Theremin, are those yours or a museum?

1958 RCA 21RC8987 with remote control. This and 150 others: private collection.

Bryan,

Those screen shots look great. I can't wait to work on my CTC-9C. Hope it looks half as good...

Theremin that is quite the collection! Plenty of neat rare stuff to to drool over.

1957 Muntz 721CV. RCA CTC-5 chassis with Muntz tuner and control panel.

Ahh hate ALL of Yew....(grin) -Yosemite Sam, Esq.

Wow! Some pretty spectacular sets in this thread. :drool::drool:

I'm working an acquiring a CTC-5. Might have pix late this weekend if all goes well :banana:

Ahh feel bad like Sandy(although not as hateful;))...not one pre-1960 color roundie in my possession.:no:

You guys sure do have some beautiful sets.

You have an awesome rare collection of colour sets! :D

That Packard Bell set has some cosmetic characteristics similar to my 1959 HMV F5-A6 B&W set http://www.troysvintagevideo.741.com/hmv.html and many other Aussie made B&W sets made in the late 50s , the wood colour, the positioning of the knobs (except mine are at the bottom) and most notable the blue/violet/grey tint colour of the plastic bezel behind the safety glass. I notice that safety glass tint characteristic with quite a few vintage sets of the same era my friend John has http://cool386.tripod.com/ see this pic for example http://www.flickr.com/photos/1346915...in/photostream . I wonder if the colour is due to age of the glass?

Great thread, love checking out those TVs, had I been living in the states knowing my luck of getting a hold of rare vintage TVs, cameras etc. I would of had a roundie for display:). But being in Australia and Australia not getting colour broadcasts till late 1974 we missed the roundie era so the odds of coming across one here is less than 1% compared to in the states but we did have a few used in colour demonstrations and training in the 60s so there's still a chance of getting one over here, I was lucky enough to get a 1947 Andrea VJ12 B&W TV chassis http://www.troysvintagevideo.741.com/andrea.html so knowing my luck I reckon I'll find me a roundie somewhere here or get enough dollars together to import one from the states :).

'59 CTC-9 Paterson
 

Here's my 2 cents worth; my unrestored 1959 RCA CTC-9 Paterson with 'Panoramic sound' (3 speakers). Great Mid-Century Modern design!

That Paterson is to die for!

I know, I feel like killing myself every time I look at it. Kiddling! lol

Seriously, I LOVE seeing guys saving these old sets from an Ignominious fate..

...Altho I KNOW I'll NEVER be able to do it...So, I gotta sit on the sidelines, & root for the guys that DO...But I'll be SNARKY & say Ahh HATE Yew....(grin)