On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ...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. > > Not actually seeing it firsthand, sounds like the tube itself is about done for... at the college TV station, we used to have a hand-held electro-magnet (precariously wired, I might add) to wave in front of the older monitors to breathe a little bit of extra life to them -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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.
