Can you recall every tv you ever had?

[MAXZ28]

Not many....

1991 Sony Trinitron [ gave up on me in '06 - just wouldn't turn on anymore ]
2000 Sony 57" Rear Projection [ sold to make way for LCD ]
2006 Philips 27" CRT [ sold to make way for LCD ]
2008 Samsung 32" 720p LCD
2008 Samsung 52" 1080p LCD

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by freakaftr8

I can recall every car I have owned! lol

You're ahead of me then... I can only remember the first few dozen Until about 10 years ago, I'd buy & sell cars used & trucks faster than most people go through library books. I've always liked cars & trucks, and I'd get bored fast. I don't think there's a postwar car make that I haven't owned at least one of in the last 25 years... I've even had Studebakers. Corvettes to Volkswagens, Toyotas & Nissans (Diesel & gas), to Subarus, Cadillacs (Diesel & gas), Dodges, Plymouths, Chryslers, and even a DeSoto... Fords, Mercurys, Lincolns, & on & on. Same with motorcycles (Japanese).

In 2005, I sold off most of my Toyota Diesel collection (I think I had 14 of them at the high point), and kept only a few, so between Kay and me, there are 6 pickups, an SUV, a sedan, 6 dirt bikes, 4 dualsport bikes, 2 street bikes, 2 quads, and a Kubota Diesel tractor (and 1/2 of a Japanese import Toyota Diesel sedan). Oh, and let's not forget Kay's Grandpa's horse-drawn Surrey that's sitting in the garage. I think it's time to figure out priorities and sell a few

Charles

[Trance88]

Originally Posted by MAXZ28

Not many....

1991 Sony Trinitron [ gave up on me in '06 - just wouldn't turn on anymore ]
2000 Sony 57" Rear Projection [ sold to make way for LCD ]
2006 Philips 27" CRT [ sold to make way for LCD ]
2008 Samsung 32" 720p LCD
2008 Samsung 52" 1080p LCD

So no more CRT's for you then I guess.

[RobtWB]

1st tv purchased new - a late 80's TMK 13" portable - junk lasted ~ 6 months - multiple compoment failures with this set.

1991 Panasonic 19" tabletop - still have it - hundreds of hours on this set - still a perfect picture - one of my all time favorite tv's - a simple elegant little set of a quality no longer seen.

1982 RCA xl 100 console - rotary tuner - beautiful cabinet but weak CRT
1886 RCA xl 100 very nice with original remote
1994 RCA colortrak console - ctc 177 - stunning picture for an old thompson/rca - yes the tuner has been resoldered
about 1958ish Silvertone Suburbanite b/w console - blonde cabinet thumbwheel tuning - VHF only
1963 Zenith b/w console blonde cabinet
1967 Zenith color console needs work
1986 Curtis Mathes (NEC) console - exceptional picture but the sound has gone tits up - another winter project - butt ugly plastic cabinet
1987 CM (NEC) console - right now my daily watcher - amazing color picture -
1985 Zenith b/w brick portable -
70's Coronado(Gamble Skogmo) b/w portable - Mitsubishi CRT very nice little vintage b/w set
Fisher 20" in the daughters game room
Sanyo 24" just and average tv
Zenith System 3 20" table top 1988 - an estate sale find - new condition with low hours

And too many other uninteresting tv's to remember !!

[zenith2134]

Oh man, what was I thinking? I forgot so many TVs in my list.

Here's a few more I remembered from my trashpicking days:

1983 Sanyo 19" with knob tuner and metal cabinet--was a great set I gave it away and it still works.

1979 Hitachi Signal Tracker 19"

All the Quasar/Matsushitas and Panasonic i forgot---too many to mention, mostly early 80s color Pilots. but the little 1985 swivel Quasar with the miniature remote that was a copy of the actual set is worth remembering. Had two of those. TP2156YH.

Emerson 13" 1986
19" 1985

Sharp Lynitron 13" 1987 & 1985 19" knob junker

JVC 26" 1992 w/ SVideo

Samsung 1982 19"

Sony early b&w portable (ant infested and thrown out =/)

GE 7-7650A small under-counter kitchen TV from '86 or so with AM/FM

Panasonic TV/VCR 90s (killed by lightning)

RCA CTC-121 -- another one I was forgetting with stereo and tone controls

[AndyMack]

Growing up, we had a 1972 Zenith console, model C4736M1, the "Daumier". (Thanks to drh4683 for identifying it!)

That lasted until '83, when we replaced it with a Sony 26" set - KV-2670R - sorta a pseudo 'console' but more of a table top set. It had the single RCA jack for stereo sound, presumably by using a Sony receiver. It also had a single jack up front, behind a door in the lower right corner for hooking up a video game system, and those cool fluorescent green on screen displays. Not sure, but I remember someone at Macy's saying it was Sony's first 26" trinitron. That set lasted until the mid-90's, when like most Sonys the focus went soft and the reds & blues started fading away. My parents ended up replacing it with a 32" Sony XBR set when they first came out, which has had numerous issues (including the tuner not working, which took several attempts to fix), but they still have it now.

I started out with a '75 Zenith 12" B&W solid state set, which never failed once. Did plenty of E-skip dx'ing with that set.

Replaced it with a GoldStar 13" color set in '84 which ran daily for the next 15 years (since my parents 'appropriated' it to use as their kitchen set), no failures in that set either until the CRT started going bad.

Picked up a '76 Zenith Chromacolor II 25" console used in '89 - was sitting on the curb in front of a senior apt. complex. Nothing wrong with it at the time, was a daily watcher for a couple of years. Not bad for a free set. Still have it, awaiting new tripler.

I had an '87 RCA XL100 20" stereo set - don't remember the chassis number, it had the LED's above the CRT for 'Stereo', 'Power', and something else. Very rudimentary on-screen channel display, everything else was knob adjusted. That set had a few bad solder joints between boards, but otherwise lasted me for about 7 or 8 years. Gave it to my brother who proceeded to kill it in about a week. Figures.

Also had a GE 19" stereo set in the BPC, new in '94. Watched that for a couple of years - then gave that set to my brother who killed it in about 2 months.

Have a '97 Zenith 25" 'Concierge' TV - interesting story behind that one. I was an engineer for a local hotel which used these sets. About 6 months after opening, a guest decided to use the sprinkler head on the wall to hang some dresses on hangers. Well, of course the sprinkler head let go and destroyed everything in the room. During the restoration process, I took the TV back to my shop to let it dry out and went ahead and ordered a new tv for the room. Well, after a few days I plugged it in and the darn thing worked like new! So, instead of it hitting the dumpster as planned, it somehow made it to my trunk and then my living room that night. Watched that set from '98 til 2006 with no issues. Still have it in storage.

Currently use a Sanyo DP32647 32" LCD HD set as my daily watcher. Decent TV which apparently is still being made, but selling for half the price now, vs. what I paid for it in '06. Great tuners, good color and HD looks good via OTA reception.

I've had others that I've come across - most given away over time
- '82 Panasonic 10" color w/ remote - worked perfect, gave it away
- '77 GE 19" color - was junk the day they made it -very low hour set that I never used, went to the dump with it back about 10 years ago. Only thing different about it from others I've seen was the backlit channel indicators off the side of the tuner knobs, like the consoles had. Most of those sets just had the channel numbers printed on the knobs.
- '76 Sony 9" Trinitron - let our security officers at work use that for years until the flyback cooked one night.
- some small sets like a Sony MegaWatchman (new), an RCA 5" color (used)... not sure what happened to those.

Down in the garage now sits that '76 Zenith console, '82-ish Sony KV1547R, '74 Zenith, '65 Sylvania roundie, and a '82 Quasar 19" color set. Would love more roundies, but they're damn scarce in these parts. Nobody around here keeps old electronics.

[4Channel]

First Colour TV for the family - 26" Phillips Modular 4 - 1974. Lasted until 1986, when my dad gave it to friends just moving into their own apartment.

Then, my dad got one of the first Flat Screen Stereo TVs - a Toshiba 20" with DBX Noise reduction - $900 new! It's my bedroom set now and has a better picture than the set my wife bought before we got married - a GE 28" that's about 8 years old.

And a 26" Zenith Space Command (System 3) sits in the basement - it will be sold with the house - soooo heavy! Was given to me by my brother, who bought it off my aunt - the original owner in 1973/1974. It's silver and has thumbwheel tuners, is meant to sit in a corner. Has that Zoom feature, but I lack the remote. It would have been a top model , because her philosoghy was "nothing but the best"

[jetblack]

That's an easy one for me, because I've owned 3 in my adult life, unless you're including the ones my Dad had.

RCA 13" color (model EC332F?)
Panasonic 27" color
Panasonic 32" color

[jayk]

starting in '75:
5" hitachi b&w, til 81.
13" monkee wards color, '84 til '90.
13" sanyo color, '91 til '92.
13" mitsubishi color, '97 till '99.
36" sanyo, 6-'02 til 6-'04.
infocus sd projector, 6-'04 til 7-'04.
panasonic hd projector, 7-'04 til present.
audiovox 10" portable dvd player with sd cable box connected to aux video input.
19" element lcd hdtv, 7-'07 til present.

[wkand]

Well, let's see, starting at birth in 1959, with acquisition years:

Parents' sets
1954 or '55 - Admiral "Super Cascode" black metal cabinet with "insect leg" stand
1965 - Zenith roundie with the 25MC33 chassis - Has motorized tuner - No remote.
1972 - 1959 Model RCA B/W portable
1972 - Midland 15-126B 16" B/W set
1974 - K-Mart (Warwick) SKC1960 19" Color set
1977 - 1968 model Motorola TS90? ch. 23" Color. I replaced the CRT in HS. Set and used CRT obtained free from a TV shop.
1980 - Sampo 19" Color set
1982 - Portland 19" Color - Purchased at one of those truckload electronics and tool events.
1994? - RCA (Thompson) 20" Color - Still in use
2001 - House brand 20" flatscreen CRT set - Still in use

My sets:
1982 - 12" Zenith B/W
1988 - 13" Hitachi Color
1998- 1989 model Mitsubishi 26" Color - Obtained used from a TV Shop. Still my daily watcher.

All above sets were excellent with the exception of the Midland B/W set my parents owned, which barely lasted the length of the 2 yr. extended warranty they purchased ---for $7.99 on a $90 TV! All my parents sets (except the Midland) survived very high hour use (~15 hours a day X 7) for at least 5 years each.

I repaired each of my parent's sets (1959 RCA, Zenith roundie, Midland, K-Mart, Sampo) at least once each while in high school, and for a few years afterward. The Sampo was my fav to work on due to ease of access, and well marked schematic supplied with the set. It only had one trouble - a jungle IC that caused a blooming pic. This was very easy to troubleshoot with a voltmeter. The DC level in the brightness circuit was way off.

My mom still has the Zenith roundie and the Motorola, but it would take at least a CRT, flyback and yoke to make the Zenith fully operational again. It is a VERY high hour set that marginally works with weak raster, good sound, and a lot of snapping and popping. The Motorola needs a focus resistor (big potted block unit), made from unobtanium.

I've had numerous other sets that I got while in HS from TV shops, including a GE 1950portable B/W, and another 1965 Motorola color, but the sets listed above were most noteworthy.

I pretty much quit TV repairs for the family in about 1985, but I do enjoy reading about the exploits of other AK members.

[ehoove]

Yes, and several I'd rather forget!
Happy Holidays,
Jim

[radiotvnut]

How many pages am I allowed to use? Seriously, it would take several pages if I could remember every single one of them. I'll just hit the high points:

Childhood TV's that actually belonged to my parents:

1. '77 19" RCA colortrak with single knob tuner.
2. '83'ish 19" NAP Magnavox remote set with 19C2 chassis.
3. Early '70's 9" GE AC/DC B&W in leather case (that was their motor home TV before it became my bedroom TV).
4. Early '70's Midland built Truetone metal cabinet 13" color tube set. Dad bought it used and it became the new motor home TV until it died in the late '80's.
5. Late '80's Emerson 13" color. This replaced the Truetone tube set.
6. Early '80's Zenith space command 25" console. This was inherited from my late uncle and replaced the worn out NAP set above.
7. 23" Zenith CCII console. This was one I found to replace the other Zenith console when the 9-160 module went poof.
8. 25" RCA CTC120 remote portable. This replaced the CCII when my Mother bought a wall unit.
9. An afterthought. '80 19" Zenith space command. My dad found this on the roadside and had the 9-160 module changed. That set wound up in the youth room of my old church and is probably still there.

[radiotvnut]

Here are some of the more interesting sets that I remember finding. None are still with us today. They either got fixed and sold or thrown away when I couldn't fix them or because I was feeling pressure from my parents.

1. 19" RCA B&W from about '63. 1st TV I ever fixed. Used it in the bedroom for awhile.
2. Early '70's 19" Philco-Ford B&W w/UHF. This replaced the RCA above.
3. '75 19" Zenith CCII space command. 1st color TV I fixed. Sold it for $50 in '91.
4. '80 19" Magnavox motel set. Used in my bedroom for a few years.
5. '90 27" RCA Colortrak 2000 portable.
6. My uncle's '66 Zenith color set. I still have the cabinet and tube. The rest got disected long ago.
7. A couple of Zenith roundies that I tossed because I couldn't fix them at the time. I promise not to do that again. Please give me another chance!
8. A Magnavox roundie that got thrown out because I couldn't fix it. Side of the road find.
9. A Muntz rectangular color console. Chassis was an RCA clone.
10. Many late '60's/early'70's Zenith color consoles. Most of these were fixed and sold.
11. 23" Motorola color TV in a beige metal cabinet. Worked except for a bad 23EGP22 CRT. finally junked it.
12. 23" Motorola color tube console. I fixed it and sold it.
13. Several GE portacolors
14. Several Zenith CCII's and 4-tube hybrids
15. Several RCA's with the stand up solid state chassis.
16. RCA CTC40. Had a burned yoke and I junked it.
17. Various B&W metal portables and consoles from the '50's.
18. Early '60's Magnavox B&W TV/stereo combo. Kept it for years until I ran out of room!
19. Various 12"/17"/19" tube and SS B&W portables.
20. Many '80's and '90's BPC and console TV's that I don't want to remember.

[centralflori]

[QUOTE=Adam;2320007]Can you remember not just what sets you have now, but every tv you've ever had even if you just picked it up on the curb and parted it out immediately? I couldn't sleep and I was thinking about this.[QUOTE]

I can't come close to remembering all the tv sets I have owned.

[radiotvnut]

Let's see. What's still here of interest.

1. RCA CTC4 color set in sad shape.
2. 19" Zenith CCII 19HC48 chassis.
3. 19" Zenith CCII 19KC48 chassis.
4. 25" Zenith 25EC58 space command console.
5. 23" RCA CTC25 combo
6. 25" CTC78 XL100 console from '76
7. 23" Motorola TS908 console
8. 23" Magnavox T933 color console from '68.
9. 25" Truetone (wells gardner) hybrid color console '74.
10. 19" metal cabinet GE tube portable B&W late '60's.
11. 9" Sears/Sanyo tube portable B&W
12. Zenith 23" CCII console
13. 19" '77 RCA XL100 color set.
14. '84 12" RCA SS B&W
15. '74 19" Zenith 4-tube hybrid color set
16. '80 RCA XL100 CTC97
17. '77 17" Zenith CCII
18. '69 23" Zenith B&W console
19. '81 Philco (GTE) 19" color
20. '90's 13" Sharp X 2
21. '85 19" Sony KV1972R
22. '23 RCA CTC38 steel cabinet color set. Needs a flyback and other work.
23. '78 3.5" Panasonic B&W tv/radio w/snap on magnifier.
24. 19" RCA CTC108 junk set for parts.
25. 19" GE EC chassis junk set for parts.

No wonder I don't have any room!