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Originally posted by tv beta guy
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The other TV I got was this generic TV with the name Milovac on it. Top says "Milovac....by Milovac International." Anyone ever hear of this brand? It's an all tube portable, all on a PCB. Works pretty good. The sound is not actually HiFi, but it gets excellent bass response out of it's little 3.5" speaker, which surprised me. I like generic and store brand sets, which is why I enjoy this one.
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I had a Milovac AM/FM stereo portable radio in the late '60s. I think Milovac was one of those obscure Japanese electronics companies which was only around for a few years, sort of like Electrobrand and other generic makes. The nameplate on top of your set which says "...Milovac International" leads me to believe the foregoing was the case with Milovac. My Milovac stereo radio wasn't junk; it was built fairly well, with two external speakers which attached to the back of the set for portability, two-way power (AC and batteries; I used mine on AC most of the time) and, as I remember, very good sound for a transistor portable, which is why I'm not surprised your Milovac TV's audio has such great bass response--the company really knew how to build good-sounding and operating equipment, not like the cheaper makes of the period.
BTW, your Zenith portable looks good as well. I like anything and everything the original Zenith Radio Corporation made (I have had several of their older b&w TVs and now have two of their older table radios), but am not too crazy at all about the current production sets which have the lightning-bolt "Z" below the CRT mask but are made by LG/Gold Star.
I've said this before and will say it again: Zenith really went downhill quickly in the '90s once Gold Star bought them out and moved the company from Chicago, Illinois, USA to some large city in Korea. I had a Zenith four-mode integrated stereo system in the early '80s which was made in Korea for the Zenith Radio Corporation, but that set worked fairly well and gave me excellent service for 17 years; hmmm. Was the fact that Zenith's audio division was already in Korea by the '80s a sign of big changes coming for the entire company?