Starting on another RCA Portable

[Steve D.]

RCA ad from Feb. 1958. These look a bit hefty to carry around.

-Steve D.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

RCA ad from Feb. 1958. These look a bit hefty to carry around.

-Steve D.

Just imagine what an arm stretcher they would be if RCA had used a power transformer...

[Steve D.]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Just imagine what an arm stretcher they would be if RCA had used a power transformer...

And imagine carrying around a 1958 21" "portable" that RCA Victor slapped a handle on.

-Steve D.

[wa2ise]

That's nothing, this tape machine weighed a ton, but was "portable" because it had a handle.

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

And imagine carrying around a 1958 21" "portable" that RCA Victor slapped a handle on.

-Steve D.

Steve, that's a 14" set, both the 17 and 14 inch sets came with and without transformers, the transformer models are considerably heavier of course.

This is a 21" model, and one I'd love to find. Harry Poster had one on his site for a while but shipping something that large would be expensive and risky, not to mention the space crisis I'm having.

I'm pretty sure these used the thin 21" CRT, similar to the Predicta but not a Short Focus tube.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

And imagine carrying around a 1958 21" "portable" that RCA Victor slapped a handle on.

-Steve D.

Could be pleasant if it was made by Muntz, and only the handle was added by RCA :P ....I once almost bought a 23" Muntz metal table top...That thing felt lighter than I'd expect the CRT alone to be.