Little Curtis Mathes - Videokarma.org TV - Video

zenith2134 · #1 07-21-2016, 08:03 PM

Anyone have any idea who built this little guy? I'd say it is an 11" screen and is made in Japan. Quite a good performer; had a vert linearity issue which a proper set-up fixed. CRT is razor sharp and extremely bright. I want to say this is a Hitachi but am not sure.

lnx64 · #2 07-21-2016, 08:05 PM

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zenith2134 · #3 07-21-2016, 08:07 PM

fixed..

Electronic M · #4 07-21-2016, 09:17 PM

I tend to go by the makers marks on the transformers, CRT, caps, etc.....If alot of them say Sanyo I assume Sanyo, if Hitatchi then Hitatchi, and so on....They did buy eachother's parts, but usually they tried to keep as much in-house or through parts only vendors as feasible.

dieseljeep · #5 07-21-2016, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Electronic M

I tend to go by the makers marks on the transformers, CRT, caps, etc.....If alot of them say Sanyo I assume Sanyo, if Hitatchi then Hitatchi, and so on....They did buy eachother's parts, but usually they tried to keep as much in-house or through parts only vendors as feasible.

NEC seemed to make a lot of CM's products. I have a small CM 13" color portable that is built by NEC.

consoleguy67 · #6 07-22-2016, 04:42 AM

Certainly not CM. It would be an 11" set in a 6' cabinet!!

zeno · #7 07-22-2016, 08:08 AM

Either chassis photos or a model number will tell
the story. Since they did so much with NEC in the
70's that would be my guess....

73 Zeno

zenith2134 · #8 07-24-2016, 06:37 PM

You'd date this to the seventies and not sixties huh? It is NEC all the way you were right; popped the back cover off.
Had a few guests over and everyone was impressed at its pix quality