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Originally Posted by Chip Chester
I like that the illustration shows the model carrying it with one hand, not a care in the world. The set is probably 40-50 pounds maybe?
Perhaps the DC option was for vacation/hunting cabins, with 10 car batteries in tow. But I doubt the late 50s were quite so media-centric as we are today.
Chip
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Most luggable TV's of this era had transformers or a least selenium rectifier doubler supplies, making them AC only.
In those days, DC set operation was likely attempted by a few where AC power did not exist BUT a good signal did
I would have certainly tried it, rounding up a dozen batteries as I was very much into antennas and DXing.
In my youth, we had a cabin in "the mountains" with no electric, used to have a 12 volt battery and the 1970 Sony TV-720 BW. Two VHF channels from two antennas in different directions. One was an NBC from Johnstown, so we never missed SNL on the weekend.