RCA tv ad from the 50's

A classic RCA tv ad from the 1950's

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[torgman]

Is that Don Pardo?

[nebulax]

Sure sounds like him!

[Crossaxel412]

Se your RCA dealer tomorrow! Not today! That's just to much of a stretch!

[scott54555]

Well that makes sense. Back then they had their audience at night so the stores were closed by then.

[armbrunot]

RCA's spots of the 1950s starred singer Vaughn Monroe and

had (usually) Stan Sawyer do the v/o, but this 1955 spot has

the terrific Don Pardo providing the voiceover.

[revnouz]

How foolish.

[Farrish Carter]

I thought the same the minute I heard him. It must be!

[Watcher3223]

Nice. Panasonic made great high end TV sets in the day. In fact, they even make a great HDTV today, though build quality isn't as good as the old high end CRT sets.

I have a 1989 Sony PVM-2530 that still works well.

However, it's not a consumer product; it was designed for professional/industrial applications. 25 inch screen, but it weighs a lot. Inside, it's got quite a few boards and a good quantity of metal shielding.

[inkey2]

I have a 32 inch Panasonic--super flat with a big old picture tube-----weighs a TON........I bought it new about 13 years ago for $550. I've had it on a minimum of 6 hours a day, 7 days a week for 13 years....it would not surprise me if it hits 20 years with no problems

[pbatommy]

Yes it is Don Pardo.

[Watcher3223]

Unfortunately, light gun games may still not work even on an HDTV CRT because of latency imposed by picture processing as well as what that processing may do to the two frames that flash when the trigger is pulled (a black frame followed by a target frame).

[MattTheSaiyan]

There are CRT HDTV sets? Cool. That would be great to play my small collection of old (and perhaps new?) game consoles (which seem to have an allergic reaction to the HD LCD TV I usually watch shows on, resulting in bad digital artifacting)

[scoobydoorocks10]

@Watcher3223 (cont.) but for a tv that hasnt fired up in 20 years or so, id say its god. and also, ive had it for about a week now, and the picture quality is geting better. and if u set the dials and switches right, u can play games or watch stuff in black and white. all in all, best tv ever made

[scoobydoorocks10]

Totally! i wanted to get a new tv, but i saw an old and good zenith series 3 space command with color sentry television at my friends house, and it works GREAT! it was way easier to set up than the flat screen tv that we have, all i had to do was get an antenna cable, plug one end into the tv, and another end into the vcr. thats it. and the manufacturing date sticker was on it, and it said october 1980. the picture quality jumps around,