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08-02-2014, 02:44 PM
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Scored a 1971 Midland 13" Color set
Well.... I saw a post on our local Craigslist for 3 free TV's. This one is a Midland with a manufacture date of 8/71. Model number is 15-212.
The people that posted the ad were doing the estate sale, and I don't think any of the sets had been in service for a long time, as they were all hooked up to rabbit ears. This one works as is with a really good picture. ( my camera makes the picture looked washed out). It's a tube hybrid set, and the tubes and picture tube were branded NEC. 
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08-02-2014, 03:01 PM
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Neat find. I wish I could find one of those Japanese made tube/hybrid table sets.
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08-02-2014, 03:10 PM
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You'll find one. Finding this one was a total fluke, and pure luck. I haven't seen any older sets in my area in ages. The sets were at in estate sale, and I don't think anyone had lived there ( or at least used the upstairs ) since analog, as all the sets were hooked to rabbit ears.
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08-02-2014, 04:19 PM
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Great score! The set has a nice picture as is, looks like a low hours set. The small tube / hybrid sets are not easy to find, I think if they stopped working, they were much easier to carry to the curb! Is the model number tag still attached?
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08-02-2014, 06:01 PM
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Strong picture ! Question is who built it ?
Has elements of Toshiba, Sharp & NEC but I cant wrap my head around it. 30 yrs ago I would have known but aging sucks  I could name a few Jap sets that it isnt but thats it. 73 Zeno 
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08-02-2014, 09:32 PM
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IIRC, even the tubes were branded "Midland" or MECo. That same model was built under the names of Wards Airline, Truetone and even Motorola. At the time, I don't think Sharp made their own CRT's. The CRT looks like a low focus volts CRT, with the blue gun on the bottom.
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08-03-2014, 09:15 AM
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Nice oddball set. I thought it was a Hitach i or Toshiba from your pics, but it's hard to tell. No matter what, it's harder to find these IMO than an RCA or Zenith of the time.
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08-03-2014, 10:31 AM
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I hear 'ya, Zeno, aging sucks! At least we're still on the right side of the grass :-) Over 30 years ago, when TV Repair was my daily job, I learned an awful lot, and I'm surprised that so much of it is / has come back to me, in the last couple years since I restarted TV Collecting as a hobby! I never stopped working on things, but the last 25 or so years, I spent my time on antique radios, and stereo equipment restoration, and I still do some of that. The TV interest rekindled because for years I wanted to have one working color Roundie (preferably an RCA, like I had years ago). I found a beautiful and cheap candidate for restoration a couple years ago, and now, five Roundie's later, and several other sets as well, I'm having lots of fun!
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08-03-2014, 08:34 PM
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08-05-2015, 03:51 PM
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Here's an OLD thread, I see I got this set a year ago. I had to pull her out today for hopefully a minor service. I keep it in a cabinet with doors, and it's kind of a tight fit. After the set is on a few hours I get a slow vertical roll. Of course the vertical hold control is in the back of the set, which I can't reach when it's in the cabinet. I ordered a 17KZ8 and am hoping that will cure it. Everything is so crammed in the case, am hoping it's not a cap. Someone had asked if the model tag is still attached. Here's a pix I just took.
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08-05-2015, 04:02 PM
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2 More Pix
Close up of the control panel, and one of the emblem.
I use the set on occasion, while it's got an okay picture, a Zenith or RCA blows it out of the water, mainly due to the fact that it uses a low focus CRT. The Japanese didn't quite have it goin on yet in 1971
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08-05-2015, 09:32 PM
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If the cabinet don't have or blocks some of the set's ventilation the roll could just be a sign that heat is slowly killing it...
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