I'm only 18 and I snap up every old tv I find. Been doing it since I was 16! There arent many where I live, but just know there are still people in this new generation who are just as facinated by vintage electronics as you! Not everyone likes flat screens- you just can't beat the glow of a CRT!
@lizichell2
3 жыл бұрын
You are so right. Keep doing what your doing we need younger people to keep the interest alive
@BeautifulAngelBlossom
3 жыл бұрын
I don't miss CRT 's i grew up with them and working on them there reason why i don't miss them HD is way better if you ask me Plus everything has HDMI with CRT's don't got inless use hack But i do video work in HD so HDTV
@sterlinsilver
3 жыл бұрын
@@BeautifulAngelBlossom yeah, my parents are the same way. Theyre all like "why would you want one of those" or "I had one for 30 years and it sucked" and objectively, there really is no comparison- flat screens don't just win, they absolutely trounce CRTs in every margin. But for some reason I am mesmerised by them. I grew up on the tail end of the crt era and vaugely even remember the one we had- it was a crappy silver plasticky mess. For me, these older sets are new! It's cool and fun! Plus, they look awesome compared to anything now
@MrPocketrocketgaming
3 жыл бұрын
If only they were easier to acquire nowadays. It seems that many of the older folks seem to snap them up in a second and resell them for insane prices. Sometimes I just want to find a set that I can learn from instead of worrying about losing hundreds of dollars on a 'restored' 'gamers choice's set.
@martinda7446
3 жыл бұрын
@@sterlinsilver Glad to hear you are doing something that you love. That is all that matters. Which one is best is another thing altogether. I have been involved in electronics since the 1970s and can tell you when the first flat screen TVs arrived they were appalling - each and every one - Things improved a bit with the second generation plasmas from Fujitsu. (Their first models were also the best available) We would install 50 inch plasmas in and around Kensington and Chelsea in London (where they have more cash than they know what to do with) at a cost 11,000 pounds PLUS installation. We sold hundreds of 42 inch TVs and they were standard definition (480 lines) had horrible sluggish movement with smearing and bad colour and these were the best ones. The first LCD TVs were even worse and beaten by a decent CRT by miles and miles ( and miles). Washed out colours, no blacks, poor movement etc. They looked sh^te. It took years before they competed with a decent CRT. People have short memories. The CRT was discontinued before HD took off so none were developed for commercial use. Sony made the Profeel monitors and other studio models were made with hd capability. They can and do look amazing. The current field of display technology took off like a rocket since the mid 90s and modern displays are simply phenomenal. A crt can not safely be made bigger than about 37 inches and that weighs a ton.. so that puts an end to it there really. The phosphors in a CRT though and the electron gun that excites them can make pictures close to perfection - if you had a million dollars and only wanted a 32 inch picture...
@r.dsvintagetuberadiotvsand3140
3 жыл бұрын
vintage books and magazines are fun time capsules to read
@channelsixtysix066
3 жыл бұрын
I got all four editions of the RCA Triple Pindex manuals and some tube manuals from RCA, GE and Sylvania. The earliest one is an RC-11 from 1933. It is in new condition.
@bob7872
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, speaking of Lafayette, I got a catalog from the early 70's from there, and it was a real trip. Vacuum tubes for a dollar and change....
@ldchappell1
2 жыл бұрын
Speaking of old phone books. When I was five years old (1963) my father gave me an old phone book for my birthday. Everybody laughed but I thought it was great. When you're that age you get entertained by the weirdest things. I used to sit on the floor for hours looking through MY phone book. 😁
@8080pc
2 жыл бұрын
I'm still entertained my the simplest of things.
@JrGoonior
3 жыл бұрын
Just before Christmas of last year I pulled into work, didn't notice it at first until I was walking in, someone had left a 30" Samsung CRT HDTV with remote next to our dumpster (Original price was $1000 in 2004, I looked it up). I brought it in to the garage, let it thaw out for a little bit, plugged it in and it worked. I have been using it ever since.
@8080pc
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when people were grateful for what they had. I'm using an 11 year old computer with a 14 inch screen. I'm still thankful that I have it and it works. My last TV was B&W used until the signals were gone mostly during hurricane season. And your so right 150 channels of nothing! Haven't bought a TV since then.
@Earcandy73
3 жыл бұрын
We had that same exact Sylvania with a build date of 1980. My parents ran it 24 hours a day while chain-smoking. I was marveling at the great picture on a Saturday in 1990 when the fly back let go with July 4th fanfare. Our local home based repair tech (Mr. Scharzwalder) repaired it for $45. It continued on until the CRT finally lost emission. That TV had hours and hours on it. We replaced it with a 1995 Zenith 25 inch stereo TV which lasted about 4 years and then the CRT went out.
@radiotvphononut
3 жыл бұрын
CRT failures were common with '90's Zenith sets and flyback failures were common on those early '80's Sylvania/Philco sets, as well.
@tarstarkusz
3 жыл бұрын
Before this video even starts I can tell you there is ONE reason and one reason alone why there are no repair shops around anymore. Because we can import 3rd world wages in the form of finished goods. But repair shops here, by definition are run and staffed by people with American monetary needs. They simply cannot live on a dollar an hour and so it will nearly always be cheaper to buy a replacement than to pay an American with American expenses and wages to fix it. Say you have a stereo you paid $100 for one year ago. Now one of the speakers doesn't work. If you pay someone to fix it, and they want $50/hr for their labor plus parts, you could easily spend $75 to $100 repairing a $100 stereo. At the end of that process, you have a year old stereo which you now have between $175 and $200 into, which is a piece of plastic crap anyway.
@pcno2832
3 жыл бұрын
True, but cheap labor is only half the story. Most modern sets have so few parts that they don't require a lot of labor to build and if they were made in the USA again, they'd be re-designed to practically snap together. Manufacturing today, where ever it's done, is more like a printing shop than an assembly line.
@tarstarkusz
3 жыл бұрын
@Stephen Tidwell Yeah, I used to support a medical system that required very old computers. It used custom made hardware by a company that no longer existed. This system was absolutely necessary. I used to work for a company that would stock parts for 10 plus year old laptops. In the late 90s we had these Toshiba 286 class laptops that were absolutely necessary and so the company I worked for had the parts. It's amazing how they get locked into this old stuff and it works and so nobody wants to change it.
@tarstarkusz
3 жыл бұрын
@@pcno2832 Well, you're right in a sense that it's not just labor, but it is also other people's labor and needs. For example, RE is MUCH more expensive here. Power is more expensive here. Insurance is more money here. Basically everything is more money here. All of these "other things" are largely more expensive here because they all involve other people that need more money. Then there's regulation compliance and costs. We are simply far too unproductive and uncompetitive to have free trade with any nation that is not also a first world overpriced country.
@tarstarkusz
3 жыл бұрын
@Stephen Tidwell The medical place I worked in, basically 4 computers generated virtually all of their income and need to run 7 days a week. There was no amount of money they would not spend on these computers. Custom (ISA) hardware and custom DOS software, company no longer exists and it is way too big of a hassle to "upgrade" all of it. So if costs $2000 to fix a PC, that PC is getting fixed. As far as I know, they still use this setup. But, I'll give it this much... When it worked, it worked perfectly. This system could accurately dispense 1/10th of a milliliter and did the record keeping. Very secure as well.
@carlosedwardos
3 жыл бұрын
Agree with most of what you are ranting about, however a couple of things to point out - the Westinghouse of today is just a label slapped on the cheapest Chinese garbage, it's completely unrelated to the old USA Westinghouse company. - And the other thing I wanted to point out is that the Japanese TV's and radios of the 1960's and 70's, such as Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba & Hitachi, were some of the best built and most reliable ever made. And that reliability lasts even to this day. A 60's or 70's Japanese TV or radio might need new electrolytic capacitors after 50-60 years, and some pots cleaned up with Deoxit, but they won't have silver mica disease like a USA made Zenith and be unrepairable.
@5roundsrapid263
3 жыл бұрын
I remember the days when furniture stores sold TVs and stereos. They were huge wooden consoles that were so expensive you financed them, so it made sense.
@markanderson350
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think we could ever go back to those days. I do have a 12 year old Philips lcd set that is still going strong though.
@antiqueelectronics2462
3 жыл бұрын
Oh I have a room in my house full of vintage TVs and phone books from 1960s-1990s
@heath7766
3 жыл бұрын
I'm still in buisness, started about 7 years ago and been doing well. I'm the last TV shop in the whole greater southern illinois area, its wierd because I go through and clean out tv shops that are long defunct and then use their components and other whatnots in my shop
@retrorusty1708
3 жыл бұрын
Last week I picked up an old 12” Kmart black and white tv from the curb, I then found a converter box in the trash for free. I took them home, repaired em, and they both work as good as new.
@radiotvphononut
3 жыл бұрын
That K-mart set was probably made by Admiral.
@oldskool1979
3 жыл бұрын
Quality of everything was better in 1977 including people.
@radiotvphononut
3 жыл бұрын
Amen to that.
@carlosedwardos
3 жыл бұрын
Not so sure about that, crime was MUCH higher in the 70's and 80's than it is now.
@markmarkofkane8167
Жыл бұрын
@@carlosedwardos depends where you live. St.Louis and Chicago crime is a lot worse now.
@markanderson350
3 жыл бұрын
I started working at a radio shack in 1976. Yes I fixed many a TV as a teenager too. They would come in with the tubes still. Once I finished high school, I went to more commercial electronics and that kept me employed for years. I went amusement games later too. Stay flexible and away from consumer I found way back.
@terryendsley6079
3 жыл бұрын
Love your vids and your rants . I agree with everything you say . You are an amazing guy .
@redneckways1933
Жыл бұрын
I love old ads.Juzt something about them that make me feel good.
@larryboysen5911
3 жыл бұрын
My late dad and his partner had a sales and service business here in San Francisco from 1959-1989. At the time there were scores of shops here. Today, all gone...last one shuttered in the early 2000's. The stuff they took in as trade-ins...I still have a few in my vintage radio/phono collection. I've donated half to a local vintage tech museum. So many of those names bring back many memories! We had Magnavox, RCA, Zenith and G.E. franchises. Sony was the first "hi tech" company which they sold and serviced My dad was a "tube" tech...disliked servicing the Japanese solid state stuff. Back then, customers kept sets 15 years on the average. Today the key word...why service...just chuck it on the curb and buy new!
@MutethatBozo
3 жыл бұрын
On a side note, I recently acquired an Onkyo AV receiver that had been tossed out. Remote, owner's manual and all. The issue? A blown fuse...amazin'...
@romarovinciguerra5387
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite TV in my collection is the 1982 RCA Colortrak 2000. You can tell things were really made well back than. Back when they used actual wood as the cabinet. What good is a flat screen that does 1080p or 4K when most of the stuff on TV is crap these days other than the news and weather channel.
@radiotvphononut
3 жыл бұрын
My sentiments exactly and that's one reason why I won't get rid of the 37 year old 19" Zenith. It does fine for watching the news and old TV shows. I don't need a fancy HDTV for that and I couldn't give a rip about any of this new programming. I haven't kept up with a new TV show in probably 25 years.
@8080pc
2 жыл бұрын
@@radiotvphononut Home Improvement was my last regular TV show. When it was done so was I. Dad and I would spend hours watching the weather channel. Good memories.
@richardh100
3 жыл бұрын
thank you for trip down memory lane , great days wish you could turn the clock back to the good old days
@Musicradio77Network
3 жыл бұрын
I remember the yellow pages back in the day. I remember the Nynex Yellow Pages in Brooklyn, NY where they used to have a repair section for TV’s, radios, everything. They had restaurants, and others. What’s interesting under the record changer of my GE Wildcat, it had a notice at the bottom where you can contract the GE phono/radio service dealer or the classified pages of your telephone directory or a nearest GE dealer for the address if you had product service if it’s broken or had issues. That was back then, but not anymore.
@pipesmokercowboychris
3 жыл бұрын
Beggars can't be choosers. If I needed a tv I would be glad have any. I love vintage electronics and would love to learn to work on them. I'm wanting to open up a radio shop selling and servicing ham, CB and other radio communications.
@emorris272
3 жыл бұрын
I love your channel
@antoniomancini1794
3 жыл бұрын
My mother purchased a Sharp TV it was one of the tube type I think it was back in the 80s that TV was beautiful although it weighs a lot and something went wrong with it I can't remember what but one of my friends fix it yeah I miss those tube type TVs I certainly love watching this channel
@sw6188
10 ай бұрын
Same thing happened here in New Zealand as well. I started repairing CRT sets back in the late 1970s as a kid still in school. When I left school in the early 1980s I trained as a radio and TV repairman and continued working on TVs and audio equipment right up until the early 2000s. Once the flat screen TVs starting taking a foothold I gave it away. Back in the 80s there were half a dozen TV repair shops in the city where I lived. They have all gone now. Very few exist anywhere. Where I live now there was a large TV repair shop but it had to close a couple of years ago due to the owner passing away. Some of the bigger and later model flat panel TVs still get repaired, but by far the majority of them just get thrown out and people go and buy a new one. There is a technology recycling business not far from where I live and they have a mountain of discarded flat panel TVs outside that never gets any smaller.
@tb40ford
3 жыл бұрын
Great video buddy. I got rid of my cable about four years ago it was $160 a month for crap I’ve never even thought about it since.
@blackvinylgrooves
3 жыл бұрын
Here in Abuquerque, we have exactly one TV and electronic repair shop left. They have been open since the mid 70s, and they do a booming business. While they will do warranty work on flat screens, they don't repair a lot of other actual TVs any more. It's almost all repair and restoration of vintage audio. Record players, console stereos, antique radios, and stereo components, including some very high end components. It's hard to move around the shop with all the stuff people have dropped off. They have brought a couple of the old guys out of retirement to work on this stuff. They also restore electronics for the movie and TV industry. I haven't owned an actual TV since 2006, and I don't miss it one bit. There have been a handful of TV shows since I have felt the need to binge watch online, but they have been few and far between. Doctor Who and Breaking Bad being two.
@12av67
3 жыл бұрын
I would rather have an old black and white television set over any flat screen thing.
@superhet7281
3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff! I used to work at a big Lafayette store at a major intersection. It’s long gone….there’s a Denny’s on the site now.
@richardcline1337
3 жыл бұрын
Lafayette had some really great sound equipment, solid and reliable, but they just couldn't compete with Tandy and the Japanese and I think that's what killed them.
@rkmklz7562
11 ай бұрын
I can relate to this....We had Anthonys TV repair....in San Pedro California...ACT Electronics in Long Beach... and Acme TV in Lomita...I visit TV shops when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s... Radio Shack too was cool 😎... We too only had Five Channels in our area... we had many good shows not enough TV stations....we had to get San Diego and Tijuana stations to get more!!!... Great Times 😊
@dstoll7958
3 жыл бұрын
Bill's TV in Santa Clara California- worked there from 1983 to 1989. Zenith , RCA and Quasar authorized service center. Also Zenith Data Systems Service center. In 1989 when I left the owner sold the TV side and focused on Computers. Jim Weil - James WORTH Weil was his full name and he was a great man to work for. We sold our "No Repair" sets as used sets we would repair. OR sell some to Mexicans that would come up from Mexico with a moving truck. 10 bucks a pop ! I was 18 when I started- Sad to think of all the tube sets I wacked the CRT neck on then tossed in the dumpster every week .
@3Cr15w311
3 жыл бұрын
You got rid of cable in 2014 the same year I did. I just kept internet since that's all that's all that was needed. Remember the Bruce Springsteen song "57 Channels And Nothing On"? Most people now use their sets with computers or video game consoles and need something with HDMI connections and it's the main reason those older CRT sets aren't popular except for retro-gamers who want to play old NES, Sega, Genesis, SNES, and other pre-HD era video games since an old CRT set had no delay in displaying the signal.
@RoughJustice2k18
3 жыл бұрын
I prefer vintage electronics - because back then the design and build quality of many units was better. Easier to service in most cases as well when parts could be sourced. Flat panel TV's for instance are harder to work on when they fail due to the numerous "error codes" they may display that the technician would have to read and understand in order to diagnose the problems to successfully repair them. For this reason I will stick with tape decks, CRT TV's and VCR's.
@antoniomancini1794
3 жыл бұрын
There is still TV shop over by me it is called starlit and yeah they are pretty expensive with these flat screens nowadays I mean I picked up stuff out of trash got at home took the back off and I just replace capacitors I think it cost me less than $3 to fix it and they work absolutely fine I appreciate your videos thank you nowadays people just have money to spend I guess I don't I fix stuff I find sometimes I get lucky I watch videos like yours I learn a lot and I want to say thank you without your videos I would not be able to do this thumbs up
@senilyDeluxe
3 жыл бұрын
Nowadays person be like "I need the newest, biggest flat screen TV ever". Turns it on, then stares at his/her/its/whatever/biteme cell phone the entire movie.
@REXXSEVEN
3 жыл бұрын
"Cable TV in 2014: 150 channels of nothing but crap." You ain't said nothing but the truth. As far as I'm concerned cable television hasn't been good since 2008, not even decent.
@marzsit9833
3 жыл бұрын
i worked for an electronics distributor in the mid 80's who carried quasar, in those days a 20 inch console tv with rotary tuners was over $400 wholesale which was still a lot of money back then. so, it was worth paying for someone to fix it. but today for the same money you can get a 32 inch flat screen for under $150 and if it lasts 5 years most people are happy with tossing for a new one.
@jackmatson962
11 ай бұрын
Right behind you, my friend! I taught myself TV in the 60s, and still have the family 17" Packard-Bell from 1951 and the Heathkit GR2000 from 1976 which is still my main set. Modern flat screens are cheap mostly because they are manufactured overseas partly by automation and slave labor. As such, they will never be worth repairing by a person in the US where coffee pourers get $20+. Also, if anyone is taking the time and trouble to learn basic electronics, very few will be interested in spending their time and knowledge on the old stuff except as a hobby. Our shop doesn't do anything but vintage Hi-Fi/Stereo (my TV knowledge is obsolete), we're swamped and not getting any younger!
@richardcline1337
3 жыл бұрын
Everything today is cheap, Chinesium and disposable! I just found a 32" flat screen at a local thrift store for $25.00. I had to buy a remote for it but it plays fine and is my bedroom set. I guess it just wasn't big enough for whoever had it. My main television is an older 37" Panasonic CRT that I bought several decades ago. It still works fine and I can't see the need for buying something newer when there's no need for it.
@angelosupetran
3 жыл бұрын
Sir, About the Westinghouse, my aunt owned one, actually its operating system is similar to Chinesiums sold on LED TV market here in Philippines... Also a medium hour set since my aunt got chemotherapy and she watch television less, and the woman who take care of her watch that television more. The TV came from Hawaii because her sister sent it here in Philippines. Such LED TVs are a gamble to repair and the ICs sometimes were the weak spots. Sometimes when parts are unavailable, we sought to other technicians, buy online or scavenge at junkshops or ask on electronic stores (which such items are so rarer than vintage resistors)... and when LED Panel failed, either they have some vertical lines, or having double image, or if technician repaired it, new problems will arise, worse than CRT. But for the reliability, I still have my allegiance to CRT units (either television or computer monitor) as long that the picture tube's not gassy or if it is serviceable even by rejuvenation. Its IC could be repaired or converted, plus the parts are better and having basic knowledge how the TV works, it's so great. It's the reason why many people here in Philippines still use CRT TVs, because of availability and also, sentimental value.
@davidseal8375
3 жыл бұрын
I have a cbs tube book ..had a piece of paper in it with the guys name....been asking around about him .had some sales flyers from sound choice in Dublin Ohio....they had what was left of the dynaco parts in the early 90s....
@MutethatBozo
3 жыл бұрын
My uncle made a good living from repairing tv's, but the writing was already on the wall by the time he retired from that in the early 80's, and we had all started the big switch to just dumping an old set and buying a new one, instead of even thinking of getting it repaired. We used to have a Lafayette Electronics shop here too. I miss it. Still have the "select-a-tenna" i bought there, years ago...
@glpilpi6209
3 жыл бұрын
That all happened in the UK too . In the late eighties when there were still many repair business operations , I worked for one of the biggest , cheap imports started to undercut the established makers . Hitachi sold their out of date production equipment to a Turkish outfit and they started selling portable colour TVs undercutting all the other UK and Japanese brands. The trade died a slow death that lasted 15 years.
@shawn.the.alien423
3 жыл бұрын
I miss my old Zenith TV I had in college. It was a 13-in from 1979 I paid $5 for. But yea, people can be picky. I was happy to have something that worked right. Usually, you can make anything play on anything if you know how...I run cable, Blu-ray, and VHS all on my Sharp CRT TV with no problems. .
@jginsc
3 жыл бұрын
The first TV I owned was given to me by my Grandparents around 1981 after I had finished graduate school and was moving to Georgia to teach. It was a Zenith but I don't remember if it was 21 or 23 inches. I do remember there was a single vacuum tube in the set so I assume it was made in the early 70's. I wish I had kept it but I was less sentimental then than now (at 65 years old). I can think of numerous things I wish I had kept despite the fact I have kept too much.
@bob7872
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video, I really enjoyed it.
@James_Bowie
3 жыл бұрын
Only 150 channels of crap? Ah, the good old days of cable.
@markhod1960
3 жыл бұрын
Now if we need any parts have to hope that amazon has it.
@senilyDeluxe
3 жыл бұрын
Or eBay. Same story here... first, electronics stores stopped stocking replacement parts, then they turned to computer parts shops, then closed altogether. Now even our big electronics retailers stopped stocking replacement parts (CD4514? That's a relatively common IC. They don't have them anymore. And even common 7400s logic ICs seem to be drying up, instead of buying new stock once the old one runs out, they just take it out of their assortment, so you have to go on eBay, so they make less money which leads them to shrink their storage and re-stock less products until they only have unpopular stuff they can't get rid off and close - although I did buy Z80s in 2019 and they had 2018 date codes)
@carlpistocco1926
3 жыл бұрын
Super video. Never miss your videos
@rogertyler3237
3 жыл бұрын
I Have A 42 Inch Emerson Flat screen TV My Neighbor Down The Hall Gave Me. I Use It For My Bedroom & It's Plenty good Enough For My Bedroom. It Has An Awesome Picture & It Works Great.
@jasonthejawman5442
3 жыл бұрын
You learn to thankful for what you can Get
@jeffreyhickman3871
3 жыл бұрын
P.S. Hold onto the phone book. It’s probably worth something. History ya wanna also hold onto. Your friend, Jeff.
@Rev22-21
3 жыл бұрын
We only have eight TV's in our home. But generally only watch one sometimes two.
@KameraShy
3 жыл бұрын
I remember when only one family on our entire block had a tv.
@seansands424
3 жыл бұрын
@@KameraShy We were one of the first families long our street that had two TV
@Monza62000
3 жыл бұрын
i worked for gem city tuner back in 73-76 rebuilding tv tuners an like you i saw that most new sets had electronic ones an my job would be gone,,,,,ever see cs on the back of one i did it...
@matthewbestdfghy
3 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of all the hardware stores that have closed down over the past 30 years.
@krz8888888
3 жыл бұрын
Flat tv initial durability isn't too bad I find but oftentimes when they break they are done (not built for economic repair)
@shaunsiz.itsbetterbytube2858
3 жыл бұрын
Over hear in the UK there is a small market for (retro nostalgia) for old analog TVs and radio receivers .I brought some digital to analog HDMI To rf converters of Amazon and ebay sold a few sets for a nice profit mainly to friends on the rocking Scene. The 1960s sets seem to sell ok just a thought
@gman3030300
3 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing a old tv repair shop around where I used to live. I think the projecton tv came from there I got at a good will before they stopped taking crt TV's. The projecton tv I had worked great it was a sony
@pcno2832
3 жыл бұрын
I was helping my older sister install an antenna a few months ago and it became apparent that her TV, a Phillips LCD flat panel from 2006, had lost much of the sensitivity its tuner once had. I suggested she move it to her other house which had cable service, but she was having none of that; it was out on the porch waiting to be taken away by the end of the day. This 40" Phillips, which would have been fairly expensive in '06, had a tempered glass frame around the screen and weighed at least 100 pounds. It also had the speakers on the sides, so it was no fun to move it. It even had a strange feature that projected light onto the walls to complement whatever was on the screen. I guess it was worth putting all that glitz into a device that, because of its technology, was going to sell for nearly $1,000. I'm sure its replacement will have a bigger screen, a few chips on a small board inside and weigh 80 or 90% less; there is so little inside of a modern set that the act of swapping it out is similar what the swapping of a picture tube was in the 1970s.
@radiotvphononut
3 жыл бұрын
From what I'm told, the newest flat screens have one small circuit board and that's it. As far as weight, that 32" Westinghouse feels like it weighs less than 10 lbs.
@KameraShy
3 жыл бұрын
@@radiotvphononut I bought a device that shows OTA TV on my phone. Its electronic module is the size of a quarter with a small loop antenna plugs into it. Works great.
@oledcrt
3 жыл бұрын
Are you sure it wasn't a plasma set? I have one that sounds just like that sans the light business. I haven't really messed with the tuner as digital TV is pretty much worthless anyhow.
@carlosedwardos
3 жыл бұрын
@@KameraShy what is the name of that? - where do you buy it?
@jeffreyhickman3871
3 жыл бұрын
I hope to see a comeback on these radio and tv repair shops. They were great history. Your friend, Jeff.
@analoguecity3454
3 жыл бұрын
These old TVs hipsters seem to love! I don't miss em a bit! That's one "modern technology " I don't mind! Digital technology don't intrest me much! I'm an "analogue " guy! My personal preference!
@HDXFH
3 жыл бұрын
TVs are nothing but junk nowadays, their products mean nothing to todays manufacturers
@eman59461
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. i agree with you. great work.
@mushroombeast5092
3 жыл бұрын
I'm still using daily a JVC 32" that I bought new in 2003, for around $320. It has NEVER needed any repairs or service (knock on wood), and has never been moved since I put it on top of a glass-door cabinet that has a 1997 Hitachi VCR inside [I don't think I could move it now if I had to!]. I will replace it with whatever 4K HDTV is most reliable, should it be necessary. Or I could restore and go back to watching my old 1964-ish GE 12" black & white, that my grandparents bought for winters in Florida after they retired from Studebaker.
@45AMT
3 жыл бұрын
We have 2 TV shops here, and one small parts house. Our town is about the same size as Meridian. I'm surprised we even have those. I think the parts house has a contract with the Air Force base here so that's probably the only reason why they are even there.
@HankWheeler
3 жыл бұрын
Closed 2004 when Walmart built a super center just down the road. They started selling rca TVs cheaper than I could even buy them! People were already not wanting to pay anything to have sets repaired by that point so shut the place down! Had 3 other local shops and they all shut down years ago too.
@radiotvphononut
3 жыл бұрын
That's basically what happened to McAllister's here. The "big box stores" could sells electronics and appliances for less money than what McAllister's was paying for them. Yes, you paid more at McAllister's; but, you got something called real service when you bought from them, something you don't get from the "big box stores"; but, once again, all people care about is the lowest possible price.
@HankWheeler
3 жыл бұрын
@@radiotvphononut true! I used to deliver the new TV and set it up included with the price of the TV.
@tarstarkusz
3 жыл бұрын
@@radiotvphononut There is nothing as frustrating as trying to find help in a bigbox store. I have literally had teenagers "answer" a question I had about a product by reading text off of the box to me. They thought this was service!!!! Do they think I'm illiterate and couldn't read the box myself? If we want good quality service, we need to pay wages to a knowledgeable and experienced adult who can do more than read text off the back of a box.
@radiotvphononut
3 жыл бұрын
@@tarstarkusz I bought a new GE washer from Lowe's and the clowns who delivered it didn't have sense enough to pour piss out of a boot. When they left, I discovered it was DOA and Lowe's gave me such a runaround about it that I demanded that they come pick it up and refund my money.
@KenKen-ui4ny
3 жыл бұрын
@@radiotvphononut It's pretty much the same with any other ma and pa retailer our there nowadays besides electronic shops. in my area, we used to had a privately own garden nursery, that sold anything from vegetable plants to trees, it was one of our favored go to places, that was in business long before i came around, until last year they closed up, due to the fact of the owners retiring, but couldn't find anyone to pass the business to, as well as having to keep up with the big box competition, plus this Covid pandemic probably didn't help out ether.
@rogertyler3237
3 жыл бұрын
That 32 Inch Westinghouse would Make A Good Bedroom TV.
@RestorationAustralia
3 жыл бұрын
Very cool vintage tv's
@john26262
3 жыл бұрын
I would not pay $65 for a used 32 inch flatscreen when I can get a brand new one with a warranty for $100. That’s a no brainer.
@Calcraft11
2 жыл бұрын
Best storyteller on utube!😁 Love it!
@TheCRTProductions
3 жыл бұрын
It's really interesting to hear about you finding, fixing, and selling televisions back when that was possible. I see a lot of similarities today with computers (especially laptops). You can find old laptops, even a decade old, being sold with minor issues, fix them up, and still install the latest version of Windows 10 on them and people will still buy them because they will work just fine (of course Microsoft is putting an end to this soon with Windows 11 as the oldest systems you can possibly put it on are from 2017 and most from 2017-18 don't support its requirements)
@8080pc
2 жыл бұрын
Those will become Linux machines.
@paulb4uk
3 жыл бұрын
There were so many places for tv in repair in the uk as well but as we ended up in a desposible society they all dried up now people just chuck stuff away creating tons of e waste and quite often the modern sets are only faulty down to bad psu caps and thats often because company,s like samsung put cheap chinese caps i put one panasonic cap in my mates samsung lcd and it most likely cost more than all the crap samsung put in it .
@cardboardboxification
3 жыл бұрын
tons of stuff hit the trash , when it just need a few dollars in parts
@KenKen-ui4ny
3 жыл бұрын
I seen pictures of those E waste dumps, that have popped up like weeds in less developed areas around the world over the decades, they are awful, the environmental price of always being too concerned about getting with the times, and always wanting the latest and greatest.
@b.powell3480
3 жыл бұрын
It's really hard to find electronics parts, there is only a few places on line to order parts from, but radio Shack is on line for a few parts at least !
@TombstoneChris
Жыл бұрын
You know man these places that went out of business it's their own fault. They could have adapted with the times and learned how to fix modern televisions but they chose not to. I mean honestly the TVs today are amazing there has never been better picture quality and the detail and the resolution is so much better. Cost of them has gotten cheaper and honestly they're easier to repair because they don't have as many parts.
@bountyhunter4885
Жыл бұрын
You're missing the whole point, that RTPN was saying. No one, and I mean NO ONE is going to pay to have a modern set ( or any electronic appliance today ) fixed, for the cost of parts/labour. Replacement parts, IF they're even available. They'll just buy a newer updated one. It's a disposable era, realize it.
@independentpuppy7520
3 жыл бұрын
I like the old book :)
@MokenaBob
Жыл бұрын
Those yellow pages ads were quite expensive. I was there 1975-1995
@OverUnity7734
3 жыл бұрын
If the trend continues, all things will be made by the same parent company and will not last longer than a year .
@seansands424
3 жыл бұрын
Crap isn't it, things have gone down hill
@matthewbestdfghy
3 жыл бұрын
I got rid of satellite in 2013 haven't looked back.
@analoguecity3454
3 жыл бұрын
Only thing I use the cable company for is their internet!
@sonnydee4736
2 жыл бұрын
How's it going sir? We are definitely of the same generation, in general society has changed. It used to be that there was pride and craftsmanship in items americans purchased and things were appreciated. Nowadays it's a all about fast and convenience and a "me" generation. Taken for granted and not appreciated
@rogertyler3237
3 жыл бұрын
With The Flat screen TV's Are Safer To Work On. & That's What I Like About Them.
@andrewstewart8704
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Guys, I use an Epson projector connected to my PC for TV with a 90 inch screen made from gyprock or drywall for you American folk. To go back to a CRT would be a sad day. But if I had nothing I guess a CRT would be great and I know I wouldn't have to worry about my daughter breaking the damn LCD screen like my 50 inch Sony bravia like 5 years ago.
@senilyDeluxe
3 жыл бұрын
The TV I watch the most is a Philips from 1983. (although that one must've been quite expensive. "Huge" 26in CRT, stereo 2-way speakers with bass reflex, Teletext, the picture is mediocre but the sound is pure awesome)
@joeblow8593
3 жыл бұрын
We had a 50" LG HDTV, it lasted less than 10 years until it started that "flashing" problem. It would flash on and off and it was said that these particular TV's had this problem and it wasn't repairable. Seems there were a batch of them like this. The "solution" was to just buy another HDTV. Ugh!
@robertgaines-tulsa
3 жыл бұрын
It's a shame that we live in a disposable society. We have a serious eWaste problem. It wasn't as bad when just replaced a part, but we have to replace the entire appliance. It gets much worse with planned obsolescence. New phones are made like Swiss watches just to be thrown in the trash after six months. It doesn't help when cell phone companies like Apple make your phone unusable. Then, Apple started tagging every part of the phone including the battery and partially disabling the phone if you didn't have it repaired by a licensed repair facility. They'll probably just tell you to buy a new phone, so I don't even know why they have those.
@KameraShy
3 жыл бұрын
Louis Rossmann has an Apple/Mac repair shop in NYC and has a YT channel where he discusses all these issues with Apple and the others blocking repair by independent shops. There are initiatives taking place across the country to legislate right to repair.
@KenKen-ui4ny
3 жыл бұрын
@@KameraShy Even though chances are most of us weren't around this president's time, but stuff like you mention here, make me kind of wish Teddy Roosevelt was still in DC, he did not put up with monopoly corporations like that, matter of fact he ever famous for breaking up the standard oil company back in his time, just to show he didn't tolerate overreaching monopolist under his administration.
@thaddeusmcgrath
3 жыл бұрын
I have 4 flat screens throughout the house but still watch my 19" G.E. from 1985. My dad bought the same model back in those days and never heard a better sounding TV before. I still prefer to watch horror movies on it for nostalgia and the fact that watching horror on DVD or blue ray with a flat screen looks to washed out and fake like it was filmed with a camera phone.
@manFromPeterborough
3 жыл бұрын
Do you have horror on VHS?
@analoguecity3454
3 жыл бұрын
18:30 shoot man, if I was looking for a TV I'd be happy to give you $75 for it! Good deal, I think!
@RoughJustice2k18
3 жыл бұрын
So would I if I lived nearby.
@angelosupetran
3 жыл бұрын
@@RoughJustice2k18 Wish I live nearby his home and acquire a black and white CRT TV for educational purposes and entertainment if necessary... but yeah he live very very far away from me(
@lolajoker
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so upset that my Panasonic CT31XF40R television just went out. It has worked flawlessly since 1993 and had a picture like brand new and then suddenly the picture went blank and now just makes a buzzing sound with the TV sound faintly in the background.
@tomfranco4866
3 жыл бұрын
I've lived thro all of this same here I work on some of the new flat screens eventually they should just make them disposable call it a day already there junk
@jsciarri
3 жыл бұрын
I remember in many of your earlier videos you would run to the "parts house" to get parts for some of your projects. Was that particular shop mentioned in one of those ads in the yellow pages?
@radiotvphononut
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it was Hooper's Electronics. They closed about a year ago.
@rsattahip
3 жыл бұрын
Putting a small fan in back of these new TVs seems to prolong their lives.
@Buglet720
3 жыл бұрын
I like this video.
@stephendeluca4479
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't know you were in or near Meridian. My wife and I just came back from a road trip, during which we stopped in Meridian for lunch. We ate at Weidmann's. Meridian is very run down, much like many small American cities. It is sad to see the "miracle miles" suck the life out of towns and cities. People stay in there cars and don't inhabit city sidewalks anymore.
@radiotvphononut
3 жыл бұрын
I've lived here all my life and this city has gone to heck in a handbasket. Just tonight, I heard gunshots on two separate times in my neighborhood. Once was pretty far away and the other was fairly close. The police department is a joke, our city government is a joke, and the thugs who are doing this crap have no respect for anyone.
@knotbone869
3 жыл бұрын
@@radiotvphononut rankin county Mississippi here. Good to see people like me in the same state!
@KameraShy
3 жыл бұрын
Have the Yellow Page phone books themselves now gone out of business? I hadn't thought about it until now but it has been years since a phone book was dropped on my doorstep. There was the official Yellow Pages(tm) book from the phone company and a lot of other knock-offs. I remember a long time ago when the delivery guy from the phone company would ring the bell and trade a new book for your old one so they could recycle it. That was before community recycling.
@radiotvphononut
3 жыл бұрын
It's been 4-5 years since we've gotten a phone book.
@luisreyes1963
3 жыл бұрын
A bit of modern archaeology. 🔍
@redneckbryon
3 жыл бұрын
You know the song, 75 channels and nothing on, that definitely applies to main stream television nowadays. Be interesting to call some of these numbers to see what they are now.
@KameraShy
3 жыл бұрын
I have great OTA reception but haven't watched any TV since Alex Trebek passed. KZitem videos are much more interesting to me.
@redneckbryon
3 жыл бұрын
@@KameraShy personally, I mainly watch Netflix but I do have satellite.
@user-qx8yo5wu2w
3 жыл бұрын
It sucks that our culture evolved into a throw away society. I still have a tube TV in the guest bedroom and watch it sometimes. It has a digital tuner hooked up and a Roku.
@rogertyler3237
2 жыл бұрын
There Aren't Any Of Those Old TV's Anymore. Everything Is Digital Now If You Can't Sell The Westing House I'd Keep It Incace The 1984 Zenith Goes Out. The Only thing About That Is Those Black & White TV's Use To Last For Ever. You Can't Find Any Of That Stuff Like That Anymore. When I Started Repairing Secondhand Electronics I Was Thankful To Get Anything Like That Working. I Was Denied Vocational Schooling For Electronics Repair Due To My Bad Eyesight. So I Just Told School I Didn't Need Their Help Anymore. So I Bought My Own Test Equipment & Set Out On My Own Fixing Electronics.
@markmarkofkane8167
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! I have a directory for 1976. Of course our book is a lot thinner. In small town, IL. I also have small phone books all the way back to 1972. We only had a few repair shops. I also have 2 books for a larger town from 1985 and later. btw, I use an antenna for tv. Why pay to watch commercials?
@connorm955
Жыл бұрын
Hurst TV and appliance is still open, it's where my parents our 1998 or 1998 Philips Magnavox when it randomly shut off in maybe 2004 one night. They're probably only still open because they fix appliances too as well as modern black plastic crap.
@RecordKrate
3 жыл бұрын
I purchased a closed Tv shop and i have tons of Sam’s photofacts….any idea how to sell these other than eBay? (Not to mention tons of other things) Thanks
@richardcline1337
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Do I ever remember those things. They were the technician's Bible in their day.
@joeblow8593
3 жыл бұрын
You might want to get in contact with Shango066, he has a very popular TV repair channel on KZitem
@georgesmith8113
3 жыл бұрын
👍👍😎
@johnsmith6586
3 жыл бұрын
I was in a thrift store over hear in Pearl on highway 80 and they had stacks of CRT sets marked $5 each. They can't even give them away. Even at the Goodwill fairly large working 27" CRT sets for $20
@KameraShy
3 жыл бұрын
Goodwill here won't take any CRT Tv's or monitors.
@WalterKnox
2 жыл бұрын
damn, I wish i could have a thrift shop with cheap CRT TVs, i would buy them by the truckload, the store that I used to get them from has had the same ones for years because, they used to sell them for $10.99 and then they raised the price to like $29.99 and now they have them at 50-75 each. like, if something is not selling you LOWER the price, not raise it to absurd levels.
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