AussieAtari #51 Posted August 11, 2006 (edited) Hey AussieAtari, I am not sure I understand you. The Grundig is a rich dark brown wood grain with matching but lighter-color veneer on the front panels, gold metal trim. Would you beleive the thing has an equalizer on it, as well?? I wish I had the wired remote though.... I found it at a rummage sale, I think I paid about $50 US for it, just as well, because it cost another $50 US to replace all of the tubes..... As SteveW said; you've just got to post pictures now. My ex-mother in law had a great mint condition Grundig unit about the same vintage as yours, exclusively to play Elvis and 60's LPs on. It sounded great and there really is not anything better to listen to the cricket on than a valve radio. Hers was dark brown exterior with blonde veneer trims. US$100 is about what they go for here in Oz fully working. Edited August 11, 2006 by AussieAtari Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A.J. Franzman #52 Posted August 11, 2006 my 'baby' is a 35" TV made in 1971 by Zenith Canada. It has on screen display, built-in fake surround sound (something like Hughes' SRS, I imagine) and a wireless remote, but not infrared.....ultrasonic!!My dad insisted that we buy it when we saw it at a local SA thrift. He only saw this TV once before, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York..... Got any pictures of this set? There's a particular model of TV from somtime in the late 60s / early 70s era that I think would be ideal for playing Atari on, but I don't have any idea what brand or model it is, and have not been able to find it on the web. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcfrick2112 #53 Posted August 11, 2006 Hey AussieAtari and A.J.: Ok, I will post pics. as soon as I can. My digicam has no zoom, so the pics may not be perfect.... I suppose since this is AA, I should shoot a pic of the TV running my 2600...(I have a 2600 jr in this room) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcfrick2112 #54 Posted August 12, 2006 Hey AussieAtari and A.J.: Ok, I will post pics. as soon as I can. My digicam has no zoom, so the pics may not be perfect.... I suppose since this is AA, I should shoot a pic of the TV running my 2600...(I have a 2600 jr in this room) OK, here's some pics, please forgive the poor quality of the TV pics, just couldn't get my digicam to take a good pic of it.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dusk2600 #55 Posted August 12, 2006 only a small piece from the top showes up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A.J. Franzman #56 Posted August 12, 2006 Yeah, it looks like there was either something wrong with your image, or your upload was interrupted. But anyway, there's enough of it visible that I can tell it isn't the TV I'm looking for. Thanks for trying! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcfrick2112 #57 Posted August 12, 2006 Hey AussieAtari and A.J.: Ok, I will post pics. as soon as I can. My digicam has no zoom, so the pics may not be perfect.... I suppose since this is AA, I should shoot a pic of the TV running my 2600...(I have a 2600 jr in this room) OK, here's some pics, please forgive the poor quality of the TV pics, just couldn't get my digicam to take a good pic of it.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcfrick2112 #58 Posted August 12, 2006 Hey AussieAtari and A.J.: Ok, I will post pics. as soon as I can. My digicam has no zoom, so the pics may not be perfect.... I suppose since this is AA, I should shoot a pic of the TV running my 2600...(I have a 2600 jr in this room) OK, here's some pics, please forgive the poor quality of the TV pics, just couldn't get my digicam to take a good pic of it.... Hey, guys, really sorry, it's the first time I have ever attached pics on Any forum. Make matters worse, I was on my soo-slow 800MHz Celeron machine, running Xandros 3.0.1 Let Me try again: Another of the Grundig Ok, I checked it out on the preview, it looks like the images are actually there now....sorry that my crummy digicam does not do so well....tho, the close-up of the Grundig looks OK.... P.S. does uploading pics always takes this long? 5-6 mins. each on a 2.1GHz Athalon PC.... I know its not fastedt PC in the world, but jeez..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcfrick2112 #59 Posted August 12, 2006 (edited) BTW, A.J. , both partial pics were of the Grundig, not the Zenith TV. (from what I can see) Hopefully the two pics of the TV went through this time. Thanks for all your patience, really new to this... Edited August 12, 2006 by marcfrick2112 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A.J. Franzman #60 Posted August 12, 2006 (edited) does uploading pics always takes this long? 5-6 mins. each on a 2.1GHz Athalon PC....I know its not fastedt PC in the world, but jeez..... This usually depends much more on the type of internet connection you have rather than your machine's specs. If you're on dialup, everything's slow. If you're on broadband, most residential connections are asynchronous, meaning that uploads are much slower than downloads. I believe my ADSL connection is something like 768k down / 128k up. In other words, it takes 6 times longer for me to upload a file than it does to download the same file. Also, try resizing your images; very few people can see a full 2048-pixel-wide image on their monitor without scrolling. 1024 x 768 is about the largest size you should need to send for this type of photo, and for example would make that "ZenithTV.jpg" image about 1/4 the filesize. Use JPEG image compression/quality control to reduce filesize even further. Edited August 12, 2006 by A.J. Franzman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcfrick2112 #61 Posted August 12, 2006 Hey A.J. : many thanks. I just left image size as-is, cause sometimes the quality suffers when i resize. Plus, I was using my Xandros (Linux-ish) machine, which has far less image processing abilities than my PC, or Amiga Well, Live and Learn.... Oh yeah, just dial-up here..... Again, thanks for the info... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A.J. Franzman #62 Posted August 12, 2006 BTW, A.J. , both partial pics were of the Grundig, not the Zenith TV. (from what I can see) Hopefully the two pics of the TV went through this time. Yes, they came through now and I already figured that out, but the TV still isn't the one I'm looking for. Looks like a nice set, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AussieAtari #63 Posted August 13, 2006 The Grundig is cool, but not the unit I thought but very nice all the same though and I bet it sounds great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bedouin #64 Posted August 13, 2006 Three reel to reel tape decks; one half track two quarter track. Both are used for archiving old tapes semi-reguraly. Commodore 64 (breadbox) and 1541 drive. A Macintosh Classic II (1991) -- I don't really consider this retro. I don't consider vinyl retro either, since they're still actively used and in mass production. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcfrick2112 #65 Posted August 14, 2006 Sorry guys. all that fuss, and they weren't the items you were curious about..... Hey. AussieAtari, are/were Grundig stereos common in Australia? They are really rare here in the States, I only saw one, and that's the one I own Grundig tried to resurface a couple of years back with a retro-style table radio, but it was made in China......that's not a Grundig in my book.... And yes, it sounds incredible.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickHarrisMaine #66 Posted August 14, 2006 I have nice tabletop Pac Man, and a very nice working Quiz Wiz with about 25 boxed cartridges for it. Loved the Quiz Wiz as a kid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eric_ruck #67 Posted August 15, 2006 OK, so in order to get my XBox 360 hooked up to the monitor on my kids' computer so I could play Dead Rising (can't read the stuff on the screen with an analog TV), I had to dig up... CD Boombox from 1986. Back in the day when CD players were still really expensive I got this one at a bargain price of $200 (saved up by working all summer at Electronics Boutique at the local mall). Has component audio input, which I needed for the sound to work, thanks to the 6 inches or so of leeway you get from the VGA adapter from M$. "Trispot" beam technology (I think that predates cheap memory for read ahead), electrically raised tape heads, aux input (previously mentioned) and 36W amplifier. The funny thing is seeing how long it runs on 10-D batteries (around 90 minutes, did it exactly once in the 20 years I've owned this thing). Can't believe it still works, I though the lasers in the CD players are supposed to wear out after 5-10 years. (Oh yeah, I'm also using a 50 year old desklamp but I don't suppose desk lamp technology has really changed much in the last 50 years. Was my uncle's lamp when he was a kid.) Eric Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveW #68 Posted August 15, 2006 That Zenith television set is really cool. I was having a hard time believing it was not a modern made TV set, with it's great styling. The face of it where the remote sensor is gives it's age away. That is a sweet piece of retro tech. And the Grundig radio is pretty nice too. It doesn't have the coolness factor of the TV set, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcfrick2112 #69 Posted August 16, 2006 That Zenith television set is really cool. I was having a hard time believing it was not a modern made TV set, with it's great styling. The face of it where the remote sensor is gives it's age away. That is a sweet piece of retro tech. And the Grundig radio is pretty nice too. It doesn't have the coolness factor of the TV set, though. Hey SeveW, thanks for the compliment...I didn't even think the remote sensor face looked all that retro, really until you pointed it out Nevertheless, it's a great set....I just hope the picture tube lasts... God, I just wish companies made electronics like this today. Things that were stylish, very advanced (for the time) and looked really sharp... Funny, I saw a Zenith ad from 1971 from a magazine, and they just show a standard 'clunky' console TV, but it did mention the 'Space Command' remote control system, my set uses it as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AussieAtari #70 Posted August 17, 2006 Sorry guys. all that fuss, and they weren't the items you were curious about..... Hey. AussieAtari, are/were Grundig stereos common in Australia? They are really rare here in the States, I only saw one, and that's the one I own Grundig tried to resurface a couple of years back with a retro-style table radio, but it was made in China......that's not a Grundig in my book.... And yes, it sounds incredible.... I would not say they were/are really common but they certainly were reasonably widely available. I saw one in a second-hand shop only the other week in reasonable condition which I would have loved to have brought home but then I would have to find a new house big enough for all of my stuff as I would have been kicked out A really cool piece I would love to have are the old, huge, three-in-one cabinets with the big 26" TV at floor level, radio and turntable, all valves and lovely! Oh yes, I forgot, I also have a great 12" valve bass guitar amp circa 1970 - still going great and amazing volume for 20 watts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+atari2600land #71 Posted August 17, 2006 When I was a kid, my grandparents had one of those Zenith TVs with a telephone in it, and me & my sister would call my mom up at work with it. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+else #72 Posted August 18, 2006 When I was a kid, my grandparents had one of those Zenith TVs with a telephone in it, and me & my sister would call my mom up at work with it. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Yep, I remember seeing the commercial for them on TV. I think there where a bunch of guys sitting around watching a football game on TV, when the phone rang. So they all were trying to decide who had to leave watching the football game to go answer it. But then one of the guys pipes up about how the phone was right in the TV..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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