What are your "Tv" new years resolutions

[zenithfan1]

I was thinking of this as I was just outside moving snow with a John Deere tractor, as there is a lot of thinking time in there. In the end of '07 I was looking at my collection and thought hmmmm... way too many '50s B/Ws and not enough early color, or color at all for that matter. This stuff is getting harder and harder to find so I had to get my butt in gear. The only roundie I had is the one in my avatar. I picked it up in Overland Park, Kansas on Halloween of '07. I then made it my resolution for '08 to get at least one '50s color set. I said " I don't care if it is a 1959 and a half as long as it's from the '50s". Well, when I went to the ETF convention there it was, My CTC 9. I was so happy to have made my goal. To my surprise at home I discovered that it was produced in the middle of '59! Kinda weird that I got my wish to a tee. I have since acquired two more '50s color sets, a '56 CTC 4 and a '56 CTC 5. I have more than made my goal. I found 8 roundies for the collection altogether this last year (this includes the Zenith SC 400). I have another '65 Zenith in the garage for parts which makes 9. I missed out on a CTC 15 due to the estate sale persons mistake (damn them). This year for '09 my resolution is to have as many early color sets running as possible before the digital switchover. I would like to give them one last chance at true NTSC before it's gone. Another is to possibly get my hands on a 21-CT-55 or a CT-100, it sounds way out there but you never know. I did have a chance to get a CT-100 this year but money issues kept me from it. And another thing on the list is a '50s color set NOT made be RCA, I would like to find an Admiral or Motorola. I know they were clones but man are they rare and cool looking. I think Steve McVoy at the ETF got the "coup de gra" of em all with that '56 Sentinel, I really hope I can make it out there this coming year to see it. Some other goals for '09 are some 4 tube hybrids, they have such a nice picture. Also, I have not had much experience working on them and would like to get to know the circuitry a bit more. And finally (for now anyways) a '66 GE Porta-Color.

[radiotvnut]

My New Years TV resolutions:

1. Try to obtain a color roundie in decent repairable condition.
2. Try to obtain a Zenith steel cabinet tube color set in the 20"-25" range.
3. Try NOT to bring home any more Funai crap!
4. Try to repair some of the projects that have been sitting here for two years (or longer)!
5. Launch my own classic TV network in case RTN falls through.
6. Continue to hang around this site so I can irritate as many people as possible.

I guess that's enough for now!

[zenith2134]

1.Find a roundie.
2.Find a roundie.
3.Find a Kuba Komet or other 'far-out' or obscure set.

[Sandy G]

To try to save as many old veterans as possible from ending up in the Dump. Hopefully, they'll ultimately survive me, & will be regarded as rare & valuable icons in some future, perhaps more ENLIGHTENED time...

[MRX37]

Try to obtain a Chromacolor II, so I can see what all the fuss is about.

[newhallone]

Get some sets done.
Save as many old sets as I can.
Find a 50's color roundie, and a porthole.

[jfrog1983]

Fix my Chromacolor completely, and my smaller portable, and to find at least one color roundie!

[sampson159]

1. visit bryan and kim-cant wait to see his collection
2. try to find mark a 21axp22
3. finish up my zenith radios
4. close up the shop and enjoy some time off
5. find a ctc-7-9 for my own private use-had a beautiful 9 and sold it for good money
6. find a dumont 109
7. buy something from doug this year
8. get that ctc25 going-randys old set
9. keep reading and learning form these techs

[Captain Video]

Mine is to restore ( electronically ) my 1959 B&W ( off course... I live in Brazil, and there was no color here until 72 ) GE 21 inch.

This is the 50's TV more easy to restore in my collection, since it's the only one that is partly working ( gets sound, and screen lights up but... no picture ).

Hey... only now that I realized, while I was writing this... it will be 50 years old in 2009!!! If I can get it working again, it will be a very nice way to celebrate it's "birthday."

[bgadow]

Sell/give away some sets, so I have room to buy more. I need to move from quantity to quality.

I need to brush up on my electronics theory. I have a long way to go as far as being a decent repairman.

I need to really get started on my planned book (or maybe just booklet) featuring the stories of every Radio/TV man on the Delmarva Peninsula.

[zenithfan1]

I am with you on your first two Bryan, I have a ways to go myself on being a repairman. The quantity/quality issue is also something I'm working on. Hey Ron! you are very kind! Thank you for thinking of my need for a 21AXP22! I will fix that 9 up soon so you can see it, I know you have been wanting to see it work! Let me know if you need anything I can offer, I would do my best!

[Tony V]

1) Find a ctc40 chassis for my combo (cant bring myself to get rid of it or dismantle it)
2) Head up to Bryans to pick up a few tv's
3) Recap my CTC12 combo
4) Clean and re-organize my collection
5) Take pictures and post here some of the tv's that i have and been talking about for years
6) Visit the Early Television Museum and hopefully attend the annual get together
7) Keep a lookout for more tv's to save from the landfill

[Sandy G]

Another thing-Hopefully, go to Knoxville one Saturday, hook up w/Julian Burke, spend the day pestering him, & expend a couple quarts of drool over his stash o' stuff...

[compucat]

My TV new year's resolutions are as follows:

1. Keep my Zenith roundie running. So far it's doing just fine.
2. Replace the ballast tube in my 8" Motorola 9VT1, refinish the cabinet, replace the grille cloth and add the retrace line suppression mod.
3. Restore my newly acquired 12" B&W Zenith hybrid.
4. Build a digital portable TV by combining a 5" or smaller TV chassis with a digital converter box circuit board. This may be a bit ambitious but it looks like it may be the only way to have a digital portable at least for now.

[kx250rider]

NOT buy any more TVs until I sell some!

Charles