Went today to an old RCA repairmans house to look at what he thought was a Muntz color that he had, That turned out to be a Magnavox, However after talking to him I found out one of his friends that he used to work with at rca has a G-2000 and wants it out of the house!
So hopefully next week I will go and pick it up, Heck it is only 40 minutes away from me!
The first one was 425 miles! This one is practically in my back yard! And free! Go figure...

I had to drive over 500 miles for my g-2000, and it was NOT free.how do you get so lucky?

i would like to find another rca2000, but right now, money is short.

Hi Jack,
I'm always looking and ask a lot of questions I guess, Sometimes I seem to be able to get things that are rather hard to find.
After closing my shop I got a job at an Industrial electronics repair company, When I worked there, I had to find parts for and repair CNC equipment that had been obsolete for years. When someone would tell me that I wouldnt be able to find parts for that old equipment it made me look even harder.
Maybe that job helped me get more into "finding" Tv's and parts.

Geez guys, I guess those ads are paying off....

Wonder who had a great idea like that? :wave: ;) :D

You of course!
It was good that you started that with the ad finds, It got me going again!

So this might have been covered before, but what's special about the 2000?

I am far from expert on these, But do know they were a limited run set that was very expensive, Supposedly only 2000 were made and the list was 2000.00 in 1969-70. Had electronic tuning, was solid state and was a remote set.

I'm thinking someone should start a Site for these sets to catalog the survivors, like the CT-100 and H840CK15 Westinghouse Sites... Anyone, anyone...

Originally posted by Eric H
I'm thinking someone should start a Site for these sets to catalog the survivors, like the CT-100 and H840CK15 Westinghouse Sites... Anyone, anyone...

Having a few threads here devoted to such an endeavor might be a start, anyways.

As a loyal owner of a rca 2000,i will agree that the set needs it's own thread. as for what makes it special, as i said before, in 1969, the set was a very big leap forward in technology. from the all- electronic tuner( including fine tuning) to all solid-state circuitry, to the matrix crt, to high vlotage quadrupler, to a remote system that uses no motors to operate functions, but uses varying voltages, and mosfet -controlled"memory modules", and a DIGITAL LOGIC TUNER CONTROL SYSTEM using 7400 series ttl logic. Oh yes, and the cabinet, one look at the cabinet, especially with the doors closed, tells one that this is a special tv. Only 2000 of the $2000.00 sets were made, and they are VERY rare, indeed.

the rca technical manual for the ctc47 (the chassis in the 2000) describes the leap in technology as"comparable to the leap made by the ct-100"

Just out of curiosity I wonder what the RCA 2000 is worth these days? I have one in storage that was still working when I stored it about 20 years ago. It will need to be gently awakened and I have been considering a complete restoration but wonder if I'll ever find the time. It had such a great picture (still love CRTs) and I have the original remote and a copy of the original service manual so chances are good it can be put back into good working condition again. The base is in good shape as well so I guess I was also lucky during all the moves I gave it. I had modified it so I could send it composite video from a VCR and it was a joy to watch.

I also have several of the Kloss Projectors (with the amazing beam tubes) and those are cool too. I was watching an interview of Johnny Carson one day and saw he had on of these projectors in his living room. I think I was actually watching the interview on the projector at the time and noticed his was running in the background. Kinda weird in that I hadn't seen that many of them anywhere at the time. Now that the kids are all in college I've been wondering where I have to set one of them up again (the hardest part will be convincing the wife!).

Too much to do!

I don't know what they're worth, but it's a good thing that the base is still OK! I sold one for $80 about 4 years ago on eBay... It had perfect rosewood, but the white paint was chipped here & there. Good Lexan doors, and good base. Working chassis, weak CRT. They're so big & heavy, that they're a milestone set worth preserving for sure, but I can't say a big $$$ value (yet). I've had 4 of them, if I recall. I paid $200 for the first one; mint condition with original manual and remote with felt bag, etc. Bad tuner sockets, but they all have that problem.

Charles

Well that's not much dough for something so special but I guess that's the way it is these days with just about everything. I'll have to ponder the situation for a while (my typical approach!) and maybe I'll end up using it again or somebody will get a real deal on it. Hate to think about how much I have already paid just to store it for so long!

A correction to my previous post: the projectors are actually Advent Videobeam 1100 models (they remind me of the Martians in the original 'War of the Worlds' movie). Anyway I have three of them (two were still working when stored) , three screens (some defects for previous handling, with homemade stands) and I'll probably be looking for new homes for them as well in case anyone might be interested.