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[112561]

I don't have any 1961 images

Here's a '63 or so brochure shot, from someone's photobucket.

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[74simon]

The oldest working set in the UK, 1936 Marconiphone

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[112561]

74simon

My Aunt Harriet in Pennsylvania had a similar set, in a slightly larger cabinet. I'd love to know if my cousin Carol got that and knew it was something special. Love that video you posted, I'm sure that model and a lot of other British sets appear in TV History, where I find my Magnavox pics. It's a great site.
Update! The Royal Television is currently bid at 50 pounds, with about 7 days remaining.

 

[112561]

Douglasdc6, I found the 1961 Magnavox

Or one of them. Here it is.

 

[douglasdc6]

112561 Getting close but still not the one.

I appreciate the time taken for youre posting these .

From the looks of these pictures magnavox obviously was the cadillac of home intertainment back in there day .

My parents gave away our set in 1980 to my step sister 100 miles away - shortly after that - I became interested in it & wanted the set She said we donated it to the salvation army.

I missed it by 6 month`s.

 

[112561]

What a rip off!! Shame on your step sis!!

My friend (!!) Fred's parents had a model like the one in this picture(upper left). He broke the turntable when he spun the platter at 3000 some rpm, and turned it on. Father had it fixed. The damage occured sometime before 1970.

 

[douglasdc6]

Hard to tell but that console in the center toward the top above youre marker might be the one or pretty darn close.

The left & right side of the screen was mostly speaker area with some scrawl work the same as what they have runing along the bottom of the consoles.

Like I said that center console looks pretty close just hard to tell

 

[112561]

All of these images are ripped off from Photobucket and eBay

Unless I come across specific 1960 or 61 brochures, these are as close as I can get at the moment. I had a Chinese one with a color set. Wish I'd kept it.
This particular image is just a variation of the theme.

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[douglasdc6]

Again I really appreciate youre posts.

What I`ll always remember about our magnavox was the fact it didn`t have UHF whitch meant I had to miss all the cartoon Channels

I`ll always remember the tv shows though such as 1 adam 12, The waltons & my favorite was dark shadows although my mom wasn`t to crazy about me watching that one she later told the baby sitter not to let me watch dark shadows

Those were the days !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[112561]

That's me, the Magnavox Nut

I'm glad you appreciate my posts here, I feel bad for hijacking Seamus' thread, but when there's a Magnavox to be seen, it's going up.

We got a fancy Philco in 1964, that didn't have UHF, so daddy bought a tube UHF in 1965. Then we could get CBS. And at the time, it was piped through a station north of town that even offered some local programming. We were allowed to watch Dark Shadows (ABC) but somehow lost track of it a couple of years before it went off.

 

[douglasdc6]

Oh , so you like magnavox

Well, I guess I`ll have to post a picture of my 1948 magnavox Radio & Tv console I bought awhile back LOL

Got it for $35.00 - 30 years ago at an antique radio auction up in Dallas Tx - ( No Bids )The owner said there`s no way in H_ll I`m halling that thing back home.

I should have charged him $35.00 Just to take it off his hands ; )

 

[112561]

Gee, I wasn't sure you understood that LOL!

Yes, I would love to see your '48 Maggie!

 

[douglasdc6]

Unbelievable !!!!!!!!!!!!!

You just hit the nail on the head !!!!!!!

Its the Embassy model you have Pictured on the right .

I`ll get some pix posted for you shortly.

 

[douglasdc6]

Woops I meant on the left

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[douglasdc6]

early Magnavox console

Pardon the mess this one is also in the junk room

The knobs for the tv are around here somewhere.

 

[112561]

Super!! I love it! Thanks, and I hope you have a lot of success with it!

Even though television started here in the states in 1936, and seemingly through 1941, it really took off by 1946.

http://www.tvhistory.tv/index.html

 

[douglasdc6]

Thanks again for posting.

So, The embassy also was available with a 16 inch screen no wander this set was so expensive .

Having a 16 inch screen in 1949 was a luxury indeed.

Mine is a 12 inch screen.

Whats interesting about mine is the knobs for the tv are metal over plastic - There somewhere around here

 

[112561]

Glad to do it. Your knobs can't be too far away. And, is yours a two or three speed changer?

 

[douglasdc6]

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Looks like a 2 speed .

33.5 - off - 78

 

[112561]

Their first two speed changer. Thanks!

 

[lordkenmore]

I hesitate to post this, since it's not complete. Still, it might interest someone.

This was a Packard Bell TV. I don't know the history--it's something down in my basement. Probably a leftover from people who originally lived here. If not, it belongs to one of their children.

The electronics are totally gone. Unfortunate, although I find that most network TV programming is considerably more enjoyable when watched on a non-working TV such as this one.

 

[lordkenmore]

This shows the right side. I assume the holes were for the controls. One is surrounded by a circular wear pattern in the cabinet.

 

[112561]

Packard Bell

They were in business at least for television, til 1974. I have a Teledyne Packard Bell brochure, from 1970 or therabouts. I don't even remember who the dealer was. I'd like to find a complete P-B tv, hi-fi, or stereo set, working or not.

Maybe yours could be a candidate for a record cabinet, or a terrarium, considering it was gutted when you came across it.

 

[mpatoray]

This 1950 Dumont Royal Sovereign set is a serious piece of furniture as this was the largest direct view B&W set ever, with a 30" picture. It is shown at the Early Television museum in Columbus Ohio.

As for Hyacinth Bucket and TV, she did have one, there was an episode where some poor repair person was asked to "Install one of those units that goes bleep over every expletive"

Personally I think one of the must beautiful televisions is the pre WWII RCA TRK-12 mirror in lid set.

http://www.earlytelevision.org/images/DuMont-RA118-hd.jpg

 

[danemodsandy]

LordKenmore:

The control holes in your cabinet were probably as follows:

The large one was for the channel selector.

The top small one would have been for ON/OFF/Volume

The other three would have been for Contrast/Brightness, Horizontal Hold, and Vertical Hold.

 

[classiccaprice]

I've got several non-working around here

I'm actually probably parting with some of these. I'm trying to decrease stock around here. I've only really worked on 3 of these, but they have just found me. I wish I knew someone in the area who could help me diagnose the problems/repair them.

We'll start off with my 1953 Zenith Sutherland console. I love the way this works and I've put a lot of work into it, but it has a way to go. This is a picture from when I first got it.

 

[classiccaprice]

My '51 Zenith. This is my favoite and closest to working properly.

 

[classiccaprice]

My 1964 RCA black and white. I want an early 60's color set so bad, but I haven't had one find me yet.

 

[classiccaprice]

...preferably in mid-century modern. Here's my 1957 Admiral

 

[classiccaprice]

My 1958 Silvertone...