A TV from my childhood

[Sandy G]

You boys are pikers...I had a Sony 5-303 back in 1962-63, I could JUST carry it around. Family of girls lived up the street, I was up there w/them, or they were down at my place all the time...The older ones kinda "Babysat" us. Anyway, the one who is my age, Martha, & I played "House" all the time...The bathroom next to my room was our "Kitchen"..We decided to put the TV in there for some strange reason. Perched it on the side of the seat of the Throne, it quickly fell in...Omigawd ! Fortunately, the Throne was flushed, I grabbed it out, wiped it off, didn't play it for a couple of days, it worked fine..And continued to do so til the summer they landed on the Moon...

[lnx64]

Going through some old photos, I found a picture of it. I think I was trying to get a picture of the high score on an NES game. Didn't come out.

But, I STILL can't read that brand name.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/IMG_0427.jpg

[jr_tech]

It looks to me like the last word is "tuning" so it might just say "automatic tuning" or something like that

jr

[lnx64]

Hmm it didn't do any automatic tuning that was for sure. You had to program each number with a included plastic screwdriver. But I agree the last word looks like tuning.

My dad thinks it may have been a zenith, now. Some chromacolors do look similar.

[mrflex65]

Does it say "electronic tuning?" Very hard to make it out....

[lnx64]

Would electronic tuning mean a button controlled it? Cause it had a knob only

[jstout66]

I can make out "electronic tuning" and yes.. even tho knob tuned, it would have had an electronic tuner. Def not a Zenith or any "major" brand. I'm thinking Sears or Wards?

[lnx64]

Ok cool so that's settled. Sucks though it has no other markings.

[jstout66]

Do you think it might be a Curtis Mathes? I remember them using that scripting on a console I had.....

[radiotvnut]

If that's a Sears, the name badge is probably very small. They usually had "Sears" and then "solid state" below "Sears" in a small rectangular box.

Those single knob varactor tuners were very common across the board during the '70's and '80's. Even though it's mechanical, it is still an electronic tuner and many sets had the words "electronic tuning" on them.

[Eric H]

I think it says Custom Tuning and that phrase sounds familiar to me like a certain brand used it.

That Knob and number dial look similar in layout to the 1979 GE I had, nothing else on it looks GE though.

[ChrisW6ATV]

I definitely agree it reads "Electronic Tuning". And, that Sears Video Arcade on top is cool.

[lnx64]

I still have that,

When I get my 19" TV fixed, I'll put it on top just like in the pic.

[bgadow]

When somebody first guessed Sears I thought, no way...showed me! Here we go, 1980 Spring/Summer catalog:

Maybe that will make the search a lot easier!

[mrflex65]

Originally Posted by bgadow

When somebody first guessed Sears I thought, no way...showed me! Here we go, 1980 Spring/Summer catalog:

Maybe that will make the search a lot easier!

Looks like we have a winner!