1966 GE General Electric CB21 Color Roundy Tube Television

If there are any other GEs like this one left, they won't likely be in as good of shape as this one is.

As an aging TV engineer my brain is triggered to smell dust and ozone whenever I see the insides of an old TV set. Considering that set is 57 years old it's amazing, even if it is a crusty old GEC cost cutter special. I think I heard Bob Anderson scream when you threw that tuner lid in the garbage.

The tuner shield literally going straight into the garbage, was fin' hysterical. Nice.

Started my TV repair career and in 1974. Worked on quite a few of these. Did a couple CRT replacements too in these. Those buggers were heavy…..

"The first thing you wanna do....is throw this away.... *tink*...slam!" After doing TV repair in the 70's and 80's, I love it!

Refreshing roundie and tubes edition. My favorite genre. Definitely would restore. Nice look and unique place in the vintage televisions universe.

Mother: DONT PLAY WITH THE BUTTONS the tv repairman to repair the tv when no one is looking: 24:03

I think that was you speeding past me the other day!!!! 🙂 Robert, San Diego

GE was not a house brand of ours, so we weren't overly versed in them. But the first, last, and ONLY example of THAT particular roundie came in for service. No color sync. It turned out to be that damn NE-2 neon bulb, even though it was lighting normally. Replaced the bulb, and problem fixed(!). Figgered the bulb must have to do with burst gating.

Dang, I used to use the same CRT tester! Amazing how zapping the CRT guns could give it a little longer life.

I like the cabinet and speaker cloth.

Nice find, that set is in great shape. Can't wait to see what it looks like with good color and a full setup.

Shango, thanks for teaching us novices at electronics the difference between a variac and light bulb limiter. I’ve been watching tons of electronics videos and this is the first one I’ve seen where the host thought to mention exactly why one would use either. Thanks for being a great teacher. It’s why I’ve been a subscriber of yours for years.

It's hard to believe the TV is so old with those components looking so new (under the layer of dust). Looking forward to part 2!

man loves to bring stuff up all soft and delicate with a light bulb...off camera he has a bag of marshmallows in his hand when it catches fire..pure entertainment 🎉

I just love this set, please return to it if possible! As usual a big thank You for sharing your adventures in the good old stuff.

You're right about the light bulb being current limiting. Although there's another useful aspect to light bulbs here; When the bulb is cold it will have much less resistance. So it sort of works like a soft-breaker. When something shorts the light bulb will heat up and limit the current to a low value. But when it's not shorted, the cold light bulb will allow more current.

Wow, thanks for the blast from the past! I was ~13 years old and already an experienced tube jockey keeping the color circuit working on a slightly older model of that same beast to watch the very first episode of Star Trek TOS. It lasted almost 15 years total and was still "working" when it was finally "retired"! I had it hooked up to an Ampex 7000 series 1" video recorder (mounted on a Flowtron) in the early 1970's. I used a Sony 1600 tuner and it's color processing to record and play in color. Wish I had a picture of the setup and that meatgrinder head drum fan blade.

Color Picture Tubes Grade AA -Description -All new components and materials, including new glass envelope. Grade A -Description -Used glass envelope, new or used shadow mask, all other components and materials are new. Grade B -Description -New electron gun, all other components and materials are used. Grade C -Description -Used picture tube for resale, all significant components and materials are used.

One of my favorite looking sets...both inside & out Great video, as always.