Cant find info on Hitachi TV
 

Hey all, been a while since I posted here.

I have a guy that has has a Hitachi model TV, 19 inch, marked with model CT820. Thinks its late 60's, but I have no image of the set and I can't find any information on google or otherwise.
Im only interested in sets that are not solid state colour sets but he isn't sure and I can't find out.

Model CT-820
Serial Y3E001786

Anyone have images/information on it?

Thanks

As a wild guess..... CT-820 with the "C" in it, it's color.... Panasonic also had "C"'s in their color line, but others did not, so it's only a small itty bitty kinda non scientific guess......

Not sure about that model number being correct, but mid seventies vintage maybe..

I cant remember a Hitachi tube job but that was a long time
ago. Ask if it says "solid state" on it. Almost all did if they
were then it was a big deal. Also check the power
consumption on the label. If under 100W almost has to be
SS. Most were abt 75W.

73 Zeno:smoke:

We had two Hitachi tube color sets in the family. They were both branded "AMC", from Boston Store, at the time. I also saw them branded, Emerson and Coronado.
All metal cabinet and back, probably the heaviest 18" set at the time.
I remember it having several 6GH8's, like some RCA's.

The Hitachi color sets from 1970-'71 were really well-built. They were solid state.

Hi Daave, I checked my Sams Index tonight, cannot find a listing at all, for the Hitachi CT 820! Thought it was worth checking, I was curious, too, if it was at least a Hybrid set.

The first color TV bought in my close family was a 19-inch Hitachi solid-state set in 1974 for my grandmother for her 80th birthday. If I had enough room, I would try to find one like it. It was probably a set highly rated in Consumer Reports magazine that year, so if I found old issues of the magazine (or their year-end Buyer's Guide), I could likely get its model number. It was definitely a nice-performing set, with AFT separate from the "one-button color" that was common at the time.