retro tv set

foxy06

Where could you get a retro tv set? You know the ones with a timber frame.

sundodger5

Plenty of CRT sets on adverts.ie. you might have to dig a bit further for the woody type.

r3nu4l

foxy06 wrote: »

Where could you get a retro tv set? You know the ones with a timber frame.

In my house in 1975 It was a Pye and had a round dial for switching channels. If I recall correctly the dial had space for about 30 channels on it, while we of course had two channels, RTÉ 1 and RTÉ2

Try looking on EBay or failing that some antique shops may have some or know where you might find one.

Plek Trum

foxy06 wrote: »

Where could you get a retro tv set? You know the ones with a timber frame.

Are you looking to buy one? I have one in a spare room... PM me if interested

L1011

You will have trouble finding a working colour one, and they're not going to have any modern inputs either (my parents had a TV from the first year SCART sockets started being used, French brand hence having one that early, and it was pearlescent grey - wood had gone by then) so you'll need a UHF modulator for whatever you want to show on it.

foxy06

Plek Trum wrote: »

Are you looking to buy one? I have one in a spare room... PM me if interested

Pm sent

gobnaitolunacy

MYOB wrote: »

You will have trouble finding a working colour one, and they're not going to have any modern inputs either (my parents had a TV from the first year SCART sockets started being used, French brand hence having one that early, and it was pearlescent grey - wood had gone by then) so you'll need a UHF modulator for whatever you want to show on it.

You could cheat with a broken one, take the innards out and shove in a small portable into the void.

L1011

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

You could cheat with a broken one, take the innards out and shove in a small portable into the void.

I've seen that done before - noticed that the image was particularly flat and un-distorted at the edge on an apparently ancient TV - there was a TFT jammed in it!