Thanks for sharing your info & knowledge - what a brilliant group of people we had in electronics in the 1950's. Philco sure was pushing the envelope in product design, very original - wonder if the women on their design team helped that along - not typical for the 1950's.
Great presentation video there, Philco BAH, well done and informative and entertaining as well! Keep 'em coming, I'm looking forward to the next chapter!
A few years ago I came across a Philco TV set on the sidewalk waiting to be picked up for recycling. The Philco logo was on a small plastic disc the size of a quarter glued onto the wood cabinet. I pried it off the set, put a pinback on it and now it's in my lapel pin collection, next to the Predicta pin I mentioned in my comment under that video.
I find it interesting how they were developing new black-and-white sets, when colour TV was just starting to come onto the market. One would think everybody would be going colour and staying with the trend.
the birth of the "PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD" also came FROM "R.C.A.", and "GENERAL ELECTRIC". I worked on many "PREDICTA" sets years ago. that set was not service friendly at all , the shop stopped taking in those sets due to unreliability and the time spent just to remove the "P.C.B" for component replacement. PHILCO sourced the leased reliable parts that caused many failures on the "P.C.B."( resisters, caps, package circuits, and tube sockets). this to me was a real "SHAM", considering the cost of the set, PHILCO was known for visual quality, not reliability( all foam and no beer).
LOL! It really seems ludicrous that a portable TV only weighs fifteen and a half pounds. But that was space age stuff for the time. And holy crap! I had that TV you are selling back in 1983. Mine was red color. My grandmother bought it used for more than 20 bucks. 1983 bucks! so triple the price. It only lasted 8 months or so and then had to throw it away as the repair was more expensive than the friggin' thing cost used.
0:08 I've seen those "tivooms" in alot of "Kawaii" (most that own divoom speakers are also into kpop) type unboxing videos, so it's cool to see one in a video with actual vintage tvs! I herd that they are a Bluetooth speaker, but what else are they meant to do asides from showing the time? I gotta good feeling that I can't see this replacing my UE Boom though, probably more so a novelty speaker...
Thanks for sharing your info & knowledge - what a brilliant group of people we had in electronics in the 1950's. Philco sure was pushing the envelope in product design, very original - wonder if the women on their design team helped that along - not typical for the 1950's.
Great presentation video there, Philco BAH, well done and informative and entertaining as well! Keep 'em coming, I'm looking forward to the next chapter!
A few years ago I came across a Philco TV set on the sidewalk waiting to be picked up for recycling. The Philco logo was on a small plastic disc the size of a quarter glued onto the wood cabinet. I pried it off the set, put a pinback on it and now it's in my lapel pin collection, next to the Predicta pin I mentioned in my comment under that video.
Love the hat man! I own a Predicta Holiday and am a huge Bernie supporter as well. Keep up the cool vids!!
I find it interesting how they were developing new black-and-white sets, when colour TV was just starting to come onto the market.
One would think everybody would be going colour and staying with the trend.
Pretty cool
the birth of the "PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD" also came FROM "R.C.A.", and "GENERAL ELECTRIC". I worked on many "PREDICTA" sets years ago. that set was not service friendly at all , the shop stopped taking in those sets due to unreliability and the time spent just to remove the "P.C.B" for component replacement. PHILCO sourced the leased reliable parts that caused many failures on the "P.C.B."( resisters, caps, package circuits, and tube sockets). this to me was a real "SHAM", considering the cost of the set, PHILCO was known for visual quality, not reliability( all foam and no beer).
LOL! It really seems ludicrous that a portable TV only weighs fifteen and a half pounds. But that was space age stuff for the time. And holy crap! I had that TV you are selling back in 1983. Mine was red color. My grandmother bought it used for more than 20 bucks. 1983 bucks! so triple the price. It only lasted 8 months or so and then had to throw it away as the repair was more expensive than the friggin' thing cost used.
0:08 I've seen those "tivooms" in alot of "Kawaii" (most that own divoom speakers are also into kpop) type unboxing videos, so it's cool to see one in a video with actual vintage tvs! I herd that they are a Bluetooth speaker, but what else are they meant to do asides from showing the time? I gotta good feeling that I can't see this replacing my UE Boom though, probably more so a novelty speaker...
At one time there was interest in making a repro battery for those things, but it died off.
Sorry but I rather prefer the Sony 301-5 that appeared in 1960. Better made and direct view of the screen