Those were the days. I remember my folks had one that you had to take your fist to the top of it to get it to stop rolling. Oh the days of vacuum tubes. Always wanted a Philco Predicta, at least that what I think it is called. Had the tube mounted atop the guts in its own enclosure. Pretty neat for its day. These things go for some serious coin now a days. Wish I could collect them but I am way out of room with my other afflictions besides pinball. Used to repair these old guys when I was in high school. I’d go to the local tv store and take what they were tossing, sometimes bringing them home strapped to my moped. Yeppir, a moped. I was more interested in money than girls. Actually had repeat customers. Neat stuff indeed

looks like a much more affordable hobby than Pinball collecting, and doesn't take up as much space
No where near as fun though...

The landfill has quite a collection.

The Japanese-made monitors for the PBS Stations control room went like hotcakes from the UNC Surplus store. Something like they had the most accurate (resolution?) and cost a fortune when new.
Seems hard core gamers were buying them, out of 100 of the things we found around half that worked.
Some had dual-voltage capability, I envisioned an ultimate 12Volt fishing monitor but alas, it didn't pan out.

I was the remote control for my dad back in the day...”hey, kid. Let’s see what else is on.” So I would have to get up and turn the channel knob until he saw something he wanted to watch. I also was the remote for volume control.

I'm a TV collector/restorer. Limiting them to 1940's sets and have about a dozen.
Mostly 7JP4 and 10BP4 types but a Predicta barber pole too. I've been watching this
auction. A bit too far to drive but many sets I'd like to have. That guy had quite
a collection, hope they find homes.

Watching baseball games on a 7" B&W TV thats over 70 years old is a blast!
Steve

My mother still has a console television from the 70’s (same one we used to watch “The Brady Bunch” on) and a console radio/ record player from the 50’s. It’s furniture, still in the house.

I have mostly newer crts, and yes im always on the look out for pvms. Nothing like a good tube.

Me too! Not that bad, since there were only 3 channels!

Damn! I was really into this auction, but we are in the middle of too much going on right now, not good timing. I’d have bought 10 of those
Tvs. Too bad it’s across the country !

The upfront cost of collecting tv's seems pretty damn affordable - but I think I read somewhere that CRT parts for most of these are almost unobtainium? Don't know what the reproduction parts market is (if it even exists) for this ...

Adapters are pretty cheap though. The oldest sets would also need a voltage conversion