Huge Projection Set on eBay
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...131721698&rd=1

Anybody know more about this set?
Cabinet looks homemade...probably one of the biggest old TVs I've seen, like one of those Huge Curtis Mathes Consoles turned on its end.

That set was made by United States Television in the late 40s. The cabinet is original. It came in wood finish and several colors of leatherette. It was designed for use in bars and originally sold for about $2000.

Steve

That is just up the road from me. If only I was into old TV's. My wife has been wanting a tv for the kitchen :D

Ok, what the hell is with the blacked-eyes? Should I be checking that dude against America's Most Wanted?

Or "America's Biggest Dork" and what's with his Carol Marol pose? :rolleyes:

Here's an ad from the 1948 USTV catalog showing the two models of their "bar" sets. I have the wood version in my collection, the leatherette model is just too damn ugly even for me.

Chuck

You've actually got one? Does it work? I've seen pictures of them, I've never SEEN one. Must be a bit creepy to work on - bigtime high voltage on them I guess.

IIRC, RCA had some projection CRTs that were up in the 60 - 80 kv (!) range.
So high they had a special corrugated bulb design to keep HV leakage down. The tubes needed regular infared baking and all every few hundred hours. i recall reading about this in an RCA book on TV (which naturally patted RCA on it's back w.r.t. TV development....)

Blacked out face? I'd have one too if I had such a tacky wimpy tattoo...

Man, good luck to whomever gets that thing - parts availability must be tettering on non existant!

RCA projection sets pop up occasionally, but none are THAT big.

Here's a link to my set: http://www.myvintagetv.com/united_states_television.htm

It does work, although not great. The HV power supply is only putting out about 15KV instead of the 30KV it should. I'm guessing one of the caps in the tripler is bad.

Chuck

I passed on one of those for $200....it's even uglier in person :puke:

can you even imagine $1995 1948 dollars compared to today? The bar or business buying it had to have some serious $$$$

2 hours to go and no bids??? As ugly (creepy?) as this thing is, if it was close by I would have to try it. Wrong coast, though.

Who got the set. Was it one of us?

Did you check the two 6Y6 HV oscillator tubes? One or both may be weak. One or more (or perhaps all three) of the three 1B3 HV rectifier tubes may be on their last legs as well. That's what I would check first, before looking at the tripler stage.

Yes, all the tubes have been checked and even substituted with new.

Chuck

LOL! Someone won that beast for $1, man that would be a bitch to pack or lug anywhere I'd rather have a bonfire with it than sell it for $1 :yes: