Sylvania Halolight television

[estatesale_gary]

There are a few Applianceville people interested in old televisions. The link is to a neat 1960 Sylvania Halolight on Craigslist (Chicago). Price is right - nice cabinet. I have this set in blonde and it is very cool. This was also not a hard set to restore. Also attached below is a neat advertisement for a 1957 Halolight. This has a similar cabinet style as the one for sale.

http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/ele/209353199.html

 

[rp2813]

I also recommend "AntiqueRadios.com" and "Audiokarma.org" as great sites with discussion rooms for everything relating to vintage TV for anyone who is not already familiar with them.

Ralph

 

[dalangdon]

Absolutely Gorgeous!

I love it! Finally, a TV I could have in the living room!

 

[jasonl]

Not sure how the Halolight improves TV watching but I know some form of backlighting (candles, soft light,etc) around the TV puts a less strain on the eyes. Some Phillips TVs have backlighting that changes color, intensity with the picture.

 

[oxydolfan]

It's so ironic-I just bought a new LG 30" TV that was similarly advertised, in that it is a "Slim Fit" that is substantially smaller in depth than other CRT televisions!

That which is old, is new again....

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[nurdlinger]

Here's how well TV advertising works on children...

Reading the phrase "Sylvania Halolight" immediately recalled to mind the image of an old TV game show called "Beat the Clock", and the voice of its host Bud (or maybe Budd) Collyer intoning that name. I have not seen that show in over forty years.

 

[gansky1]

There was one of these in Omaha listed on ebay a while back - a friend of mine went for it but the price got to high...

 

[gansky1]

I just picked up one of these a couple of weeks ago - the bakelite is in beautiful condition but it's missing the small door for the controls. It's over at my friend's house awaiting a time we can both give a going over and get it working again. I can't wait - it's so cute!

 

[whirlcool]

Back in the day it was recommended that you had a small light in the room while watching television. Most people bought a "tv light" which were usually decorative affairs in the shape of animals, floral arrangements, dancers, etc. that contained a low wattage bulb and you placed it on top of the television. These lamps are now hugely collectable. The "Halovision" was an attempt to integrate this kind of light into the television receiver. It improves the appearance of the contrast on the screen.
Does anyone know when Sylvania stopped making television receivers, I recall seeing some around the late 70's early 80's.

 

[tolivac]

Philips makes a Plasma TV called "Ambulite"that projects light onto a wall or small enclosure that you put the set in-you can see them at Best Buy.The light comes from LED's or something in the sides of the set cabinet.the covers over them are frosted so you can't tell what sort of light emitting device it is-It also tracks somewhat with the main colors in the picture-like if primarily blue sky-the light is blue-if its a green feild-then green.The small lights used in the TV room-often nowadys called "Bias lights"Its too keep your puplis from expanding too much in the dark room the TV is in.Now the "bias lights are a small flourescent light you can put behind your projection TV or RPTV and shine it on the wall behind the set or screen.I always liked the older "bias lights-"TV lights" that had the seashells on them-and used an ablonie shell as a reflector.

 

[jasonl]

I light candles and put them on top of the TV. Gives a romantic/mystical look while helping your eyes when watching the screen.

 

[nasadowsk]

Yep, got an old ceramic TV light at home. Was on the grandma's set for decades.

Those superthing halolights are nice looking sets are cool, too. I think Sylvania dropped the Halolight thing in the 60's - Not everyone liked the effect (most didn't), and it was costly anyway.

 

[kevinpreston8]

Sylvania....

Had a few odd things. You may remember a thread a LONG time ago about my uncle's Sylvania set.

It was a console TV set and you could play your SLIDES in it. Yes, it had some sort of scanner (the guys at Audiokarma identified it when I went to them with a WHAT THE HECK IS THIS TV question) that would read slides and display them on TV.

My uncle would show us various slides on it and it worked quite well.

Funny, when you are a kid you think things like that are so "normal", you don't go and think that it might be the ONLY time you see something like that.

 

[sheerlookhomes]

Slides on TV

Hi kevinpreston8, that sounds like a most interesting set-up, I wonder if anyone knows how it worked, fascinating, thanks for sharing,
Denis

 

[kevinpreston8]

Sheer...

I found the thread on Audiokarma from some time back...

http://audiokarma.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-15292.html