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Someone here (from AK's very early days) had a photo posted with 3 roundies all playing James Bond... I think two were ctc 7's, and the third set may have been a 10. It was a really cool photo to see the three sets all playing together.

Actually, I think it was winter and they were looking for a heating alternative in that part of the house! ;) :D

How about this picture:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/five_working.html

:thmbsp: THAT photo, my dear friend, ROCKS!

I don't think anyone can beat that photo!

Sort of a challenge...I have posted in an old thread a shot of 2 of my roundies running (my avatar is half that picture) but I think I could get 5 of the 6 I have in one shot. Maybe I'll try that this weekend. Hmmm...there is supposed to be a cold snap coming before long!

I can't compete. :tears:

But I could post an MP3 of 6 Toyota Diesel engines running all at the same time :banana:

To see 5 15GP22s in one photo is remarkable. To see them operating is UNSPEAKABLE!!!!

Charles

the pic is stunning!!! and just think of their combined value now ..let alone in 1953!!!

my own oldest daily watcher is a 1976 Sony KV1800AS ..standard 1970s Sony trinitron ...no roundies downunder :(

the old girl chugs on ...but could do with some love and attention ...the blue is a bit sick ..but she keeps working!

Geez I remember buying an Atari 2600 'mini' version that came with 10 game carts about 10 years ago, this machine will NEVER die! : )

Here goes...
 

Well, I thought this would be akin to herding cats but it worked out okay. Each set has its quarks. From left to right: CTC-12, CTC-11, CTC-5, Zenith 25MC30 & 25MC33. Only the 11 & 5 were getting a strong signal-I didn't have enough splitters & cable to have them all off the same source. Looking at the pics you can sure see where they came up with the saying "Never Twice Same Color". Later I was able to compare the 11 & 12 with the same program & they were real close in reproduction. There is one more, a 15, but I couldn't get it in the picture. This was fun; I didn't think of it until later but this was, like, 125 tubes running at once!

Great photos! In the meantime, the rest of the neighborhood is suffering a minor brown-out! :D

From another long-time diesel owner:
 

Now if you could bring back smell-o-vision and bottle some of that pungent exhaust... :yes:

(PETE) Yes & no.... The odor would be french fries. Mine are fueled by soybean oil!

(BRYAN) That's a GREAT shot! All those sets on, and I don't see you running back & forth tweaking controls to keep them locked in :thmbsp:

BTW: I see that Emerson 21" round-front B&W set ontop of your CTC-5... Is that from Southern CA? I had one like that with near the exact scratches on the Left side. I think Richard Rawlings got it from me about 10 years ago. Just curious...

Charles

No, the Emerson was local. A friend of a friend inherited her grandfather's house & it was in the attic. The cabinet is pretty beat up but the set actually worked when I got it, but real weakly. I do know that somebody, way back, bypassed the fuse. Someday I'll go through it & get it working right again.

The CTC-5 likes to jump out of whack every so often but it behaves long enough for a picture. The biggest trouble was the 25MC33 which has tuner problems (loose wire, I think) & so would just barely stay in tune. Its in bw because it wouldn't lock in on the color picture-I later determined that this was caused by intereference from it's neighbor because when I turned the other Zenith off I could tune it okay. It also has a defect which gives the pic a yellow hue. I've read what causes it but have not yet done much of anything to this tv since I brought it home. That should be an outstanding set when I get done with it.

1965 Zenith
 

My daily watcher is a 1965 Zenith model 5215, chassis 25MC33, just keeps humming along. My various avatars are from this set. Here's a pic..

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