[ExI] what vintage is this tv?

[John Clark]

On Sat, Sep 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:


> *>…I have a TV that was made in 1948, I got it to work too just before US
>> broadcasters switched from analog to digital on June 12, 2009. I haven't
>> bothered to even plug it in after that because there was no point, but I
>> can't bring myself to throw it away.  **John K Clark*
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> *> Just for fun, I wonder if we could make or buy a digital to analog
> converter, feed it a signal via cable, broadcast the analog signal across
> your living room to your antique TV.  That would be a fun toy. *
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*A friend of mine did just that and it worked, and his TV was even older
than mine, it was made in 1947 and was so old it even had "channel one" on
the dial, although no TV station ever broadcast on channel one. *

*John K Clark*
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