Old TV finds circa 2009

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Originally Posted by drh4683

my thoughts exactly andy. The roundies are much more common to find now as far as vintage color sets go.

Those color portables and table models do not appeal to anyone. The consoles are still around as their owners liked the cabinets so much and couldnt throw them away. Thats why I find them from time to time. Besides, the portable/table sets were easy to throw away as they were easy to move and they didnt mean anything to the owner as it had no other function other than being a TV. I think we might be the only people who could still appriciate a broken table TV and justify keeping it around!

Heres a perfect example, last weekend I was at estate sales and found a zenith 4 tube hybrid. It was NOT found at an estate sale though! I found it in a dumpster a few doors down from the house. Someone basically cleared out the entire contents of the home into a large dumpster in front of the house. Amazingly the set was at the top of the dumpster, thats how I spotted it. I could not belive it! that set could have easily been at the bottom of the dumpster and never known it and would have been gone forever. If I wasnt there to save it last saterday, that would have been yet another smashed and gone table TV. It did suffer dumpster damage though, the antennas and antenna mounts broke off the cabinet as it was tossed in and the set landed on its back against some wood chairs. It was also out in the rain but dry when found it as it was very hot last saterday. If the darn guy would have had an estate sale instead, it would have been a nice undamaged find. I get very angry when I see people basically throw everything in a home into a dumpster. So much nice stuff is junked. Its a shame. Go figure though, Zenith 4 tuber still works!

The last 4-tube hybrid I saw around here was at the dump. The sad part was that the "sledge hammer crew" had already gotten to it before I did. They busted the back in, smashed the tube, and robbed the yoke. There are a group of idiots that go around busting up discarded TV's for the copper. That Zenith probably worked before they got to it. I would have given them more money for the set had they left it alone than the few cents the copper would have brought. Makes me so mad I could just cuss...