He said that he was going to take the speaker and the deflection coil, after that I could grab it, OR, if I paid US$ 7,00 I could take it intact. I figured out that if he was going to take those parts out the TV was beyond repair, and I already had a 1980`s working set ( the Philips ), so I waited he take out what he want and took the TV for free.

The TV still has the little plastic tool that came with all brazilian Sharp models of that era. By experience, I know that everybody broke the little plastic pieces that hold the tool, and the little tool always got lost .

Nice saves. Wonder why he wanted the speaker and deflection coil? Maybe he had no other 'junker' sets lying around. If he took out the yoke, its possible you can pullone out of any other comparable Japanese set of that time, as long as it aint bonded on... in that case he wrecked some stuff to get it out.

80s inline CRTs are basically useless without their original yoke assembly, as the purity and convergence are depending on critical positioning of the yoke and from careful adjustment of the magnets.

so unless you're willing to have some real fun with shims and little magnets (and with getting zapped by the horizontal output on the yoke) the CRT is junk.

BTW, i understand that a salvaged TV speaker is a neat, useful gizmo... but WTF can you do with a yoke? maybe he's going to take the copper out of it...

Francesco

It seems that this Sharp was the only junk set he had, all other TVs in his shop looked like they were going to be repaired or already were.

Still i don't understand what he's gonna do with the yoke he took out of the Sharp... unless it's an interchangeable yoke from a Philips 20AX or 30AX CRT... but i don't think Sharp ever used Philips CRTs

Francesco

Looking at the picture of the channel buttons and tuning tool reminded me of that era of TV sets... How quickly we forget. I used to do the tuning for my friends when they got TV sets (and VCRs) back then.

Definitely love the 1980's sets. Love the dynamic styling! I went to a Zody's chain store in 1982, and my old man bought a "Capehart" brand 13" color TV on sale for $100. It was styled more like a 1970's set, with chrome tuning knobs, and simulated woodgrain. Still have it, but it doesn't work. Will post a pic when I get the chance. Anyone out there familiar with this brand?

I am familiar with that brand, but I always thought they were out of the tv business by the end of the 70s. If they were, wonder who built your 80s set? Maybe you could check on the back near your model number, or even inside the set if you are comfortable opening it. Who knows, maybe it is a simple fix anyhow. Is the set completely dead? Any noises on startup?

Capehart TVs were made by Daewoo.

The Capehart set is completely dead, but none of the fuzes are blown. The CRT is made by Phllips, the chassis has a label on it saying it was made in Japan.. It was just running one day, then shut off. I remember it had a great picture when it did work. Will try to get more info ASAP.

That "Sahrp" haves mechanical program memory, but still haves a remote control.

No, no, that Sharp doesn't have a remote. That model was sold without remote control, AS were the majority of television sets sold in Brazil before the 1990's ... that's why I bought the Philips, it is a significant set since it's one of the very first with remote control ( some time between 1982/1985 ).