My TV collection

[larschr]

This is my entire TV collection. Most of the sets comes from the dump, the rest comes from other family members. All the sets works, most of them perfectly.

Here's the list:
All sets are solid state, and all except the ITT 1402 is color. Total power consumption: About 1250 watts.

ITT TV-1402: 12" portable, works on both 220 AC and 12 volts DC.

Tandberg CTV 2-4-126: My only set with "Delta gun" CRT. Good picture and sound, but it weighs a ton.

Tandberg CTV 3-3-166: Nothing much to say about this one, really. Just a basic model, i think.

Philips K11: The cheapest(?) K11, with the mecanichal push-button channel selector. But it's a great set, except for the power usage: 195 watts!

Luxor "Gallery": This one has a lot of great features: 15-20 watts all-discrete push-pull amplifier with outlet for headphones, tape recorder and external speaker, 5" woofer and 3" tweeter, touch-sensitive channel selector, backlight, lockable door in front of all the controls and a cool electronic tuner with a electric meter that shows the tuning progress.

Sony KV1310E: A early 13" Trinitron set. Works fairly good, but i think the CRT has some damages.

Philips K40 HIFI (with matcing Philips VCR): A Philips K40 with the optional high power amplifier (15 watt?) and bass reflex speaker box. Sounds very good, better than most bookshelf systems. This one also has a teletext-decoder, and an early on screen-display: A vertical line on the screen shows the tuning progress.

Philips "Trend 1": This one comes from Iceland. I got it from a frind who did not want it any more. I had a hell of a job cleaning it up, but now it looks very good. Picture is great, sound is only average. It has a push-button tuner, but the tuning indicator is electronic (on screen).

Telefunken PALColor 6808 Supercontrol: This is the oldest set i have with all-electronic tuner and channel selector. It is equipped with an infrared remote control system (the remote control itself is missing), and this system looks like an option. The picture on this set is excellent, but the sound is nothing much to talk about.

Blaupunkt FM100-20EQ: Nothing much to say about this either. Just a basic model.

Philips K40 HIFI Stereo: Philips K40 with 2x15 watt Spatial Stereo. Unfortunately, the stereo decoder is made for the "FM-FM" system, but a few channels on the cable system still uses it, actually. This one has a modern cabinet, with the CRT mounted "inside" the frame and there is a nice spring loaded cover in front of the buttons. The power button and mono/stereo selector are on the top of the set. This particular set did not have tweeters when i found it, and the sound was very groovy, with poor highs. But i found two tweeters of the right size which i installed in the TV and made a great improovement to the sound.

Another K40 Stereo: Almost exactly the same parts as the last one with a few exceptions. This one did not have teletext, so i installed it. The cabinet is made of wood and the CRT is a 26" (21" in the other one). This one also had 4 speakers (2 woofers and 2 tweeters) originally. It's in almost mint condidion. The only wear i can see is on the upper corners of the plastic frame. The chassis was almost completely free of dust when i found it and the A66-540X CRT is perfectly bright and clear. Many of thoose CRTs has a unclear picture with black "shadows" when they have high hours.

[jpdylon]

very cool. I like that you are able to run all at once. I can only imagine what the electricity bill would be!

The smeary picture with shadows is a loss of video response. Failing capacitors in the video section can cause this.

[Sandy G]

Great collection ! Those brands are almost unknown to us here in the States..except for Sony, of course. You REALLY need a roundie....Hope someday you can get one !!

[larschr]

Here's the antenna cables. Of course there is always a weak link when i connect so many sets, so there is always 2-3 with a snowy picture. The Trinitron and the ITT did was not connected to the antenna system, because the signal is so strong here. You can actuallu see the transmitter on the hill on th other side of the river. I don't even need a little wire in the antenna connector to get a crystal clear picture on some of the sets. The picture gets better with a set of rabbit ears than on the cable system.

[Sandy G]

Hmmm...Looks familiar.. With umpteen Boatanchors, yeah, it looks VERY familiar !

[dr.ido]

If I was on my other PC I could probably find a similar cable jungle picture that was even more confusing. Think 4 analog cable boxes, 2 distribution amps, a modulator and an assortment of splitters and joiners. That set up was only temporary though.

I used to have the same Philips 26" K40 stereo set. I wish I didn't get rid of it, but I needed the space and I couldn't find a tripler for it at the time. It was a brilliant set until the tripler died. From memory it was also one of the first sets that had an RGB input.

[tritwi]

I simply love the Telefunken one (it should have a 712 or 712A chassis,isn't it?)! I have almost all the 1977 range. if you want I can send you the original remote for the tfk you own. It was not an optional. All genuine Telefunken had full controls on the panel fitted on tv instead of having just channel change and volume control like other brands tvs. The suitable remote is the FB 516 supercontrol. It allows you to select one of the 16 presets, control volume,brightness and color intensity,mute the sound,bring back all settings to the value presetted on tv keyboard and switch tv off and on. A great,powerful device.

[superdeez]

I like how the black plastic set is turned off and sitting in the background. Is it in timeout? Has it been bad?

[larschr]

Originally Posted by superdeez

I like how the black plastic set is turned off and sitting in the background. Is it in timeout? Has it been bad?

It´s my mothers set, a Finlux from 2002 or 03. A mid-prized set with average performace. I have never liked it, and i never use it.

[superdeez]

Originally Posted by larschr

It´s my mothers set, a Finlux from 2002 or 03. A mid-prized set with average performace. I have never liked it, and i never use it.

Word.

[Telecolor 3007]

Wow. What a great colection! Rembers me of the 1990-1998 period in Romania, when goold old second-hand tvs ruled the market!
What V.C.R. do you have?

[onepixel]

That is so cool!

Nam June Paik would be proud.

[larschr]

Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

What V.C.R. do you have?

Philips:
VR2020: Technichally excellent, cabinet has some small dents and scratches

N1500: Partially working. Runs, but the picture is a little fuzzy and without color. The lacing-wire has snapped and the modulator does not work. The cabinet looks good except for a few missing buttons.

N1502: Perfectly working. The cabinet has two deep scratches on the top, but else it is excellent.

N1700: Non-working; The head servo control module is missing. Judging by the wear on the buttons this player has been used a lot and vital parts (heads) are most likely too worn to make it worth to repair. The cabinet is in average to good shape.

VR6542: mid-late 80s mid price VHS. Looks almost like new and works well too, but the tape transport is a little "sticky" from time to time. This VCR "lives" with one of the K40s.

Other brands:
1988 Panasonic (doesn't remember model#): A pretty expensive model, cost almost $1000 when new. The picture is the best i have ever seen on VHS, and it has "Super still and super fine slow" which gives incredibly good trick play performance as long as you use good quality tapes. The recording timer is programmed with a bar-code reader. On the back side, there are both SCART socket and BNC/RCA inputs including remote controlled pause from a camera. The only thing it is missing is stereo sound.

Panasonic portable: A battery operated portable top-loading VHS. It has BNC in- and output, camera input and RF output. It has most of the trick-play features. Works good and gives a good picture. Runs on 12 volts supplied by a battery or AC adapter. To use it on AC you have to take out the battery and put the AC adapter in the battery compartment. I would be surprised if a car adapter was not available too.

Sony Betamax C5: Works most of the time, but has obviously some kind of problem with the tape speed control. It works when i start it from cold, but after a while, especially if i use any of the tape transport control, the tape speed starts "wobbling". The cabinet looks well-used.

Betamax C7: Non-working. Some kind of electric problem with the head speed control.

Betamax C20: Good working and looks good, but a very simple model.

I also have some more modern ones(late 90s-2000s): A Hitachi and a Aiwa, a cheap JVC S-VHS and a Sony SLV-X9, but i guess they're not so interesting.