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Old 09-22-2009, 03:04 AM
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That's a nice set - I especially like the pushbutton tuning.
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Old 09-22-2009, 03:47 AM
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Before this one, I had never seen a TV this old with push-button tuning. I can't help wondering how the channel selection is done, whether by tuned circuits (individual channel strips selected by the front-panel buttons) or a motor-driven standard rotary turret tuner, with a mechanism to stop it at the precise channel listed on the button. However, I cannot for the life of me imagine how the latter could be achieved with a push-button tuning system in the 1950s, unless a very intricate indexing mechanism is used. Hmmm.
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Old 09-22-2009, 08:22 PM
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TV this old with push-button tuning.
The 1948 Hallicrafters 505 (aka T-54) has pushbutton tuning. I assumed it was a cost-saving measure. Inside is a bank of cheap looking switches.

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