I was a TV technician here in the UK from 1967 until 1990, and I've always been fascinated by old American TVs I've seen in old films and TVprogrammes. Now thanks to you and others, I can now find out about the workings of some of them.
Gosh sakes buddy please be careful poking around in the back while it's hot... there is some high voltage going on, as I am sure you know... just saying be careful.
Damn, I just got notified of this! A lot of things waserman said can depend on what kind of TV's he has and what luck he has had in the past finding replacements. You can still get CRT's rebuilt for a base price of $250. I have been lucky enough to find a replacement 14BP4 CRT for this television for $20 just in case I need it. This was my first attempt at fixing a set and I know, the wiring looks terrible xD. The only way I would gut a TV like this is if there was no other option.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL OLD MOTOROLA TELEVISION, SORRY IF I MAY BE A BIT RASH BUT BLAME THE FUCKERS, ESPEACIALLY FelixTheHouseFreak! GORGOUS TV, GLAD IT NOT BEING DUMPED INTO A LANDFILL!
i'm sorry to be a pain, but 50 years from now, you will probably not be able to restore these tvs because they have a picture tube that breaks every 40 years or so, so when everyone who's tv tube breaks they have to find old stock to repair it, and when the old stock is gone there will be no repairing them anymore, and trying to find a man to repair it will be very hard because 50 years later, the people who repaired these things back in the day, will be dead.
And THREE years from now not 40 the LCD will break down. What seems like the wise investment for an old set here?
And any repair man 50 years from now wil be able to fix even the oldest set. They do run on electric circuits and not top secret wizard spells that only old repair men now.
If you look at costumer reports they tend to break in a very short time. Ive been fixing many LCD screens that are less than 5 years old for people. A lot of the time these things arent even worth the repair either.
A old TV will not burn down your house, that's preposterous.
There are failsafes in place. A lot of older TV's, have a circuit breaker in them. So, in case a tube or similar fails to blow if something is overloaded (haven;t heard of a case of them not blowing yet) it will trip the breaker, and shut the TV off.
If that somehow fails, you always have the circuit breakers in your home ,which will kill power LONG before a fire has the chance of starting.
yes, iam a couple of my freinds had old tv's one of them had their wall catch on fire, it was 1953 philco. his wall was black, from it being chared, the inside of the tv was black to, the metal chasis was burnt and all the tubes exploded from the heat. so yes they can be dangerous!
if you don't want to make it authentic rip out the guts and keep the face of the television so it looks like the real thing then stick a flat screen behind the glass and wire the remote receiver to the side of the tv and get a universal remote, you have the look of an authentic 50's tv without the hassle of fixing the guts!
they arn't worth anything! i have 17 of them, ive tried selling them nobody wants them, because using these tv's one day the picture tube will go, and when that goes, it costs hundreds to repair them, it's a great ide because with a new television you won't have the tv picture tube go on you, and it looks great, when i have parties, i make a edited video with like four or five episodes of old 50's and 60's shows and put commercials in between the shows. it looks like you stepped back in to time.
dude, i would rather the one with the new tv in it, because it wouldn't burn down my house if something was to spark on it, i wouldn't have to spend hundreds of dollars repairing something if it breaks, having to haul the chasis back and forth to the repair shop, my idea, much better, got the look of the old tv but it doesn't have the hassle and the safety hazordes of an old tv, and here's my question to you, would you rather have the look of an old tv or both the look and the hassle, you chose.
You obviously know nothing about vintage electronics. No wonder you are doing this..... All the collectors who want these dont need to spend anything except parts to repair these things because they already know how to do it themselves. The parts are pretty cheap too.
There is no hassle or safety hazards with any old TV if its restored correctly.
I already own a few old TVs and they perform excellent! Never have had ONE problem EVER.
please tell me were you get your parts, because i replaced 2 tubes and the picture tube on my 1962 rca and it all cost $675, and yes people have had there television sets set on fire from bad wiring and tubes overheating, my freind owned a 1953 philco, the wiring was bad and it set on fiure, the whole inside of the tv and it's chasis was burnt, and so was his wall, there was a black streak going up his wall, so yes they are costly and sometimes hazardous.
How does someone going to high school get 625 to fix some old TV??
Have you ever even tried searching for tubes on google? Tubes cost an average of 4 dollars. Capacitors cost in the cents. Incase of a missing picture tube you can make contact with many other collectors who will dig one up for less. How did you blow 625 bucks on that???
Just like you your friend was ignorant about old sets to plug it in without a proper electric restoration as the person in this video is doing.
retrofitting a fixed-pixel flat panel device into a very old and highly sought-after 1950s television is just plain stupid. 1st, you can't get decent looking black-and-white video output on an LCD. 2nd, it wouldn't look very good, either built right to the chassis, or mounted behind a cut and sandblasted CRT face. 3rd, the television holds greater value to collectors as well as in terms of cash, if you keep it as original as possible.
in other words: fuck off douchebag, that ain't the point
1, don't call me a dumbass cause i probably know more about these tv's than you do, 2, i agree i hate to see something thats antique be destroyed by people 3, the idea i have is great, ive done with three of my televisions that broke on me 4, they aren't worth anything! i have 17 at my home and ive tried selling them but no one wants them because one day the picture tube will go and it costs hundreds of $ to get it repaired, my idea costs the amount a new tv costs, thats it! so FUCK U!
Its doing well. I haven't really worked on it, it still needs a few more capacitors and resistors to have it working like it was new. Recently I have been working on a 1947 DuMont RA-103 television. Once that is done I will start working on a 1947 RCA victor 721-TS.
what's great about it! , the only thing you want is the look, that classic look has dissapered in nowadays tv's, what's not great is when the picture tube goes and you have to spend $675 to get it repaired then you get it home and you turn it on, and you have to adjust the picture, then the ears, another hassle is when a tube goes, you can spend months looking for the right tube, what i'm trying to say is, there's nothing beautiful about the insides of an old tv, just a massive headache!
there is nothing beautiful about the underbelly of a 50s Caddy, yet you seem to hold great interest in them.
eh, when that oddball automatic transmission goes south, and you gotta get somebody to hack something else in, and get it home and it don't drive quite right, and eh... get a new one
I was a TV technician here in the UK from 1967 until 1990, and I've always been fascinated by old American TVs I've seen in old films and TVprogrammes. Now thanks to you and others, I can now find out about the workings of some of them.
TheCaleyman 7 months ago
is it fixed yet???????
TheNascarfan14 1 year ago
Gosh sakes buddy please be careful poking around in the back while it's hot... there is some high voltage going on, as I am sure you know... just saying be careful.
gmcjetpilot 1 year ago
Damn, I just got notified of this! A lot of things waserman said can depend on what kind of TV's he has and what luck he has had in the past finding replacements. You can still get CRT's rebuilt for a base price of $250. I have been lucky enough to find a replacement 14BP4 CRT for this television for $20 just in case I need it. This was my first attempt at fixing a set and I know, the wiring looks terrible xD. The only way I would gut a TV like this is if there was no other option.
delorean60 2 years ago
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL OLD MOTOROLA TELEVISION, SORRY IF I MAY BE A BIT RASH BUT BLAME THE FUCKERS, ESPEACIALLY FelixTheHouseFreak! GORGOUS TV, GLAD IT NOT BEING DUMPED INTO A LANDFILL!
waserman123 2 years ago
Dont start getting all upset at all the people who tried to tell you that you were only destroying your very own property.
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago
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waserman123 2 years ago
Ahaha i like how you didnt use "reply" so i wouldnt notice this. :P
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago
i'm sorry to be a pain, but 50 years from now, you will probably not be able to restore these tvs because they have a picture tube that breaks every 40 years or so, so when everyone who's tv tube breaks they have to find old stock to repair it, and when the old stock is gone there will be no repairing them anymore, and trying to find a man to repair it will be very hard because 50 years later, the people who repaired these things back in the day, will be dead.
waserman123 2 years ago
And THREE years from now not 40 the LCD will break down. What seems like the wise investment for an old set here?
And any repair man 50 years from now wil be able to fix even the oldest set. They do run on electric circuits and not top secret wizard spells that only old repair men now.
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago
Felix, three only ? :\
I've seen lcds lasting way longer than that.
And plasmas will break within 20 years btw.
rick62008 2 years ago
If you look at costumer reports they tend to break in a very short time. Ive been fixing many LCD screens that are less than 5 years old for people. A lot of the time these things arent even worth the repair either.
Plasmas are the same.
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago
Felix, Well but things today are intentionally not made to last.
What uses to break down faster in LCDs? The logic board or the power supply unit? Or something else?
rick62008 2 years ago
Are you being serious right now? wow...
A old TV will not burn down your house, that's preposterous.
There are failsafes in place. A lot of older TV's, have a circuit breaker in them. So, in case a tube or similar fails to blow if something is overloaded (haven;t heard of a case of them not blowing yet) it will trip the breaker, and shut the TV off.
If that somehow fails, you always have the circuit breakers in your home ,which will kill power LONG before a fire has the chance of starting.
Dale4ever3 2 years ago
yes, iam a couple of my freinds had old tv's one of them had their wall catch on fire, it was 1953 philco. his wall was black, from it being chared, the inside of the tv was black to, the metal chasis was burnt and all the tubes exploded from the heat. so yes they can be dangerous!
waserman123 2 years ago
That is a lie. I may believe that it shorted. And that was because it was carelessly plugged in without replacing filter capacitors.
But all the tubes exploding? Hmm.
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago
if you don't want to make it authentic rip out the guts and keep the face of the television so it looks like the real thing then stick a flat screen behind the glass and wire the remote receiver to the side of the tv and get a universal remote, you have the look of an authentic 50's tv without the hassle of fixing the guts!
waserman123 2 years ago
Thats a horrible idea. Collectors nearly vomit when they see things like this done to old sets.
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago 2
they arn't worth anything! i have 17 of them, ive tried selling them nobody wants them, because using these tv's one day the picture tube will go, and when that goes, it costs hundreds to repair them, it's a great ide because with a new television you won't have the tv picture tube go on you, and it looks great, when i have parties, i make a edited video with like four or five episodes of old 50's and 60's shows and put commercials in between the shows. it looks like you stepped back in to time.
waserman123 2 years ago
Theyre worth something. If anything theyre more worthless gutted. Theres plenty of antique electronics collectors who would like one.
And I doubt anyone wants them for their daily use. Its just a collection item. Besides these tubes can last ages anyway.
What will people want more? An antique TV all original, or just some cabinet stuffed with some ordinary TV?
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago
dude, i would rather the one with the new tv in it, because it wouldn't burn down my house if something was to spark on it, i wouldn't have to spend hundreds of dollars repairing something if it breaks, having to haul the chasis back and forth to the repair shop, my idea, much better, got the look of the old tv but it doesn't have the hassle and the safety hazordes of an old tv, and here's my question to you, would you rather have the look of an old tv or both the look and the hassle, you chose.
waserman123 2 years ago
What hassle??? No TV will burn down your house.
You obviously know nothing about vintage electronics. No wonder you are doing this..... All the collectors who want these dont need to spend anything except parts to repair these things because they already know how to do it themselves. The parts are pretty cheap too.
There is no hassle or safety hazards with any old TV if its restored correctly.
I already own a few old TVs and they perform excellent! Never have had ONE problem EVER.
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago 2
please tell me were you get your parts, because i replaced 2 tubes and the picture tube on my 1962 rca and it all cost $675, and yes people have had there television sets set on fire from bad wiring and tubes overheating, my freind owned a 1953 philco, the wiring was bad and it set on fiure, the whole inside of the tv and it's chasis was burnt, and so was his wall, there was a black streak going up his wall, so yes they are costly and sometimes hazardous.
waserman123 2 years ago
How does someone going to high school get 625 to fix some old TV??
Have you ever even tried searching for tubes on google? Tubes cost an average of 4 dollars. Capacitors cost in the cents. Incase of a missing picture tube you can make contact with many other collectors who will dig one up for less. How did you blow 625 bucks on that???
Just like you your friend was ignorant about old sets to plug it in without a proper electric restoration as the person in this video is doing.
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago 2
LCDs barely last anything. Il bet an LCD will go out sooner than the picture tube on one of those sets.
Try selling your sets to some real collectors instead of people who know nothing.
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago
retrofitting a fixed-pixel flat panel device into a very old and highly sought-after 1950s television is just plain stupid. 1st, you can't get decent looking black-and-white video output on an LCD. 2nd, it wouldn't look very good, either built right to the chassis, or mounted behind a cut and sandblasted CRT face. 3rd, the television holds greater value to collectors as well as in terms of cash, if you keep it as original as possible.
in other words: fuck off douchebag, that ain't the point
justwolfslife 2 years ago 2
1, don't call me a dumbass cause i probably know more about these tv's than you do, 2, i agree i hate to see something thats antique be destroyed by people 3, the idea i have is great, ive done with three of my televisions that broke on me 4, they aren't worth anything! i have 17 at my home and ive tried selling them but no one wants them because one day the picture tube will go and it costs hundreds of $ to get it repaired, my idea costs the amount a new tv costs, thats it! so FUCK U!
waserman123 2 years ago
Youre like 14 from what i can see in your profile, you dont know more than these guys about televisions.
Those people you tried selling them to are not collectors. Thats why they dont want them AND think it will cost hundreds to repair.
NOT TO MENTION an LCD will last way less than what the CRT has left in it. Trust me i fix LCDs every day for computer shops. They BARELY last 4 years.
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago
Fixing a vintage TV is no hassle.
FelixTheHouseFreak 2 years ago 2
I BEG TO DIFFER!
waserman123 2 years ago
It looks like you have had a great deal of fun with that one. That's what its all about. Great service job. J,
vinylseat 2 years ago
How is the TV doing now? Is it fixed? :D
OwlMovieStudios 2 years ago
Its doing well. I haven't really worked on it, it still needs a few more capacitors and resistors to have it working like it was new. Recently I have been working on a 1947 DuMont RA-103 television. Once that is done I will start working on a 1947 RCA victor 721-TS.
delorean60 2 years ago
dont upgrade it restore it dont take the greatness and beaty out of it
MrBillgun 2 years ago
what's great about it! , the only thing you want is the look, that classic look has dissapered in nowadays tv's, what's not great is when the picture tube goes and you have to spend $675 to get it repaired then you get it home and you turn it on, and you have to adjust the picture, then the ears, another hassle is when a tube goes, you can spend months looking for the right tube, what i'm trying to say is, there's nothing beautiful about the insides of an old tv, just a massive headache!
waserman123 2 years ago
there is nothing beautiful about the underbelly of a 50s Caddy, yet you seem to hold great interest in them.
eh, when that oddball automatic transmission goes south, and you gotta get somebody to hack something else in, and get it home and it don't drive quite right, and eh... get a new one
same thing here boy
justwolfslife 2 years ago
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waserman123 2 years ago
Didn't I see this TV in a Nine Inch Nails video?
mediamadman747 3 years ago
It looks like polish TV "szmaragd" or "Wisła"...
Classic ;D
Pzdr from poland
mikixb 3 years ago