I'm so very glad that there is someone in this country who is a caretaker and preserver of our electronic past. People today have forgot that America once made some very great electronics. Things today just are not built with the same care and attention to detail. Sure I appreciate the new technology but I'm afraid the days of heavy made things are long gone. I applaud you for what you are doing. You are right, people do need more hobbies and to be nicer at work and less serious.
Doug I always wondered what your shop looked like after seeing just snipets in many of your videos. You have an amazing place! It reminds me of the TV and radio repair shop I worked at in the summer of 1973 in New Brunswick, NJ. I like that you have authentic early 1960s music playing on a genuine 1960s RCA Victor portable in the background. The moss green Western Electric rotary telephone is a great touch on the desk (and the best made telephones of all time). Thanks for the great tour.
I loved seeing your collection and especially liked the comment you made about "people who don't have hobbies" making comments about all the stuff you have. I get the same treatment. Thanks for posting! Gary
this looks like my small room piled with tv's...everyone thinks I'm crazy but I enjoy this hobby. Used to manage a tv repair shop in los angeles. I see lots of old CRT sets tossed to the curb here in california. No one seems to want to fix them anymore. Picked up an old Zenith Space command just yesterday.
I think the electronics hobby and old TV repair is like puzzling or puzzle fitting, word games or crosswords, or reading hobbies. It's challenging. There are the operational characteristics of television combined with the individual circuits and design considerations therein and the interaction of the many circuits and components. Additionally one must work with the changed and often somewhat degraded condition of what's there in the item being repaired in terms of corrosion, component value changes or drift, also picture tubes and vacuum tubes that may no longer be in their operational design characteristic. Of course all of this is buoyed by a strong underpinning of nostalgia for times and values long ago! I hope you're still enjoying your hobby and making old electronics as much like new as possible. Your TV work is first rate and I always enjoy your Seeburg knowledge and repairs. God Bless!
Nice comments. However, it's surprising how well vintage electronics can survive. I've found several old radios and TVs that were left outside in the elements for years, if not decades, and most still worked with only a cleanup of the switches and controls. Fortunately, for us old folks who made a living as techs, there were common problems that plagued most vintage gear. The challenge was educating customers as to why 'their' particular piece broke down.
Man-o-Man. I envy you with all your electornic and electronic know-how. This is great stuff you shared. Keep up the good work!!! 73 from AI4QT, Huntsville AL
I have always been a vintage tv fan. I a Sears roebuck black and white slim tube tv works great. A friend of mine has an old tv repair shop filled with a lot of vintage tvs.
Thanks for giving us a look into your hobby and work area. It looks to be well organized. My former garage is half pipe organ chamber with the blower and and regulators in the other half. I am in the process of insulating the walls and hope to have a nice work bench and equipment so I can do electroinic repair and restorations in that area. I have a few TVs waiting to be restored. It will be a while yet though. Gary
You have nice cozy shop there, mine looks like a tornado went through it at the moment I never use to keep it that way.I work on and collect radios, record players and reel to reel tape recorders.I hear the same thing "What are you going do with them all?"Nothing is so satisfying as bringing a peace of vintage electronics back to life!
As a teenager, I had a similar interest in old television sets but never got into it like you do. I never had the space anyway. I enjoy watching all of your videos.
i think your collection is Kool. i always look forward to your videos. i can recognize some of those tv sets some my family had when i was growing up and some friends had. i like old tube radios i have a few, but they need some help. but i don't have the knowledge to work on them. maybe this winter i will try to work on one i have , Brendan
Im glad you enjoy your hobby . You right about the work place now days , you cant get a job without them running a background check on you . Most employers are uptight too nowdays too . When my dad was working he's retired now it was better then . He worked for Illinois Tool Works in chicago close to the old zenth pland and schwinn .
I seen many of the televisions you have in your shop . My dad and mom had old televisions like this when we where kids . My dad's friend that lives in berwyn ,Illinois use to fix old televisions like this .We use to have a old color adrimal television from 1970 or so . My father place it in the trash back in the late 1980's , it still worked fine too . But he wanted a more new style television . The adrimal had tubes too .
I threw a lot of those old TVs away or Junked them for parts. Sure wish I had them now and a good place to store them and play around with them. You have a great hobby there. I know! That was once my Hobby, and it payed good, too.. Thanks!!
I sure do miss older TVs. Much more satisfying to watch and even play video games on than modern ones. Would like to see an update of this collection today, 10 years later.
Just stumbled across your channel and have been watching all your videos! Sweet record players! Sweet Impala! Sweet everything! I think it would be fun to open up an old appliance store and sell TVs, Record players, old kitchen appliances and whatnot.. like the one in the movie That Thing You Do. That's what really gave me the idea. These old appliances never die. they just stop working for a little bit! This new garbage they make today is meant to wear out. Anyway, definitely subscribing!
That is so cool! I would love to have a nice working console tv in my living room. Hard to find tho. My grandparents had a Montgomery ward one from the 80’s but they go rid of it years and years ago. Anyway that is a sweet set up u got there. I enjoy your videos and I hope I post some new ones soon!
My perspective on things may be a bit different than most of your subscribers considering I'm only 17. Unlike many kids my age that don't have an appreciation for all of this older tech; I love it. Would love to own just one TV from the vacuum tube era, they just have a strange appeal to me. Enjoyed this overview of your shop, I agree about the critics not having hobbies and how serious we all are these days. Looks like you wont be running out of work any time soon with these older sets!
I think you are my long lost little brother! LOL! I've been on the vintage trip my whole life. I live in a mid-century home complete with period decor and furniture(Danish Modern). I also have vintage electronics everywhere. I started collecting records at age 4. Took the back off the family Zenith (a mid-60's model) at age 6 and pulled all the tubes out while it was on, of course! Bought my first radio (Sparton 567) at 12, a Motorola 9VT1 at 14. By 16 I had 160 radios. I mowed a lot of grass!
With all the stuff you got, you're basement still is quite organized. Back in the 60s, we had a TV that had a light going all around the screen. It was supposed to be better for your eyes. I think it was a Sylvania. Have you ever seen one like that?
Thanks Chad. Yes, I have many projects to keep me busy for a LONG time. More estate sales mean more stuff to pile in(hopefully!). I try to save whats left before its gone forever.
That's a really great view of your collection! That Motorola radio is one that I got back in the mid 1980's and completely took apart when I was a kid. I still have its' cabinet and was lucky enough to find another. It's a power transformer type set, real rare in a table radio. If you think that's chaos you ought to drop by my place hehe! It's nice you can have the space to have everything so well organized. I have that same Quasar 4-tube model but it's a wood console.
I have a few different sets..I used to have as many as you see in this video & most were wood...but had to downsize & parted ways with most. I have one here at home quite similar to drth video "1972 Zenith". Mine was made between Jun&Sep '72. It's quite clean chassis. I cant read mod #. It needs a new transformer. It's 19". I also have 3 RCA CTC 81 sets. 1, a 1975 "portable" weighs a TON! (19") & 2 hardwood console 1978 beauties W/direct access tuning & BIG remotes Will have to look into ship $.
Son of a gun! You are so lucky to be able to find all this stuff! The oldest TV I own is a 10" 1982 Quasar with an off center screen! Probably a bad capacitor I suspect otherwise it's fine.
You've got some serious stuff there. You're obviously a smart man. Have you ever run into a Sylvania tv with a halo light around the picture tube? We had one way back in the 60s. You are so right about working atmosphere being too serious these days...
I will agree with you when you said the work place is way too serious now ,can`t even trust your coworker,rating on each other with the boss.Some people do need a hobby.
That was alot of fun to watch! I could live down there! Your basement is a an American electronics heaven . . . If I could step into a time machine I would dial in about 1956 and start again . . . how wonderful that would be!
Sorry for the double post, but the char. count limit left me with more to comment. I was curious as to how you got started in this business, its a shame that the TVs these days aren't even repaired, I'm sure each set in your shop has a story of its own as seen by your previous videos. I've always been interested in vinyl as well, dad has a collection but being in the army never had the time growing up to really play with it. Merry Christmas/holidays!
Really nice collection. I love the looks of those old 60-80s american TVs. Those flat screens just have no soul. And the old TVs lasted way longer than the new ones. I wonder how heavy those old TVs are. I always wanted to have one shipped to Germany....If you ever have some on sale let me know. Best regards
ALso I think it's great to always have things to do and work on that you enjoy. I know I probably have a lifetime's worth of projects to keep me busy with all of the old equipment I have and you probably feel the same! Seeing these old TV's makes me want to start working on one again...I have been repairing radios and amps recently but just haven't got around to an old TV for a while.
I actually recognized some of those TVs from your other videos. Nice then, still nice now. And with all those vintage TVs, radios, that green rotary dial phone, tubes, signs, curtains, other things I didn't mention, and the BGM, it's like a repair shop frozen in time! I love it!! Thanks for the tour!
Good for you! Most people dont invest time in anything. You are preserving history. The future will be grateful to you. I am just beginning to collect and attempt basic repairs.
Very nice shop and display area. I agree if someone does not have a hobby, they just can NOT understand. Lucky for me, the wife's hobby is actually clothes for the kids, she just can't get enough (how many 14 month old's have literally 20 pairs of shoes to match every outfit?). So I'm free to be a bit more creative with my hobbys, since hers is somewhat piratical. Very nice setup, and keep on collecting, can NEVER have enough :)
Good day I have a few older sets available if you are interested. Each does need some work, but are quite "restore-able". The weight & age go hand in hand, generally speaking, so the older (or more high tech they were) are consequently heavier. The real "piggies" were from 1956-1970. By 1974, they were losing weight.
its looked time stand still in your basement, but verry verry cool, old stuff can give you a great yoy. the same for me, but i dont have the space for collecting so much stuff. You should have a small radio and tv museum. ;-)
very cool what hours is your shop open on the weekends?hahaha im gonna drop off my grundig stereo for a recap job!! i enjoyed your video and agree with having a hobby you love.makes it all the more fun. happy holidays joe
Hello and thanks for the videos about these great old TVs. I have a Zenith space command with the space age white stand like you showed as your everyday tv 😀. However, I think it needs service because it will time channels from over the air converter but the picture is barely visible and has some sort of horizontal lines through it and just barely. The audio is clear. I have the tv on channel 4. Any guess if this is broken or if it is some sort of adjustments or other issue? I am going to try and send a picture of the screen to you if I can figure out how, Thanks for keeping these cool old TVs alive!
really cool collection. my mom got rid of an old admiral 21 inch table model when i was about 8 years old in 1970 or so. it quit working. i've never seen another like it and wondered if you could help me identify it. it had a dark wooden cabinet and sat on a table that rotated. it also had an am radio built in. i loved playing with the radio as well. can you help? thank you so much.
Enjoy your videos, my folks bought a 25 inch RCA in 1966 what CTC chassis was used? I just restored a 1968 Magnavox color TV/stereo console, works great. Thanks
I'm so glad that you are saving and sharing this history. As an electrical engineer, I really appreciate this. I also appreciate all the work you're doing to help preserve the Seeburg background music machines.
Yeah its a great hobby. My interest in electronics all together started since I was about 6-7 years old. It all started out by taking the stuff apart and studying what everything was. I just built up from there until I was old enough to start learning how to troubleshoot circuits.
Keep it up I find you fascinating! You are keeping the past alive, your car, your house decorating style, even they way you dress. I am always checking in to see what's new (old). Wonderful hobby to have. We can't forget how great things used to be and how stable the middle class once was with our factory jobs, etc. It seems obvious you have a deep connection somewhere to the television manufacturing that twas so prominent in that area once.
yeah Doug your shop looks great. brings me back to my grandfather's cellar. he was a TV repair man in the late fifties 60's 70's and early eighties. I miss him RIP.
Hey good old days of radio,tv and stereos. Worked in a tv/stereo repair shop in the 70's-80's until all the cheap imported electronics arrived ,it became cheaper to replace than to repair.
I've watched a lot of your videos recently and what a joy it is to see some of these old sets. I dabbled in these very sets as a hobby in my 20's circa 1980. Absolutely love the old Zenith tube chassis. Never mastered the RCA XL100 sweep circuits or the Trinitron either for that matter. They really separated the men from the boys in my opinion. It's great to see the pride you have in your trade. Respect.
ive got a 1948 admiral tv set, it gets sound in crystal clear on a couple channels Before the government fixed that for me by ending analouge transmitions! Grrrr. i hate the converter box.
I completely enjoyed the tour of your workshop. What a wonderful collection.
Thanks for sharing.:)
I'm so very glad that there is someone in this country who is a caretaker and preserver of our electronic past. People today have forgot that America once made some very great electronics. Things today just are not built with the same care and attention to detail. Sure I appreciate the new technology but I'm afraid the days of heavy made things are long gone. I applaud you for what you are doing. You are right, people do need more hobbies and to be nicer at work and less serious.
Doug I always wondered what your shop looked like after seeing just snipets in many of your videos. You have an amazing place! It reminds me of the TV and radio repair shop I worked at in the summer of 1973 in New Brunswick, NJ. I like that you have authentic early 1960s music playing on a genuine 1960s RCA Victor portable in the background. The moss green Western Electric rotary telephone is a great touch on the desk (and the best made telephones of all time). Thanks for the great tour.
Thanks Doug this brings me wayyyy back... Reminds me of how all or most repair shops looked when i was growing up
I loved seeing your collection and especially liked the comment you made about "people who don't have hobbies" making comments about all the stuff you have. I get the same treatment. Thanks for posting! Gary
LOVE to see 👀 All your Zenith Radio, and Television 📺 !!
this looks like my small room piled with tv's...everyone thinks I'm crazy but I enjoy this hobby. Used to manage a tv repair shop in los angeles. I see lots of old CRT sets tossed to the curb here in california. No one seems to want to fix them anymore. Picked up an old Zenith Space command just yesterday.
Thanks. I've been repairng TV's since I was about 14, or atleast learning how at that age! Its fun to bring the old stuff back and give it life again.
Doug no matter what people say who cares , beside ive been watching your videos for over 12 years . hope your ok brother
I think the electronics hobby and old TV repair is like puzzling or puzzle fitting, word games or crosswords, or reading hobbies. It's challenging. There are the operational characteristics of television combined with the individual circuits and design considerations therein and the interaction of the many circuits and components. Additionally one must work with the changed and often somewhat degraded condition of what's there in the item being repaired in terms of corrosion, component value changes or drift, also picture tubes and vacuum tubes that may no longer be in their operational design characteristic. Of course all of this is buoyed by a strong underpinning of nostalgia for times and values long ago!
I hope you're still enjoying your hobby and making old electronics as much like new as possible. Your TV work is first rate and I always enjoy your Seeburg knowledge and repairs.
God Bless!
Nice comments. However, it's surprising how well vintage electronics can survive. I've found several old radios and TVs that were left outside in the elements for years, if not decades, and most still worked with only a cleanup of the switches and controls. Fortunately, for us old folks who made a living as techs, there were common problems that plagued most vintage gear. The challenge was educating customers as to why 'their' particular piece broke down.
Man-o-Man. I envy you with all your electornic and electronic know-how. This is great stuff you shared. Keep up the good work!!! 73 from AI4QT, Huntsville AL
I have always been a vintage tv fan. I a Sears roebuck black and white slim tube tv works great. A friend of mine has an old tv repair shop filled with a lot of vintage tvs.
A great video specially your collection of the vintage Motorola TV collections, great sets thanks. ✌️👍
Thanks very much
Nice, would love the see the basement today! Take care!
If you run out of room, sell your least favorite and fund your hobby to continue! So cool to see your shop!
Thanks for giving us a look into your hobby and work area. It looks to be well organized. My former garage is half pipe organ chamber with the blower and and regulators in the other half. I am in the process of insulating the walls and hope to have a nice work bench and equipment so I can do electroinic repair and restorations in that area. I have a few TVs waiting to be restored. It will be a while yet though. Gary
No matter what your passion is, you can never have enough. Hold on to that enthusiasm as long as you can.
You have nice cozy shop there, mine looks like a tornado went through it at the moment I never use to keep it that way.I work on and collect radios, record players and reel to reel tape recorders.I hear the same thing "What are you going do with them all?"Nothing is so satisfying as bringing a peace of vintage electronics back to life!
As a teenager, I had a similar interest in old television sets but never got into it like you do. I never had the space anyway. I enjoy watching all of your videos.
i think your collection is Kool. i always look forward to your videos. i can recognize some of those tv sets some my family had when i was growing up and some friends had. i like old tube radios i have a few, but they need some help. but i don't have the knowledge to work on them. maybe this winter i will try to work on one i have , Brendan
Im glad you enjoy your hobby . You right about the work place now days , you cant get a job without them running a background check on you . Most employers are uptight too nowdays too . When my dad was working he's retired now it was better then . He worked for Illinois Tool Works in chicago close to the old zenth pland and schwinn .
I seen many of the televisions you have in your shop . My dad and mom had old televisions like this when we where kids . My dad's friend that lives in berwyn ,Illinois use to fix old televisions like this .We use to have a old color adrimal television from 1970 or so . My father place it in the trash back in the late 1980's , it still worked fine too . But he wanted a more new style television . The adrimal had tubes too .
So this is where the magic happens. You certainly are devoted to your craft, sir.
I threw a lot of those old TVs away or Junked them for parts. Sure wish I had them now and a good place to store them and play around with them. You have a great hobby there. I know! That was once my Hobby, and it payed good, too.. Thanks!!
It's good to have a hobby your good at too! It's nothing like the feeling you get when you bring a dead TV back to life!
I sure do miss older TVs. Much more satisfying to watch and even play video games on than modern ones. Would like to see an update of this collection today, 10 years later.
Just stumbled across your channel and have been watching all your videos! Sweet record players! Sweet Impala! Sweet everything! I think it would be fun to open up an old appliance store and sell TVs, Record players, old kitchen appliances and whatnot.. like the one in the movie That Thing You Do. That's what really gave me the idea. These old appliances never die. they just stop working for a little bit! This new garbage they make today is meant to wear out. Anyway, definitely subscribing!
That is so cool! I would love to have a nice working console tv in my living room. Hard to find tho. My grandparents had a Montgomery ward one from the 80’s but they go rid of it years and years ago. Anyway that is a sweet set up u got there. I enjoy your videos and I hope I post some new ones soon!
I like the feel and atmosphere of your shop. From the Zenith curtains to the cone lights and pole lamps.
That was amazing. A real American historical archive.
Thanks for the tour!
Love the old radios!
My perspective on things may be a bit different than most of your subscribers considering I'm only 17. Unlike many kids my age that don't have an appreciation for all of this older tech; I love it. Would love to own just one TV from the vacuum tube era, they just have a strange appeal to me. Enjoyed this overview of your shop, I agree about the critics not having hobbies and how serious we all are these days. Looks like you wont be running out of work any time soon with these older sets!
Awesome video .
Many thanks for posting your collection.
Fantastic. thanks for sharing.
that Smooth ass vintage television set collection
I think you are my long lost little brother! LOL! I've been on the vintage trip my whole life. I live in a mid-century home complete with period decor and furniture(Danish Modern). I also have vintage electronics everywhere. I started collecting records at age 4. Took the back off the family Zenith (a mid-60's model) at age 6 and pulled all the tubes out while it was on, of course! Bought my first radio (Sparton 567) at 12, a Motorola 9VT1 at 14. By 16 I had 160 radios. I mowed a lot of grass!
Thank you!!
Looks like a fun hobby to me.. It's amazing how many sets of this era of television I watched daily growing up. 👍👍
i worked on old sets years ago . haven't seen tube type sets in a while
With all the stuff you got, you're basement still is quite organized.
Back in the 60s, we had a TV that had a light going all around the screen. It was supposed to be better for your eyes. I think it was a Sylvania. Have you ever seen one like that?
I remember that TV advertised as "the works in a draw".
These TVs were once the pride of family living rooms...
love the tv's and radio's
This is just too awesome for words!!! :D
Nice! 😁📺📻
your collection is soo awesome your lucky :)
Thanks Chad. Yes, I have many projects to keep me busy for a LONG time. More estate sales mean more stuff to pile in(hopefully!). I try to save whats left before its gone forever.
That's a really great view of your collection! That Motorola radio is one that I got back in the mid 1980's and completely took apart when I was a kid. I still have its' cabinet and was lucky enough to find another. It's a power transformer type set, real rare in a table radio.
If you think that's chaos you ought to drop by my place hehe! It's nice you can have the space to have everything so well organized.
I have that same Quasar 4-tube model but it's a wood console.
Thank you! I try to save and preserve whats left out there.
You have a very nice TV Museum. I like it.
I have a few different sets..I used to have as many as you see in this video & most were wood...but had to downsize & parted ways with most.
I have one here at home quite similar to drth video "1972 Zenith". Mine was made between Jun&Sep '72. It's quite clean chassis. I cant read mod #. It needs a new transformer. It's 19".
I also have 3 RCA CTC 81 sets. 1, a 1975 "portable" weighs a TON! (19") & 2 hardwood console 1978 beauties W/direct access tuning & BIG remotes
Will have to look into ship $.
Very cool!
That is very cool. I would like to see that collection
Nice setup, and collection! Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy seeing the old tv sets working.
Son of a gun! You are so lucky to be able to find all this stuff! The oldest TV I own is a 10" 1982 Quasar with an off center screen! Probably a bad capacitor I suspect otherwise it's fine.
You've got some serious stuff there. You're obviously a smart man. Have you ever run into a Sylvania tv with a halo light around the picture tube? We had one way back in the 60s.
You are so right about working atmosphere being too serious these days...
i love old tv sets
Boy, I need to find me some zenith curtains, and those signs are amazing
Love your channel Doug, AWSOME basement.
I will agree with you when you said the work place is way too serious now ,can`t even trust your coworker,rating on each other with the boss.Some people do need a hobby.
That was alot of fun to watch! I could live down there! Your basement is a an American electronics heaven . . . If I could step into a time machine I would dial in about 1956 and start again . . . how wonderful that would be!
Sorry for the double post, but the char. count limit left me with more to comment. I was curious as to how you got started in this business, its a shame that the TVs these days aren't even repaired, I'm sure each set in your shop has a story of its own as seen by your previous videos. I've always been interested in vinyl as well, dad has a collection but being in the army never had the time growing up to really play with it. Merry Christmas/holidays!
Really nice collection.
I love the looks of those old 60-80s american TVs. Those flat screens just have no soul. And the old TVs lasted way longer than the new ones. I wonder how heavy those old TVs are. I always wanted to have one shipped to Germany....If you ever have some on sale let me know.
Best regards
Your videos are great. Its like a good friend telling you about his "Passions" You have a great collection. Thanks buddy
If repairing electronics at this level, how could you have another occupation.
Fantastic. Best regards.
I like your shop its very cool . Im really glad you fix those old televisions .
ALso I think it's great to always have things to do and work on that you enjoy. I know I probably have a lifetime's worth of projects to keep me busy with all of the old equipment I have and you probably feel the same! Seeing these old TV's makes me want to start working on one again...I have been repairing radios and amps recently but just haven't got around to an old TV for a while.
I actually recognized some of those TVs from your other videos. Nice then, still nice now.
And with all those vintage TVs, radios, that green rotary dial phone, tubes, signs, curtains, other things I didn't mention, and the BGM, it's like a repair shop frozen in time! I love it!!
Thanks for the tour!
Doug Your Amazing Like all the Vintage sets you show and The Zenith Sign Awesome
My High School had that same large slide-rule in front of one of the classrooms in the mid 70s...
Good for you! Most people dont invest time in anything. You are preserving history. The future will be grateful to you. I am just beginning to collect and attempt basic repairs.
Very nice shop and display area. I agree if someone does not have a hobby, they just can NOT understand. Lucky for me, the wife's hobby is actually clothes for the kids, she just can't get enough (how many 14 month old's have literally 20 pairs of shoes to match every outfit?). So I'm free to be a bit more creative with my hobbys, since hers is somewhat piratical. Very nice setup, and keep on collecting, can NEVER have enough :)
It's great to have a hobby.
Oh ya, I love the light up signs you have too.......
Good day
I have a few older sets available if you are interested.
Each does need some work, but are quite "restore-able".
The weight & age go hand in hand, generally speaking, so the older (or more high tech they were) are consequently heavier.
The real "piggies" were from 1956-1970.
By 1974, they were losing weight.
Great Shop !!!! Love your channel !!!!
its looked time stand still in your basement, but verry verry cool, old stuff can give you a great yoy.
the same for me, but i dont have the space for collecting so much stuff.
You should have a small radio and tv museum. ;-)
Wow that is a lot of tv's and projects. Thanks for showing your workspace. Just hope you've finished some of them 9 years later.
very cool
what hours is your shop open on the weekends?hahaha im gonna drop off my grundig stereo for a recap job!! i enjoyed your video and agree with having a hobby you love.makes it all the more fun.
happy holidays
joe
What a GREAT video!! So neat that you are saving these old sets. They have so much more character than anything made today.
Hello and thanks for the videos about these great old TVs. I have a Zenith space command with the space age white stand like you showed as your everyday tv 😀. However, I think it needs service because it will time channels from over the air converter but the picture is barely visible and has some sort of horizontal lines through it and just barely. The audio is clear. I have the tv on channel 4. Any guess if this is broken or if it is some sort of adjustments or other issue? I am going to try and send a picture of the screen to you if I can figure out how, Thanks for keeping these cool old TVs alive!
More please!!!?
really cool collection. my mom got rid of an old admiral 21 inch table model when i was about 8 years old in 1970 or so. it quit working. i've never seen another like it and wondered if you could help me identify it. it had a dark wooden cabinet and sat on a table that rotated. it also had an am radio built in. i loved playing with the radio as well. can you help? thank you so much.
A little off topic but, I noticed at 0:43 seconds, to the left of the reel to reel, you have what looks like a 1970's Marantz stereo receiver.
Enjoy your videos, my folks bought a 25 inch RCA in 1966 what CTC chassis was used? I just restored a 1968 Magnavox color TV/stereo console, works great. Thanks
Brings back memories of my childhood. I remember those old TV's.
you might go to the HVAC-Talk board and search for Arkla-Servel or post a question about a service manual....
I'm so glad that you are saving and sharing this history. As an electrical engineer, I really appreciate this. I also appreciate all the work you're doing to help preserve the Seeburg background music machines.
Very nice RCA Sign like the Vintage Motorola TV You Find.... Please post more new Videos
Awesome!
love the video.
do you still have the manual for Arkla Servel
Great shop!! - Atcoi
Beautiful sets! I hope to find a tube zenith someday
Would be good to see you post soon Doug
Miss your videos
Yeah its a great hobby. My interest in electronics all together started since I was about 6-7 years old. It all started out by taking the stuff apart and studying what everything was. I just built up from there until I was old enough to start learning how to troubleshoot circuits.
Keep it up I find you fascinating! You are keeping the past alive, your car, your house decorating style, even they way you dress. I am always checking in to see what's new (old). Wonderful hobby to have. We can't forget how great things used to be and how stable the middle class once was with our factory jobs, etc. It seems obvious you have a deep connection somewhere to the television manufacturing that twas so prominent in that area once.
yeah Doug your shop looks great. brings me back to my grandfather's cellar. he was a TV repair man in the late fifties 60's 70's and early eighties. I miss him RIP.
Hey good old days of radio,tv and stereos. Worked in a tv/stereo repair shop in the 70's-80's until all the cheap imported electronics arrived ,it became cheaper to replace than to repair.
I've watched a lot of your videos recently and what a joy it is to see some of these old sets. I dabbled in these very sets as a hobby in my 20's circa 1980. Absolutely love the old Zenith tube chassis. Never mastered the RCA XL100 sweep circuits or the Trinitron either for that matter. They really separated the men from the boys in my opinion. It's great to see the pride you have in your trade. Respect.
ive got a 1948 admiral tv set, it gets sound in crystal clear on a couple channels Before the government fixed that for me by ending analouge transmitions! Grrrr. i hate the converter box.
drh......wow,shop is awesome.....great collection....