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What vintage Philco TV for watching the Superb owl on?
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02-03-2019, 04:59 PM
Got a 21" Halicrafters and a 3" Pilot (with a green scope tube). That is it for old TVs.
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02-03-2019, 05:18 PM
Green scope tube.....how can one even watch that without headache developing.....
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02-03-2019, 07:08 PM
On the upside... the playing field will be perfectly GREEN.. Icon_biggrin

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02-03-2019, 08:56 PM
(02-03-2019, 05:18 PM)morzh Wrote:  Green scope tube.....how can one even watch that without headache developing.....

OH, I think that the b/w one comes with a headache too.
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02-03-2019, 09:38 PM
No....nope, dont remember any headache watching bw TV till I was 18.
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02-04-2019, 07:44 AM
3"  ?
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02-04-2019, 09:12 AM
No......19" or 21". I was 4 in 1965 when we bought our first TV.
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