About 1962 I was driving from Florida to DC in a small car. Somewhere between Richmond and Washington I saw a 21CT55 in a barn along side the road. The next day I borrowed by parents' station wagon and went back. The owner was happy to give it to me. I brought it home with me, got it working. I don't remember what happened to the set, thought.

Still Smiling After Twenty-Four Years
 

back in 1985,i traded a a childs blow up pool for a ctc5.great cabinet with an outstanding crt.set was literally perfect when i got done with it.just a set up and wipe it down,it was good to go.had it a year and let it go to a friend who had no tv at all.they were reasonably easy to find and we were hung up on those good sylvanias at the time.a vintage roundie was like an unloved child back then.the ignorance of youth!

Passed on a CT-100 in Memphis because I thought at the time no way I could sell a large heavy console tv with such a small picture. CRT was in good shape, but set had video problem to fix. This was 1977 or 78.

After being discharged from the Army in 12/71 I bought a CTC-7B, a blond Anderson, from a tv repair shop so I could learn color repair. Had been doing b/w sets since the age of 12, so it seemed natural to get a color set.Still have it, and plan to start its second 'restoration' this winter. My 4, and my 5N were gifts from very generous friends and fellow collectors. I have pulled parts chassis out of fields; one, a 7, had a very good 21CY, and that tube will be going into the Anderson. Great pastime with great rewards. keeps me out of bars and away from loose women LOL!

I've had three different Philco TV-123 1955 color sets pass through the collection and a spare chassis. I found the first two around Philadelphia from retired Philco engineers. The last one from an AK'er remains. Needs HV donuts.

My 21CT55 came from a local wandering through Rochester about 10 years ago. $300. Temperamental right now.

My second CT100 came from a local RCA dealer about 15 years ago. It was his floor model he never sold. The shop was by a creek and it had flooded and damaged the feet. I fixed that but the set was not working. Right now it is awaiting a focus control repair and soon to be back to see how my 15GP22 is holding up.

The Sightmaster "Americana" came from Brooklyn via early ebay. Capped and working but a bad design that is HV underpowered for the 15" tube. It appears to have been badged as a high-end name from Transvision. Same address.

My TRK-120 came from a collector on LI. The cabinet had a hole sawed in front of the CRT support plate to mount a Pilot FM tuner attached to the phono input. All restored and working but the CRT is slipping away.

And three British pre-wars. A Baird TV-5 from 1936 or early 1937, but not a dual-standard set. Only 6 knobs, missing the 7th standard-change knob. There was a later 5-knob version as shown on ETF. A Baird TV-23 from 1938 (mine is shown on ETF) and a HMV 900 from 1937. I had the Bairds shipped in from England and the HMV came from an AK'er. It was re-capped and re-tuned for NTSC and did work when last powered but very dim. The Bairds are for show only.

Does my Indextron count?

Considering it's only 10 or 15 years old, and is already more rare than a CT-100, I'd say yes! I think among the AK fraternity, there may only be a half dozen of them, as compared to several dozen CT-100s.

Charles

CT-100s...Indexatrons....Royal Sovereigns...TRKs...Bushes...Swoon, swoon...Be still my thumpin' heart !! (grin)

More like 25 years old. At least the vidimagic model.


And one of those is in my climate-controlled basement. One of the "avon" ones, the FP-60 I think with the Beta VCR on the front. My mom thinks it is a vacuum cleaner. It was a trash save fron about this time of 2001, from a route in lebanon ohio one sunday night. it works MOST of the time anyway---the last time I had it lit off, about 6 years or so ago. I ALSO ahv the sony manual, over 400 pages long--for it.

I would GLADLY let it go--(to a GOOD home--)--for ANY decent, restorable CTC--5--table model or console, as long as it is all there--with good main parts, like the tube, fly, pwr tranny and such.

I think we're talking about the KVX-370 Indextron; the 3.7" WatchCube color set. 1993-ish.... The Vidimagic is also very rare, but I don't know the value. I had one without the Beta (the FP-62), which I sold on eBay about 10 years ago.

Charles

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...yIndextron.jpg

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I do not know if this is a reliable site, but here is a link to a VIDIMAGIC for sale.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/39253026

The same unit is also listed on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-FP-60-BETAM...item56263ad89c

For some reason, the Vidimagic projectors don't seem to sell for much of anything. Maybe it's the size, and they're too unknown among collectors. The little WatchCube Indextron is in orbit, when one shows up for sale.

Charles

Here is is my Vidimagic projecting a 4'X3' image on a white wall. On a screen with some gain, it would be quite watchable in a dim room. Considering it is a beam index CRT, for the 1980s a pretty cool technology. BTW, fuzzy image are my bad.

Beam Index projector?? YIKES!! :yikes:I have never seen one. What size tube does it use...what accelerating voltage? Any links to a picture of the tube?

thanks,
jr