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Old 21st Jul 2020, 2:01 pm   #41
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First post, be nice! I thought i would reopen this thread, in case anyone is interested.

I buy on ebay. My thing is 1970s/1980s Japanese portable TVs especially multistandard ones. I have a mixture of models designed for the UK/Euro market and a couple of American ones. I also have a few handheld Multistandard LCD TVs plus some Japanese 1970s HIFi and VCRs, including a French Sony and a Multistandard JVC, both with adjustable standard modulators. Most TVs work, some don’t, all the VCRs work - amazingly - I have five.

Why do i like them, I used to lust after them in my teens. I also bitterly regret at my late age i never learnt electronics repair. Here are a couple of pics of my study.

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Old 21st Jul 2020, 3:45 pm   #42
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Very nice collection too.
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Old 21st Jul 2020, 4:03 pm   #43
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I stopped buying TVs from ebay, years ago, just because I got more and more
trouble!
Minor with the TV sets but with related stuff.
EBAY doesn`t help you - never!
I closed my account and watch ebay anymore.
O.K., with more than 300 TV sets from around the world it
is time to lay back.
But there are still some sets on my wish list.

Anyway, there are still the unusual chances in life!
A few weeks ago my woodworm bought some old furnitures
in the Saar area.
That area (Saarbrücken) was french for some years after the war. He took me
from the attic a rare french mid 50s Sonora with dual standard
and a sticker on the back, from the local TV shop.
French dual standard TV sets in general, just with a sticker from a german
shop on the back are ultra rare.

Another problem is of course the shipping problem. I picked up most of
my TV sets by visiting the country, went once to Naples, Rome, Milan,
Stockholm, Malmö, Kopenhagen, Paris, Brussels, Lodz, etc. to pick up my stuff.
That is O.K., just because I can see what I bought and have no trouble.
But there are countries where you cannot buy or ship from.
Just countries which worked reasonable good in shipping, like Australia,
don`t do it anymore!
My company who organized several pick-ups in Australia and the USA told
me, that it will never work again!
Since 9/11 it is a nightmare to ship used TV sets/consoles.
How nice it was, when I could take a 7" TV set into a Boing 747 (as hand luggage!) to give
it a good home in Germany - try this today at the JFK airport!

Shipping from Argentina, Brasil or Iran is now totally impossible.
Russia had closed the border for 50s stuff, too.

Shipping companies like DHL are smashers, they destroyed my
rarest vintage TV set from Japan. I paid more than 200,- Euros to rebuild
the cabinet! Because they destroyed all the valves I don`t know what was
sitting in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even parts of the veneer were missing!

TV collecting is getting harder.....
What a luck that I started as a teen in the 70s!

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No more discussion about eBay and carriers please.
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First post, be nice! I thought i would reopen this thread, in case anyone is interested.

I buy on ebay. My thing is 1970s/1980s Japanese portable TVs especially multistandard ones. I have a mixture of models designed for the UK/Euro market and a couple of American ones. I also have a few handheld Multistandard LCD TVs plus some Japanese 1970s HIFi and VCRs, including a French Sony and a Multistandard JVC, both with adjustable standard modulators. Most TVs work, some don’t, all the VCRs work - amazingly - I have five.

Why do i like them, I used to lust after them in my teens. I also bitterly regret at my late age i never learnt electronics repair. Here are a couple of pics of my study.

Patrick
North Worcestershire.
I have one of those little JVC sets in your picture.
Bought it for a fiver in a carboot , its invaluable for checking out my Retro games consoles and video recorders for tuning as its so easy to spin the tuning knob to get a signal instead of sitting there whilst the digital frequency tuners slowly make their way across the scale.
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I have one of those little JVC sets in your picture.
Bought it for a fiver in a carboot , its invaluable for checking out my Retro games consoles and video recorders for tuning as its so easy to spin the tuning knob to get a signal instead of sitting there whilst the digital frequency tuners slowly make their way across the scale.
Snap, much easier to tune in to something that you don't know.
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I also bitterly regret at my late age i never learnt electronics repair.
It is never too late to learn. I don't think you really can learn electronics repair as a separate subject, just an understanding of electronics both theoretically and practically and then you can work out what is wrong. I could go on for ages but have you ever wired a bulb to a battery and made it light? That is what all electronics and everything electronic does albeit faster/slower/smaller/bigger. I am being a trifle glib, however a foundation in the basics is so important.
 
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I wonder the same thing, I have very little interest in TV apart from the very early ones having nice cabinets.
But as with Computer games and consoles a new generation is coming along that can relate to this kind of thing.
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Yes I agree it's good that there are a new generation taking an interest in the later models of sets that are considered too modern for some of us older collectors. It means that some sets from the 80s and 90s will hopefully be preserved.
I mainly collect dual standard sets as they are the ones I played around with as a lad. I have a few old favourites from the 405 only era and a few single standard 625 sets.
Anything made after the early 70s I have always considered too recent. But when you consider the G11 is now over 40 years old maybe it is time to reconsider...
The K30 I saved from a skip last year generated a fair bit of interest with a few comments on how much they were liked and another member came miles to pick up a Ferguson ICC5 which I had not initially saved so it seems there is interest in some of the 'later' models.

Too late for a lot though the recycling places have had a very busy decade!
I took an old 90s CRT set to the recycling centre about a year or so ago there were only a couple of others in the container all the rest were flat panel sets!
So I fear the majority have gone already... The general public seemed to change over very quickly to flat panels sets the change seemed faster than previously when people went 625 or over to colour.
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Old 21st Jul 2020, 8:23 pm   #50
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I only mentioned eBay to try and keep on topic, but shipping is a nightmare, i have reined myself in, but sometimes, i cant stop myself especially if its a bargain. But i always message then to say i am happy to wait providing they pack it carefully then cross my fingers. One TV i bought arrived all smashed up...

The JVC still works, as do all but one of the Sonys (the 5” rotating screen i bought in 1978 unfortunately). I Am particularly interested in all of the analogue international standards. I have a Sony 9-90ub and a 9-90um, just wish i had a 405 line and 819 line modulator to try with them.

I am 62 now and to be honest struggle to remember new stuff or i would seriously have a go at basic electronics. As a child i had a couple of those Philips electronics constructions sets, but never progressed any further. I tried a German online course last year and gave up in frustration! Needless to say the supportive words are appreciated..

Also love Japanese 1970s Hifi it was so beautifully made...

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It's all down to your age and what you find nostalgic as you stumble into your forties and fifties and wonder where all that time went!

It's good to see that there are collectors of all the "modern" stuff from the 80's and 90's. Let's face it, a set from 1990, such as the ICC5 etc is now 30 years old. To me that is positively new and would never be given space in my collection. I do appreciate though that those born in the 80's will now probably be hankering after that telly they remember from home when they were 7 or 8 years old.

The thread title is "Who is buying vintage TV's?"

Well I still am and can't seem to ruddy stop!

Born 1958 and fondly remember the lovely old dual standards which were being scrapped as my interest in TV started to develop in the early 70's.

Here's about one sixth of my collection.

Whatever sets you collect doesn't matter. Just keep them going!

If the great Dave Allen was a TV collector he would say...

Good night, good luck, and may your set go with you!

Cheers all,

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