Sony 8-301w on ebay - Videokarma.org TV - Video

jpdylon · #1 10-24-2007, 07:38 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-SONY-FIRST-...QQcmdZViewItem

Kinda sad looking, but perhaps someone will restore it.

Sandy, if you don't already have one of these, this one is a little closer to you than the left coast

Tube TV · #2 10-25-2007, 12:36 AM

I think that set was on there a few weeks ago , must not have sold ,
would be a fun project .

fsjonsey · #3 10-25-2007, 01:50 AM

Its all there, including the oh-so-often missing chrome trim. It just looks dirty, nothing a little soap and water couldnt clean up.

Sandy G · #4 10-25-2007, 05:57 AM

Hmmmmmm.....

compucat · #5 10-25-2007, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fsjonsey

Its all there, including the oh-so-often missing chrome trim. It just looks dirty, nothing a little soap and water couldnt clean up.

Teh handle is missing. I suppose the only place to find one would be on a parts set. Were these sets particularly fragile? Most all-metal sets I have seen hold up very well. Nearly every one of this model that shows up has something broken or missing cosmetically.

It's worth getting if you can restore it.

Sandy G · #6 10-25-2007, 11:20 AM

Yeah, you're right. About every single solitary one of these guys I've seen come up looks like it was run over by the German Army in bare feet. Funny, too-IIRC, these little guys were pretty expensive-You'd think they woulda had better treatment. But I also seem to remember that like about every "First one there is" product, they were NOT too reliable, maybe a lot of 'em died early, & then rambunctious kids got hold of 'em & "woolled" 'em to death... They were too expensive to toss, & back then people didn't toss things as quickly as they do today, but nobody really knew how to work on 'em, either. So there they sat in a closet, until the aforementioned brat found 'em, & proceeded to Have His Way w/the poor little guy...Just a thought.

compucat · #7 10-25-2007, 01:36 PM

Years ago when something like a tv or radio broke, if it got replaced, it went into the closet under the premise of "someday I'll get it fixed". Even a non working tv was considered too valuable to be thrown in the trash. I still feel this way. When my Sony 5-303 stopped working, I took it off the display shelf and put in the case and am just now getting to work on it.