Bob Marts Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 I bought a TV set at a yard sale in my neighborhood this weekend. Cost me $10. It doesn't really work - the speaker hums and it glows when you turn it on, but I put it in my living room anyway because for now, I am getting my ten bucks worth just looking at it sit there. It is a Hoffman Easy-Vision and the date stamped on the back is June 1, 1951. The TV set had a unique feature for it's day: a slanted green tinted screen to ease glare and eye strain. In 1951, some of the shows you could watch on ABC,CBS, DMN (DuMont Network) and NBC included The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The Philco Television Playhouse, The Colgate Comedy Hour, Kukla Fran and Ollie, Captain Video and His Video Rangers, You Bet Your Life, Your Hit Parade, Roller Derby, Beat the Clock and Quiz Kids among others. (Incidentally, in a couple of the photos, you can see my old bakelite rotary phone, hooked to my land line and it works great.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 My folks had a tv like that when I was a kid. It had a remote also, me. My mom or dad would say "Eric go change it to channel 7." Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Nifty set. I'd be so tempted to sneak in an LCD unit in place of the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 What an amazing deal!! Beautiful cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 maybe this belongs in the Art thread ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Maybe this will help: Refurbishing a 1950 Hoffman Easy-Vision television set. Fun stuff ... gretschpages.com/...hoffman-easy-vision-television.../page1/ 13 posts - 10 authors - Mar 21, 2010 bigalthethird posted 'Refurbishing a 1950 Hoffman Easy-Vision television set. Fun stuff!' in the Gretsch Discussion Pages 'Miscellaneous ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Maloney Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 On vacation in New Oeleans a while back I went into a Christmas store and they had old sets like these, gutted the tube and put miniature winter scenes in them , like a picture box,just an idea ,was prettynneat looking Gosh that set was made the year I was born ! Tom Maloney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 This is the TV set my family had. Great find Bob. The screen had a greenish glow as I recall. I fell in love with TV watching this as a kid. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ve7kjr Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Take out the tube and guts and put a fish tank inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Marts Posted October 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Take out the tube and guts and put a fish tank inside. This has occurred to me. I also thought of putting a transparency of an old test pattern in place of the screen lit from within the set. Would make a nice mood lamp. However, for now I'll just let it R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Nifty set. I'd be so tempted to sneak in an LCD unit in place of the screen. There was a company that marketed fake Philco Predictas about ten years ago, and they were building new cabinets with modern color picture tubes. It looked very, very convincing: An LCD set would not quite have the same panache, especially if it were 16x9... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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