1968 RCA Commercial #1 of 2

That's a lovely cabinet,shame people throw these things out.

Back in the old days,a tv and stereo were created as if they were part of your living room furniture.Too bad those lovely cabinets got tv picture tubes stuffed into them

I remember when it was this way.

If you have room in a rec room or basement, try to find an old console stereo by Zenith, RCA or another good brand. People are literally throwing them away----and it's a shame. The sound quality is warm, deep and powerful. Sure, there's a good chance the turntable and 8 track are broken, but usually, the radios (AM/FM Stereo) last forever.

Re: "I challenge lerOnPo, to utilize his ipod 58 years from know."

If he's not reckless with it and takes care of it, it'll probably stand the test of time and might be even better and more durable than what they come out with by then. Then he'll start sounding like us. :)

Re: "It's sad, that these kids cannot actually listen to the great sound of these consoles. I'm sure they would be amazed."

The sad thing is that many won't even give it a chance.

RCA used to be good; their last good thing was the Dimensia television system; after that they sold to Thompson SA and they are French-owned (~early 90s lat 80s). Everything made after that is wildly cheap in quality.

It was Banquet, not Swanson, that RCA owned(from 1970-80). But I agree that RCA used to be one of the best, if not the best, name in electronics. Now their products (made by Thomson & now Audiovox) are mostly crap.

No, they sold Banquet in 1980, and GE bought RCA on June 9, 1986.

1968? Looks like they'd introduced their new logo, but is that when their record label design (orange/blue/red seal) was
unveiled?

Yeah, and that's the year when the Radio Corporation of America changed it's name to RCA Corporation. As it turned out, the company would go downhill from there until GE bought it.