1985 Sears 27″ Console TV
September 2, 2011 
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Video Rating: 5 / 5
To think, ~20 years ago, they actually created good(as in a product made of something other than plastic(Apple, cotica and non-electronics excluded)) products… To bad with these new technologies… Companies find that plastic is better, when many people would rather have an older T.V. that actually has some characteristics…
Good Video By-The-Way!
Now you just need to hook a PS3 or Xbox360 to it!
Thats way cooler then any flat panel tv thanks for posting this.
really good tv set i have one
just like it in storage
I have a very similar set but it won’t turn on anymore. I’m trying to find the service manuals but the model and chassis numbers are erased. Can you tell me the chassis number and model of your tv? Thanks a lot!
very nice set
that senor is for the orginal remote of the sears set
this video is made in canada on sasktel cable in saskatchewan
another great set.sears silvertone FTW!!
I haven’t seen a light sensor on any new TVs, but the LCD screens aren’t as prone to washout. I fixed the crooked picture on my ’88 GE by loosening the screw on the yoke (that big, ugly doughnut shaped thing with 4 coils that fits over the neck of the CRT) and tweaking it a bit. The rectangular-frame ’80s screen made the crooked image really annoying. The bulgy ’70s screen on my console would make a slight angle much less noticeable.
I’ve got a console that was abandoned in my house before I bought it. It was the top model (“The Santiago”) in the 1978 Sears catalog. No keypad, just touch-buttons, a slug for each channel and an acoustic remote. The guts are all Sanyo, they were probably shipped as a kit and used to stuff a US made cabinet. It has two 4×6 speakers with old-fashioned box magnets; they sound great! Are you sure your cabinet is real wood? Mine is chip-board with screw-on wood-grained plastic overlays.
They replaced wood finishes on TV’s in exchange for faulty wall mounts that break and you end up having to replace the whole TV. Bitter irony.
Very beautiful set! We used to have a 1986 GE console TV that appears to have been made by Panasonic because of itz insides. It has a 4×6 speaker with good bass too. Unfortunately, it died after a power outage and then year after that my mom decided to get rid of it because she found out that it cost more to fix than replaced it back in 2001. We were the original owners too. I sure missed that set and our 1st VCR too. It was a 1987 Goldstar. The TV and VCR was well taken care of.
Wonder why they don’t place wood finish on tv’s today?
damn.now thats how a tv should look.beautiful.
That TV is beautiful!
That has nearly the same identical on screen display as my 1990 Sears/Sanyo 20″ TV (My first TV I’ve had since I was
except the clock is smaller on mine.
Update; Grandma accidentally unplugged the TV and upon turning it on, the auto programing was messed up. But,she can key in channels on the remote.
Has that early RCA look.
Selling electronics? That’s awesome!.
And I know what u mean, now it’s all about plasma and LCD.