RCA VIctor Mark 8 TV

This is a black and white commercial (since Color TV was still rare) for the RCA Victor Mark 8 Color TV line circa 1962-63. This is when RCA was king of consumer electronics. By begining of the 70's... Japanese consumer electronics took over and RCA and other american manufacturers declined till none no longer exist! (RCA was bought and dismantled by GE in 1986.... RCA Consumer Electronics was sold to Thomson of France, then recently sold to China's largest TV maker.

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[musicom67]

Wow. $495 for that POS in the 60s.... Makes a 42" flatscreen in 2008 at $899 sound almost like a giveaway!

[cubantoro]

Ahem... this tv was state of the art when it was made... and was meant to last a lifetime. It could be repaired.... your new flat screen is pretty much disposable and not cost effective to repair.

[cubantoro]

FYI... the cheapest Mark 8 cost $495 which is equivalent to $3222.80 in todays dollars!!!

[1952kid]

something the new generations will never know, the wonderful smell of tubes heating up and the warm red glow from the back of the set, and watching the picture turn into a small bright dot fading away in the evening when you got up out of your chair and actually had to turn the tv off.

[inkey2]

@OlegKostoglatov my 32 inch panasonic super-flat has a huge glass picture tube and weighs a ton. I have had it for about 13 years and run it about 6 hours a day and the picture is as good as the day I bought it. I think it will make it to 20 years easily....I also have a Hitachi color set from the 80s still running fine

[inkey2]

@1952kid OH YEAH, right you are.....that heavenly aroma of hot tubes and a wooden cabinet. I know it well and miss it. Looking forward to saturday night monster movies with a ghostly host....who was usually the stations weather man moon lighting for extra money. Get the jiffy pop & the 6 oz green bottles of coke ready

[chris061290]

RCA you will be missed and known for as the king of electronics.

[CoolConejo]

People in 2040 will watch our commercials for HD TV's and laugh at us. :(

[chris061290]

@MrGameboy1989 so that doesnt matter. ur still greedy

[chris061290]

@cubantoro thats right. tube electronics were built to last. made in usa

[MrGameboy1989]

@chris061290

no, im a greedy dutch guy

[chris061290]

@MrGameboy1989 i suppose u are one of those greedy americans today that sit on there asses and use fancy gadgets

[chris061290]

@MrGameboy1989 hey thats the way people viewed and said bout tv in those days when color came out.