My dad bought one of these new in 1965! What a treat it was, as a kid. You have the same music that they played in the TV stores in 1965!!!! Thanks for posting!
Watching MeTV those kinds of sets is what I consider an ideal way to watch the channel, in my opinion. Also that screen light up timing is pretty impressive.
I do so love American TV sets, so much character to them, the two dials, no presets....and Channel 4 for example really does mean Channel 4 whether or not there was a station near you that used it!
I worked for Admiral 1968-1978. These were nice sets for their time. Engineering was done in Chicago at Cortland Street in Chicago was assembled at the Harvard, IL plant . Admiral folded in 1978 after a few years of ownership by Rockwell.
I was a TV tech in the late 70's. Everybody has there own preferences in just about everything but when comes to these mid 60s onward Admiral Color TV's I never met a TV tech that thought they were built with any Quality. Flesh tones were very hard to adjust the set to , they were either to Red or Yellow ect. other colors also lacked realism. When the Admiral Color sets were in the stores on and along side the Sony's and Panasonic's the Picture Quality was most obviously very poor. Admiral had made quality B&W TVs for many years but their attempt at Color fell far short of the mark which contributed to their demise and failure. Like in most of the Electronic industry the quality of the Japanese electronic products especially in TVs (although more expensive ) simply ended up dominating the market. To this day still RCA another American TV maker has a reputation for inferior quality to Japanese products.
@@MrTimerider1160 This is such an attractive and seemingly well built set, it is interesting that they were falling behind. The first time I saw a Sony in operation, I knew the Trinitron picture was better than everyone else's. They had an obviously richer color and a "quieter" contrast. It is sad to see the demise of American industry (not just TVs). I regret it deeply and wonder why it happened after so many years of excellence. Don't tell me, let me guess: Politics and expansion to global market.
@@dansmusic5749 I going to make a Sad but General across the board statement about the American Business attitude. American Electronics manufacturers (as an example but not limited to ) have had a BAD attitude in that they have made PROFIT MARGIN the most import part of what they manufacture. Anything, that HURTS PROFIT such as giving customers value for there Dollars spent ( in other words A QUALITY PRODUCT) will not be allowed because that would cut into the PROFIT MARGIN. As a result of this mentality the Japanese Dominated the Electronic Market and names such as SONY , PANASONIC and YAMAHA to name just a few a household well known names. American Electronic manufactures could build every bit as good a product as the Japanese but the PROFIT MARGIN would be cut and thats not going to happen. When I look back in time to when I was a child I can distinctly remember how people made fun of the Japanese and said all that they were capable of making came free in the bottom of a 5cent box of popcorn!!! The Japanese have certainly wiped the smurky smiles of those people in a big way with their superior electronics and Automobiles!! It's Feburary 2020 as I am writing these message and Economically speaking the USA is on the virge of a major collapse. I in my life time over the last 60 years or more have not seen economic conditions so bad yet President Trump continues to say the exact opposite. The Truth as they say will come out in wash! and that time could come at any moment.
@@MrTimerider1160 Never in history has our country been under such mind control. Never have we been shut down over a virus. No talk about the 4 therapies that would eliminate the need for a shut down. Trump is right about the swamp. But who would disagree about that? God Bless!
I do believe that this was our first color TV. We had a b&w and one day Dad bought an Admiral color tv in the late 60's that looked like this one, from my memory. I was a little kid. It broke a lot more often than the b&w set, dad would test the bulbs and get replacements. I can't believe one still exists and even works!
The problem is instant on is, from what someone said about it is, it wears out the componets inside the tvs, because they are always on, even when you turn off your tv, they are dimmer inside the tv but on all the time
Very well built TV. Lots of ventilation in the back which is good because those sets gave off a lot of heat. Everytime I hear Admiral TV I think of Match Game, one of the most memorable moments as a great answer.
I had this set when i was younger, my first color set, bought it used, it had a smooth accurate color picture, the speaker sounded great, nice quality! Thanks for the memories! Good times..
We recently got MeTV here in Tacoma WA. My dad loves it, and my 1 and 2 year old boys love it too suprisingly. We sometimes fire up the 1963 Magnavox console TV (sadly with a digital converter) and watch Andy Griffith and what not in black in white. Great stuff.
I must say, that TV is very beautifully constructed, and phenominally imacculate for its age! You can't find too many sets like this in such a great condition, these days!
Very nice set. Interestingly, the music playing at the beginning was composed in my country, the set was made in the year I was born and the tubes produced in the month of my birthday...
You'll find that a lot of those old TV shows in color tend to lack green because they were originally filmed on Kodak Kodachrome movie film which tends to lose it's green component over the years. I wonder if the original CRT was made by Admiral? I read somewhere where they made their own CRT's from 1965-1971. They were the industry leader in warranty length giving a three year warranty on the CRT instead of the industry normal two year warranty term.
My grandmother had a console/floor model set of this television, very similar to this one, except the speaker grill pattern was horizontal and the color was gray. The controls were right below it. She gave it to my father in 1974 and he used it until 1979. I saw several table top models of this set in the basement of a repair shop that I was helping to clean out in 1987. They probably came from a motel because they all looked exactly alike.
My parents had the floor model of this TV when I was a kid. Same tuner / volume knob layout, etc. The picture was great, when it worked. The set had high voltage problems from the day it was delivered. It was in the shop so many times, we lost count. The high voltage box would actually make snapping noises, (arcing), and the picture would die with each snap. The HV box eventually even caught fire. After 4 picture tubes, countless other tube replacements, cap replacements, the HV fire, (which was repaired too), my parents, took the set to the dump, after 9 years of dumping money into it. It was a beautifully designed set, cosmetically. It would have looked great in my living room today... but what a fire hazard it was. i think we had a lemon. Our neighbor had the same set, and had no problems with it. (Can somebody actually get a lemon for a TV)?
Estos televisores a color de estos años me encantan. Philco, Philips, admiral . Fenomenales. En casa de mi tía lo tuvieron en 1968 y vieron los juegos Olímpicos de México. Y en mi casa lo tuvimos en 1971. Yo veía todos los dibujos animados de Estados Unidos y Japón que se transmitían en televisión en México DF. Qué época.
I think we had the same model of TV when I was a toddler. I remember the layout of the controls---especially the special controls behind the little door with the logo of the 3 colours. My dad had it rigged up with a Rotor-Antenna control connected to our rooftop antenna. Sometimes the Rotor's motor would jam, and it would make the most godawful buzzing noise.
I have an admiral color set the I picked from my uncles barn shed. It was in okay shay physically, except the button rotted. My dad fixed that and the put it on some rollers. I haven’t worked on it really but the tubes light up, but there’s no high voltage. Hopefully I can get it working, though I think it’s a high hour set. It has a replacement, re-necked CRT in it and the screens are set high (I may have turned them long before I new what they did).
Not only an excellent picture but very good sound quality too. Very nice well built set, right up there with Zenith in terms of quality. I know this is an older video but thanks Doug, very enjoyable!
I believe you are correct. Not a single TV manufacture left in the USA. I think China manufactures most of them today, with Korea and Japan being 2nd and 3rd place (or perhaps 3rd and 2nd place, respectively). Sad that we've lost such an amazing industry -- we used to be the best in the world at manufacturing electronics of this sort! I'll GUARANTEE you that any modern HDTV set will NOT be functioning 46 years after its manufacturing date, like this Admiral set is!! Shoot -- if any of them last 10 years, it'll be a miracle. Back in the day these sets were BUILT to LAST! Modern sets are built to be disposed of after 5 to 7 years. Very sad.
LMacNeill That is so sadly true. I still regularly use a completely original set from 1965, and I can bet no modern television will last as long as it has.
***** I said the same thing on the sears generator. Everything is made so cheaply today. Sure, the price is lower, but the cost over time is higher. These REALLY old sets were also problematic with the tubes in them, but later models that were still made in the US were made so much better than the new LCD Tvs. I have a late 80s model console TV as my main TV and dread the day it dies. I'll probably go to the used market to get a replacement rather than switch to an LCD.
christo930 Agreed. Some sets "back in the day" had their faults (one such common fault here being bad 6AL3 dampers), but the designs did improve as quality was important. Nowadays, companies are able to convince the public to purchase their products so easily that things like quality and word-of-mouth are no longer important.
***** I remember when I was a really little kid (very early 70s), we had this awesome TV set with a stereo and a record player built in and made of wood with good quality speakers and probably a tube amp, but it was down so often that I got to know the repair guy (I used to love to watch him work on our TV). The TV I use now was manufactured in the mid to late 80s and I really like it and knock on wood, it hasn't given me any trouble. Almost all consumer items made today are junk and will never last as long as the old stuff. My TV is nearly 30 years old and I seriously doubt that any TV being made today will work in 30 years
man what a nice picture on that tv my rca tv used to show picture like that its a B&W tv but gave off a clear picture untill i heard a pop and the picture went out will still give audio just no picture.
1968 was like when my grandma was young and she is dead. scary to think the ones that got this new may be dead to. but also makes you feel good you saved it by making it work again.
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Im a huge fan of Hogans Heroes, I first watched it at my grandfathers house, he always had metv on and I just watched whatever came on there throughout the day and saw all the shows he said hed watched
Wow...when you turned on that tv, I was totally blown away! Picture and sound are superb. Some great memories on how good these TV's were built. Only, how were you able to receive analog channel 13 ?
imho I think Antenna TV is a bit better, cus sure MeTV has all the big programs from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, but Antenna TV has some pretty great programs from those eras and also 40s, 80s, and 90s. I can respect your decision but if you're able, I at least suggest checking out Antenna TV :-P
@@eileenf7991 wow a comment of mine from 5 years ago I dont even remember writing, I dont even remember what ME-TV is at this point since we now use ROKU or internet streaming. I just looked up antenna tv and the first thing I saw was "One Day at a Time" and wow was hit right in the brain meat with nostalgia, thanks for the hot tip. cheers!
I think Shango066 worked on something similar. Obviously his looked like it had just come out of 40+ years in a disused mine, not fresh out of the factory...
We had those kind of sets in my elementary school in the early 80's. The difference was that they were B&W sets and the housing was grey instead of woodgrain. Otherwise they looked the same.
What a wonderful looking set but sorry to hear about that instant on feature. By the way quick question, what are those silver things by the back corner on the top of the cabinet? Are they covering the holes for the antenna?
When people took the back off sets of this vintage TV they could not keep there hands off the convergence board . It took hours to get this readjusted.
1918: Two ham radio operators form Chicago Radio Laboratory. 1921: Commander Eugene F. McDonald, Jr., joins the company. 1923: Company is reincorporated as Zenith Radio Corporation. 1924: Zenith introduces the world's first portable radio. 1926: Company introduces the first AC-powered radio. 1927: Company debuts the first push-button radio. 1939: The first all-electric TV station, Zenith's W9XZV, goes on the air. 1948: Company's first line of black-and-white TV receivers makes its debut. 1956: Zenith invents the first wireless remote control. 1961: Company's first line of color TVs is introduced; Zenith's FM stereo broadcasting system is approved by the FCC as the national standard. 1969: Company introduces the revolutionary Chromacolor picture tube. 1979: Heath Company, maker of do-it-yourself electronic kits, including a personal computer, is acquired. 1980: Zenith Data Systems is created as a computer subsidiary. 1981: The first Zenith computer, the Z-100, is introduced. 1982: Company suffers a net loss of $24 million and fails to pay a dividend for the first time in nearly 50 years. 1984: The electronics industry adopts a Zenith-developed system as the standard for MTS stereo TV broadcast and reception; company changes its name to Zenith Electronics Corporation. 1989: Company sells its computer business to Paris-based Groupe Bull for $511.4 million. 1991: South Korea-based Lucky-Goldstar, later LG Group (LG), purchases a five percent stake in the company for $15 million. 1994: The industry chooses Zenith's transmission system as the U.S. standard for HDTV. 1995: LG gains a 58 percent controlling stake in Zenith by buying $351 million in company stock. 1996: Company announces the layoff of 25 percent of its U.S. workforce; FCC adopts Zenith's digital transmission technology as part of the HDTV standard. 1998: Zenith closes its last U.S. manufacturing plant. 1999: Zenith begins shipping its first HDTV sets; the company emerges from a prepackaged bankruptcy filing as a wholly owned subsidiary of LG and as purely a designer and marketer--not a manufacturer--of electronics products.
The tubes for the most part held up well..If u find on old set like this the tubes are good..This set i never saw but Zeniths only the Hv5a might be bad ..MORE cap problems
2:04 - Not "to suit the tastes of the viewer", but, to ensure an accurate picture when adjusted via published standardized test patterns. As a calibrator, there is little room for "personal preference" when I adjust picture settings and advanced menu items, unless the specific client is visually challenged, like a friend I recently lost.
I had this identical TV set when I was about 19 years old. It was terrific. I preferred this TV over the RCA CTC-36. The 36 was a good performer, but more difficult to service, and had a higher frequency of repairs over time. In your video, the screen of this Admiral TV looks like the blue drive or blue blacks are set a bit high... Or, is this the color response of your video camera???
Boy, have one of these. It's missing the back, has a low emission CRT, Has cataracts, & a HV resistor smoking. What to do. IIRC these sets needed flybacks. Now seeing this I may reconsider it's fate. This one is in very nice condition. Thank you for the chassis ID.
+Farmradio Admiral engineered these TV's in chicago, and went bust. I wonder if this one was found in a warehouse somewhere. The one here looks near mint. They did have a lot of issues with failing components, so I find it strange this one pops up in its hometown in perfect working order, but it may of just been restored. Who knows.
Excellent-looking set! You mentioned that you replaced the CRT several years ago with an RCA CRT. My question is -- was the original CRT manufactured by Admiral or RCA? Did you just get lucky that your '67 RCA CRT happened to fit, or was that the same part used by Admiral when they built the set brand-new? Thanks for makaing your videos -- they're always instructional and enjoyable!!
I can't believe that valve tubes were still being used at this point. Surely transistors werethe replacement for those old tubes, which had a limited life, and were the usual causefor the tv to break down.
+Gary Dunn - Transistors were just being introduced to TV circuitry around the time this set was made. Over the succeeding model years they displaced more and more tubes until by the end of the '70s, tubes had been replaced completely by solid state components.
I seen a few of your videos of these old CRT TVs and You know what your doing. So I have a question to ask. I have a RCA TV from the 70's with a marble top black and the issue with that TV is it ends up getting lines that go from bottom left to top right a crossed the whole tube. Now the TV was serviced many times and always ends up with those lines. We stored it in our shed for years now under a blanket because no one here will fix it but it does show picture and sound. But who knows know. It has been unpluged since 2006 or 2005. No any reason why it would be like that?
10:10 - Overall slightly blue cast, probably grayscale set that way from the factory. With a Sencore gen. or even DVD test patterns and a puck-to-laptop calibration software, we can dial-in a good 6500k foundation
My dad bought one of these new in 1965! What a treat it was, as a kid. You have the same music that they played in the TV stores in 1965!!!! Thanks for posting!
Outstanding restoration job. Rare breed of vanishing technicians, at this age of throw away culture. Makes me feel young looking back at yesterday.
Watching MeTV those kinds of sets is what I consider an ideal way to watch the channel, in my opinion. Also that screen light up timing is pretty impressive.
I do so love American TV sets, so much character to them, the two dials, no presets....and Channel 4 for example really does mean Channel 4 whether or not there was a station near you that used it!
We saw the the ABC Movie Of The Week ‘Duel “on this set in’ 71.
I worked for Admiral 1968-1978. These were nice sets for their time. Engineering was done in Chicago at Cortland Street in Chicago was assembled at the Harvard, IL plant . Admiral folded in 1978 after a few years of ownership by Rockwell.
I was a TV tech in the late 70's. Everybody has there own preferences in just about everything but when comes to these mid 60s onward Admiral Color TV's I never met a TV tech that thought they were built with any Quality. Flesh tones were very hard to adjust the set to , they were either to Red or Yellow ect. other colors also lacked realism. When the Admiral Color sets were in the stores on and along side the Sony's and Panasonic's the Picture Quality was most obviously very poor. Admiral had made quality B&W TVs for many years but their attempt at Color fell far short of the mark which contributed to their demise and failure. Like in most of the Electronic industry the quality of the Japanese electronic products especially in TVs (although more expensive ) simply ended up dominating the market. To this day still RCA another American TV maker has a reputation for inferior quality to Japanese products.
@@MrTimerider1160 This is such an attractive and seemingly well built set, it is interesting that they were falling behind. The first time I saw a Sony in operation, I knew the Trinitron picture was better than everyone else's. They had an obviously richer color and a "quieter" contrast.
It is sad to see the demise of American industry (not just TVs). I regret it deeply and wonder why it happened after so many years of excellence.
Don't tell me, let me guess: Politics and expansion to global market.
@@dansmusic5749 I going to make a Sad but General across the board statement about the American Business attitude. American Electronics manufacturers (as an example but not limited to ) have had a BAD attitude in that they have made PROFIT MARGIN the most import part of what they manufacture. Anything, that HURTS PROFIT such as giving customers value for there Dollars spent ( in other words A QUALITY PRODUCT) will not be allowed because that would cut into the PROFIT MARGIN. As a result of this mentality the Japanese Dominated the Electronic Market and names such as SONY , PANASONIC and YAMAHA to name just a few a household well known names. American Electronic manufactures could build every bit as good a product as the Japanese but the PROFIT MARGIN would be cut and thats not going to happen. When I look back in time to when I was a child I can distinctly remember how people made fun of the Japanese and said all that they were capable of making came free in the bottom of a 5cent box of popcorn!!! The Japanese have certainly wiped the smurky smiles of those people in a big way with their superior electronics and Automobiles!! It's Feburary 2020 as I am writing these message and Economically speaking the USA is on the virge of a major collapse. I in my life time over the last 60 years or more have not seen economic conditions so bad yet President Trump continues to say the exact opposite. The Truth as they say will come out in wash! and that time could come at any moment.
@@MrTimerider1160 Never in history has our country been under such mind control. Never have we been shut down over a virus. No talk about the 4 therapies that would eliminate the need for a shut down. Trump is right about the swamp. But who would disagree about that?
God Bless!
My grandfather was a line supervisor and retired from Admiral. He worked at the McHenry, I'll branch
I do believe that this was our first color TV. We had a b&w and one day Dad bought an Admiral color tv in the late 60's that looked like this one, from my memory. I was a little kid. It broke a lot more often than the b&w set, dad would test the bulbs and get replacements. I can't believe one still exists and even works!
The problem is instant on is, from what someone said about it is, it wears out the componets inside the tvs, because they are always on, even when you turn off your tv, they are dimmer inside the tv but on all the time
Dr. H... I love the picture and the general design of this tv! awesome....
Very well built TV. Lots of ventilation in the back which is good because those sets gave off a lot of heat. Everytime I hear Admiral TV I think of Match Game, one of the most memorable moments as a great answer.
there are magic in old tv sets that we can't get in nowadays screens!!!!
What an absolutely beautiful TV...Amazed at its pristine condition!
I had this set when i was younger, my first color set, bought it used, it had a smooth accurate color picture, the speaker sounded great, nice quality! Thanks for the memories! Good times..
I love your videos! My parents had this set. Remember it well!
wow, very nice picture quality and sound! Amazing product quality back in the time and beautiful restoration.
love the vintage aroma of a vintage set!!
We recently got MeTV here in Tacoma WA. My dad loves it, and my 1 and 2 year old boys love it too suprisingly. We sometimes fire up the 1963 Magnavox console TV (sadly with a digital converter) and watch Andy Griffith and what not in black in white. Great stuff.
Always look forward to these videos!!! You're one of a kind Dave
I must say, that TV is very beautifully constructed, and phenominally imacculate for its age! You can't find too many sets like this in such a great condition, these days!
Beautiful tv I love the quality!
Another fantastic set. Great work, Doug :)
I'd say
We just started getting that "ME TV" station here in NY on the verizon fios cable. It really brings back some of the great shows from the 60s.
Nice presentation, and an excellent picture on this beautiful old set.
Beautiful set.
That's a beautiful specimen. I hope you do more videos!
Very nice set. Interestingly, the music playing at the beginning was composed in my country, the set was made in the year I was born and the tubes produced in the month of my birthday...
Awesome vintage TV
I was born in 1968. Must be a good TV!
Quite a well preserved set. Looks brand new!
Bravo! I got the chance to work on some valve TV'S then later solid state but mostly as a hobby. Fond memories.
You'll find that a lot of those old TV shows in color tend to lack green because they were originally filmed on Kodak Kodachrome movie film which tends to lose it's green component over the years. I wonder if the original CRT was made by Admiral? I read somewhere where they made their own CRT's from 1965-1971. They were the industry leader in warranty length giving a three year warranty on the CRT instead of the industry normal two year warranty term.
That's a very interesting point -- I hadn't considered the original film-stock used in making these older shows. Very good of you to point that out.
You're doing God's work, friend. Thank you for preserving these works of digital art.
Analog -_-
This is a very nice looking set. Love the all metal construction as well as the style.
Thats a good looking set. Looks almost brand new and has a great picture.
My grandmother had a console/floor model set of this television, very similar to this one, except the speaker grill pattern was horizontal and the color was gray. The controls were right below it. She gave it to my father in 1974 and he used it until 1979. I saw several table top models of this set in the basement of a repair shop that I was helping to clean out in 1987. They probably came from a motel because they all looked exactly alike.
wow... an American made television!
Quite rare, yes?
That picture is nice!
My parents had the floor model of this TV when I was a kid. Same tuner / volume knob layout, etc. The picture was great, when it worked. The set had high voltage problems from the day it was delivered. It was in the shop so many times, we lost count. The high voltage box would actually make snapping noises, (arcing), and the picture would die with each snap. The HV box eventually even caught fire. After 4 picture tubes, countless other tube replacements, cap replacements, the HV fire, (which was repaired too), my parents, took the set to the dump, after 9 years of dumping money into it. It was a beautifully designed set, cosmetically. It would have looked great in my living room today... but what a fire hazard it was. i think we had a lemon. Our neighbor had the same set, and had no problems with it. (Can somebody actually get a lemon for a TV)?
Randy, The Lazy Comic I had one that went out one year after they gave me the old one.
I love your tv
Estos televisores a color de estos años me encantan. Philco, Philips, admiral . Fenomenales. En casa de mi tía lo tuvieron en 1968 y vieron los juegos Olímpicos de México. Y en mi casa lo tuvimos en 1971. Yo veía todos los dibujos animados de Estados Unidos y Japón que se transmitían en televisión en México DF. Qué época.
I think we had the same model of TV when I was a toddler. I remember the layout of the controls---especially the special controls behind the little door with the logo of the 3 colours. My dad had it rigged up with a Rotor-Antenna control connected to our rooftop antenna. Sometimes the Rotor's motor would jam, and it would make the most godawful buzzing noise.
I think if we started to make televisions in the USA People would buy them even in Europe too .
The televisión witch use in USA (Even chinese brands like hesense) are Made in Tijuana, México , are good Quality
That is the nicest old set I've ever seen.
I have an admiral color set the I picked from my uncles barn shed. It was in okay shay physically, except the button rotted. My dad fixed that and the put it on some rollers. I haven’t worked on it really but the tubes light up, but there’s no high voltage. Hopefully I can get it working, though I think it’s a high hour set. It has a replacement, re-necked CRT in it and the screens are set high (I may have turned them long before I new what they did).
Not only an excellent picture but very good sound quality too. Very nice well built set, right up there with Zenith in terms of quality. I know this is an older video but thanks Doug, very enjoyable!
OH gosh! I remember that old model, I've fixed one of those in 2001, lots of job!
A 60s Color TV,my respect for it,because my country(Brasil)the first color tv signals was just on 1972(what a shame)...
Just the Chicago area had 3 major set manufacturers in the 60s and now I don't think there is a single TV manufacturer in the entire US!
I believe you are correct. Not a single TV manufacture left in the USA. I think China manufactures most of them today, with Korea and Japan being 2nd and 3rd place (or perhaps 3rd and 2nd place, respectively). Sad that we've lost such an amazing industry -- we used to be the best in the world at manufacturing electronics of this sort!
I'll GUARANTEE you that any modern HDTV set will NOT be functioning 46 years after its manufacturing date, like this Admiral set is!! Shoot -- if any of them last 10 years, it'll be a miracle. Back in the day these sets were BUILT to LAST! Modern sets are built to be disposed of after 5 to 7 years. Very sad.
LMacNeill That is so sadly true. I still regularly use a completely original set from 1965, and I can bet no modern television will last as long as it has.
*****
I said the same thing on the sears generator. Everything is made so cheaply today. Sure, the price is lower, but the cost over time is higher. These REALLY old sets were also problematic with the tubes in them, but later models that were still made in the US were made so much better than the new LCD Tvs. I have a late 80s model console TV as my main TV and dread the day it dies. I'll probably go to the used market to get a replacement rather than switch to an LCD.
christo930 Agreed. Some sets "back in the day" had their faults (one such common fault here being bad 6AL3 dampers), but the designs did improve as quality was important. Nowadays, companies are able to convince the public to purchase their products so easily that things like quality and word-of-mouth are no longer important.
***** I remember when I was a really little kid (very early 70s), we had this awesome TV set with a stereo and a record player built in and made of wood with good quality speakers and probably a tube amp, but it was down so often that I got to know the repair guy (I used to love to watch him work on our TV). The TV I use now was manufactured in the mid to late 80s and I really like it and knock on wood, it hasn't given me any trouble. Almost all consumer items made today are junk and will never last as long as the old stuff. My TV is nearly 30 years old and I seriously doubt that any TV being made today will work in 30 years
Another nice & well-maintained classic TV set.
19 inches had the best picture I think! I really enjoyed this thanks.
There was not the technology of now a days. but the design was always catchy ... always sexy. And also the robustness was there.
Very cool, Doug! You could have written copy for an industry presentation to educate the Admiral sales force! :)
Excellent quality picture. I'm guessing that this TV was used in a hotel setting because of the delete covers where built-in rabbit ears could be.
Love these tvs so much want one today
Thank you for these videos love them even better when you have the impala in them!
man what a nice picture on that tv my rca tv used to show picture like that its a B&W tv but gave off a clear picture untill i heard a pop and the picture went out will still give audio just no picture.
Very nice! Thanks for showing it.
1968 was like when my grandma was young and she is dead. scary to think the ones that got this new may be dead to. but also makes you feel good you saved it by making it work again.
WOW The picture looks damm good that is a buetifull tv. I vould be proud to have one of these.
Beautiful!
Hey drh4683, I love your TV Reviews, their very interesting and wonderful. I remember I first saw you channel during the summer, and I saw that you have a whole TV collection. So I subscribed, and I think you're special.
-Storm💗
Admiral seemed like a good make. Solar color was one of their trademarks.
My uncle used to salute his tv every morning you know why bcuz its an admiral
Man.. this tv looks brand new..... Quality stuff, nice video like always...!!!
Best Regards Adryan.
Great set you have Doug
How did you you tune the tv the set to channel 13
Im a huge fan of Hogans Heroes, I first watched it at my grandfathers house, he always had metv on and I just watched whatever came on there throughout the day and saw all the shows he said hed watched
That awesome, it's even better when Hogans Hero's started playing
Very nice set Doug.
Wow...when you turned on that tv, I was totally blown away! Picture and sound are superb. Some great memories on how good these TV's were built. Only, how were you able to receive analog channel 13 ?
Doug great video.... When are you posting more videos ?
Jason
More videos!!!
OMG Hogan's Heroes! I grew up watching that show, oh wow, the memories. We get ME-TV here in Portland OR as well, great channel.
imho I think Antenna TV is a bit better, cus sure MeTV has all the big programs from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, but Antenna TV has some pretty great programs from those eras and also 40s, 80s, and 90s. I can respect your decision but if you're able, I at least suggest checking out Antenna TV :-P
@@eileenf7991 wow a comment of mine from 5 years ago I dont even remember writing, I dont even remember what ME-TV is at this point since we now use ROKU or internet streaming. I just looked up antenna tv and the first thing I saw was "One Day at a Time" and wow was hit right in the brain meat with nostalgia, thanks for the hot tip. cheers!
@@Mikej1592 Heh not a problem!
Nice set, thanks for sharing.
I think Shango066 worked on something similar.
Obviously his looked like it had just come out of 40+ years in a disused mine, not fresh out of the factory...
We had those kind of sets in my elementary school in the early 80's. The difference was that they were B&W sets and the housing was grey instead of woodgrain. Otherwise they looked the same.
What a wonderful looking set but sorry to hear about that instant on feature. By the way quick question, what are those silver things by the back corner on the top of the cabinet? Are they covering the holes for the antenna?
I'm not from the 1960s... But dang, look at that quality build!
I love all your videos.
When people took the back off sets of this vintage TV they could not keep there hands off the convergence board . It took hours to get this readjusted.
Very well presented.
1918:
Two ham radio operators form Chicago Radio Laboratory.
1921:
Commander Eugene F. McDonald, Jr., joins the company.
1923:
Company is reincorporated as Zenith Radio Corporation.
1924:
Zenith introduces the world's first portable radio.
1926:
Company introduces the first AC-powered radio.
1927:
Company debuts the first push-button radio.
1939:
The first all-electric TV station, Zenith's W9XZV, goes on the air.
1948:
Company's first line of black-and-white TV receivers makes its debut.
1956:
Zenith invents the first wireless remote control.
1961:
Company's first line of color TVs is introduced; Zenith's FM stereo broadcasting system is approved by the FCC as the national standard.
1969:
Company introduces the revolutionary Chromacolor picture tube.
1979:
Heath Company, maker of do-it-yourself electronic kits, including a personal computer, is acquired.
1980:
Zenith Data Systems is created as a computer subsidiary.
1981:
The first Zenith computer, the Z-100, is introduced.
1982:
Company suffers a net loss of $24 million and fails to pay a dividend for the first time in nearly 50 years.
1984:
The electronics industry adopts a Zenith-developed system as the standard for MTS stereo TV broadcast and reception; company changes its name to Zenith Electronics Corporation.
1989:
Company sells its computer business to Paris-based Groupe Bull for $511.4 million.
1991:
South Korea-based Lucky-Goldstar, later LG Group (LG), purchases a five percent stake in the company for $15 million.
1994:
The industry chooses Zenith's transmission system as the U.S. standard for HDTV.
1995:
LG gains a 58 percent controlling stake in Zenith by buying $351 million in company stock.
1996:
Company announces the layoff of 25 percent of its U.S. workforce; FCC adopts Zenith's digital transmission technology as part of the HDTV standard.
1998:
Zenith closes its last U.S. manufacturing plant.
1999:
Zenith begins shipping its first HDTV sets; the company emerges from a prepackaged bankruptcy filing as a wholly owned subsidiary of LG and as purely a designer and marketer--not a manufacturer--of electronics products.
Are those antenna studs on the upper right of the cabinet? I didn't see a telescoping antenna housing inside.
Very nice tv. Beautiful picture!
Looks in pristine condition and has a nice picture too. Does the phosphores coating on the RCA has the dotted or striped pattern?
+Damusician Strikes Back - This would have the conventional dotted screen (delta gun type).
The tubes for the most part held up well..If u find on old set like this the tubes are good..This set i never saw but Zeniths only the Hv5a might be bad ..MORE cap problems
2:04 - Not "to suit the tastes of the viewer", but, to ensure an accurate picture when adjusted via published standardized test patterns.
As a calibrator, there is little room for "personal preference" when I adjust picture settings and advanced menu items, unless the specific client is visually challenged, like a friend I recently lost.
I had this identical TV set when I was about 19 years old. It was terrific. I preferred this TV over the RCA CTC-36. The 36 was a good performer, but more difficult to service, and had a higher frequency of repairs over time.
In your video, the screen of this Admiral TV looks like the blue drive or blue blacks are set a bit high... Or, is this the color response of your video camera???
I think I had one of these sometime along the way. Sure looks familiar...
Boy, have one of these. It's missing the back, has a low emission CRT, Has cataracts, & a HV resistor smoking. What to do. IIRC these sets needed flybacks. Now seeing this I may reconsider it's fate. This one is in very nice condition. Thank you for the chassis ID.
Farmradio That's quite a few problems for such a late set... Is the weak CRT due to the instant-start feature like the one in this video?
+Farmradio Admiral engineered these TV's in chicago, and went bust. I wonder if this one was found in a warehouse somewhere. The one here looks near mint. They did have a lot of issues with failing components, so I find it strange this one pops up in its hometown in perfect working order, but it may of just been restored. Who knows.
This had me laughing! I enjoyed how you presented this TV like it was a prize on a game show😀and was that your Seeburg BMS supplying the music?
Your arrange in Admiral is ... Admirable. XD
Excellent-looking set!
You mentioned that you replaced the CRT several years ago with an RCA CRT. My question is -- was the original CRT manufactured by Admiral or RCA? Did you just get lucky that your '67 RCA CRT happened to fit, or was that the same part used by Admiral when they built the set brand-new?
Thanks for makaing your videos -- they're always instructional and enjoyable!!
ooo wood grain Clint (LGR) would love this tv
I see the Tektronix 564B. a wonderful scope! I have the same one; hence my google photo.
I can't believe that valve tubes were still being used at this point. Surely transistors werethe replacement for those old tubes, which had a limited life, and were the usual causefor the tv to break down.
+Gary Dunn - Transistors were just being introduced to TV circuitry around the time this set was made. Over the succeeding model years they displaced more and more tubes until by the end of the '70s, tubes had been replaced completely by solid state components.
THESE WERE EXTREMELY HEAVY TV'S...I HAD ONE....
I would buy one of these vintage sets off I f you! Im into retro items for my home
Do you have a favourite set amongest you're collection?
I seen a few of your videos of these old CRT TVs and You know what your doing. So I have a question to ask.
I have a RCA TV from the 70's with a marble top black and the issue with that TV is it ends up getting lines that go from bottom left to top right a crossed the whole tube. Now the TV was serviced many times and always ends up with those lines.
We stored it in our shed for years now under a blanket because no one here will fix it but it does show picture and sound. But who knows know. It has been unpluged since 2006 or 2005. No any reason why it would be like that?
+DestructiveBurn - Record a clip of the screen and post it. That will help with diagnosis.
Very nice set.
OMG my foster parents had a similar set in the early 70's but it may of been a couple years older but a big Admiral table model.
10:10 - Overall slightly blue cast, probably grayscale set that way from the factory.
With a Sencore gen. or even DVD test patterns and a puck-to-laptop calibration software, we can dial-in a good 6500k foundation
He mentioned that his camera was the cause of the blue hue.