So I have been gone for a few days because I have been working on this deal. I bought a vintage TV store complete with vintage TVs, parts, around 60 CRTs some rebuilt still in the boxes, around 4000 vacuum tubes lots NOS, test equipment, workbenches, shelves, everything. Well almost everything, I ended up with 90% of the store, I was not able to outbid a guy for the Sams filing cabinets, however, he said he might make me deal after he takes the set files he needs.

I have had a really hard time finding any vintage TVs out here on the west coast. I am based in Sacramento. The few TVs I have found I have always had to drive hours and often spend a large amount to get. So this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to allow me to get years worth of projects in one shot.

Here are a few photos of the first 8 truck loads. Tomorrow I probably have 6 more truck loads.

Finally, I am not a TV collector. So I will be moving a lot of sets on. I just want to have the chance to work on them.

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Finally, I am not a TV collector.


You are now :D

Wow, good for years of fun. Some neat sets there. I’m curious to see the next bunch!

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil’s Old Radios
https://antique radio.org/index.html

You are now :D

I got an honest laugh out of that, thanks! I guess I am just that.

Wow, good for years of fun. Some neat sets there. I’m curious to see the next bunch!

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil’s Old Radios
https://antique radio.org/index.html

I have a few more cool TVs and stuff coming. A bunch of Predicta parts and another complete Predicta. I also have a bunch of 40's-50's tabletop cabinets I bought. Along with a bunch of other stuff like the full test and repair bench with a BK 1077b, BK 415, Dyna Sweep Circuit Analyzer, and the list go on from the test bench. All that with tons more parts and a few more TVs.

I am ending up with so much stuff that if anyone sees something that they need to finish one of their projects let me know. I will update more pictures tomorrow with the empty cabinets and parts.

Holy crap dude. Helluva haul.

Hey, crazy idea. Start a tv museum. Legit all you'd need is a space to put it - you have everything else already!

I could use some test equipment, if you have any signal generators or what not and or some tube testers with the older style 4, 5, 6, and 7 pin tube sockets on them besides the more "modern" tube sockets.

As I have a bunch of old tube radios that need a good IF and RF Alignment and I currently don't have any sort of signal generator for that kind of work.

I think I'm having a stroke.

Absolutely amazing! That Hillsborough has been on my bucket list for years.

WOW! You really hit a jackpot there. You instantly got a collection of coveted early TV's. The wood 7" Philco is a particularly hard one to find. If you get involved in fixing these sets up and having them work again, you'll be hooked. There's nothing like watching your favorite shows on a vintage TV.

Homina-homina-HOMINA !!! (Grin) !!

Unbelievable! I can't imagine bringing all that home in one haul. Honestly I'd be overwhelmed for weeks, probably walking around in a trance. I'd have to say that's unusual to find an old TV shop with that vintage of sets and parts still on hand. Possibly the original owner was also a collector at heart. Anyhow like you say it's a once in a lifetime situation. :thmbsp:

Congrats on your haul. You have some really cool stuff there.

If you happen to have a good 21” predicta crt and any tandem trim, knobs, 17

pin connector for umbilical cord please let me know.

Bill

Congratulations.

Tell us more about that shop. When did it open and when did it close? It's really unusual to find that much early stuff in a TV shop today. Most owners threw out the old stuff years ago. In fact, it's rare to find any TV shop. In my area (northern N.J.), I couldn't fine a TV repair shop if my life depended on it. It's great to see that all those old TVs, tubes and parts have found a good home and will be spared from the dumpster.

Wow what a haul !

Fantastic find! Post a list of what you have to peddle.

A quote from Monty Python's Life of Brian "You luck lucky b#stard"

Thanks, everyone! So I am COMPLETELY exhausted, been moving this stuff for 2 days straight and just got done. I still have probably 3 more trucks loads.

I will reply to everyone's comment personally, just need to finish some stuff now that I am finally home to relax.

So here are pictures. Everything is a mess. Things are absolutely everywhere. Nothing looks pretty. But I figured you all would like to see the new stuff.

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This GE is actually beautiful! It does have all its legs, they have been removed for transport but I will be putting them back on once I find a spot to put it. Also, it has its wired remote which is cool! This was a last-minute purchase, I didn't buy it at the auction but it was all alone in the shop after I took everything else so I made a deal and bought it outside the sale.

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Here is another one I forgot to add in one of the last posts. Also, the stupid auction stickers just shred when I try to take them off and they are brand new. They did put some of them on with blue painters tape behind, but even that is wanting to pull the varnish on some of the cabinets. But to be honest, that and one broken tube are the only things that got damaged in this move so far on anything, I think I am doing pretty good.

Holy crap dude. Helluva haul.

Hey, crazy idea. Start a tv museum. Legit all you'd need is a space to put it - you have everything else already!

I like the idea of a museum! You should check out all the stuff I brought home today, and I still have more left. I am totally sure what I will end up doing with it all, but I will say this NONE of it will end up in the dumpster.

I could use some test equipment, if you have any signal generators or what not and or some tube testers with the older style 4, 5, 6, and 7 pin tube sockets on them besides the more "modern" tube sockets.

As I have a bunch of old tube radios that need a good IF and RF Alignment and I currently don't have any sort of signal generator for that kind of work.

Believe it or not, so far I think I have only got one tube tester in this lot. It is a heathkit, I am sorry I am unsure of the model but I took a picture. I am pretty sure it does do the old 4 5 etc pin tubes. I got a heathkit signal generator, the power cord is pretty crusty and obviously hasn't been used for a long time.

I think I'm having a stroke.

Absolutely amazing! That Hillsborough has been on my bucket list for years.

Haha, you think you are having a stroke? Imagine moving all this stuff for 2 days nonstop. LOL. On top of that, I completely ruined my living room and half of my garage with all this stuff hanging around. haha. Can you believe that I am married, and my wife doesn't care at all I did this? I am very lucky that my wife completely supports my passions and doesn't mind when they lead me into some crazy situations like this, I also completely support her in everything she does.

WOW! You really hit a jackpot there. You instantly got a collection of coveted early TV's. The wood 7" Philco is a particularly hard one to find. If you get involved in fixing these sets up and having them work again, you'll be hooked. There's nothing like watching your favorite shows on a vintage TV.

Thank you! I do really enjoy restoring TVs. I have now restored about a half dozen. I have also learned a lot by trouble shooting broken sets. So I am still pretty new to TVs, but I have more experience in tube radios. I have always wanted to restore more tube TVs but I never could find them. Also, I will probably be parting out some of this collection in time.

Homina-homina-HOMINA !!! (Grin) !!

Thanks! :D

Unbelievable! I can't imagine bringing all that home in one haul. Honestly I'd be overwhelmed for weeks, probably walking around in a trance. I'd have to say that's unusual to find an old TV shop with that vintage of sets and parts still on hand. Possibly the original owner was also a collector at heart. Anyhow like you say it's a once in a lifetime situation. :thmbsp:

Check out the new pictures I brought home just about as much more today as well. I still have 3 truckloads left. Man, I can't wait until I get a moment to relax and actually walk around and enjoy the stuff as you said. I have been so focused on getting everything picked up I haven't even had a chance to let it sink in what I have got. But this is the first Christmas in years I feel like a kid again! :)

Congrats on your haul. You have some really cool stuff there.

If you happen to have a good 21” predicta crt and any tandem trim, knobs, 17

pin connector for umbilical cord please let me know.

Bill

I might have that Predicta 21" CRT, I will need a couple of days to go through my stuff and check out what I have. I know I do have some Predicta CRTs for sure. I doubt I have much tandem trim as I missed out on a lot in the sale that ended up have some tandem parts (really bummed me out). That being said I have lots of other random Predicta stuff. Take a look at my recent pictures. I have boxes listed Predicta full of stuff like cages, yokes, wiring, etc.

Congratulations.

Tell us more about that shop. When did it open and when did it close? It's really unusual to find that much early stuff in a TV shop today. Most owners threw out the old stuff years ago. In fact, it's rare to find any TV shop. In my area (northern N.J.), I couldn't fine a TV repair shop if my life depended on it. It's great to see that all those old TVs, tubes and parts have found a good home and will be spared from the dumpster.

Thank you!
The shop was in Rancho Cordova California. It actually wasn't that old of a shop, if I understand it correctly the guy had been running this place here for around 10 years. He was staying pretty busy with his vintage TV stuff but it slowed down recently. He also restores vintage car radios and while keeping the chassis tube-based and stuff he adds Bluetooth and other features. The car radios were keeping him busy and TVs weren't so he decided to hire an auction company to auction everything off. This is just what I understand, I met the owner but he really didn't say that much about it beyond that. Also since he is still in business I am not going to mention the shop's name for his privacy as I don't have don't want to overstep my place. I hope you understand.

Wow what a haul !

Thanks! It's like never-ending. I am 12 truckloads in and I still have probably 3 loads left.

Fantastic find! Post a list of what you have to peddle.

Okay! In time I will try and list what I have. I have tons of stuff to go through too. If anyone sees anything they need to finish a project, send me a note.

A quote from Monty Python's Life of Brian "You luck lucky b#stard"

Haha, well it is nice to finally have a bit of good luck! :D Thank you.

This is impressive. Any color sets in there? You hit the jackpot!

Dont sweat it, his identity isnt a secret. Hes a member here and posted an ad for this auction in the classifieds section. I thought some of that stuff looked familiar hehehe, so i wont ask you if theres a 17TP4 in that haul :D

Congrats :D

SR

This is impressive. Any color sets in there? You hit the jackpot!

Yes! I do have 2 color sets. CTC-7 and a CTC-9 along with spare picture tubes.

His identity isnt a secret. Hes a member here and posted an ad for this auction in our classifieds section. I thought some of that stuff looked familiar hehehe, so i wont ask you if theres a 17TP4 in that pile :D

SR

Awesome! So I knew he was a member, but since I don't know him personally I wasn't sure if he wanted me to say his name or not.

Dont sweat it Delorean00, Justin is cool, i got a Dumont from him quite some time ago. It was fun browsing his shop when i went to get it. Sad he had to downsize, but glad a fellow member here took it home :thmbsp:

SR

Dont sweat it Delorean00, Justin is cool, i got a Dumont from him quite some time ago. It was fun browsing his shop when i went to get it. Sad he had to downsize, but glad a fellow member here took it home :thmbsp:

SR

Justin is awesome! His shop was HEAVEN, that's why I took it all home. I think he thought I was a little bit nuts. But he said he was really happy that I ended up everything because he knew that I knew what I was buying and that I actually service my own TVs vs a resaler or scrapper. I met Justin when I bought a TV off a lady on Craigslist who had it at Justin's shop. I instantly bought a CRT off him and a few Predicta parts. I tried my hardest to buy more from him the first day I met him but he told me that everything had already been listed in the auction. When I left I remember feeling this odd mixture of joy and sadness. Joy because I met a cool person with all the stuff I ever could want, but sadness because it was all going away and I could not buy any of it at the time.

I went home that very day and registered on the auction company page and figured I was going to give it my all on auction day. I was either going to buy everything or bid everything up to the point it no longer made sense to me. I really thought I would only get a few items.

An impressive haul to be sure .

If you ever bring a load to the ETF or I'm ever in California I'm sure we could do business.

An impressive haul to be sure .

If you ever bring a load to the ETF or I'm ever in California I'm sure we could do business.

Thank you! If you believe it or not I still have more coming. Not much, but probably 3 more loads.

Also if you ever come out this way, send me a message! I will let you know if I am ever heading out your way. It seems that old TVs are always located in the midwest or east coast for some reason when I am looking. It really isn't too much of a stretch that someday soon I will find that one set that I want bad enough to go on a trip to get. If that happens maybe I can bring stuff out with me. I know that Bob Andersen has done that or had other members do that in the past to get his TVs.

Oh. Dear. GAWD....... Talk about findin' a tub of Butter & then fallin' back in it...

Oh. Dear. GAWD....... Talk about findin' a tub of Butter & then fallin' back in it...

Haha! Thanks! A lot of people think I am seriously crazy. But I have plans on how to organize all this mess and fit it into my house. I also have been making an effort to make sure everything is protected and stored safely.

Well, Hell, they're RIGHT.... We ARE Nutz, we're old TV Nutz. Nobody's supposed to WANT this stuff...

Well, Hell, they're RIGHT.... We ARE Nutz, we're old TV Nutz. Nobody's supposed to WANT this stuff...

Haha! So true! It is because of that mentality this stuff is so hard to find. But I love old TVs and gear required to service them!

EQUALLY guilty as charged, yer honor... Been Nutzo over this stuff since I were a Tadpole, & got my 1st Sony 5-303W,Xmas '62, I believe... Been straight downhill ever since..

I'm sending flagrant waves of envy in your general direction ! :drool:

Wow. I am also trying to get my hands on a Predicta 21" CRT. Happy to send a list when you have the time.

EQUALLY guilty as charged, yer honor... Been Nutzo over this stuff since I were a Tadpole, & got my 1st Sony 5-303W,Xmas '62, I believe... Been straight downhill ever since..

Awesome! I honestly believe if it wasn't for a few wackos like you and me most of this stuff would have been in a landfill years ago. It seems that people just trash old TVs. But I can only hope that it is starting to turn around a bit.

I'm sending flagrant waves of envy in your general direction ! :drool:

Thanks! Wanna send me some energy waves because I have to go back and move CRTs tomorrow. haha. Those ol RCA color roundies are so heavy!!

Wow. I am also trying to get my hands on a Predicta 21" CRT. Happy to send a list when you have the time.

You got it, I will get back to you once I get my CRTs home and figure out what I have. I am hoping to have them picked tomorrow, and then I can try to hopefully have an idea.

Awesome! I honestly believe if it wasn't for a few wackos like you and me most of this stuff would have been in a landfill years ago. It seems that people just trash old TVs.


I don't know how you can think that, what with the huge demand for sponge-painted cat beds and other Etsy-enabled atrocities.

Dunno about youse byrds, but when I see a nitwit Millennial "Repurposed" TV or old stereo cabinet, somesuch as that, I see Red....About all you can really do is say quietly, "Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they Do...", but planting a size 13 triple wide steel toed Redwing where de Sun don't shine sure would feel better....

I don't know how you can think that, what with the huge demand for sponge-painted cat beds and other Etsy-enabled atrocities.

Oh god, you brought up such things on Christmas! lol. I hate that so much!

Dunno about youse byrds, but when I see a nitwit Millennial "Repurposed" TV or old stereo cabinet, somesuch as that, I see Red....About all you can really do is say quietly, "Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they Do...", but planting a size 13 triple wide steel toed Redwing where de Sun don't shine sure would feel better....

I completely agree with you! The Mercury TV I am restoring almost became a fish tank before I got it.

Very patient & understanding wife! Well, mine has put up with more than I expected, a few times in the past. Never quite like that, though :)

For those pesky paper labels, WD-40 works well for me. Gentle & safe compared to some concoctions.

Hehehehehehehe..When mine moved down here to Greater Bugtussle, she told me, "Look. I've been an RN for nearly 40 years now. I can KILLL you a good 40 different ways that they'd never figure out. Don't Mess w/ME, Buster.... I had a nervous grin, but SHE sure as hell wasn't grinning, never figgered out if she was pullin' my leg or not, So I've tried to be pretty much a Dood Widdle Boychik ever since.. I THINK she was kidding, but I also never have been one to take a Tobacco Stick to a large Hornet's Nest, either...

Wow! You must not be married. Or if you ARE married, she must be one incredibly rare woman!

I once brought home a Simplex 35mm projector with a massive Perless-Magnarc lamphouse and cast iron pedestal; it took up the entire hall entrance of our apartment. It dripped oil. It was a beautiful beast to behold, but my fiance hated it...couldn't understand why we had to live with it. She would complain for half an hour after every time she had to come or leave the apartment as one had to squeeze past it to get in or out the door.

Once when we were going to a party, as we left, both us in our party best, sliding past the Simplex XL, the fiance's dress got smeared with grease and oil. Then and there, I was roundly chastised and given an ultimatum: "Either that thing leaves or I do."

I didn't miss her as much as I thought I would.

When it comes to hobbies it never about the thing you choose, it's about how it takes you away from life's issues for a while and makes you feel content. When you look at any pastime, they all can be nitpicked so as to seem a ridiculous waste of time.
I look at radios from the '30's and TV's from the '40's as works of art and, as an art teacher in school once said, the definition of art is finding beauty in ordinary, everyday items.

Hi De Lorean00 -- I have been trying to give away an Advent VideoBeam 1000A CRT projector for years. Maybe you are the fellow who would want to give it a good home. The original post is here: http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=271393. It's not quite as "vintage" as your great find, but it is half century old circa early 1970s, which is pretty vintage in my book (as am I!). If you have any interest in it, let me know and we can work something out in terms of getting it to you. Anyone else want this very impressive working beauty, it sits here waiting for you...longingly like a pup at the pound. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/images/smilies/yes.gif

Here is a youtube demo (not mine) which does give you a very good indication as to unit and he does have it in operation in a lit room. The image is quite bright, but in a darkened room, the picture is really spectacular giving the technology at the time. The narrator implies that there were very few of these units; actually they found a niche in the bar industry. Many sports bars installed these units. The circuitry is modular and as a service tech once explained to me, every circuit can be replaced on site. He said, short of a bomb exploding under it, it could be repaired without taking in to a shop. And like the model in this demo, mine is still operating flawlessly with a picture that belies its standard TV technology. Hook it up to a DVD player and it gives a very impressive 7ft diagonal image, albeit it letterbox bars for today's 16:9 authored content. It could be yours!

Contact me here: CinemaDude ([email protected])

PS -- my unit is in better condition that this one -- no missing knobs and no chipped cabinet. I'm just sayin... My screen has legs so it doesn't need to be mounted on a wall, it can be free standing. That screen, BTW is a concave silver surface, the curve is matched to the image convergence so while the screen is curved to get all the light back to the seating area, the geometry of the image is not distorted...all lines on the curve remain straight. The curve, however almosts fully eliminates off axis hot spots.

Oh, baby, baby, Baby.... What I wouldn't give to have that Bad Boi.. But I can only imagine the Hellfar 'n' Brimstone my Wife would unleash if an Advent Video Beam showed up on our doorstep.... She'd "Advent" MY "Video Beam", I wonder what I'd look like w/it hangin' outta my Posterior... She's an old Army Nurse, she knows way more tricks of the trade than I ever thunk of.. I found out a LONG time ago, it was foolish to even try to "One-Up" her, you can't do it.. If things hadda gone south for the Army in WW2, no problem, the army coulda just put a couple squadrons of Nurses in there, & the War in Yoorup woulda been over Toot Sweet..

Wow! You must not be married. Or if you ARE married, she must be one incredibly rare woman!

I once brought home a Simplex 35mm projector with a massive Perless-Magnarc lamphouse and cast iron pedestal; it took up the entire hall entrance of our apartment. It dripped oil. It was a beautiful beast to behold, but my fiance hated it...couldn't understand why we had to live with it. She would complain for half an hour after every time she had to come or leave the apartment as one had to squeeze past it to get in or out the door.

Once when we were going to a party, as we left, both us in our party best, sliding past the Simplex XL, the fiance's dress got smeared with grease and oil. Then and there, I was roundly chastised and given an ultimatum: "Either that thing leaves or I do."

I didn't miss her as much as I thought I would.

This story is awesome. My Seeburg hideaway jukebox generated a similar level of admiration, but since it is in the basement and not the front hall, things never escalated to that extent!

So did you ever run 35mm at home?

Believe it or not, so far I think I have only got one tube tester in this lot. It is a heathkit, I am sorry I am unsure of the model but I took a picture. I am pretty sure it does do the old 4 5 etc pin tubes. I got a heathkit signal generator, the power cord is pretty crusty and obviously hasn't been used for a long time.


Well the cord on the signal generator wouldn't be a problem for me, as I could just wire a new cord onto it.

PM me a price and some pictures, and I'll get back to you
about the tube tester and the signal generator.

Thanks!

Still can't get over the quantity and variety you've acquired. Gonna need a bigger garage!:)

Hello everyone! Sorry I've been away. I was still moving stuff from this TV store along with Christmas took up my time. I got the last two loads yesterday.

Here are a few more pictures. This isn't everything. Lots of it still in boxes and some are still in the van and my work car. I have ordered another 3 racks to help organize all this stuff.

Also, I will try to get time tonight or tomorrow and reply to all the comments.

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Holy sh!t. That is like a trip to Disneyland.

Very patient & understanding wife! Well, mine has put up with more than I expected, a few times in the past. Never quite like that, though :)

For those pesky paper labels, WD-40 works well for me. Gentle & safe compared to some concoctions.

Thanks for the tip on the WD-40, that does work very well! Yeah, I am very lucky my wife is so cool about this. It is because she is so understanding I am putting myself under more pressure to clean this place up so I don't make her regret never complaining. haha

Hehehehehehehe..When mine moved down here to Greater Bugtussle, she told me, "Look. I've been an RN for nearly 40 years now. I can KILLL you a good 40 different ways that they'd never figure out. Don't Mess w/ME, Buster.... I had a nervous grin, but SHE sure as hell wasn't grinning, never figgered out if she was pullin' my leg or not, So I've tried to be pretty much a Dood Widdle Boychik ever since.. I THINK she was kidding, but I also never have been one to take a Tobacco Stick to a large Hornet's Nest, either...

Sounds like my wife and yours have something in common. My wife is a licensed embalmer and a funeral director, and that is her side job. Her day job is DOJ. So she can kill me, embalm me, and cover it all up in one day. lol.

Wow! You must not be married. Or if you ARE married, she must be one incredibly rare woman!

I once brought home a Simplex 35mm projector with a massive Perless-Magnarc lamphouse and cast iron pedestal; it took up the entire hall entrance of our apartment. It dripped oil. It was a beautiful beast to behold, but my fiance hated it...couldn't understand why we had to live with it. She would complain for half an hour after every time she had to come or leave the apartment as one had to squeeze past it to get in or out the door.

Once when we were going to a party, as we left, both us in our party best, sliding past the Simplex XL, the fiance's dress got smeared with grease and oil. Then and there, I was roundly chastised and given an ultimatum: "Either that thing leaves or I do."

I didn't miss her as much as I thought I would.

Haha great story!! I am married to a very patient woman, but I can say as soon as this stuff starts leaving grease on her nice clothes I am going to have to move. lol.

When it comes to hobbies it never about the thing you choose, it's about how it takes you away from life's issues for a while and makes you feel content. When you look at any pastime, they all can be nitpicked so as to seem a ridiculous waste of time.
I look at radios from the '30's and TV's from the '40's as works of art and, as an art teacher in school once said, the definition of art is finding beauty in ordinary, everyday items.

This is a great comment. Thanks, it really is about having something that gives you a moment away from the stress of the rest of your life. I enjoy vintage Radios and TVs restoration because almost all the ones I have were on the way to dump or being reused into something that isn't a TV or radio. I like to restore them back to working and make them look nice and hope they will stick around another 60-80 years. It seems that broken old radios or TVs with peeling veneer are considered garbage, where a working one that is refinished will be a priceless antique that gets a place of honor in a lot of people's homes. I have given away a lot of my radios to friends and family members once I am finished. I don't want to collect them, I only want to enjoy working on them.

Hi De Lorean00 -- I have been trying to give away an Advent VideoBeam 1000A CRT projector for years. Maybe you are the fellow who would want to give it a good home. The original post is here: http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=271393. It's not quite as "vintage" as your great find, but it is half century old circa early 1970s, which is pretty vintage in my book (as am I!). If you have any interest in it, let me know and we can work something out in terms of getting it to you. Anyone else want this very impressive working beauty, it sits here waiting for you...longingly like a pup at the pound. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/images/smilies/yes.gif

Here is a youtube demo (not mine) which does give you a very good indication as to unit and he does have it in operation in a lit room. The image is quite bright, but in a darkened room, the picture is really spectacular giving the technology at the time. The narrator implies that there were very few of these units; actually they found a niche in the bar industry. Many sports bars installed these units. The circuitry is modular and as a service tech once explained to me, every circuit can be replaced on site. He said, short of a bomb exploding under it, it could be repaired without taking in to a shop. And like the model in this demo, mine is still operating flawlessly with a picture that belies its standard TV technology. Hook it up to a DVD player and it gives a very impressive 7ft diagonal image, albeit it letterbox bars for today's 16:9 authored content. It could be yours!

Contact me here: CinemaDude ([email protected])

PS -- my unit is in better condition that this one -- no missing knobs and no chipped cabinet. I'm just sayin... My screen has legs so it doesn't need to be mounted on a wall, it can be free standing. That screen, BTW is a concave silver surface, the curve is matched to the image convergence so while the screen is curved to get all the light back to the seating area, the geometry of the image is not distorted...all lines on the curve remain straight. The curve, however almosts fully eliminates off axis hot spots.

That is really sweet! I would love to have it. My main problem are getting it out to California as we are on the other side of the country and also I need to make room for it. I really appreciate the offer I will consider it if I can work that stuff out.

Well the cord on the signal generator wouldn't be a problem for me, as I could just wire a new cord onto it.

PM me a price and some pictures, and I'll get back to you
about the tube tester and the signal generator.

Thanks!

Okay! Give me a few days to get stuff sorted out and I will get you some pictures and prices.

Still can't get over the quantity and variety you've acquired. Gonna need a bigger garage!:)

Yeah, it is never-ending! I am very lucky to be in a spot to buy this stuff and also be close to where it was. It ended up being 18 truck loads. As for the garage, I do actually have a 3 car garage, I have a separate one-car garage on the other side of the house. But I have a collector car in that garage, so yeah I probably do need a bigger garage. I was thinking about having an outdoor building made that I could store some of the CRTs and stuff in.

Holy sh!t. That is like a trip to Disneyland.

Haha, thanks. It is also like I instantly turned into a hoarder. :D

This story is awesome. My Seeburg hideaway jukebox generated a similar level of admiration, but since it is in the basement and not the front hall, things never escalated to that extent!

So did you ever run 35mm at home?
Yes, actually, I did, as impractical as that was what with needing to stop and thread up a new reel 5 or 6 times for normal length titles, 7 to as many as 12 times for longer titles like GONE WITH THE WIND or MY FAIR LADY or 2001. But that was in the early 70s even before the video revolution...before even VHS, so the only source of movies was bringing home a print from the theatre where I worked. But the novelty of being able to see first run movies in my house soon wore off for my friends and family and no one wanted to put up with both the reel changes and the noise of the projector, which was substantial given it was meant to be located in a sound containing projection booth away from the audience. I soon realized that the best use for this beast was to convert it to a telecine movement and copy the films onto the only viable video format at the time, Sony's U-Matic 3/4in tape deck. Once copied, then play it back via the VideoBeam, allowing me to have a Home Theatre before the term Home Theatre was even a thing. This is what an obsession will do to a kid, and as much as everyone else will say it's crazy, aside from my family and friends, it has given me more satisfaction and joy than anything less.

This is a picture of the back of the VideoBeam setup in the living room -- yes that's a masking surround and motorized curtains (hey, if you are going to do it...do it right, I always say!). :thmbsp:

On top of the VB are a pair of 3D active glasses for 3D movies available from a small company, 3DTV which used alternating frames very much the same principle as home 3D works today. Back them I was able to show THE HOUSE OF WAX and a few other titles thru this company on the VideoBeam, much to the amazement of my guests -- and me as well as I never thought I would be able to show the very first 3D movie I ever saw as a 10 yr old in my apartment. I was fascinated by 3D as a kid and that fascination never left me.

I am also married to a very patient and understanding woman, for over 30 years! She has actually bought me radios; I just got a Zenith 6D029 this past Christmas. Besides TV, I also have radios, theatre and broadcast, equipment, and ham gear.

I did have a Simplex 35mm projector, on an RCA sound reproducer, with an ORC xenon lamp. I eventually lost interest and peddled it to a museum, but I kept the sound equipment.

Holy crap, you must have a ginormous garage. :D

Yes, actually, I did, as impractical as that was what with needing to stop and thread up a new reel 5 or 6 times for normal length titles, 7 to as many as 12 times for longer titles like GONE WITH THE WIND or MY FAIR LADY or 2001. But that was in the early 70s even before the video revolution...before even VHS, so the only source of movies was bringing home a print from the theatre where I worked. But the novelty of being able to see first run movies in my house soon wore off for my friends and family and no one wanted to put up with both the reel changes and the noise of the projector, which was substantial given it was meant to be located in a sound containing projection booth away from the audience. I soon realized that the best use for this beast was to convert it to a telecine movement and copy the films onto the only viable video format at the time, Sony's U-Matic 3/4in tape deck. Once copied, then play it back via the VideoBeam, allowing me to have a Home Theatre before the term Home Theatre was even a thing. This is what an obsession will do to a kid, and as much as everyone else will say it's crazy, aside from my family and friends, it has given me more satisfaction and joy than anything less.

This is a picture of the back of the VideoBeam setup in the living room -- yes that's a masking surround and motorized curtains (hey, if you are going to do it...do it right, I always say!). :thmbsp:

On top of the VB are a pair of 3D active glasses for 3D movies available from a small company, 3DTV which used alternating frames very much the same principle as home 3D works today. Back them I was able to show THE HOUSE OF WAX and a few other titles thru this company on the VideoBeam, much to the amazement of my guests -- and me as well as I never thought I would be able to show the very first 3D movie I ever saw as a 10 yr old in my apartment. I was fascinated by 3D as a kid and that fascination never left me.

What an awesome story! I have a collection of 16mm movies, but 35 would be just something else.

Yah, I have been very lucky to have found my passion very early on and been able to work in the those fields, from running the projection booths in a Drive-in in Texas, to a number of movie theatres down there...then to being a sound engineer in a recording studio at a performing arts center and finally to being the director of cinema in a 2500 theatre in Brooklyn. Never a day did it feel like any of it was work. I must have done something good in another life to have it so good.

BTW, I know it is probably out of left field, but since I mentioned it, if anyone out there wants to play with that 3DTV system and the 3D tapes, you are welcome to them. I think I have 5 headsets and maybe 5 or 6 3D movie titles on SVHS tape -- THE HOUSE OF WAX, ANDY WORHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN, JAWS 3D and a few others I can't recall at the moment. The system has a small multiplexer box that syncs the LCD active glasses to the 3D images. It is driven by the sync signal from the tape deck's composite output signal, so you need an SVHS tape deck and it has to have composite output (which I believe all do). I believe if it has component output, one of those 3 color jacks has the sync signal and you can get it off that to drive the multiplexer for the LCD glasses, although I never tried that. If you have S-Video, I think you can do a break-out and get sync off the chrominance signal, but again, that would all be experimental, as I never tried that either.

Anyway, anyone out there who would like to play around with this, you are welcome to it. All I would ask is that you pay the shipping and we are good.

Yah, I have been very lucky to have found my passion very early on and been able to work in the those fields, from running the projection booths in a Drive-in in Texas, to a number of movie theatres down there...then to being a sound engineer in a recording studio at a performing arts center and finally to being the director of cinema in a 2500 theatre in Brooklyn. Never a day did it feel like any of it was work. I must have done something good in another life to have it so good.

BTW, I know it is probably out of left field, but since I mentioned it, if anyone out there wants to play with that 3DTV system and the 3D tapes, you are welcome to them. I think I have 5 headsets and maybe 5 or 6 3D movie titles on SVHS tape -- THE HOUSE OF WAX, ANDY WORHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN, JAWS 3D and a few others I can't recall at the moment. The system has a small multiplexer box that syncs the LCD active glasses to the 3D images. It is driven by the sync signal from the tape deck's composite output signal, so you need an SVHS tape deck and it has to have composite output (which I believe all do). I believe if it has component output, one of those 3 color jacks has the sync signal and you can get it off that to drive the multiplexer for the LCD glasses, although I never tried that. If you have S-Video, I think you can do a break-out and get sync off the chrominance signal, but again, that would all be experimental, as I never tried that either.

Anyway, anyone out there who would like to play around with this, you are welcome to it. All I would ask is that you pay the shipping and we are good.

It probably would work with a normal VHS deck with composite.
You seem to be confusing composite (single yellow video jack) and component video (G,R and B jacks carrying monochrome video with sync, red difference and blue difference respectively) above.
Nearly all VCRs have composite. S-VHS decks typically have S-video and composite, but almost never have component. W-VHS (analog HD) usually has component, S-video, composite and MUSE decoder output (because those decks primarily were a Japanese market product). D-VHS typically had component, S-video, Composite, ieee1394/FireWire, and sometimes HDMI.
Sync is mixed with video in every analog connection standard so as long as the deflection standard of the source matches what the decoder expects it should work on composite video, the green jack of component (which is monochrome video + sync), or the monochrome line of S-video (which is the same as the green jack of composite only lacking support for HD scan rates in implementations I've seen).

Oh, baby, baby, Baby.... What I wouldn't give to have that Bad Boi.. But I can only imagine the Hellfar 'n' Brimstone my Wife would unleash if an Advent Video Beam showed up on our doorstep.... She'd "Advent" MY "Video Beam", I wonder what I'd look like w/it hangin' outta my Posterior... She's an old Army Nurse, she knows way more tricks of the trade than I ever thunk of.. I found out a LONG time ago, it was foolish to even try to "One-Up" her, you can't do it.. If things hadda gone south for the Army in WW2, no problem, the army coulda just put a couple squadrons of Nurses in there, & the War in Yoorup woulda been over Toot Sweet..
Advent my video beam! LOLOL

Is there a 16TP4 in that pile of CRTs?

SR

any RCA 630ts 3rd IF coils? :P

Need 7DP4 pix tube to complete a set

Thanks for checking

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49255528918_4d744bb782_w.jpg

Here is another one I forgot to add in one of the last posts. Also, the stupid auction stickers just shred when I try to take them off and they are brand new.

Cool set, I have one in Brown.

The stickers will come right off with a little Lighter Fluid, just let it soak for a bit and it will peel off, apply more as needed.

A little late to congratulations party but you have an instant collection that could keep a guy busy. My wife is patient but we have enough estate to make things disappear into safe hiding places, at least until I get to them.

Collecting since 1976 with breaks in between, I have over 100 TV sets, including some good examples of 90s-2000s CRT stuff, but 80 of that is pre-1970, early 60s my favorite, so welcome to the asylum.

The variety and period over which these were collected is amazing. The average shop anywhere near here closed in the 90s and had nothing old left, just maybe one or two items. But if you wanted Zenith and RCA parts NIB, it was a party at each liquidation
if anyone like us was around.

I'm glad I joined this group.

I have a lot of NOS vintage RCA parts from the early and mid 60s that I came really close to pitching out very recently...

John

The variety and period over which these were collected is amazing. The average shop anywhere near here closed in the 90s and had nothing old left, just maybe one or two items. But if you wanted Zenith and RCA parts NIB, it was a party at each liquidation if anyone like us was around.

For those that missed it, the reason why this particular TV shops collection was so diverse, was because Stellar Electronics had the rare opportunity to clean out a long time collector a few years back. This post tells the story. Unfortunately most of the pictures have gone missing. But it was a monumental finding.

http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=261864

Hehehe i remember that.. Thats where my Ra-103 came from.. :D

SR

On phono parts, if you have any Dual 1010, or 1009 idler wheels, I can use them. Also, 12AX7 tubes, and 6HU8 tubes are also desired, along with Shure M 44/M 55, and Shure M 75 styli. An awesome shop haul, awesome, beautiful variety.

WD-40 is good to remove stickers too. A local antiques mall puts stickers on everything and then the woman at the desk dig into them with their fingernails and rip them off with one quick swipe! I got a few things, luckily not particularly valuable, that got damaged from this. GGgggrrrr!

WD-40 is good to remove stickers too. A local antiques mall puts stickers on everything and then the woman at the desk dig into them with their fingernails and rip them off with one quick swipe! I got a few things, luckily not particularly valuable, that got damaged from this. GGgggrrrr!

I hate when anti-q shoppes do that! One of the local ones would do that with LPs and the sticker would rip the art off the jacket when removed. The way around that should have been to use post-it notes and describe the item well enough that sticker swaps would be obvious...But Nooo.

Hard to believe you got outbid on Sams. I couldn’t give my file cabinets away!