Chad's TV collection

[asynchronousman]

Originally Posted by Chad Hauris

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Mid-1960s Seeburg with the 45 display window and banner area. My friend Ken fixed one up lately and got 800.00 for his work. He restored a 1951 Wulitzer from a pile of rubble basically and it's now all origianl except a few platter sticker are not there and it's got a volume switch where the coin slot went so it's set up for play anytime. It was converted to 45 rpm and uses a "Cobramatic" type changer. He has/had a Seeburg 100 in the living room, coin-operated this time out. I like the Seeburgs and AMI jukeboxes the most, but all are cool in their own distinct manner.

[asynchronousman]

Originally Posted by Chad Hauris

O.K...Doug's comprehensive view of his collection prompted me to post new photos of mine.

You got UHF on your RCA "New Vista"? (Looks like mine at least)

I guess mine DOES have a turret tuner on top...

Hey Chad, I bet if you turned on all those sets at once the radiation signature from your house would be enough to cause Homeland Security black helos to land on your lawn!

Attached are a couple of sets that I was curious about......I've cropped the pix down so you can see exactly which ones I'm talking about. Are they both Zeniths? On the metal(?) wood grain one, is the channel indicator within the knob or in that black area adjacent to same? Thanks

Anthony

[Chad Hauris]

Anthony, the first small white set is a Toshiba blackstripe from 1979. It has an ultrasonic remote control and is in good working condition. The second set is a 1968 RCA CTC-31 with remote control. The channel indicators are next to the knobs. It works, but has some chroma drift after it warms up.

I don't know about radiation, but I have blown the circuit breaker on the room by turning on many of the sets at one time!

The RCA new vista has the UHF controlled by the VHF fine tuning knob.

[asynchronousman]

Toshiba? Hmm. If the Zenith set didn't sell or is still there I will photograph it. It was a cool set! I've got a New Vista VHF only (1963, turret top tuning with the round spot that indicates a UHF tuner can go there).

And Anthony, NBC or CNN alone would set off Defcon 5, wouldn't they?

Originally Posted by Chad Hauris

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Love the Seeburg!!! What year/model? What type of music do you have in it?

[andy]

I can't believe you're not using that white 13" Sony (KV-13CR11?). I have one in the kitchen and it's by far the best 13" TV I've ever seen. It has a fine dot pitch screen like a professional monitor which really make the picture look nice.

[Chad Hauris]

Andy, is that the sony that is in the "junk" area (not really junk, just stuff that has more difficult problems). It does have video monitor inputs and does work well when it will stay on but I am having a problem with intermittent power shut off on it...have not been able to track down problem yet, so it's in the out of commision area for now.

The seeburg is an LS-2 from 1968, bought for $75.00. I have a variety of records in it, including 80's pop, disco, and classic country.
Here is a picture of 2 other jukeboxes at our repair shop....another Seeburg LS-2 plus an AMI model K.

Originally Posted by asynchronousman

Mid-1960s Seeburg with the 45 display window and banner area. My friend Ken fixed one up lately and got 800.00 for his work. He restored a 1951 Wulitzer from a pile of rubble basically and it's now all origianl except a few platter sticker are not there and it's got a volume switch where the coin slot went so it's set up for play anytime. It was converted to 45 rpm and uses a "Cobramatic" type changer. He has/had a Seeburg 100 in the living room, coin-operated this time out. I like the Seeburgs and AMI jukeboxes the most, but all are cool in their own distinct manner.

The Seeburgs that I want are HF100G, 222, DS160 (with the side speakers), USC1 Bandshell, Celestia

AMI, Hmm... haven't thought much about those. the 1955 one with the horn tweeter on top

Rock - 1962 Rhapsody, 67 Imperial, 68 Ultra (I think, it's the one with the small window on front. Last of the visible machines)

ANY Wurlitzer up to the mid 60s.

Rowe/AMI Nostalgia (1015 clone, plays 100 45s with modern electronics)

Originally Posted by asynchronousman

And Anthony, NBC or CNN alone would set off Defcon 5, wouldn't they?

Defcon? Is that a hearing impaired scam artist or ex-prisoner?

Anthony

Chad,

I love your collection of TVs. That is like my dream right there. I'd love to have a collection like that. In fact, you have a few in there that I have, including that B&W Zenith with digital tuning and a 19" GE with a modular chassis from the mid 70's.

Another thing is about having all those TVs, they make nice heaters in winter I turn on maybe 4 or 5 of mine and the room gets hot.



PS: In that first picture, I saw that computer in the far left corner. TRS-80, I have a model 3, I've had it since I was 7, but no disk drives. I have 4 90 minute cassettes of my own programs which I think I wrote most of them when I was 10.

[asynchronousman]

Originally Posted by heathkit tv

Defcon? Is that a hearing impaired scam artist or ex-prisoner?

Anthony

I believe the military types only have FOUR DEFence CONditions so that would be a hoot...maybe I've seen too many cheesy movies?

Originally Posted by asynchronousman

There was a set at the auction quite similar to the white one in the back on the picture that was a Zenith and IT had an LCD dial with AM and FM mono and I believe a clock. It had a very nice picture also.

I had one of those TVs... In fact, that was my very first TV... when I was 5 years old back in 1987. My mom won it at work. It had an LCD display that was backlit orange, clock, channel #, etc. It did have an AM/FM radio. The remote control on it was infared, but it took a 9 volt battery.

It didn't get used until we moved into our house in September 1989. Then one day, the power went off while I was watching it. It never came back on and my dad threw it away. I later found out that was due to a faulty surge suppressor (that same surge suppressor fried an answering machine 2 years later.) This was still when Zenith was Zenith, so if that didn't happen that TV would still probably be my daily watcher to this day.

[Jeffhs]

Chad,

I like that Seeburg (?) "Stereo 300" jukebox in one of the pics of your TV collection. Haven't seen one like it since I was a teenage kid some 35 years ago. A pizza place in the next town east of where I grew up had Seeburgs, AMIs, etc. (they wore out quickly, as they got quite a bit of use; seems I saw a new one in the place every six months or so).

BTW, I'm trying to transfer all my CDs into my computer (which is hooked up to my stereo) to get the same effect as those old jukeboxes, but using 21st century technology. Man, what a job, as I have about 50+ CDs now and am a subscriber to BMG Music Service in Indianapolis, so I get a new one or two every couple months. I try to transfer one or two every couple days; at that rate it will take several months to transfer them all, but it will be worth it when I'm done. The CD player in my stereo has random-access track selection, via a keypad on the remote control, but only takes up to 3 CDs at a time. Having all (or at least most) of my discs in the computer will allow me to call up any track I want just by highlighting the title in the playlist (MusicMatch Jukebox player) and double-clicking it.

Speaking of jukeboxes, I've heard of the new CD jukes but have yet to actually see one in a public establishment. Are these very popular yet?

[Chad Hauris]

Jeff, all the Pizza Huts around here seem to be using the CD jukeboxes, AMI and Rockola...it is very rare to find a vinyl record jukebox being used from my experience.

Actually the CD jukeboxes are DECLINING in popularity...the newest thing is the Touchtunes jukebox which downloads all of its music from the Internet (an agreement is set up between the juke maker and record companies for royalties). These are the preferred machine for new jukeboxes although I personally have not seen one around here.

There is also a module made that is an MP3 player to replace the CD mechanism in the AMI CD jukes.