Mystery TV in cigarette commercial

[Tubejunke]

Are the 30" tubes all glass, or metal/glass? Either way, I bet that tube is a SUPER rare bird as poduction/sales had to be pretty low on the Royal S. I thought I read that Hawkeye was shutting down. I hope I'm wrong because that may leave the option of a rebuild as an impossibility for all of us. I believe they are the last c.r.t. rebiulder. Not good..

[kx250rider]

The 30" was metal (30BP4). They were only used in the Royal Sovereign, and also in a Stromberg-Carlson set, I was told.

As far as Hawkeye, I haven't heard this.... But it wouldn't surprise me with the economy so bad and getting worse for the small & medium businessman, and with the limited demand for CRTs. The government still uses a lot of CRTs, and there are several rebuilders and manufacturers who do CRTs for the government only, but I believe Hawkeye and VDC are the only "open to the public" rebuilders. Gone are the days of TV repair shops with a CRT oven in the back...

Charles

[David Roper]

I think the knock-off Sovereign was a Crosley? Same tube and huge cabinet but less elaborate guts.

[thisOne]

courtesy of TVHISTORY.TV

the 119



and the 109

[Tubejunke]

Gosh! The Royal-S must be the motherload of the television hobby. To me it would be anyway. I once owned the RA-109A and thought that it was some sort of monolithic, expensive, SUPER well built set. Unfortunatly, it weighed too much to be practical under the roof of my 3 bedroom, single level, ranch stye home. I gave it away, and have missed it ever since. And it is a dwarf next to the Royal Sovereign! The big Dumonts are simply fascinating I think. Too bad so many are plaqued by c.r.t. trouble.

I just can't imagine trying to lug around one of these Royal-Sovereign sets. I sure would love to get to tinker with one, or at least see some good pictures of the chassis and c.r.t.

[bgadow]

If you can ever get to the ETF museum, let me tell you, it's worth it just to see that DuMont! Seeing it operate-it's just amazing. It really dominates a room!

[Tubejunke]

That would be great. I can't see the museum letting that thing play all day, several days a week. Perhaps they have good a stock of those 30" c.r.t.s.