Childhood tv identified. Anyone have one?

[JCFitz]

Finally after scouring the web I have found a picture of the set my mom had when I was a baby and my early childhood.It's a 1968 model same as me.

RCA called it the Heralder.



http://books.google.com/books?id=Nkk...A6#v=onepage&q


Does anyone remember seeing one or working on one or even better does anyone have one and is it for sale.

Just found an RCA Product technical training manual. It is model AJ 083 chassis KCS160 and used a 19FEP4 picture tube.

[miniman82]

For swingers on the go? My, how things have changed.

[JCFitz]

Here it is.It's the one on the left.

[old_coot88]

Oh, yeah. Some real deja vu there, from when we sold and serviced those puppies 'back in the day'. Bill(oc)

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by miniman82

For swingers on the go? My, how things have changed.

Not really. There are still portable TVs to be had, though today's sets are ATSC digital and have very small screens (I've seen 7" battery/AC flat-panel sets by Haier and at least one other offshore manufacturer advertised in flyers in my Sunday newspaper). I'm sure one of these days some company will market a line of large-screen (15"+) HD digital portable TV sets; the problem at this stage of DTV's development, however, is still the fact that DTV signals are much weaker than analog ones, and that an outdoor antenna or cable is often required to get enough signal for the set to produce a watchable picture. The 7" HD flat-panels do have external antenna ports, but tell me honestly -- who wants to tether a small portable like that to a cable line?

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

Not really. There are still portable TVs to be had, though today's sets are ATSC digital and have very small screens (I've seen 7" battery/AC flat-panel sets by Haier and at least one other offshore manufacturer advertised in flyers in my Sunday newspaper). I'm sure one of these days some company will market a line of large-screen (15"+) HD digital portable TV sets; the problem at this stage of DTV's development, however, is still the fact that DTV signals are much weaker than analog ones, and that an outdoor antenna or cable is often required to get enough signal for the set to produce a watchable picture. The 7" HD flat-panels do have external antenna ports, but tell me honestly -- who wants to tether a small portable like that to a cable line?

Joey, a friend of mine, works for a local distribution company (actually an electronics import company...) and got to got to the CES in Vegas this year. He said the trend is going away from portable TV-only devices, and putting all of the features into the pad computers/pad media players. With built in-ATSC tuners the size of a chiclet, some of the Android and nEOS (some kind of other "open" operating system for enterntainment devices) pads had Netflix, off-air, and other entertainment sources for video built right in. So while they are still portable, TV's they ain't. You can watch TV, read your email, read your .mobi book, play your MP3's, capture video or pictures, play Mafia Wars, Geocache, and learn a foreign language with one of these devices, only 399 bucks with a service contract! 10" is the most common size so far, and you only have to go to Radio Shack or Circuit City online to see them. Rumors are that Walmart may also offer a feature-limited one for 199, with WiFi ability as basic, and other features as add-ons with a contract.

China is still cranking out portables, both digital and CRT-based for the developing world, which is getting smaller and smaller. Alibaba has at least two 12" B/W CRT portables listed, and numerous smaller CRT sets.

PS - if you ever get a chance to go to CES, jump on it. Joey got to meet a lot of big-time TV and movie stars, some from those "dirty movies"
Cheers,

[6he5tom]

I have this set with the 19FEP4 crt. It is being repaired and will
be off the bench and up for sale soon. Were you looing for a smaller
crt?

[snelson903]

i liked the add for the olds cutlass too !!

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by JCFitz

Here it is.It's the one on the left.

I worked on a few of them, being 5 years older than you, it was a good set IIRC and folks were still getting them fixed after many newer ones were fubar.

There is even one on the bench in a picture of the first shop I worked in 1979.

My cousin had one and the UHF slide-rule tuner was an interesting RCA and Admiral exclusive that year.

Funny thing about the ad with the new RCA logo but all the sets ad the former RCA Victor logo.
That new logo and signalled the beginning of the dark years for RCA IMAO

The Admiral ad on page 39 and Philco on 81 are interesting as well.
The color TV Philco offered for $299 was thier last 21" roundie IIRC

[kx250rider]

I see that this thread is bumped from May 2011, so it might be a good idea to PM the OP, as they might not be watching the thread anymore.

Charles