1952 "Westinghouse" tv commercial - Videokarma.org TV - Video

Telecolor 3007 · #1 11-06-2021, 08:01 PM

Found this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2h4wPD_bpI
I wonder if the feature of the set where as nice as the lady sayed.

MIPS · #2 11-07-2021, 01:02 AM

I'm judging form the arrangement of the tuning dial and the knobs the chassis is similar if not the same as my '54 model and yeah, it's pretty good.

marcel · #3 11-07-2021, 04:19 AM

Nice TV, I have one in my collection. Model 17TV7C.
Comes from Canada and now in the Netherlands.

MIPS · #4 11-07-2021, 10:13 AM

Which is the exact same set I have.

old_tv_nut · #5 11-07-2021, 10:28 AM

Typical hyped up weasel words - you won't have any of these problems "anywhere where reception is normal."

However, they must have been referring to something concrete with the "picture clarifier." I'm guessing it was gated AGC.

old_coot88 · #6 11-07-2021, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

Typical hyped up weasel words - you won't have any of these problems "anywhere where reception is normal."

However, they must have been referring to something concrete with the "picture clarifier." I'm guessing it was gated AGC.

Back in the day, the Boss would occasionally explain tubes' functions to a customer. One such was the RF amplifier, which he called the "de-snower" tube.

old_tv_nut · #7 11-07-2021, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by old_coot88

Back in the day, the Boss would occasionally explain tubes' functions to a customer. One such was the RF amplifier, which he called the "de-snower" tube.

I like it!

marcel · #8 11-07-2021, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MIPS

Which is the exact same set I have.

I saw it on the forum, yours was in very bad condition, but very nicely restored.
I'm going to restore mine too, finish the Stewart Warner first.

Penthode · #9 11-24-2021, 07:47 PM

The voice of Westinghouse in those days was Betty Furness. I remember seeing her on TV often in those days. One would always always associate her with Westinghouse.

nasadowsk · #10 11-25-2021, 11:48 AM

She was famously associated with a faulty fridge door, but that was her fill-in that day. The clip is nonetheless hilarious and on youtube.

Tube TV · #11 11-25-2021, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

Found this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2h4wPD_bpI
I wonder if the feature of the set where as nice as the lady sayed.

I don't know, but she sold me. Now I need a Westinghouse.

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Originally Posted by nasadowsk

She was famously associated with a faulty fridge door, but that was her fill-in that day. The clip is nonetheless hilarious and on youtube.

That's a great clip I'd never seen it before.

nasadowsk · #12 11-27-2021, 07:17 AM

https://youtu.be/qSVT_jBXKL4

It’s a legend among early live TV bloopers.