1949 Motorola 9VT1 Television Restoration

[@Dog.soldier1950]

My father was a self taught technician for tv and radio repair and owned his own shop 1949 until 1965. Spent many hours looking over his shoulder. Your terms bring back memories. Thanks

[@Lawnmower737]

@briandprice1981 I can almost guarantee you the ol timer ain’t around no more given the fact that he worked on TVs from 49-65. Unfortunate, but it’s all our fates.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

@briandprice1981 passed on 30 years now…

[@michaelberg9656]

There was a guy who would part out old TV's and record players when I was a lad. I would buy old record changers from him to see how they worked. But he would be coughing non-stop because of the fine dust. I hope your father took better care of his health.

[@sqengineer]

My family owned this model TV in 1956 when I was 5...watched "Tom Terrific" and "The Lone Ranger" on it! I remember that round screen like it was yesterday!

[@sstills951]

What about Sgt. Preston of the Yukon?

[@sqengineer]

@@sstills951 or Lincoln Vale of the Everglades?

[@wanaraz]

@@sstills951 Sky King and Rin Tin Tin.

[@wanaraz]

And Spedy Gonzales which is considered Racist today. Heckel and Jeckel another show considered Racist today.

[@sstills951]

It might surprise you folks that I was born 1985. My grandmother bought my brothers and I cassette tapes of old time radio. Back in the 90's we didn't mind being sent to bed because our mother would allow us to listen to some old greats. Sgt Preston was one of my favorites.

[@luisremigiotorresacevedo4620]

I am impressed by the restoration work on a 1949 television that still works. You are part of the Preservation of history. My congratulations.

[@hollieliles1601]

This Adeptus Mechanicus approves

[@FWRXSTER]

As a guitar player, it’s wild to me how similar these old television sets are to the tube-powered amplifiers we guitarists adore. Great job on the repair mate!

[@Pretermit_Sound]

I’ve played through a couple old tube radios before that were converted into heads. They sound so warm and very unique 🎸 🤘

[@Chris.Davies]

Thank you for restoring these machines. The people of the future also send their kind regards. It is super important that some machines are conserved via restoration. It's such a shame today's machines are not worthy of restoration, because there is nothing beautiful, or exceptional about them; they're simple expendable commodities.

[@Ice_Karma]

17:20 Those dots you mention are called "chroma dots", and they're caused by the way colour information is carried in a TV signal. The Dr Who episode "The Ambassadors of Death" had been preserved only on B&W film. The B&W picture tube in the telecine caused the chroma dots to be recorded onto the film, and in 2008, a technique was invented to recover that colour information!

[@Rotary_Phone]

When you showed the underside, I could smell that classic "vintage electronics" smell through my computer screen. I love that smell, especially when you start desoldering, and soldering. It's tantamount to "old book" smell in my opinion.

[@joekaplowitz2719]

That's the life man. You won! Doing restoration work on old tube stuff with a view out into the woods like that... Living the dream👍

[@davidohler5611]

I just found your channel and being born in 54 I’ve seen some of the units you work on 1st hand. What a great channel you have - Thank you for preserving history. I love your work Brother

[@cdubs9918]

Not only am I impressed with the restoration...but how you hooked up a DVD player to a TV made in 1949, blows my mind out.

[@MehmetŞentürk-q3i]

Elektronikçiler için çok basit bir durum

[@SuperPickle15]

NTSC is a standard that goes way back.

[@region9159]

That hum!!!! When you turned it on!! That was awesome! Thanks for posting! I am fascinated by old TV's love to watch folks tinker with them.

[@Idelia412]

When I was four years old my parents had an Emerson table top TV that I remember watching a local kids show called Wunda Wunda in 1953. The tube was probably 9 inch and I watched the kids show around noon when KING NBC in Seattle came on the air. My Mom said I will turn the TV on to warm it up so I could watch it. So many years ago, but remember watching TV at 4 years old. Nice restoration on your TV.

[@David93re4]

Interesting! Thanks for your story

[@wanaraz]

Do you remember Engineer Bill?

[@Idelia412]

@wanaraz Yes.....here some trivia about Brakeman Bill. He had a contest where someone would win a train layout like on the show. I remember a kid who won. Go maybe 10 years and we had moved to Snoqualmie. I was inv9th grade and developed a friendship with a guy who lived there. Low and behold in his garage was the layout he won from Brakeman Bill!!! Do you remember Captain Puget, Stan Borissons Club House?, I remember Brakeman Bill on Channel 11 in Seattle, maybe you were thinking Brakeman Bill.

[@wanaraz]

@@Idelia412 Never heard of those. Maybe in America and in California Los Angeles we had different shows. We had Captain Kangaroo. Howdy Doody, Nelliebell, Rin Tin Tin of course lassie, Sky King , Sherri Lewis and Milton Beryle. And many others. Personally I liked all the cowboy shows. Like Gene Autry , Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger and others.

[@Idelia412]

@@wanaraz Those were local kids shows in Seattle, Washington

[@jefferyrightmire9520]

You do great work. I found an really old tv in a drainage ditch when I was a kid , brought it in the garage and cleaned it . Turned it on and it worked, somewhat. The CRT in it had metal sides. These were connected to the Flyback HV. It did not take me long to find out the fact, to turn it off to reach in the back wiggling the tubes. 20 KV will sure make you respect electricity.

[@name20411]

I know amps kill but 20KV! how did you survive that! hope you didn't lose your fingers!

[@sweet750-sc1rr]

Your videos remind me so much of visiting my grandparents in the early '80s. They had a TV in the back bedroom from the late '50s that us kids were allowed to use (the living room TV was off limits to us). We had to go back there and turn it on a good 15 minutes before we actually wanted to watch anything, because that's how long it took for the picture to come on.

[@kfl611]

When I was a child in the 1960's we inherited my grandparents black and white tv. I so well remembering to on occasion having to give the tv a thump on the side to get the picture to unscramble. I was also, because I was near sighted, and sat closest to the tv, the 'remote control'. I got to change the channels and adjust the rabbit ears, and fine control - everybody remember 'fine control'?

[@44.caliberbrainsurgery63]

How old engineers and repairmen even managed to make sense of old tvs is beyond me. Looking at that jumbled mess of wires and components makes my head spin. Reminds me of some of those old breadbox wiring images. Your channel also deserves more views considering how awesome it is to see these old wooden beauties be brought back to life.

[@gorillazhead]

That's why things like microcontrollers were such a huge deal when they were invented.

[@televisionforever]

Thanks for the kind words! I think the fact I can see every component, and there’s so much room, is why I like it. I can really improvise when replacing components on where everything will fit best. If I need to add in a fuse, no problem, there’s space to do so. It’s a lot of trial and error and problem solving which I absolutely love.

[@SpaceBearEngineer]

I think the electronics engineers and technicians than must have had the same level of patience as modern-day IT network engineers and techs.

[@elnogga]

@@SpaceBearEngineer yeah pretty much. the tech changes but still requires skilled ppl to work with it, just like it did back then

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Keeping in mind most repairmen were self taught

[@seanronayne3654]

That wiring made my jaw drop... incredibly sophisticated wiring. So amazing what your doing. Your too humble. Hats off too you.

[@TobiasThede]

I collecting and restoring nordmende tube radios, but get a tv working is at another Level.really nice work,the picture quality is excellent.

[@chopsddy3]

Wow. I can’t believe I’m seeing this. I remember seeing Roy Rogers with The Sons of the Pioneers sing “Cool Clear Water” on one of those . My first exposure to television. Nice job.👍

[@piccalillipit9211]

*THATS BEAUTIFUL* the cabinet reminds me that these woods were NOT all dark brown and dingy as we see them today. Those dark forboding wood panelled walls in the soviet era buildings, if you see the old colour photographs they are bright and vibrant light coloured or teak coloured when new. I think it was the right decision to re do the veneer.

[@johnking975]

Or the smoking 🤔

[@circleinforthecube5170]

except wood was pretty bright in the 90s and early 2000s, most of that wood paneling from the 70s was fine, darker woods are fine, some people like a house that isn't as bright as an office building like the millions of 2010s/2020s era buildings with the same tacky bland interior, the dogma around late century design after the 1960s makes no sense

[@TractorMonkeywithJL]

Makes me thankful for the wonderful picture we get now. I don't miss the old TV sets I watched as a kid. I worked in a TV repair shop during high school in 1971.

[@johnking975]

The inside of that looks absolutely insane. As a carpenter here I truly applaud your persistence! Much respect from Kentucky ❤

[@oldschooldude8370]

What a fossil. I had no idea electronics from this age were so savage. Nice repair.

[@emwjmannen2]

Savage?

[@ApothecaryGrant]

What ?

[@oldschooldude8370]

There aren't any smd's or through-hole components. It's a strung togethor mess. No pcb's.

[@winterdesert1]

That is so cool. I was born in 1957. Remember we had black and white initially. I remember the vacuum tubes in the back of the set.

[@jdrs4214]

You took us back to the 40s or 50s with that super antiquated television set Sir. Give your self a pat on the back. Meanwhile, I’ll send you respect. Very nice👍🏻!!!

[@greasymcpatty]

I wouldn't have expected such good sound and video quality from a 1949 TV set. Well done!

[@Frederick-m2k]

Your work is simply amazing! I wouldn't know how to begin. Thanks for the video.

[@neilstrongarm377]

That sir, is a thing of beauty. Well Done

[@dragchute1]

I was initially thinking about not saving of the original veneer as an overall loss, however, a fusion of 1949/2024 in the cabinet was a great decision. Not going solid state to make it functional was also sweet. Thank you for the lessons and the entertainment.

[@jozefbubez6116]

Very unusual set. Here in l'il olde England there were no electrostatically-deflected TVs made commercially post WW2. ES-deflection was confined to kits and home-grown TVs made out of war-surplus parts. The added possibility of duff deflector coils/line output transformers would bring in their own troubles. Keep up the good work!

[@AndreiMinkin]

Замечательная работа! Хорошо, что вернули к жизни этого старичка!

[@yuragregori69]

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[@robharding5345]

Have to admire your patience and persistence in completing these old sets, great job. enjoyed the whole thing,

[@jasonrackawack9369]

This is pretty cool! Gadzooks.....the view of the wiring and resistors on the inside looks like a bomb went off in old radio shack parts shelf 😅😂🤣 I have an old 1947 RCA AM/FM table top radio that has circuits that look half as complicated to repair inside and I still cant get brave enough to try restoring it yet for fear of ruining it. This video was a good motivation to tackle it in small steps.

[@utzufideli9769]

I absolutely love your channel. I like repairing things and have fixed a few TVs too, I love seeing people take good care of tech and doing repairs, this is the spirit we should all have ngl.

[@televisionforever]

Hey thanks so much, that really means a lot to me to know people like the content I'm putting out. I do wish more appliances today were more accessible to repair. I think it would be good for people overall to know how things work.

[@krg038]

Great job. Takes me back to my "early days" of testing tubes at radio shack and working with my dad repairing tvs. Got me into electronics and computers.

[@wanaraz]

Every drug store in the 50s had a tube testing station with tubes.

[@krg038]

@@wanaraz true. Even Kmart

[@wanaraz]

@@krg038 I don't remember Kmart in our area. The San Fernando Valley. We had Super Fair and Zody's back then.

[@google_is_annoying_me_lots3440]

"dude, that's a nice-ass raster" is one of my favourite quotes I've ever heard in my life.

[@televisionforever]

Hahah yes, I was excited

[@merlin5476]

Wow... the underside of the chassis looks a complete mess, how on earth would anyone even with a schematic diagram start to fault find that!! Hats of to you sir for sorting that out 👍 And hats off to the people that constructed it in the 1st place. 👍

[@televisionforever]

I really can't fathom being the original engineers putting this television together. Absolute geniuses of their time.

[@merlin5476]

@@televisionforever spot on. It looks very complex in the construction side & no doubt a headache to fault find. I'm currently attempting to repair my old philips PM 3233 scope which i find a bit awkward, but it does have mainly PCB'S rather than tag board. 👍

[@onkelhiphop]

That was exactly what I thought omg 😂

[@kkteutsch6416]

That mess you said is by the craft technic those long ago times, a point to point with so many tubes circuit looks that someone were make repairs with bad or none criterea...😮

[@merlin5476]

@@kkteutsch6416 its an amazing and very good achievement how they were able to construct sets like they did back then. It does look like a mess , i wasnt being distasteful in my comment. 👍

[@paultetreault9243]

Fantastic job, fascinating to watch. My dad played football for Navy from '49-'51, someobdy might have watched him play, at least the Army-Navy game, on this set.

[@89ry89]

Such a cool tv and you did a really great restoration. I’d love to own a set like this and just set it up near my desk to watch older movies while I work or something. Would be awesome.

[@EJBert]

Looking at the inner workings of that old set all I could think was what a rat's nest! Cool restore! Now let me go watch the Yankees on my 75 inch tv!

[@aaronlegend14]

Great work. Came out perfect. My only complains is not getting to see glow it in a dimly lit room.

[@peterespada6226]

That’s terrific! I always wanted to see a TV of this era working. First time. Thanks!

[@The-Cosmic-Hobo]

Amazing seeing such old tech being resurrected! And love the eMac in the background... :)

[@Astronautdudz]

I wish I knew enough to fix these old televisions. My grandpa gave me his old family TV that his dad “my great grandpa” got from a friend in 1959. It was a 1950 model RCA. So I don’t wanna get rid of it since it’s been in the family for like almost 70 years so I’d much rather fix it. Just sucks I cant😂

[@Matt-re3or]

My first and only so far TV restoration is a big heavy behemoth of a 1955 zenith 'tabletop' model. First, I want to see the housewife carrying this thing around. It's gotta be close to 80 pounds. Second, what got mine going again was I pulled the chassis, sprayed the pots with WD-40 and worked everything back and forth. Watch everything closely and have a helper ready to yank the cord out of the wall in case something starts going awry. Note: I am not a TV repair man or an electronics expert. I'm a residential electrician at best. This was my experience, your luck may vary.

[@Earcandy73]

Wow, it looks spectacular and performs incredibly well! I have refinished many cabinets but I have never replaced veneer. I am now inspired to try my hand at it!

[@bobbressi5414]

I would love to own that! Old tec like that is awesome. All the diodes and resistors in that thing are super indimidating. It is amazing what engineers had to do before solid state components were developed.

[@Ysu72]

Impresionante!! Admirable el trabajo y la inteligencia necesaria. Enhorabuena!

[@Ped0772]

That cabinet resto was absolutely top notch. Amazing work.

[@televisionforever]

Thanks so much!

[@IvarsBezdechi]

As someone who will never be known to be speechless, I'm totally dumbfounded throughout this video. KUDOS!

[@csspinner]

That was awesome, man! I love how you breathed new life into that old TV. It’s a beautiful piece of engineering history.

[@bhollars3214]

This is so fascinating to me seeing how these old TVs work and seeing them work again. I would like to see more of the restoration of the electronics and the chassis though

[@samd3231]

Bonjour c'est incroyable l'évolution un peu de temps malgré tout des téléviseur on est plus surpris d'avoir des écrans de 1m30 voir plus grand alors qu à l'époque ils étaient tous agglutinés devant une petite image en noir et blanc de quelques centimètres de diagonale et c'était déjà magique c'est génial ce que vous faites je sauvegarder de restaurer le passé au niveau des appareils téléviseur et autre je découvre une voiture à chaîne et je crois que je vais regarder un peu tout ce que vous avez fait bravo bravo continuez !!! Hello, it's incredible the evolution of televisions in a little time despite everything, we are more surprised to have screens of 1m30 or even larger whereas at the time they were all clustered together in front of a small black and white image of a few centimeters diagonal and it was already magical it's great what you are doing I save to restore the past in terms of television devices and other I discovered a chain car and I think I'm going to look a little at everything you have well done, well done, keep going !!!

[@artszabo1015]

Excellent work!! A high praise from an old guy. Art from Ohio

[@bandersentv]

A few suggestions if I may. Use quarter cut veneer rather than face cut. That's what they used in all the cabinets back then. It has regular stripping rather than the big oval grain patterns. Also brown mahogany toner lacquer will give you even color over different wood types.

[@televisionforever]

Great point about the veneer. The next time I head to Rockler I'll pick up some quarter cut instead. I also could have used toner on the front to make it even but I'm happy with how it ultimately turned out.

[@bandersentv]

@@televisionforever and that's the most important thing 🙂

[@Kaepora2]

It's incredible just how far Technology has transformed, this was built less than 100 years ago.

[@rabbithowls71]

When you started touching the flyback I flinched instinctively, even though it likely hasn’t been powered on in many years.😅

[@jdrs4214]

I’m actually impressed by how that TV set looks, after you swapped out some old tires electronic components with new ones.

[@theroguetomato5362]

I picked up one similar to that out of someone's trash when I was a kid. It still worked. I used it in the basement while playing with various electronics. I remember watching Laugh-In while chatting with my buddy who was building an amplifier.

[@daveschmarder-1950]

It's good for another 75 years. :). I have a set that has a RCA 630 chassis, 10 inch kinescope. In 1984 it worked pretty good. Probably doesn't work anymore. The next owner can figure that out. My dad bought this set in 1948.

[@jblassio]

Excellent job! Cannot believe the work you did on this. Its amazing that you were able to restore a tv this old. I can’t imagine the historical events this TV probably showed. The bomb on Hiroshima, the Korean War, the election of Eisenhower. Pretty amazing!

[@chinablue1699]

Hard to describe how many things like this you would find in the trash in the late 70's / early eighties, my grandma had a huge wooden cabinet TV with a mirror that folded out from the top to see the screen from the tiny tube that displayed the video, mom threw it out one day along with other stuff that was just too outdated and the metal 19" B/W TV she replaced it with seemed huge by comparison and had a better quality image.

[@U2WB]

Wow. I’m always so inspired by someone with the technical knowledge to dive into a nest of connections like that and make something of it. This video was interesting and entertaining; I thoroughly enjoyed it - and I subscribed. 😊

[@knifeswitch5973]

Dude, that looks fantastic and for your first veneer job, you made it look like a cakewalk!

[@alexallen934]

I found this so interesting. I got to admit when I saw all the wires/capacitors etc, I felt like pacing and mumbling about what the heck is going on there? 🧐. In all seriousness, what a great restoration. Very talented indeed! 👍

[@urischwartz6711]

Kudos to you channel owner for your beautiful work

[@oystercreek9]

Looking great - excellent cabinet refinishing work. Thanks for letting me look over your shoulder during these restorations!

[@hardyboy1959]

Amazing! Love watching you bring these rarities back to life!

[@mikefinn2101]

Amazing restoration wonder how you manage to find such gems to restore. Love watching and learning great job thanks Mike

[@christianmacdonald288]

Just came across your channel today, I'm 32 and absolutely love the old electronics from the 30s to 60s , the work that your doing is awesome ! Keep up the good work buddy !

[@wanaraz]

Back in the 50s we had a thing called the Transister radio. Loved them.

[@Ricardo90]

Aparelhos que duram muito! Desse jeito que ficou mais 100 anos. Parabéns pelo seu trabalho 👏👏👏

[@matthewfusaro2590]

Awesome restoration! I wish I can get my hands on an old TV like this but there aren't any to be had in the country I live it.

[@peterduxbury927]

I didn't even think that TVs were around in 1949! II am also surprised that the picture didn't roll on the vertical Hold, and those associated problems! It is obvious that you knew what you were doing, and this takes me back to the 1960s when I used to fix the B&W TV Sets, taught by my Dad. Greetings from Australia.

[@norbertszekeres867]

They weren't common though

[@jeffsiegwart]

Very impressive! I repaired tube TV's from 1971 to 1983 in my TV business. I am surprised that the CRT was still good and that you found replacement tubes.

[@seanmohamad5701]

It really brings back memories watching Toy Story 😅 Good job on restorations, such a priceless piece you got there 😘

[@rwest1818]

Fabulous job on the veneer, something I would love to learn more about

[@gnored]

Looks great!

[@matthewh3795]

Wow that T.V. resto turned out absolutely beautiful 👌

[@rogeralmanzora5397]

a magnificent job! Greetings from Barcelona, ​​Spain ❤

[@ericvintage5725]

Beautiful TV, I would love to have the experience of working with one of these, a dream. But here where I live, in Brazil, all of this is very rare!

[@BillyBanter100]

Fantastic. A great restoration project. Very informative.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

OH. MY GOD. Where tf could I even begin to find a working TV like this?? It's so awesome and one of my dreams for as long as I can remember. The 40's-50's style is my thing. I'm not even a little electronic savvy so alas, I'll never be this lucky.

[@hanspecans]

It has nothing to do with luck. It has to do with research, and learning by doing. You CAN do it!

[@tapiosalomaki5107]

WOW! Great job. Great TV 😊👍

[@PatrickBaptist]

Fun to watch, looks nice sir.

[@shanetown]

A combination of words I never expected to hear in my life: "Dude, that's a nice-ass raster!"🤣

[@Rick-S-6063]

Everything turned out great. Quite an accomplishment. Congrats!

[@k1773ns]

I’m not sure how the algorithm sent me here but this was a really well made video. I know nothing of CRT but your pacing and editing was really well done and I enjoyed this. Plus the restoration was kinda relaxing and satisfying as well lol. (:

[@slothzombi307]

I have this exact TV. Bought it over 20 years ago thinking of having it restored. It's all there, has a good cabinet, and lights up. Then I thought I should convert to an LED screen. Seeing this, maybe it should be restored.

[@davidpar2]

My grandfather had a portable tv set in the 40s with a round screen like this. It was leather covered and had a carrying handle. I believe it was a Motorola, too

[@brendangilmore4297]

Really cool to see this - and Dude, the view out your glass doors is awesome :)

[@doog13r2]

Nice job and great work with the new veneer. It's like new now!

[@robertgaines-tulsa]

The cabinet looks great! The interference probably won't go away unless you pipe in composite video through an isolation transformer, but I've never seen anyone do that. I'm not sure why. TV tuners are defunct, now. It just seems inefficient to rely on a TV tuner.

[@koriwuzheer]

Watching him with the circuitry was like watching Chief O'brien going back in time to the original Enterprise... "It's all cross-circuited and patched together, I can't make head nor tails of it!" About the same time difference, too.

[@PCFixer]

This thing is awesome; wish they sold modern versions of these! So simple at first glance with all the chunky components on one side -- then you flipped it and showed the bonkers wire-maze beneath! 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikehunt9884]

lol i remember when the TV repair guy showed up to our place when i was a kid, we had one of those big wooden tv's like a lot of people had, he opened it up and i remember he was poking at stuff and sparks were flying out, i was fascinated by it.

[@GaitaPonto]

sweet little tv set. you deserve that beer.

[@TOMTOM-zj5xj]

When i was a kid in the 70's i used to open behind our Black white wood tv and mess around inside with the gear on 😂 i dunno how i still alive today 😂

[@misterwhipple2870]

My brother got 13,000 volts doing that one day in 1970. Damn near lit his wiener on fire. He was out for almost a minute and my mother thought he was dead. He woke up, though. Darn!

[@peterrezba995]

Just ran into your channel amazing! Subscribed and liked! Thanks for sharing!

[@john3kbs]

Just awesome. You did a great job - impressive!

[@nfkeller]

You are lucky to work in this tv, awesome CRT!!.

[@davedrezTV]

Great work Jack! You should be very proud of the restoration. Those Motorola chassis are fun to get going - and sometimes very difficult... I look forward to your future work!

[@StevenSclafani]

You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone.