Motorola's First Portable Color TV! The TS-924 chassis for 1969/70!

[drh4683]

Yes, 1960 was about the turning point when Motorola started using some non US made components, especially in their radios. In fact, that 1961 Motorola 23" b/w table set I posted a couple weeks ago had no foreign components which was somewhat of a surprise to me. It must have been one of the last "All American" Motorola TV's aside from the occasional Euro made tubes sometimes found in domestic sets.

Also, I should have been more clear though regarding the TS-924 set. This is a Motorola design in terms of cabinet styling, but entirely built by Sharp. Sharp essentially only needed to adapt their chassis to it.

[snelson903]

vary nice , would love to have it.

[BigDavesTV]

Excellent set, very nice color picture on screen shots, congratulations on a rare set! So good to see it working!

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by drh4683

Yes, 1960 was about the turning point when Motorola started using some non US made components, especially in their radios. In fact, that 1961 Motorola 23" b/w table set I posted a couple weeks ago had no foreign components which was somewhat of a surprise to me. It must have been one of the last "All American" Motorola TV's aside from the occasional Euro made tubes sometimes found in domestic sets.

Also, I should have been more clear though regarding the TS-924 set. This is a Motorola design in terms of cabinet styling, but entirely built by Sharp. Sharp essentially only needed to adapt their chassis to it.

The Motorola set is the better looking of the lot. The Sharp built sets like the Midlands and other private labels, were strictly rebadges and looked like the economy sets they were.
They were hot running sets and therefor more trouble prone. The Panasonics and the Toshibas of the day were also very hot running.

[bgadow]

Sharp did an excellent job of building an "American" cabinet for that set. I'd have never known from a glance out the outside. Another super-clean one, too!