1950 Hoffman Easy Vision Resurrection 14 inch tabletop TV

partial resurrection to verify television is a worthy restore candidate

[@shango066]

Schedule update. Monday TV video, Thursday transistor radio repair video. Subject to change without notice dependent on living state of creator.

[@abc-ni9uw]

Fair enough brother. In all seriousness though I really appreciate your time and efforts and I speak for the non dislikers

[@danmackintosh6325]

@@abc-ni9uw hear hear, and may everyone's living state continue on as it has done previously! Thanks Shango066 for the entertainment, always look forward to the resurrection videos & the Hoffmans are cool.

[@MVVblog]

Good to know! I really enjoy your videos.

[@positrone]

Thanks. Thats great news. Please more baked, encrusted spiders and resistors. i love your channel and i raise my glass everytime you say "schematic". Prost and greetings from germany

[@rugrataudio]

The more the better, I enjoy all your videos brother!

[@chetpomeroy1399]

Shango's content doesn't "saturate" or "burn [me] out." I actually *look forward* to his vintage electronics resurrection videos!

[@MsCori76]

Chet Pomeroy -Same here.

[@mrdouble]

What I was thinking

[@SeanDamonGreene]

Same here. Here, here, here.

[@janosnagyj.9540]

Me too. Actually the only thing I like about Mondays that in the evening, I can watch a new Shango video after dinner :)

[@arrowblockentertainment7893]

Same here. I like them, all of them.

[@JohnSurf5]

Thank you for putting this out. Some of us don’t give a dam about the Tiger King on Netflix.

[@fluffyblue4006]

As said already: Shango's vids do not saturate or burn out. The projects are interesting. The troubleshooting and resurrection procedures are hands-on and practical. Technical explanations are easy to understand. The narration is sublime. Voice and intonation as well. Just the right mix of sarcasm and cynicism shining through. I love it. What burns me out before I even start watching it is 1hour+ vids like "restoration of this-and-that, part 5 of 13". I'm glad that Shango doesn't do that. Resurrection rules! Please keep it coming, the more the better. Keep up the self-invented technical terms like squoingyboingler and the occasional conversations with tele-marketeers that can only be properly quoted by using the cyrillic alphabet. The way you are 'politically correct' is just perfect. It cracks me up every time. You even manage to make RadioTvPhonoNut's videos more entertaining. So, keep on going, until your living state permits it. You're doing great! Thank you.

[@KameraShy]

Exactly. Each piece is unique and a learning experience.

[@simonstergaard]

Agree. There is no humor like this anywhere. Sipping every pixel with delight.

[@n2n8sda]

Agree! if I see part x of 50 and they are an hour long each then it is usually some clueless idiot chasing their tale for hours because they didn't plug something in or know what they were doing.. Carlson's Lab can do a massive restore of some complex stuff to above factory standards in a couple of hours and his videos are aimed at everyone so explanation heavy, no need for several hours per part into double digit episodes unless your restoring a space shuttle. I enjoy the resurrection series as it is based on knowledge, finding out whats not working and doing the bare minimum to make it work, throw in some Shango humor and winning formula right there.

[@JacGoudsmit]

3:16 UHF Adapter for future channels. I hear one day we'll have over a dozen channels on our TVs. So much stuff to watch, you'll never want to leave your TV set.

[@joshuarivera7630]

i came across your channel fairly recently. i'm 22 years old from long island new york, and i have alot of interest in vintage electronics. something about vacuum tubes just amazes me. Stay safe during the coronavirus outbreak, and have a good week!!

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Get into the hobby young man. There are radio and ham amateur radio clubs and radio/TV museums. Lots of people who enjoy the searching and collecting as well as research and technology. And some are nostalgic. It's a great hobby and you can investigate physics, mathematics, and engineering through the study of the electronics and principles involved. God Bless

[@cambo1200]

More dead, crusty spiders please. No one else is providing crusty spider content.

[@Telewaifus]

I live in Italy and we are under lockout since March 8... I basically fully restore a soviet Rubin 714D and I start a Blaupunkt portable TV just today...

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Be well and God Bless

[@envisionelectronics]

“More of the same from him” is exactly what I enjoy. I’m working on the bench doing production type mods to boards. Most boring thing ever - so I watch hours of videos throughout my shift. I could only dream of more resurrections!

[@iamdarkyoshi]

Perfect way to start the day off

[@cjpwolf2436]

Me too!!! :)

[@Xplasma1]

Here's the thing though Shango. Every one of these old TV's is a piece of history, that you are documenting. To even know these TV's existed at all is amazing enough, but to see them working again is above and beyond the call of duty. That's also an answer to your question of "Why am I recording this in 4K?" Why is because you are documenting not just a TV screen, but the whole TV, its condition, and anything else of interest that might happen.

[@KameraShy]

This is OUR history. When this TV was young, I was young.

[@vancouverman4313]

An electronics instructor of mine in college used to tell us that the most important piece of test equipment in your tool kit was between your ears. Shango is a perfect example of someone who uses that piece of test equipment before he uses any other. Unless the technician analyzes the problem and understands the underlying workings of a piece of electronic equipment that's being worked on, all the fancy test gadgets aren't going to help him one iota.

[@aluminumfence]

"The rototweebulator is connected to the sprokydoimler. The spronkydoimler's connected to the tuning capacitor. The tuning capacitors is Krusty. AIRPLANE!"

[@crazystuddd]

im so happy u take time for your hobby!

[@abc-ni9uw]

And our hobby at heart

[@KurentEweser]

As a teen, I had this model in my bedroom around 1968. I used to run home from school everyday to watch Dark Shadows. Maintaining that TV sparked my interest in electronics.

[@ticn]

TV - aug 17 1950, video 50:17 minutes long, I see a pattern here

[@iworkout6912]

Saw a YT video of computers that were never cleaned by the owners. One had a dried out rat stuck in a fan, can't beat that.

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Recommend them to one of those Asian "restore and repair" channels - they will take care of all oddities.

[@MsCori76]

More videos the better. They certainly won’t burn us out, instead they will fix our boredom. Australia isn’t in full lockdown yet as our government won’t force it just yet or fully close all schools! Also you are right, no one isn’t taking it serious either, we still have people playing golf on the weekends & tennis. Most of our non essential businesses have closed. Dan, you are sexy with or without the gloves anyway. Stay safe from this virus sweetie, I’m already staying safe self isolating in my home with my kids as I have a weak immune system so I’m being extra careful. Luv u xoxo 😘

[@vwestlife]

You actually already have/had a Gamble-Skogmo TV: the 1970s Coronado TV you did a video about a few years ago. The sticker on the back of it says Gamble-Skogmo.

[@shango066]

Wow you have an impressive memory. It took me a minute to find the video and I remember that set but I have no clue where it is. Now I have to try and find it

[@TerryMcKean]

Yup... here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWixaq2Enq-JsMk

[@josericardogs1435]

Yeah man my family only uses Gamble-Skogmo goods, even my toilet paper have Gamble-Skogmo on it of course

[@markiangooley]

Easy if you’re time-travelers living in or near Minnesota...

[@jonathank.9924]

Wait, y'all still have toilet paper left? ☺

[@davidarnette327]

35 year old toilet paper?? America's first hoarder

[@rennethjarrett4580]

1950 TV still working in 2020! 70 years old!

[@80fordmustang6]

Wish I could stay home and binge your videos over my firestick on my zenith

[@kirbyyasha]

I appreciate that when you post videos Shango, they are good. I don't care if it takes awhile to post one, I'd always take quality videos over quantity.

[@bookerol]

I, for one, don't get burned out on your videos. May not always agree with what you do, but still enjoy watching. Thanks for all you do!

[@randomcrap763]

I wouldn't see it as "Saturation" But rather providing people with much needed entertainment while we are locked in the house... :)

[@randyab9go188]

Gamble's stores were popular in the Midwest. we have an old Gamble's store that transition to selling furniture and they still carry the gambles name

[@danieldaniels7571]

There was a Gamble’s store in Douglas, Wyoming, when I was in school in the late ‘80s.

[@maltronics]

More content please shango066 ,love your wit,humour,knowledge

[@MikeB_UK]

Love these resurrections. Thank you for doing these. Blows me away how a 70 year old TV can be coaxed into partially working again with mostly all original parts, yet modern electronics is lucky to last a fraction of that. Progress eh?! Well done sir.

[@ratoalado8850]

More lockdown oddities, shango is vacumming a set!!!!

[@stevehead365]

Never seen the like of it before, all that lovely rat poop gone to waste.

[@n2n8sda]

@@stevehead365 waste? He's probably collecting the corona ready to donate it to a worthy cause :P

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

You're absolutely right. Don't saturate, just do what you feel good doing.

[@JerryEricsson]

Back in, I believe it was 1978 I had just got out of the US Army, and moved home to resume my police career. We had a Gambles store in town where we purchased a water bed, and a living room set. We still have the end tables, but the couch, love seat and chairs were sold to a fellow police officer in the mid 1980's. He is gone now, leaving this world last 4th of July. Sad to see him go, he was a great friend. Incidentally I sold my '69 Cadillac to the owner of the store, he loved the old car, and I was sad to see it go but that 472 cubic inch engine just wanted more gas then I was willing to put in her.

[@5roundsrapid263]

Gamble-Skogmo was a department store chain in the Midwest and Canada. Soon after, they dropped the “Skogmo”.

[@randyr.parker2698]

"Oh, more from him" NOPE, not here, LOVE your videos. Born in 1960, and this old stuff fascinates me! I used to get behind our TV sets back when I was VERY young and start taking the back off, then my mom would start yelling to 'get out from behind there before you get shocked'! LOL! Go at whatever pace you want, I'll be here to watch them. ;)

[@jeremymartin1957]

Would love to see the full restoration of this. Hopefully the new adoptive parent will share the process or the final result with everyone

[@Pablo-he7gm]

Please keep posting. For me the longer the better... I prefer your videos than a movie.

[@jamienoel]

I don't know about the ice cream truck, but I consider your videos essential.

[@donh01965]

Shango066 is Vacuuming the set...it must be special.

[@1959Berre]

Guess he resurrected the vacuum first.

[@nicholasgardner1106]

Looks like it was a nice set in its day.

[@Burritosuupreme]

We need more videos showcasing the gamble skogmo lifestyle.

[@herbertsusmann986]

I for one will never tire of Shango videos no matter how many or how long they are. The more the better!

[@jmasseys]

Thanks for producing these additional videos. They are really helping us all.

[@RODALCO2007]

Sangamo Capacitor. (Sangamo used to make electricity meters and clocks as well). That is a very grunty transformer. I never get tired of your video's. Keep it up. COVID-19 apparel gloves, awesome. Great video, the horizontal lines are not distorted in the parrallel.

[@aaronblair9583]

Your videos are what I look forward to every week. I usually find it hard to wait until I can relax to watch. I work in healthcare, shit is horrible. Thank you for the entertainment.

[@donh01965]

Please, don't worry about adding too much content. I appreciate it all, and watch it all. Thanks for taking the time. Be well and safe!

[@ryan61384]

That roach coach actually yelled hello to passers by.

[@HD7100]

Through the years I have watched all of your resurrection videos and I have watched some of them more than once.

[@classiccomputers6211]

I wish Hoffman sets were more common over here on the East Coast, I really love the green glass gimmick for some reason. Gives it pizazz.

[@tonyp7779]

ha. its me. i start watching one the older vids when i get home from work, then fall asleep. wake up 4 hours later and the vids are still playing. no, your vids are not boring, im just tired from the commute from work.

[@DK640OBrianYT]

Very impressive work. Don't fear any saturation from here. Watching from Denmark Scandinavia and 1280KSurf-LAOldies is still an everyday favorite. Cheers mate.

[@robertjohnson8551]

The more the better. Can never get too many of your videos. Beats all the other folks making similar videos, hands down. Thank You

[@teacfan1080]

Amazing job! I never thought that would work, but then again, the creator of the video knew what he was doing. Petrified encrusted spider videos truly are amazing. Glad it's being adopted, no doubt he'll getting working great. Stay safe out there!

[@johnchildress6717]

I thought it never work again. Amazing

[@jamesmcdonough854]

Resurection videos are amazing. I find I watch a lot of videos from many different people that is something that makes youtube great.

[@iamrichrocker]

your core viewers will never complain about getting burned out on your videos....

[@bigjoeevblog1608]

It is interesting to see the metal chassis one can view what the was the most economical supplies used to build televisions

[@waltschannel7465]

Unsolicited input: This old man enjoys your videos immensely. I keep finding vids of yours that I have not seen. Personally, I'm not in lockdown, yet. I have a job in what is still judged an essential service. Auto parts. Matter of fact, my boss just asked me to pick up an extra shift this coming Saturday, which I declined. I'll watch whatever you produce. But please, stay healthy man! ❤️

[@volvo09]

I hope the future owner gets it restored nicely, those Hoffman's are a nice looking set for a living room. I'd love to find a console someday.

[@Axel_Forgiono]

Thanks for your videos, I enjoy them a lot. Greetings from Argentina!.

[@albear972]

Sweet! That TV has lived in LA all it's life. Channel 13, today KCOP was known as KLAC between 1948-1954 It changed to KCOP in 54' The white black beauty is just a black one with vitiligo.

[@isoguy.]

Shango 24/7 Dead Spiders, door knob capacitors, mine explorers etc. How did that song go "just can't get enough" Your vids override all others when you pop up in the notifications. Where else do you see real genuine, interesting, constructive people on the tube. Awesome vid and thanks for sharing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@clifffiftytwo]

This is a classic, right up there with bringing those desert sets back - great job!

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Shango finds sets in the desert and other places - brings them back from the dead - just like Lazarus.

[@filter4now]

Thanks Shango, I didn't realize that HV Rectifier stand was in fact, a capacitor. I wondered why it was "grounded" to something that seemed insulated

[@phoeberaymond8781]

These are very educational. I recently acquired a philco 50-T1400 and am interested in making it work again; there doesn't seem to be a lot of info on that model

[@video99couk]

Also amazing that in the USA, you still have transmissions which a 70 year old TV can pick up. In the UK, our early VHF signals were shut down in 1985 and UHF about 2010.

[@video99couk]

@that guy Oh, I thought on a previous video that there was still a local station on analogue, but I may be wrong.

[@craigstaggs8597]

Blaaab blea bla ble ble blebb ….. Classic track !!!! ….... Please keep the fun , yet informative vids coming Shango , I've got the bugger bug so I'm feelin rough but you keep us going ! Thank you !

[@JD-ed2qr]

hey creator and viewers you diffidently have my attention. The top quality content, maybe its me. it makes me feel think of my fine young memory's or are you my lost twin. when i view your videos i say to myself ,self why did you trash all them old electronics you loved so much. many years ago my math teacher gave me her black and white zenith tone bar remote set. it was a score it had a good CRT. Most finds in the old days were completely worn out . I really learned the hard way back then. when i got my first meter it was a treat indeed. to make a long story short. i was not a very good boy i didn't clean my room as i should. But any how my mother cleaned my room and like you i kept the back off the zenith. she push it hard up close to the wall and broke the CRT. I was so upset it was my pride and joy. i fix that think up swell and i only had a meter and a light bulb. No SAMS no ctr checked no tube tester if fact i had to walk to the drug store to test my tubes on a old mercury unit. I worn that sucker out indeed. so many good memory's! i just a few years ago i trashed a bran new not rebuilt RCA roundly it was purchased before they went buy buy . and i recently just found your KZbin page and still kicking my self for the trashed that CRT. I will never get bored with your content or humor. i sure wish i could find some old sets here on the east coast USA. but by now if i horded them old electronics i would have to own a Amazon warehouse to keep them all. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I WILL NEVER GET ENOUGH ! thanks again shango066 AWESOME- FANTASTIC - RIVETING TIPS AND MORE

[@tony--james]

Awesome!! A Shango066 vid to start the week!! excellent stuff!!! edit: I lost it laughing when he talked about the Covid19 apparel, blue gloves lol

[@alexpinkerton7459]

There's a point where depreciation becomes decomposition. A point that set reached, before most of us were born.

[@heath7766]

Rauland was actually the brand of crt hoffman used. They also supplied some of admirals sets and dumont.

[@markiangooley]

Sangamo Electric was named for the Sangamon River in Illinois. SAN-ga-mon, hence SAN-ga-mo...

[@nicholaslemonakis5138]

Hi Shango! I always enjoy these videos! Interesting history as well with the Los Angeles TV channels on the dial. Ch 13 in Los Angeles is now KCOP and is owned by Fox along with KTTV Ch 11.

[@coondogtheman]

shango)66 I love hearing your commentary on current events, politics, and recently the pandemic. And you should leave the mike gain all the way up. It's interesting to hear the background noises as well as the radio stations in your area. I like this new "mod" you did to this TV. it does make a good FM radio.

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

really fantastic fascinating show. bravo.

[@davidarnette327]

If anyone was to bet me that shango would be using a vacuum cleaner !?...I would have taken that bet, if I were a Gambling Skogmo.

[@repairitdontreplaceit]

more content please :)

[@jenesaisquoi54]

Good videos in troubling times, helping a lot!

[@GadgetWusky]

You are like a fortune telling Ray of sunshine: “LA’s gonna be just like New York”

[@nivlick]

I’m always happy to watch your videos. I eve re watch videos. If you posted more I would watch more.

[@tpcdude]

It was therapeutic to see you actually use a vacuum before energizing the vacuum tubes.

[@m.lecollie3565]

I must be pretty ancient. I can remember the neon Hoffman sign at their factory in LA. It was the brand our first TV.

[@margaqrt]

Great work on the Gamble SKOGmo set. Glad it's going to a good home.

[@kensherwood4866]

Great to see you working your magic on a rescued chassis. Keep the videos coming while you can. Love the mix of electronics and irony with a dash of sarcasm. Thanks from locked down uk

[@markmarkofkane8167]

I enjoy your videos!! Do videos of different things or whatever. The plumbing vids and vehicle repairs are great too. You started the ppe fashion way before many.

[@warmsteamingpile]

A 70 year old set and you got it almost running in under an hour.

[@geronimostade8279]

1950 is pretty darn old... i love it

[@brcd1314]

I like extra videos, I always learn something with each video. Thanks.

[@15743_Hertz]

I did some quick research on WLAC. The station originates from Los Angeles, CA, (hence the "LAC" in "WLAC"), on September 17, 1948, on TV Channel 13. The station changed its call letters to KCOP on December 23, 1953. The station has a rich history of celebrity actors and directors. For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCOP-TV

[@LakeNipissing]

Shango, I always watch all of your videos right to the end. Wish I could have dropped off those old portable radios for you, when I was in Los Angeles!

[@tiporari]

Lol, your wit is fantastic brother. Please don't ever change.

[@tikkachunk]

don’t worry keep videos coming Kev uk

[@davepike6170]

Always enjoy and look forward to your videos, especially as long as the spiders are already dead and crusty! 🤪😳😱😆

[@jaydubzonward]

only good things can come from more shango videos :) always something i look forward to on a monday!

[@davidraezer5937]

Awesome video as always. You can never publish too many videos as far as I’m concerned.

[@bitrot42]

From the thumbnail I thought you were resurrecting an empty cabinet for April Fools. Glad to see it was the real deal. Stay safe!

[@randymoyer5351]

I would watch most all the videos as they are very interesting i was wondering why you were not on monday there, but it wouldn't bother me to see more of you're videos, keep them a comming. . i'll be looking for more of them as they come.

[@slopsock8070]

Your voice is the resurrection of Terrence McKenna, soothing to listen to.

[@rexoliver7780]

Remember one of these TV's from when I was very little-it was in the basement of our Denver Colorado house-this was the "kids" set.Mom and Dad had the new Zenith upstairs in the living room.Would have liked to have seen this TV with that green "easy vision" lens over the screen of the CRT.Think the green was worse than the nice monochrome picture you were getting.Ours was with the green screen.So remember Mickey Mouse club,Superman,Howdy Doody,and many cartoons on that old TV.Was in the fifties.Ours was a wood console.Also it was fun looking at the tubes lit up in the back!

[@christopherhulse8385]

Enjoying your videos as ever, from England.

[@ronnewby3196]

Great work I work nights get up early to watch your vids before work!

[@naderhumood1199]

Great job Sir..... Thank you

[@davefrancis4499]

I just picked up a 1950 cabinet version of this tv. Same chassis it looks like. I have the same burnt up large brown resistors that have turned white, one of them is completely melted down. I can't find any info on this chassis anywhere. I've found a few manuals for other models that are similar but nothing close enough. Do you know the resistor values of the larger brown wire wound flat resistors? There's 2 on the focus potentiometer and 2 in the middle of the chassis (the one that has turned white)? Or where I could find a wiring diagram for this model?