Found a last gasp 1974 RCA B&W console TV!

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Last Saturday I went to an estate sale in Berwyn and spotted a rather unusual set. A last gasp 1974 RCA 23" B&W tube type "New Vista" console. It was in the basement of the home where it remained untouched for quite some time. Fortunately the basement was dry, so the cabinet is clean. All it needs is a little bit of detailing. It's a small set and the house had a walk out basement so it was easy to move by myself. It's surprising how light these are, almost like moving an empty cardboard box. Having the big snow like we had that weekend, I was able to safely get it out of the house and into the truck without snow touching it. The set works, but the CRT had to be woken up. Most of the tubes have been changed over the years, but the CRT is original yet. It has the typical orange neon channel lamps too.

Per the chassis stamp, this one was built on the 49th week of 1973, so it's probably a 1974 model and uses a KCS-183 chassis. I don't know when RCA called it quits for B&W consoles, but this one has to be the very last of the tube type generation.




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