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05-14-2014, 10:58 AM
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I was watching the tv last night - am sure the picture tube is weak, it goes totally dark when brightness is down and loses focus when it's set too high. Contrast is also pretty unremarkable. Still, it does a good enough job of playing the evening news and keeping the hours off my ctc-38 (my REAL RCA)
Linearity is also kind of touchy and seems to vary a bit with line voltage - kind of like my similar era 19 inch admiral. The sound is also a little bad, it's got buzz leaking through from the video signal and it's also got a bit of distortion. I am thinking that this TV is not going to get a full re-build, it just doesn't seem worth it to me... I'd rather put effort into a real RCA, or even a GE Last edited by maxhifi; 05-14-2014 at 11:27 AM. 
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05-16-2014, 08:39 AM
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For what it's worth, Nuvistors were appearing the first and sometimes second stages of FM tuners in Sansui, Pioneer, and Kenwood in the early to mid sixties.
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05-18-2014, 09:43 PM
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I've seen a number of Japanese and German built RCA radios but this is the oldest badge-engineered RCA TV I've seen. I do find the non-RCA tubes odd. Almost every other brand at least had them stamped with their name.
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05-18-2014, 11:42 PM
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To me, this set is more interesting as a 'real' Sharp than as a 'fake' RCA. Tube chassis Japanese sets are getting harder to find where I am..even black&whites.
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05-19-2014, 12:33 AM
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The only way to find this kind of stuff where I live is to constantly look for it... I have my eyes open all the time and only rarely do good things come up. I like it as a sharp too, I have just been reading RCA tube manuals and books since I was a teenager, and have a sort of brand loyalty as a result of admiration for what was once a great company.
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