Reactions to old TVs

[drh4683]

Its always great when you can show someone an old TV to prove them wrong. When you talk about old tvs, most people think about either 1950's b+w or those junk 1980's taiwan tvs. Many dont think about the early color tvs. Ive talked with lots of folks who had color tv back in the 60's. All they said was "cool looking tv, but the picture was crap" I think they forgot how good those sets were. I do alot of repair work on the side for other people so there are always customers walking into the basement of my home so they can see all these old tvs.

First reaction: Why do you have all of these tvs?
Next: "you can only watch one at a time, so why have all of them"

Turn one on and show them and they are totally blown away at the sharp color picture.

In fact, last week I brought a 1965 rca victor 19" b/w portable "sportabout" set to work so everyone could watch the bears game. I was shocked that there were no smart a$$ remarks made about the set. Everyone thought it was too cool to watch a b/w set from the 60's that still worked! (with a good picture as well).

I think this same reaction applies to any vintage equipment. I cut the lawn with a 1961 lawnboy 3050 lawnmower. People that past the house slow down to see what Im cutting the lawn with. Others will actually stop and comment "man, I havent seen one of those in 30 years and it still runs!"

When it comes to cars, you always get a thumbs up or a honk when driving down the road but I think the best reactions are when people see the kind of stuff they almost totally forgot about like tvs, lawnmowers and appliances etc.