While I was at the TV shop picking up BPC that will probably get tossed, I made a comment to the owner about this little 9" RCA B&W that I know has been sitting on the "for sale" rack for 8-10 years with a $10 price tag. He said that I could have it for free if I wanted it. He figured that if no one has bought it by now, no one will. We both agreed that there is virutally no demand for B&W's anymore. The model tag is missing; but, it uses a KCS203 chassis and has several '79 date codes inside. When I fired it up, the CRT was very dim. I rejuvenated the tube and it looks fine now. I'm curious as to what was supposed to attach to the bottom of this set. If this was an AC/DC set, I'd say a battery pack; but, this is an AC only set. Maybe they used the same case for AC/DC sets as well as AC sets. There was also an '82 19" knob tuned Emerson color TV that I know has been there as long as the B&W had. He had $35 on it; but, said he would take $20 and that it had just as good, or better, picture than any of the newer sets. I started to get it; but, I really need to save my money for older stuff. And, I remember how cheap '80's Emersons were. This one looked like a rebadged goldstar.
03-10-2009, 02:40 PM
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