GE Roundie, does anyone have one?

[bgadow]

Somebody on here had one, a very neat style-sounds like the one TV Engineer mentioned. That may be the only one I really know about. It may be that all the GE roundies were RCA clones? Digging through a bunch of Sams would tell us. The GE rectangular sets were a GE design as far as I know. I don't know that their parallel circuit tube color chassis ever changed all that much. The TV we had in the living room when I was a kid was a rectangular GE and I had several others pass through my hands over the years. I'd kinda like to have a good example of one.

A note: I've looked close at print ads for the GE roundies from the CTC-11 era and it is clear they did little to disguise the RCA layout. What especially caught my eye is the screen bezel. Where my RCA -11 has a 'COLOR' emblem at the center bottom of that trim, the GE uses the same bezel but with the cutout for the emblem at the center top.

[sampson159]

there is one in columbus on the west side,in an attic. got a call from a craigslist ad i posted. working,decent,plain cabinet.picture was okay,very soft tube. owner wanted 1500.00. i had to pass it up.chassis was an rca clone. i believe she said it was bought by her father in 1964. rare,but too rich for my blood.

[Chad Hauris]

I've got several GE tube color console sets but I have not worked on them in several years...hopefully I can get to them someday soon. The round set I have is almost exactly like a RCA CTC-15 inside. I think it may have a different type of tuner than an actual RCA (not nuvistor). The filter capacitors are GE brand caps but everything else seems exactly the same as a CTC-15. It worked fine the last time I tried it but the power switch had gone bad.

One of the rectangular GE tube type sets I have is a 23" and the other a 25V". The 23" has a bad crt (arcing/shorted) but I did get the chassis working. The 25V" works OK with some minor problems.
The 25" set has a lead shielded HV rectifier tube. Both of these sets are power transformer type chassis that are true GE designs.

The 19V" GE set I have is a series string set very similar to a Portacolor chassis.

I can try and get some pictures of the sets if you would like to see them.

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by Chad Hauris

I've got several GE tube color console sets but I have not worked on them in several years...hopefully I can get to them someday soon. The round set I have is almost exactly like a RCA CTC-15 inside. I think it may have a different type of tuner than an actual RCA (not nuvistor). The filter capacitors are GE brand caps but everything else seems exactly the same as a CTC-15. It worked fine the last time I tried it but the power switch had gone bad.

One of the rectangular GE tube type sets I have is a 23" and the other a 25V". The 23" has a bad crt (arcing/shorted) but I did get the chassis working. The 25V" works OK with some minor problems.
The 25" set has a lead shielded HV rectifier tube. Both of these sets are power transformer type chassis that are true GE designs.

The 19V" GE set I have is a series string set very similar to a Portacolor chassis.

I can try and get some pictures of the sets if you would like to see them.

Sure! I would love to see some pics!
Mark

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by bgadow

Somebody on here had one, a very neat style-sounds like the one TV Engineer mentioned. That may be the only one I really know about. It may be that all the GE roundies were RCA clones? Digging through a bunch of Sams would tell us. The GE rectangular sets were a GE design as far as I know. I don't know that their parallel circuit tube color chassis ever changed all that much. The TV we had in the living room when I was a kid was a rectangular GE and I had several others pass through my hands over the years. I'd kinda like to have a good example of one.

A note: I've looked close at print ads for the GE roundies from the CTC-11 era and it is clear they did little to disguise the RCA layout. What especially caught my eye is the screen bezel. Where my RCA -11 has a 'COLOR' emblem at the center bottom of that trim, the GE uses the same bezel but with the cutout for the emblem at the center top.

Thanks for the sleuthing bgadow, much appreciated