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Old 06-16-2009, 02:20 PM
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Did Sharp make a red color TV (13 inch or above)...

Because I found this extremely rare full red color Sharp vintage VCR at a local garage sale, and it's in like new condition. It would be really cool if there was a matching red Sharp TV to begin with. Did Sharp make a red color TV (13 inch or above)? Not interested in a portable TV. Thanks for your help.
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Old 06-16-2009, 03:45 PM
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I don't know about the TV but that is a cool VCR. The biggest red set I've seen was a 13".
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Old 06-16-2009, 10:50 PM
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The biggest red set I've seen was a 13".
What's the year it was built that you last saw. 13" is perfect. This looks cool as a retro 80s flashback design.
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Old 06-17-2009, 12:25 AM
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I've seen red Sharp sets in both 13" and 20", but I don't remember the model numbers. There was also a red Sharp set with a built in Famicon (Japanese NES), but that one was Japan only. There was a US version with a built in NES, but it was black.
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Old 06-17-2009, 06:26 AM
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What's the year it was built that you last saw. 13" is perfect. This looks cool as a retro 80s flashback design.
I think it was made around 1982, but it was a while ago.
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Old 06-17-2009, 08:29 AM
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I've seen a 19 (0R 20) " Sharp in hot pink, so I bet they had that brick-red also. I bought a new 13" one in about '86 in red, to match the ugly formica kitchen counter we had at the time. Not a bad set, and it was cheap, and had a remote. I watched the Challenger tragedy on it live

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Old 06-18-2009, 09:23 AM
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Don't know about a red television, but , were there not a line of audio components from the mid 80's. IIRC Sharp was the manufacturer. I'll bet the folks on the audio side of the forum would know.
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The model number escapes me at the moment, but I've had 1 model of low end Sharp receiver is red, black and silver.
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Old 06-18-2009, 11:05 PM
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Besides the TV, I learned from research that this is identical to Sharp VC-381 in silver color, and it's made in 1983. Ever serviced one and was it reliable?
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Ever serviced one and was it reliable?

As cheap as those are, they were reliable! All I remember being wrong with those, was a dirty mode switch and hardened belts & idlers.

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Besides the TV, I learned from research that this is identical to Sharp VC-381 in silver color, and it's made in 1983. Ever serviced one and was it reliable?
Even Sharp's portables are pretty reliable and servicable.


Sharp may have a red set to go with your machine, as many other Japanese electronics mfrs. in the '80s sold red-cased sets. I guess it was the cool thing to do, heh.
Ad. example from Sanyo.
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