eBay sellers don't always tell the whole truth... Sony KV-1201U

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by freakaftr8

Wow Charles, that is an awesome find!! I have the same set, unfortunantly, it's dead as a doornail, and I have to figure it out. But, wow!! Brand spanking new!

Thanks! I do have a spare KV-1201/1210, which needs the HVR block but is otherwise a good working set, afaik. (CRT unknown), if you need parts. But are you permanently relocated Back East, or are you still in Ventura occasionally?

Originally Posted by colorfixer

It's amazing what turns up. That's quite possibly a once in a lifetime find Charles.

New in the box sets are extremely rare, and too bad this one was missing the box. It probably was there, but maybe was tattered. All the other Sony stuff this lady was selling, was still sealed in boxes. I got two other sets from her; a 1981 KX-1901, and a 2001-ish 13" Trinitron that she said her Dad kept new because it was the last non-flat Trinitron made. My wife took a liking to it, and it's now her daily kitchen watcher (box carefully kept, of course).

Probably my most exciting new-in-the-box TV I have is a 1948 Motorola VT-71. Sadly, the rubber CRT mask melted anyway, and ruined the gold paint inside the front bezel. I'm not sure yet if I'll replace that, or leave the set virgin with the melted mask.

Charles

[freakaftr8]

No im still up here in Folsom, but I might be down in Ventura in the middle of this month sometime, ill keep you posted!! Hey did you ever find a yoke for that Zenith of mine? Im thinking of puttin my nose back into it..

Originally Posted by kx250rider

Thanks! I do have a spare KV-1201/1210, which needs the HVR block but is otherwise a good working set, afaik. (CRT unknown), if you need parts. But are you permanently relocated Back East, or are you still in Ventura occasionally?



New in the box sets are extremely rare, and too bad this one was missing the box. It probably was there, but maybe was tattered. All the other Sony stuff this lady was selling, was still sealed in boxes. I got two other sets from her; a 1981 KX-1901, and a 2001-ish 13" Trinitron that she said her Dad kept new because it was the last non-flat Trinitron made. My wife took a liking to it, and it's now her daily kitchen watcher (box carefully kept, of course).

Probably my most exciting new-in-the-box TV I have is a 1948 Motorola VT-71. Sadly, the rubber CRT mask melted anyway, and ruined the gold paint inside the front bezel. I'm not sure yet if I'll replace that, or leave the set virgin with the melted mask.

Charles

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by freakaftr8

Hey did you ever find a yoke for that Zenith of mine? Im thinking of puttin my nose back into it..

No luck on the yoke yet, but I do still have that jig for you. No rush; just give me a heads up and I'll have that here for you. I think I better have that jig here in Moorpark, as your wife will put a contract out on me if I let you see the sets piled up in that building in Chatsworth where the jig is ... But on the other hand....

Charles