vintage rca tv demonstration

as a reply to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d5k5A9YYvg&feature=related
full demonstration of the 1965 rca roundie tv after being hooked up on cable. This was used for about 12 hours in a guest room then I used it for 3 more hours. It needs restoring. so for know I put it back in storage.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• vintage
• rca
• roundie
• tv
• new
• vista
• color
• not
• admiral
• or
• zenith

[carlosbragatto]

Oh my god, what a good image quality! What kind of restoration job you need to do? Seems like the electronics are okay.

[force311999]

It works good for its age but would not dear to use it to much. All the caps should be replaced and the set realined and tuned up before using it. if a old cap gos it could start a fire or destroy the transformer or pic. tube

[force311999]

Doing parity's of other videos is meant to be fun and lighthearted and I mean respect for the ones that the videos are copied from.

[BobWXXI]

That set is clearly well cared for and well restored---reminds me of a similar Admiral round-tube color TV we got new in 1963, that lasted for 20 years. Fascinating to see how the way TV programs are shot has changed over the years...you'd never have seen the graphics and key picture elements spill out beyond the aspect ratio of these sets back in the day, but nowadays they're all shot as if everyone has a 16:9 digital wide screen set.

[nakayle]

My parents had a 1962 RCA with a CTC12 chassis. It often had great pictures (depending on the program) but it broke down about every two months. It was especially hard on horizontal output tubes- they would become gassy after about six months. I think if the efficiency coil had been adjusted to reduce the plate current it would have fixed that but I was just a kid then and didn't know that.

[musicman0150]

What a great TV. The tuning dials remind me of a TV that I had back in the 80s and earlier. It was the RCA Victor KCS149A and KCS149N. The N model had remote control features on it. Sad to say though both sets were trashed because of major malfunctions in the circutry. The KCS149A had horizontal output problems and the KCS149N had AGC problems then had arching issues. If I could ever find another KCS model i'd grab it in an instant.

Gary

[leedeforest]

Wow. We had this exact set when I was growing up.

[peugteobike]

Love the styles you could pick from.I heard they lasted 10 years or more.I have a table top RCA that is over 49 years old and a 1957 Slim Blackwhite searstv.

[123demaio]

great purity this set was well before my time , the ctc 28 to 38h with the square tube I started with. can you still get a flyback for this set..

[td1238]

I have seen new equipment with bad electrolytics, and I have seen MANY MANY pieces of vintage equipment with perfect electrolytics that continue to work for years and years. I have also used several 1960s vintage televisions on a regular basis (daily for years to date) with no need for parts replacement. Most components by the 1960s were highly reliable. Again, only fret if paper caps are present, or if the set actually presents problems. New parts can fail, too, and do.

[td1238]

Electrolytics that are working now will likely continue to work with regular use. The set probably has a lot of ceramic caps, which don't go bad. Paper caps should be replaced. There is nothing in the set that could go wrong (other than a filament wiring short to high voltage) that could damage the pic. tube. That is impossible. Only replace electrolytics if they are failing (which they obviously aren't). Fuse the center tap of the B winding for transformer protection.