Curtis Mathes 25 inch tv 1980s sensor touch

[radiotvnut]

Haven't had one in ages. Don't mean to sound rude; but, I don't care if I ever see another one. Those things were a headache and those sensor buttons would often go crazy by not responding or trying to tune to multiple channels at once. Sears had some similar TV's that were made by Sanyo and I didn't care for those, either.

[rca2000]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

Haven't had one in ages. Don't mean to sound rude; but, I don't care if I ever see another one. Those things were a headache and those sensor buttons would often go crazy by not responding or trying to tune to multiple channels at once. Sears had some similar TV's that were made by Sanyo and I didn't care for those, either.

With you on that one. Not too mention these sets were built VERY cheaply, ALWAYS a hot chassis, IIRC and not anywhere near worth the money people paid for them -a FAR cry from the days of tube CM sets, both BW and color. RCA , Sylvania, Mag and Zenith were superior to CM sets in the SS days. I recall one early 70's CM combo set--actually branded a "rutherford" that I worked on in 1987---and it had a VERY cheap built NEC tv chassis with an even cheaper lloyds style stereo chassis . I would not have given one DIME for the set--then or now.

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by rca2000

With you on that one. Not too mention these sets were built VERY cheaply, ALWAYS a hot chassis, IIRC and not anywhere near worth the money people paid for them -a FAR cry from the days of tube CM sets, both BW and color. RCA , Sylvania, Mag and Zenith were superior to CM sets in the SS days. I recall one early 70's CM combo set--actually branded a "rutherford" that I worked on in 1987---and it had a VERY cheap built NEC tv chassis with an even cheaper lloyds style stereo chassis . I would not have given one DIME for the set--then or now.

That sounds like the '74 model that someone gave me and the only reason I took it was for the CRT; but, the CRT, a Westinghouse 23" delta gun tube, was totally dead and wouldn't rejuvenate. The cabinet was cheap plastic and particleboard. The TV chassis was NEC, the record changer was a Glenburn, and the stereo chassis was some cheap crap from Taiwan. The original owners probably paid $2K+ for that set; but, would have been better off buying a Zenith or RCA, for less money.

Years ago, a guy tried to sell me a dead early '80's CM console with the sensor touch tuner. I offered him $10 and he was insulted. He then went on to tell me how much he paid for the TV and that it was the best TV on the market. The whole time I'm thinking, "you wouldn't believe any different if I tried to educate you; so, you keep on believing that you have the best TV ever built and good luck on selling it."