I love back in the day, all the way to the early 80's, they used wood for everything furniture and woodgrain paneling for electronics. Like if you look at a TV from the 70's, the actual tv itself will be stuck inside a wood cabinet. Now, we barely have 1/2" thick borders on our tv's.
Way ahead of its time. I can't imagine what it must have cost back then. Only rich people would have had a remote controlled televison set. Very few people had color. Our early 60's RCA color set was very basic, but cost a fortune. It didn't even have a UHF tuner. Of course back then we only had three networks, and they were on VHF channels. You got them with a rotary antenna on top of the house.
2.27 The footage on the TV screen comes from footage taken of a "Sales Convention Musical" done for Chevrolet salesmen. Though I'm sure some of you already knew that...
those separate remote amplifiers that were always "on" with the tubes hot.......caused quite a few houses to catch on fire. A lot of people left that function on all the time because the set did not need to warm up and it would come on quickly. After a few years when dust built up inside the set the hot tubes woud ignite the dust then the cabinet would catch on fire etc. I now of at least 2 cases of this happening....one in my own town
I got one of these FREE in about 1972. The lady across the street gave it to me because it did not recieve channel 7 well. LOL......nobody in the entire city got that channel well but I guess she did not know that. The thing weighed a TON but i got it home with the help of a friend. It lasted about another 5 years. Was a pretty cool TV
Oh man, I remember this unit well. It was such a pain in the ass to work on
Most people, except the techno geeks were totally intimidated by the remote unit and half the time it wouldn't respond or you'd hit the volume button and the channel would change instead .Yep RCA sucked and even though there is no RCA anymore, they still suck
@JedClampettJr so what do you think was the best made TV back then? Philco, Sylvania, ????? etc etc. I had an uncle who owned an appliance shop from the 1930s through the 70s......he always swore by RCA....but then again he sold them so yeah, he's gonna say they are good
It did, the only family in my neighborhood to have one at that time owned a car dealership. I would go over on Saturdays to watch cartoons in color. We had to ask my friend's mother to change the channel as we weren't allowed to touch either the remote or the channel selector on the tv. As we said then, it was a beaut.
and the couch potato was born
payless1981 2 weeks ago
color made it's debut in 1955 - we had a CTC-2 - gorgeous picture, 15"
movieprod 3 weeks ago
color tv commercial and everybody had black and white tvs, how did they see this commercial on black and white tvs?
DinamoXP 3 weeks ago
1:00 WOW all seven
highwaykid270 3 weeks ago
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highwaykid270 3 weeks ago
why the hell cant i find a blue ray player in the finest woods?!
C0LL1N 1 month ago
@C0LL1N cause its cheap plastic
BOREDfromX2z 1 month ago
I love back in the day, all the way to the early 80's, they used wood for everything furniture and woodgrain paneling for electronics. Like if you look at a TV from the 70's, the actual tv itself will be stuck inside a wood cabinet. Now, we barely have 1/2" thick borders on our tv's.
gcastro44 1 month ago
Back in the days when they used to focus of facts and features not hype, hyperbole and spin.
Telekenesis123 1 month ago
wow t.v has come a loooooong way!
LadyScorpio39 1 month ago
For '61, that's pretty advanced! I bet this thing costed a LOT! Hell, even today, that's not half bad. Nice video.
punishedexistence 1 month ago
OMG this is so advanced, i can't wait this thing till release !!!
declaration963 1 month ago
Sounds like Inspector Gadget!
Abrahandsome3200 1 month ago
Stone Age TV! LOL
THX1205 1 month ago
Hey! It's Superman's space ship!
whitedaddy4u 3 months ago
the old side of youtube
kaveenr1 3 months ago
I love vintage stuff.
voltaman33 3 months ago
Way ahead of its time. I can't imagine what it must have cost back then. Only rich people would have had a remote controlled televison set. Very few people had color. Our early 60's RCA color set was very basic, but cost a fortune. It didn't even have a UHF tuner. Of course back then we only had three networks, and they were on VHF channels. You got them with a rotary antenna on top of the house.
Paladingrad1992 3 months ago
why is that women not making my dinner
ThinkThought360 4 months ago
colah
ThinkThought360 4 months ago
Tom: This will be yours if the price is right!
tdickensheets 4 months ago
That look like is from Star Trak.
tdickensheets 4 months ago
No cable!
tdickensheets 4 months ago
and this button allows you to search media in any USB plugged device.
Today you couldn't do such a meticulous description of the functions of each button in a remote control, let alone every function in a tv.
neolandes 5 months ago
Was that a Hookah Pipe to the left of the TV?
MsFrosteetoes 5 months ago
WOW technology these days!
carlsm95 6 months ago
Geesh nothing but musical and dancing on lol.
Turkeydoodlers 6 months ago
I must own this amazing clolor televison unit ;P
BlueBetaPro 7 months ago
THATS AMAZING:D
goqwertygo 7 months ago
Pahk the cah in hahvahd yahd.
Geocidal1024 8 months ago
2.27 The footage on the TV screen comes from footage taken of a "Sales Convention Musical" done for Chevrolet salesmen. Though I'm sure some of you already knew that...
MattTheSaiyan 8 months ago
those separate remote amplifiers that were always "on" with the tubes hot.......caused quite a few houses to catch on fire. A lot of people left that function on all the time because the set did not need to warm up and it would come on quickly. After a few years when dust built up inside the set the hot tubes woud ignite the dust then the cabinet would catch on fire etc. I now of at least 2 cases of this happening....one in my own town
inkey2 8 months ago
I got one of these FREE in about 1972. The lady across the street gave it to me because it did not recieve channel 7 well. LOL......nobody in the entire city got that channel well but I guess she did not know that. The thing weighed a TON but i got it home with the help of a friend. It lasted about another 5 years. Was a pretty cool TV
inkey2 8 months ago
And So begging the epidemic of our short term attention span.........
GrgOrwell 9 months ago
the announcer sounds like Kennedy.
franzchick66 9 months ago 4
@franzchick66 Ask not what your tv can do for you,but what you can do for your tv.
phononut 1 month ago
@franzchick66 That's funny ... he does!
billsav57 5 days ago
Oh man, I remember this unit well. It was such a pain in the ass to work on
Most people, except the techno geeks were totally intimidated by the remote unit and half the time it wouldn't respond or you'd hit the volume button and the channel would change instead .Yep RCA sucked and even though there is no RCA anymore, they still suck
JedClampettJr 10 months ago
@JedClampettJr so what do you think was the best made TV back then? Philco, Sylvania, ????? etc etc. I had an uncle who owned an appliance shop from the 1930s through the 70s......he always swore by RCA....but then again he sold them so yeah, he's gonna say they are good
inkey2 2 months ago
And in only eight years later we went to the moon.....
christl301 10 months ago
modern Styling xD
maximix99 11 months ago
This unit must have cost an arm and a leg...
apelly 1 year ago 10
@apelly or a young girl's virginity
sideim 9 months ago
@apelly ...It DiD!
AmBellyDance 2 months ago
@apelly
It did, the only family in my neighborhood to have one at that time owned a car dealership. I would go over on Saturdays to watch cartoons in color. We had to ask my friend's mother to change the channel as we weren't allowed to touch either the remote or the channel selector on the tv. As we said then, it was a beaut.
joesphx19 1 week ago
Love the glitter covered styrofoam star! Oldsmobile used a similar "star" in thier showrooms.
kyjimbo51 1 year ago
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montrosevideo 2 years ago
This is not a commercial but a factory film made for or by RCA Victor for their new wireless remote control for their color tv sets.
cubantoro 2 years ago 2