blonde '62 Magnavox 27" info & help

[Phil Nelson]

Sure, I would be curious to see a photo of it working. Pose a small child next to it to exaggerate the scale, as they did in those old Philco photos of the "world's largest radio."

Phil Nelson

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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Sure, I would be curious to see a photo of it working. Pose a small child next to it to exaggerate the scale, as they did in those old Philco photos of the "world's largest radio."

Phil Nelson

Phil...it's not quite in working condition yet. But I can probably provide the child to pose next to it!

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Some pictures from last night, it's finally in my basement...

[DaveWM]

get it up and runing and watch leave it to beaver, peter gunn, mike hammer, hitch... the list goes on, some really fun old programming out there that was done in B&W, and no need to fuss with convergence

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Originally Posted by DaveWM

get it up and runing and watch leave it to beaver, peter gunn, mike hammer, hitch... the list goes on, some really fun old programming out there that was done in B&W, and no need to fuss with convergence

I have the Honeymooners complete classic episode collection on DVD so watching that on this classic TV would be the eventual plan. I haven't even cleaned the set up yet though, as you can see.

[old_coot88]

Here's hoping that your find is an exception to the rule, and that the CRT still has some emission left. Without exception, every 27-incher I've ever seen was flat on emission.
Bill(oc)

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Originally Posted by old_coot88

Here's hoping that your find is an exception to the rule, and that the CRT still has some emission left. Without exception, every 27-incher I've ever seen was flat on emission.
Bill(oc)

Thanks, Bill. I have my fingers crossed. Hopefully she's still got some life left!

[DaveWM]

yea mine is pretty low as well on the tester but it makes an ok image, def not optimum but watchable takes a full minute to come up to brighness after it 1st comes on. On the maggies they have that magic I thing, it darkens the tube in relation to the ambient light. You can move a tap around on the back to adjust it so the effect is correct. just dont be too suprised if you fire it up the 1st time to see a raster and like me did it in a dark room. The eye made the raster quite dark as well. A quick way to see how well its working is to shine a flashlight at the eye. Those 27" CRT's are rare.

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Originally Posted by DaveWM

yea mine is pretty low as well on the tester but it makes an ok image, def not optimum but watchable takes a full minute to come up to brighness after it 1st comes on. On the maggies they have that magic I thing, it darkens the tube in relation to the ambient light. You can move a tap around on the back to adjust it so the effect is correct. just dont be too suprised if you fire it up the 1st time to see a raster and like me did it in a dark room. The eye made the raster quite dark as well. A quick way to see how well its working is to shine a flashlight at the eye. Those 27" CRT's are rare.

Thanks again for the advice, Dave. You are apparently the Magnavox 27" go-to guru around here on VK! My first step is a thorough cleaning inside and out, although I already know I will need a rear CRT socket cover. The original plastic piece was half-missing when I picked up the set. Then, schematics and some paper cap replacement if necessary.

That reminds me....does anyone know the Sam's number for this particular chassis? The model number is 1MP430M.