sad sampo
 

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Poor widdle feller !

Poor Sampo....how bout a nice pic of the pathetic little circuitboard (or is it a good Sampo? never saw one I liked lol)

All this time, I thought only Sharp cabinets broke like that!

I don't recall seeing Sampo's that much around here. Most of the ones I did see were the typical Korean low end (for the day) TV's. They did produce a good picture when working; but, it seems like the flybacks didn't hold up long. Of course, they are well built when compared to what's out there today.

And to think that my mother is complaining about a single non working Sony Trinitron
in the garage...

Is that car a circa 1970 Mercury?

Your Mother should see my shop (and house). I'd post a picture of my shop; but, it would be an embarrassment (even to TV / radio collectors). My Mother got ticked at me today when I attempted to sneak a 23" tube type Zenith B&W console into my bedroom. "Now, there you go bringing something else in here that you don't need!"

I've got a Sampo 5" color tv/radio/cassette unit that has the same build quality. Works decently enuff, but man, what a blivvet...

Nice Marantz receiver, too now that I look again. 2252B?

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Now it's ripe for a custom cabinet! Be creative...

I'm not sure if I've ever really seen a Sampo. When I was a kid there was a chain of TV stores that advertised on the DC channels (Whatever you want, whatever you need, whatever you want's at Belmont!) and they pushed these. That name just always sounded cheap to me, like a rip-off of a Samsung, which itself was no prize in those days.

Last week my wife and I were minding our own business when there was a loud C-R-A-S-H!!! I looked out the window-I figured a truck must have run into a pole or something. Nope. Uh-oh. My wife knew what had happened and I sorta did, too, but didn't want to admit it. It was something upstairs. So, I go up there, the radio room was okay-good, the shelves hadn't fallen down! I open the attic door and there had been an avalanche. All this stuff I had piled up had fallen over. Oh, the humanity! AA5 cabinets that had completely fallen apart, one of my cleanest tranistor Trans-Oceanics had taken such a hit that it cracked the pot metal case, the only TV on the pile was a Panasonic, one of those with the screen that pops up. It lost a corner of the cabinet but otherwise appears intact. Anyway, the new pile isn't as high. I really need to get rid of some stuff! That T-O really upset me.

1966 Dodge Coronet I believe.