A relative recently gave me a 60-gallon all-glass aquarium.


What would I need to do to convert it to a black-and-white, no-transistor, VHF-only analog TV set?





sorry...couldn't resist. Have a happy April Fools Day!

Isn't that called a jail TV?

Oh no, i thought this was gonna be a thread about turning a TV into an aquarium. I hate when people do that!

That's all very well, but I know that I have NEVER seen a fishtank in an old TV chassis. Ever.

I see it mentioned everywhere, but it seems more like a threat than an actuality.

Any photos?

Oh no, i thought this was gonna be a thread about turning a TV into an aquarium. I hate when people do that!

Me too, hence my signature line.

That's all very well, but I know that I have NEVER seen a fishtank in an old TV chassis. Ever.

I see it mentioned everywhere, but it seems more like a threat than an actuality.

Any photos?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGU2aJsZvvw

Isn't that called a jail TV?

Interesting-- I very briefly owned the type of TV you're talking about, a KTV 1210CLR (if I remember the model number correctly).
I had bought it at a thrift store in Upper Michigan to use for DXing while staying at a cabin for two weeks, cost was $5.
I thought the design of the set was from the clear appliance fad of the early 1990's (I had seen tons of clear telephones, 5" TVs, and personal cassette players in stores).
At the end of the vacation, I had no room in the car for the set, I gave it to the cabin manager, who tossed it. The following year, I found out at the thrift store that the sets had come from a prison in town that had recently closed.
I kinda wish I could have kept the set. Somewhat of an oddity, besides it's clear cabinet, it was a black-and-white with a cable-ready electronic tuner!

That's all very well, but I know that I have NEVER seen a fishtank in an old TV chassis. Ever.

I see it mentioned everywhere, but it seems more like a threat than an actuality.

Any photos?


One of the DTV transition PSAs shows one, though it was quite possibly built explicity for the PSA shoot.

That's all very well, but I know that I have NEVER seen a fishtank in an old TV chassis. Ever.

I see it mentioned everywhere, but it seems more like a threat than an actuality.

Any photos?

Try Google:

http://tinyurl.com/fishTV

http://tinyurl.com/fishTV-2

Interesting-- I very briefly owned the type of TV you're talking about, a KTV 1210CLR (if I remember the model number correctly).
I had bought it at a thrift store in Upper Michigan to use for DXing while staying at a cabin for two weeks, cost was $5.
I thought the design of the set was from the clear appliance fad of the early 1990's (I had seen tons of clear telephones, 5" TVs, and personal cassette players in stores).
At the end of the vacation, I had no room in the car for the set, I gave it to the cabin manager, who tossed it. The following year, I found out at the thrift store that the sets had come from a prison in town that had recently closed.
I kinda wish I could have kept the set. Somewhat of an oddity, besides it's clear cabinet, it was a black-and-white with a cable-ready electronic tuner!

I myself own a Zenith branded set that's a translucent green color. this sees daily use in my workshed. Paid $5 for it at a flea market.

I think pre war sets make the best fish tanks :D

Or a CT-100...

Or a CT-100...

April Fools....

For someone to make a Fishtank out of a CT-100, would just about be grounds for justifiable homicide...

what about making a CT-100 out of a fishtank? :)

what about making a CT-100 out of a fishtank? :)

Sure do wish it was that easy...