I have this very same TV. I bought it for $8 at a yard sale. I didn't even have to clean it either! I bought it to rip out all the guts and install a flatscreen, but the picture was so good I hate to do that. I'm beginning to have trouble keeping the vertical hold in sync. The whole works in a drawer thing blows my mind! I don't need to fix it, since I have a new 32" flatscreen, but I love anything old. And I love to learn how to repair things I've never repaired before.
One problem with these excellent sets was the picture tubes would go soft in about 2 weeks. Replacement of the CRT would last another two weeks. The problem was the CRT filament was supplied with 5.5 volts, not 6.3 volts. This was true for the full production run, as one one of their future largest dealers, I wasn't at that time so "you know not invented here deal"
Ha ha...I was watching this clip just now and my little gray and white cat, Sophie is on my lap and excited because there was a cat meowing in the background while this was playing. LOL
I just watched the 1974 Quasar ad. I remember the woman singing "Quasar" at the end of the ad from back in the 70s when I was with my dad at work in 1974 at his office when a tv was on. Great example of 70s tech, man! Amazing, isnt it, how quickly technology races ahead. Look at a new Iphone 4, or a new flat screen tv, or even the new 3D flat screen tvs. Looking at the pull out drawer is like going into a Radio Shack in the 70s when it was all part bins!
This is too cool! We had a Quasar Motorola works in a drawer when I was a kid. Ours was a 1975 model, huge cabinet, really nice piece of furniture as well as an awesome TV set.
Very informative, but that is the ugliest TV I have ever seen! It was made so much more attractive by the disco music blaring over your commentary. The external speaker demo was unnecessary, though.
I hope kitty cat helped you fix the television :) Nice set here. My friends's grandparents had one of these and when it finally died they just sat a 19 inch portable on top of it as it was to heavy to move out to the curb for the garbage truck, LOL!
@spatsbear2 oh...Somehow it looked like black and white.Where do you get all these nice TVs?The only time a saw a console TV in real was like a half yeah ago!In germany these are very rare.
My parents bought one of these new in '75 and it stayed on virtually day and night for fifteen years. It was hit by lightning twice, and easily repaired both times. Still worked in 1992 when it was more of a "white elephant" in the living room. Nice to see one in great condition!
I owned this exact set from 1997-99. Very heavy set - probably one of the last sets made with a real wood cabinet. I remember mine was made in Nov. 1975. Great set, and nice to see one again!
I saw a Quasar with this cabinet at the Salvation Army today. The control panel was a rather beige color and appeared to to have a sold panel instead of a fake speaker grill. It seemed to have a UHF knob. Did have a coax input near the top of the back. I don't had the speaker outputs.
The finish was in very bad shape, the back was warped had a crack around the picture tube cap & I think a knob was missing. they wanted 30 bucks for it.
Thanks for the video. Great example of Motorola's last solid state set! Collecting and repairing those old Motorola Quasars has been a hobby of mine since the early 90's. I have 4 consoles, and 6 19" in my collection, and have amassed a huge supply of spare parts from local TV repairmen, and from scraping out TV's with worn out picture tubes. I'm looking to downsize, so if you need specific parts, or a complete set to add to your collection, contact me at - quasarjoe "at" hotmail "dot" com. Marc
this set was their first solid state unit . this set had a panasonic crt. the year before they had a hybrid with four tubes in it and worked in a draw as well
this console remember the first hybrid color tv with digital infrared remote control and digital memory tuning system, the Philips chassis KL1,it was the Brazilian 26 inch color tv set, that employed the in line gun system, this set was put in the Brazilian maket in 1971, in this set all the controls are electronic, there´s no motor no relay just digital ICS..IN 1972 come the full solid state version...the 1971 model used a Nixie tube like channels display
This is such a neat set. Does the back cover say Motorola of Franklin park, or does this one say Matsushita of Franklin park? It appears to have all motorola parts. The buyout took place in '74, so this is like a transition set. Did you see a motorola date code stamped anywhere on the chassis? Curious what month it was built.
thatz one interesting tv and looks nice too! i noticed on some of the califone record players that the front-end speaker is fake. the actual speaker is on the back.
I have this very same TV. I bought it for $8 at a yard sale. I didn't even have to clean it either! I bought it to rip out all the guts and install a flatscreen, but the picture was so good I hate to do that. I'm beginning to have trouble keeping the vertical hold in sync. The whole works in a drawer thing blows my mind! I don't need to fix it, since I have a new 32" flatscreen, but I love anything old. And I love to learn how to repair things I've never repaired before.
Curtrx7 1 day ago
One problem with these excellent sets was the picture tubes would go soft in about 2 weeks. Replacement of the CRT would last another two weeks. The problem was the CRT filament was supplied with 5.5 volts, not 6.3 volts. This was true for the full production run, as one one of their future largest dealers, I wasn't at that time so "you know not invented here deal"
Mr. Quasar
Flagstaff Az.
hhoforvolts 7 months ago
Ha ha...I was watching this clip just now and my little gray and white cat, Sophie is on my lap and excited because there was a cat meowing in the background while this was playing. LOL
ridgerunner721601 1 year ago
would anybody now how much a Quasar portable tv made in october 1980 be worth ...cause i dont know ...it would be appricaited (:
toyotaman1988 1 year ago
I just watched the 1974 Quasar ad. I remember the woman singing "Quasar" at the end of the ad from back in the 70s when I was with my dad at work in 1974 at his office when a tv was on. Great example of 70s tech, man! Amazing, isnt it, how quickly technology races ahead. Look at a new Iphone 4, or a new flat screen tv, or even the new 3D flat screen tvs. Looking at the pull out drawer is like going into a Radio Shack in the 70s when it was all part bins!
mlaechel 1 year ago
This is too cool! We had a Quasar Motorola works in a drawer when I was a kid. Ours was a 1975 model, huge cabinet, really nice piece of furniture as well as an awesome TV set.
KuyaBillRomjue 1 year ago
Very informative, but that is the ugliest TV I have ever seen! It was made so much more attractive by the disco music blaring over your commentary. The external speaker demo was unnecessary, though.
SeeburgMusic 1 year ago
I hope kitty cat helped you fix the television :) Nice set here. My friends's grandparents had one of these and when it finally died they just sat a 19 inch portable on top of it as it was to heavy to move out to the curb for the garbage truck, LOL!
storrs19 1 year ago
awesome tv but why is the video at the beginning black and white?
SuperSmasher97 1 year ago
@SuperSmasher97 It is in color.
spatsbear2 1 year ago
@spatsbear2 oh...Somehow it looked like black and white.Where do you get all these nice TVs?The only time a saw a console TV in real was like a half yeah ago!In germany these are very rare.
SuperSmasher97 1 year ago
My parents bought one of these new in '75 and it stayed on virtually day and night for fifteen years. It was hit by lightning twice, and easily repaired both times. Still worked in 1992 when it was more of a "white elephant" in the living room. Nice to see one in great condition!
goldbergje 1 year ago
I owned a set kind of thke this.this.That's an amazing set
peugeotrider2012 2 years ago
I owned this exact set from 1997-99. Very heavy set - probably one of the last sets made with a real wood cabinet. I remember mine was made in Nov. 1975. Great set, and nice to see one again!
audubon5425 2 years ago
A Works in the Drawer Quasar--now there's something I haven't seen since I was real little.
batterymaker 2 years ago
I saw a Quasar with this cabinet at the Salvation Army today. The control panel was a rather beige color and appeared to to have a sold panel instead of a fake speaker grill. It seemed to have a UHF knob. Did have a coax input near the top of the back. I don't had the speaker outputs.
The finish was in very bad shape, the back was warped had a crack around the picture tube cap & I think a knob was missing. they wanted 30 bucks for it.
jefferyb304 2 years ago
Does this tv have few tubes
peugteobike 3 years ago
100% Solid State
spatsbear2 3 years ago
I loved working on those sets.
blunite545 3 years ago
Thanks for the video. Great example of Motorola's last solid state set! Collecting and repairing those old Motorola Quasars has been a hobby of mine since the early 90's. I have 4 consoles, and 6 19" in my collection, and have amassed a huge supply of spare parts from local TV repairmen, and from scraping out TV's with worn out picture tubes. I'm looking to downsize, so if you need specific parts, or a complete set to add to your collection, contact me at - quasarjoe "at" hotmail "dot" com. Marc
jackolick 3 years ago
this set was their first solid state unit . this set had a panasonic crt. the year before they had a hybrid with four tubes in it and worked in a draw as well
123demaio 3 years ago
this console remember the first hybrid color tv with digital infrared remote control and digital memory tuning system, the Philips chassis KL1,it was the Brazilian 26 inch color tv set, that employed the in line gun system, this set was put in the Brazilian maket in 1971, in this set all the controls are electronic, there´s no motor no relay just digital ICS..IN 1972 come the full solid state version...the 1971 model used a Nixie tube like channels display
guimbadriver 3 years ago
This is such a neat set. Does the back cover say Motorola of Franklin park, or does this one say Matsushita of Franklin park? It appears to have all motorola parts. The buyout took place in '74, so this is like a transition set. Did you see a motorola date code stamped anywhere on the chassis? Curious what month it was built.
drh4683 3 years ago
It actually says Motorola of Franklin Park, and January 1975.
I was wondering about how long the Matsushita transition fully took over.
spatsbear2 3 years ago
Wow a Quasar TV. The ease of repair was a BIG selling point for the Quasar line.
AllAmericanFiveRadio 3 years ago
thatz one interesting tv and looks nice too! i noticed on some of the califone record players that the front-end speaker is fake. the actual speaker is on the back.
damusician 3 years ago
WHOO! it's the '75 Motorola Quasar!
wilkes85 3 years ago