
Not even half the old tv's I've hoarded. These all work too! Well, except for the Sony partially hidden in the floor tv shell. My favorite is probably the little General Electric tv next to it. Its a nice looking set, its adorable, and it has a really nice clear picture. I also like the Panasonic on top because of the grab handle, and the fact it has a really interesting radio style dial setup. It doesn't have clicky knobs like every other knob tv I've owned.
About the floor tv. My favorite types of old tv's are the old floor tv's, specifically this era of them, 1970s and 1980s. I love the gaudy cabinets they came in, and have fond memories playing videogames on them far after their prime, when they became the basement tv. However, they weren't very reliable. In fact 2/3's of the ones I've found were completely broken and non-functional. I've only owned 2 working ones, and one of them has pretty bad color issues. I've watched guys on youtube who restore vintage tv's and they've had the same experience. They also weren't good quality wood like 60s era tv's. These one are made almost entirely made of plastic and pressboard.
And on top of that I can't even give away broken 1980s floor tv's. If I don't want the tv I often end up having to strip it and sell the guts, and sell the cabinet to someone as a pet bed or display cabinet. So that at least it doesn't get thrown away.
Its funny too. Any other tv I find almost always works. The table top models, the portable ones. Even if they're the same brand as floor models I've owned. Like that Zenith shell was junk. But every other Zenith I've owned has been fantastic.
None of the old top loader VCR's work.
About the floor tv. My favorite types of old tv's are the old floor tv's, specifically this era of them, 1970s and 1980s. I love the gaudy cabinets they came in, and have fond memories playing videogames on them far after their prime, when they became the basement tv. However, they weren't very reliable. In fact 2/3's of the ones I've found were completely broken and non-functional. I've only owned 2 working ones, and one of them has pretty bad color issues. I've watched guys on youtube who restore vintage tv's and they've had the same experience. They also weren't good quality wood like 60s era tv's. These one are made almost entirely made of plastic and pressboard.
And on top of that I can't even give away broken 1980s floor tv's. If I don't want the tv I often end up having to strip it and sell the guts, and sell the cabinet to someone as a pet bed or display cabinet. So that at least it doesn't get thrown away.
Its funny too. Any other tv I find almost always works. The table top models, the portable ones. Even if they're the same brand as floor models I've owned. Like that Zenith shell was junk. But every other Zenith I've owned has been fantastic.
None of the old top loader VCR's work.
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a lot of the time those consoles get made aftermarket to recycle second-hand tubes. the smart thing would be to fit a tube and guts with less hours in the console instead. and really, that pressboaed stuff is't as bad as everybody gripes about. sure as heck isn't the flimsy ikea garbo they try and get away with selling in the 2010s. the shapes are a lot better and dreamier too. and as we know there's no shortage of boring black rounded plastic 2000s tubes around. one could say those are the temporary housings and the consoles are their more permanent homes. well, if one was into that they could anyways.
still got my tabletop GE like yours there, mine just has a different faceplate.
still got my tabletop GE like yours there, mine just has a different faceplate.
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