...is thisclose to being put out to pasture. My best educated guess is that it was new in 1979... went for about $450.
RCA... no remote... ten-button tuner, push-pull volume/power-on knob. Stereo-compatible... component cable connection... cable-ready, such as it was in that year. ISTR the store where he got it (and the stereo radio/record changer that sits inactive in another room, now serving as document storage) folded within a few years, tho the building still stands (renovated into strictly offices, only a few of which are currently used) The tuner will not stay on-station for more than 30 to 60 minutes, after which the picture flickers between good and bad, getting progressively worse if left on longer. Used to be that re-tuning to channel 3 using the buttons worked... not anymore. Been many years since anyone opened the back (needs hex screwdrivers, which I believe we still also have) to do anything inside. I'm hardly the person to do that, and doubt any of my bros are. Dad's vision prevents him from *watching* TV for more than a few minutes, never mind trying to work on one. The only-slightly-smaller-screen tabletop set on dad's bureau upstairs is AFAICT the only one still in good shape left in the house*, but if it becomes the heir apparent, the old VCR dad has been using in lieu of a cable box (after trading in full basic) would dangerously teeter on top of it... a free low-end box Service Electric would give us, likely for free, could be balanced atop the tabletop set regardless of what ends up as its foundation, the old console or something else... *The set now in my bedroom, originally gotten to go with our former camping trailer back in the late 80s, suddenly went from colour to B&W over a year ago, and it's a bear trying to rush from it to the room where the computer is, and back and forth... But, of course, as with everything pertaining to dad's health (qv), my older brother probably has veto power. B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
