Rescued from the ewaste pile part 2
 

This was another set I saved from being recycled. The tag is unreadable so I don't know much about it. It has a mean looking cataract and a missing control panel door but is otherwise complete. Not bad for $10 bucks. These things are hard to find in so-cal!

CTC-38 maybe?

wow, nice. Needs the drh heat gun treatment bad but should be awesome once restored. I have one that looks close to that, its a ctc35, it has an amazing picture.
I will agree that its hard to find anything here in so cal.
I got this gem from the curb yesterday. 1982, it even works...talk about delux and select.
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I like that cabinet!

Nice Zenith! As for the RCA, Sweet! Looks like the same model I got from an estate sale recently. Is it a CTC-28?

Sweet finds!! That ctc 28 looks like it's got potental and ctc17's zenith sure looks like a 1984 model system 3 that I have!! Good set and I bet it has a seperate external audio and video selector controlled by swtiches.

I see so many crt tvs on the curb now its to the point where i rip the boards out of them and harvest the parts using a propane torch. I see 2-5 per day just in my hood.
Never anything with tubes or in real good condition.

Most of the time the kids pick them up and throw them to hear the pop of the crt. Im building up such a collection of parts its great.

I have picked up 3 zenith consoles like this in the last week.

I like that set Jordan! A cataract removal and a cabinet refinish and that's a pretty set.

I'd have grabbed that RCA, too. Cataracts on recatangular tubes don't get much worse than that. You will have a great before/after shot!

Yes, indeed, that Z-nith is a rare antique! A little scratch remover and you'll be ready for the roadshow...

Kinda surprised, I was over to my friend's shop over the weekend and he mentioned that he had just sold one of his used consoles. Just what somebody was looking for, turns out. If it was the one I'm thinking about, it was a mid-90s Sentry 2. Good thing he didn't warranty it!

Speaking of TV dumping, I walked into the SA last week and there were at least thirty 80's-90's CRT sets piled up in the corner. All were selling for $10 or less. Too bad nothing was old enough to be interesting to me.

000

Unfortunately, those days are gone; but, I guess someone forgot to clue them in at the SA where you are and at one of the local charity thrift stores where I live. A few months ago, there was an '80's 19" Goldstar with a vertical deflection problem priced at $54.95!

The other day, I walked in my local SA and the only two TV's in the place were a BPC 36" and a '90's RCA big screen. I didn't even look at the prices. I've tried to convince them that I'd buy their older broken TV's that come in; but, they are real quick to let me know that they don't have time to mess with me and any broken TV's go in the dumpster unless I just happen to be there when one comes in. One of the former store managers would sometimes sit stuff back for me. I think he saw it as $5 was better than throwing the TV in the trash.

One of the Goodwill stores in my area seems to have acquired an electronics "expert," complete with a roped off section for his evaluations. All the BPC VCRs and CD players are priced $20 and up. Needless to say, they have amassed quite the collection of VCRs and cheap 80s-90s stereo equipment.

What is a VCR?

Am I the only one who thinks that Jordan's new RCA color set might be a CTC-44 Trans Vista Color????

Charles

our local sa also has an "expert" in electronics.he might be 18 years old.i have spoke with him several times.he couldn t believe there was ever a round color set and he has heard of tubes.anything from 1990 and older is now "vintage".
he like to tell you that "the knobs alone are worth a fortune'.HE HASNT A CLUE.what is more baffling is that management takes his word as gold.they have more than 40 sets with high price tags sitting there.i havent bought anything there for years.i still go take a look.makes my day.what new valuable sets "MIKE"has checked out and priced.that 19' GE from the late 90s with a 89.00 price is highly sought after.or the sampo vhs unit with remote for 99.00.