Magic eye tuning aid.
 

Was there ever made, a color TV with a magic eye tuning aid?

Du Mont used them in monochrome sets.

yep, the philips K4 that was made originally for the canadian market in 1964. one of the first and almost unique roundie made in europe (about 300 made IIRC). The magic eye was placed to be seen standing up in front of the television while tuning it and almost not visible when sitting in front.

magnavox also used a lght bulb on the side of the screen that would go bright when the tv is tuned properly

Have to check it out.

Do you know what year that was?

I have a very vague recollection of seeing an early Japanese manual tuned model with an eye tube... JVC first comes to mind, but Sharp or Toshiba or even Sears could be possibilities as well.
I remember thinking at the time that the "eye" looked out of place on a "modern" TV. The "blue band" (whatever it was called) at the top of the screen on some early Sony models seemed more fitting to the technology of the time.
jr

Sony Had a very Early Tuning aid in one of their 12" sets from 1970 ish, you would push and turn the fine tuning knob and these Blue Bars would be imposed onto the Screen on the left and Right sides, I had one of those and am trying to find the Model number, if I can find I will post, but it was VERY Early 12" sets, the Chasiss was similar to the KV-1210u, and had the Same CRT with a connector on the neck for Convergence

I think mine was a KV1220U (but not 100% sure)... Typical early Sony 'tron with the channel selector knobs at the *bottom* of the control panel. Deluxe set, nice walnut enclosure, speaker on the left covered by vertical "slats". As I remember, the blue tuning bar was full width and dropped down from the top of the screen when the fine tuning knob was pressed. Sky Tune??

jr

GE had sets with a meter in the late 60's. IIRC someone else
used a tuning bar tube with the straight bar but dont
remember who. Never seen an eye or fan style used.

73 Zeno:smoke:

i had a Panasonic 23" or 25" table model mostly tube set or all tube ( can't recall if it really was all tube ) that had the blue bars that came on the screen when you pushed in the fine tuning and the closer they got was how you were told you are tuned properly , so turn left or right till you have the bars as close as they will get , this set was junked because it needed an rf tuner tube and thats how i got it.

Philco color roudie had one.

Your spot on, I have one also. Came in three flavors, KV 1200U had a metal cabinet, KV 1210U had a walnut cabinet and the KV 1220U was as you described with Sky Tune.

Like to know about that set.

I can't remember ever seeing an American color set with a magic eye. Thinking AFT pretty much eliminated the need, but possibly the very early color sets?

Would love to have a set with magic eye, fun to play with. Remember playing with one on a Telefunken short wave radio.

Found this: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AeTxqeYDUNI