i run a add on craigslist [ wanted old tv's ] i have for a year or more.i had a guy call me and ask me if i would take two tv's for free ,he told me he lost his home and could'nt take them with him ,he wanted to restore them but really never had the time ,he was hoping i was a collector and would keep them from the land fill.

Necked or a cataract?

Too bad the CRT is necked on the Motorola. Hope you can find a good replacement.

Definitely not necked.

nope not necked, just needs cataract surgery ,iv got a roundie crt floating in the kiddie pool at the moment.

i had that same sylvania back in the early 70s.very good set picture wise.the 42kn6 would go after 6 months or so.other than that,it was a great set.no grammer comments,please

Nice looking Motorola set. The price was right, too.

Nice looking Motorola set. The price was right, too.

The first TS908, in fact, the first rectangular set made. It has a Motorola branded rebuilt CRT.
The Sylvania, yuck, those pigs. It looks like the original CRT. :thumbsdn:

i liked those old sylvania sets.they would run hot though.i cut out some vents on the back it it seemed to clear up the 42kn6 issue.i dont think they were able to breathe.good performers with a fine picture.keep the moto,i ll take the sylvania

I would like to have that motorola, if you want to part with it--wanted one for over 30 years now. If you can hold it for awhile--I'll come for it.

Motorola would be lightweight , no power transformer and no wooden cabinet.

i had that same sylvania back in the early 70s.very good set picture wise.the 42kn6 would go after 6 months or so.other than that,it was a great set.no grammer comments,please

the guy said the sylvania works good, but after a hour the vertical begin's to roll and cant control it. when i get time ill look into it right now im making my work shop bigger.

The moto looks to have a wood cabinet to me, at least pressboaed and DOES havew a BIG power tranny too.

As for the cataract...in about 1978, when I was a kid...my best friend (then--till his mom broke up our friendship) ,his family had a TS-908, and it had a BAD cataract THEN on the outer part of the tube...the tv died in about the fall of '79, and I BEGGED them to let me have it--but they would not do so, out of "fear for my safety" even though my mom said ok.

The moto looks to have a wood cabinet to me, at least pressboaed and DOES havew a BIG power tranny too.

As for the cataract...in about 1978, when I was a kid...my best friend (then--till his mom broke up our friendship) ,his family had a TS-908, and it had a BAD cataract THEN on the outer part of the tube...the tv died in about the fall of '79, and I BEGGED them to let me have it--but they would not do so, out of "fear for my safety" even though my mom said ok.

yes it has a power trans and all nice plywood and heavy too, i think newvista was just meaning it would be not heavy without those things ,i think ?

I used to post on Craigslist South Bend Mishawaka in Northwest Indiana Never was too successful As some moron kept getting me flagged Glad you found them And the price is certainly right

I used to post on Craigslist South Bend Mishawaka in Northwest Indiana Never was too successful As some moron kept getting me flagged Glad you found them And the price is certainly right

iv done pretty good on my adds ,but you have to sort through the people that dont know what they have , or there just nuts . i havent been flagged before not sure how it works if one person can do it or does CL have to flag you.

yes it has a power trans

I mixed it up w/ (Sylvania) which seems transformerless?

I see it has the 23EGP22 CRT. A real loser set.
Turn around quietly and quickly walk away.
Believe me. I've worked on a ton of those things. They are pigs are not worth the time nor trouble.

i have a 66 motorola that works great and has a rebuilt 23EGP its for sale if anyone wants it.

Both nice, seldom seen sets, especially nowadays, in my opinion. Best of luck with your restorations, please keep us posted! :-) :-)

I see it has the 23EGP22 CRT. A real loser set.
Turn around quietly and quickly walk away.
Believe me. I've worked on a ton of those things. They are pigs are not worth the time nor trouble.

There was nothing to go wrong with that set. The ETS908 was overbuilt.
28 tubes and they used them all. Standard old time 6BK4 HV regulator. 1V2 focus, frame grid tubes in the IF.
I bought a set like that for my parents. They ran it, for like 10 years, until the original 23EG got too weak. Still had the original horizontal output tubes.
Milwaukee has long winters, so it was used quite a bit.

There was nothing to go wrong with that set. The ETS908 was overbuilt.
28 tubes and they used them all. Standard old time 6BK4 HV regulator. 1V2 focus, frame grid tubes in the IF.
I bought a set like that for my parents. They ran it, for like 10 years, until the original 23EG got too weak. Still had the original horizontal output tubes.
Milwaukee has long winters, so it was used quite a bit.

thats what thought when i looked over that moto , all plywood cabinet, chassie looked layed out pretty good different from what im used to so far to but nicely done ,the sylvania iv been looking for, any 19 inch or smaller tube chassie color tv ,there getting hard to find around here ,probley because they were easyer to just throw them away back in the day ,unlike getting rid of a console tv it was easyer to just move it to the basement or back room and forget about it .

thats what thought when i looked over that moto , all plywood cabinet, chassie looked layed out pretty good different from what im used to so far to but nicely done ,the sylvania iv been looking for, any 19 inch or smaller tube chassie color tv ,there getting hard to find around here ,probley because they were easyer to just throw them away back in the day ,unlike getting rid of a console tv it was easyer to just move it to the basement or back room and forget about it .
Regarding the Motorola: they quit building that chassis in early 1966 and went to the TS914, which was a lot simpler and not quite as reliable. It had that wonderful 6LE8 color circuit, that others used as well.
That circuit wasn't very desirable but it was still better than the crystal ringer circuit that GE used.