Estate Sale Finds In 2011!

[mstaton]

WOW, all those sets are nice!! Good score Doug!! Would be nice to find ONE Zenith around here.

[magnasonic66]

They're all beautiful, I love those houses and apartments too.

[Jeffhs]

Doug, what were they getting on the TV connected to an antenna? I thought all analog TV was to have disappeared by now, unless the Chicago area still has one or more NTSC analog stations. The networks all went digital and HD some time ago, so any remaining analog stations would almost have to be independents.

[miniman82]

There's a foreign language channel I can get (hispanic) on UHF here in Waukegan.

[drh4683]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

Doug, what were they getting on the TV connected to an antenna? I thought all analog TV was to have disappeared by now, unless the Chicago area still has one or more NTSC analog stations. The networks all went digital and HD some time ago, so any remaining analog stations would almost have to be independents.

The fact that the TV's were still in existance and still in living rooms in good working condition after 40+ years means they were never used. That being said, I don't find it at all of a surprise to see the old sets still wired up to outdoor antennas because they never watched these TV's in the first place so there was no reason to connect them to a DTV box. These TV's just sat there and rarely, if ever got turned on. I guess these people enjoyed spending their free time doing other things in life such as reading for example, or they had another room to watch TV.

[dieseljeep]

With most of those older people, there was no eating in the "front room". When small portables become popular, they had one in the kitchen and they did most of their viewing there. The living room was for guests.

[andy]

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[mwplefty]

Originally Posted by andy

That's very true. Last year, I bought a house that was built in 1973. Virtually nothing had been done to the house since it was built, and every room was worn out and completely trashed except for the formal dining room and living room. Those two rooms were like a time capsule. Even the original gold shag carpet was in excellent condition. We've kept them completely original and are using them as our every day living room and dining room. I'm sure the original owners would not be happy to see people eating and watching movies in there!

I just bought a shag rug, and I love it. No wonder it was so popular in the 1960's and 1970's.

[DaveWM]

dont drop any small parts/screws etc.. on the rug. it used to make a heck of a noise when the vacuum went over it and all those missing parts got found.

[mwplefty]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

dont drop any small parts/screws etc.. on the rug. it used to make a heck of a noise when the vacuum went over it and all those missing parts got found.

My grandmother's house, like most houses of the 1960's and 1970's, used to have a shag rug throughout the living room. However, she didn't have it that long because it would get so dirty, between food and other particles getting caught in there. She eventually ripped it out and just has a wooden floor now. She also claimed that it was "too 60's," which is something I would have liked.

[Robert Grant]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

Doug, what were they getting on the TV connected to an antenna? I thought all analog TV was to have disappeared by now, unless the Chicago area still has one or more NTSC analog stations. The networks all went digital and HD some time ago, so any remaining analog stations would almost have to be independents.

It does not (directly) matter whether a station was network or independent. It matters whether the station was licensed as full-service (ordered to meet certain requirements, assured carriage on cable and satellite, and protected from interference) or low power (easy to own, but not protected from interference, usually not carried on cable, and liable to be shut down to make way for another full-service station, or another service that may need its channel).

Full-service stations (e.g: 3, 5, 8, 19, 25, 43, 55, 61) were required to shut off their analog by the end of 6/12/09, but analog LPTV stations (e.g., 35, 51, 53, 64, 65) were allowed to continue for what was an indefinite time (but has since been set for a 9/1/2015 shutoff).

Of course, any network would rather have a full-service station as its affiliate than an LP, but there were a few LP major network affiliates out there, as well as many full-service independent stations.

Chicago still has several analog LPTV stations.