General Electric 1960
Vintage Appliance Advertisements Part Three
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Magic Touch 1960
Frigidaire 1960
whirlcool
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I don't think that RCA used a laser. It was still a tonearm/stylus of some kind.
Item 4 gives it away:
"By exerting astoundingly light pressure on the records, the magic tone cell gives them extraordinary long life."
So something is in contact with the record, I wonder what?
Here's a link to an article explaining the magic tone cell and how it worked.
That was one advanced turntable for 1942! I wonder if any exist today?
http://mtr.arcade-museum.com/MTR-1941-100-10/MTR-1941-100-10-18.pdf
Item 4 gives it away:
"By exerting astoundingly light pressure on the records, the magic tone cell gives them extraordinary long life."
So something is in contact with the record, I wonder what?
Here's a link to an article explaining the magic tone cell and how it worked.
That was one advanced turntable for 1942! I wonder if any exist today?
http://mtr.arcade-museum.com/MTR-1941-100-10/MTR-1941-100-10-18.pdf
Hotpoint 1960
General Electric 1955
lordkenmore
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RCA phonograph's Magic Tone Cell
"So something is in contact with the record, I wonder what?"
Allen, in your article they say this: "The scanner is a carefully ground sapphire point which replaces the needle." I suspect the "scanner" is really a sapphire stylus.
"So something is in contact with the record, I wonder what?"
Allen, in your article they say this: "The scanner is a carefully ground sapphire point which replaces the needle." I suspect the "scanner" is really a sapphire stylus.
lordkenmore
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I have to wonder how well the RCA system worked. As far as I know, the system didn't survive. Was it a case that it really didn't perform well in the real world? It was better on paper than practice (like at least the early years of the audio CD)? Or did it perform well for the time, but get surpassed a few years later? Or was it a great or potentially system that, for whatever reason, fell by the wayside? (I personally have to doubt this last item; however, one never knows-- I have written off too many technologies just to be proven wrong, so I don't casually write anything off anymore!) In any case, it would be interesting to have this RCA system in working order to play with.
Also I wonder if other radio companies didn't have a system like this. I seem to recall having seen a vintage ad like this before, but I THINK it was Philco. But maybe my memory is faulty....
Also I wonder if other radio companies didn't have a system like this. I seem to recall having seen a vintage ad like this before, but I THINK it was Philco. But maybe my memory is faulty....
Westinghouse 1936
Zenith 1963
The RCA TT does sound clever and ahead of its time-the device appears to use a Sapphaire "Stylus" at very low tracking forces to trace the record's groove-and the ability to play both sides of the record without removing it from the TT sounds pretty advanced-we need a video of this machine in operation.surprized it didn't find its way into a jukebox.So the TT does use a stylus of some sort-but not a tracking system involving laser or other light as a Finial Laser TT does.The Finials were used for a very short time in some radio stations-DJ's liked them becuase you used it like a CD player.Cuts on the record could be cued up ahead of time and played when needed.The jock didn't have to handle a tone arm.
Too bad Zenith didn't build TV transmitters-Their sets were pretty reliable and pretty easy to service.
That Westinghouse Jubilee stove had a built in cigarette lighter? Never heard or saw that before. Must have been like ones built into cars years ago. Anyone seen one of these before?
JOn
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I also noticed that about the cigarette lighter in the Westinghouse ad, guess it was targeted at people who liked to puff away as they cooked. I can imagine the scene in the ad illustration a little differently, with a big old unfiltered Pall Mall hanging out of the mouth of the pretty young hostess, dropping ash all over the coffee.
Anyone else here remember the lead-in to Married With Children where Peg Bundy is making dinner while smoking, and in the next scene her dinner guest spears a still smoldering butt in her plate of spaghetti?
Anyone else here remember the lead-in to Married With Children where Peg Bundy is making dinner while smoking, and in the next scene her dinner guest spears a still smoldering butt in her plate of spaghetti?
Crosley 1952
Roper Stove, Servel Refrigerator 1954
Toastmaster 1959
Singer 1959
Westinghouse 1936
Capehardt 1955
Magnavox 1962
RCA-Victor 1966
Zenith Color
I've always wanted that Zenith 6051. It is a great set and nice to look at.
But I did get close!
I have the Zenith 6015-2 round color with Space Command. I bought it in about 1977 and still have it. (Amvets, About $8.00 I think).
Ugly metal cabinet but when I put a new Sylvania CRT in it about 1978 the picture was absolutely stunning.
It actually only stopped working just recently, after a move. Haven't fixed it yet. The reliability of that set was absolutely amazing.
I used to be able to pull in stations from Indiana! It wasn't a great picture but I was flabbergasted.
I've always wanted that Zenith 6051. It is a great set and nice to look at.
But I did get close!
I have the Zenith 6015-2 round color with Space Command. I bought it in about 1977 and still have it. (Amvets, About $8.00 I think).
Ugly metal cabinet but when I put a new Sylvania CRT in it about 1978 the picture was absolutely stunning.
It actually only stopped working just recently, after a move. Haven't fixed it yet. The reliability of that set was absolutely amazing.
I used to be able to pull in stations from Indiana! It wasn't a great picture but I was flabbergasted.
pierreandreply4
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what about coldspot fridge ads and canadian inglis whirlpool
I would loves to see if possible some ads from the 70 era of some coldspot fridges and some canadian inglis whirlpools washer dryer ads if its possible please thank you very much in advance
I would loves to see if possible some ads from the 70 era of some coldspot fridges and some canadian inglis whirlpools washer dryer ads if its possible please thank you very much in advance
Coldspot 1968
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