OT: Televisions

[Ian King]

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> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
> bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:11 AM
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> Subject: Re: OT: Televisions
> 
> On 17 Feb 2010 at 11:24, Jules Richardson wrote:
> 
> > Brian Lanning wrote:
> > > The next question pertains to console televisions.  I'd like to
> find
> > > (much to my wife's dismay) a console television like the one my
> > > parents had back in the late 70s.  I'd like to use it to play old
> > > video game consoles from the 70s and 80s.  I believe these were all
> > > vacuum tube sets though, is that correct?  Is there a good source
> > > for these things (the TVs and the tubes) today?
> 
> There's someone trying to give away a nice 27" RCA console (with the
> turntable-style mounting) on the local CL.  They're not uncommon,
> just big and heavy--a lot of particle board went into those slab-
> sided cabinets.
> 

ISTR some solid-state models - vacuum tubes were mostly '60s and early '70s, if I remember correctly.  -- Ian