Good Old TVs

[jatinsoni200654]

ONIDA (dont know the model no)(1988)
I still remember when i asked my parents to take that box(cartoon) of ONIDA TV out my room because there was a picture of a bald man smiling with horns who used to scare me at nights.
It expires when i accidently pulled it down from the TV trolly (2000-2001).The body was so rock solid that there was not a single crack on it even after felling from 3-4 feet, only a black spot left behind on the picture tube.AT that time my family didnt want to miss even a single show of KBC so we rushed to a nearby LG store and immediately bought a new one LG Golden eye Supreme.All were very satisfied with sound quality and new golden eye feature which eventually escapes me from scolding for breaking a TV.

 

[denom]

The wooden cabinet was a distinct feature of this model along with the fact that it came with a wireless remote control which was way ahead for its time as we only had one channel - Doordarshan hyeah: Besides as a kid I was fascinated that some of the other control buttons were hidden behind a door which for my age at that time was like magic.

Also if you all recollect in the 80's it was very common to have a SONY TV paired up with a National VCR. The national VCR - NV 340 and NV 7500 were the typical models of that time, both of which were great work horse models. I had the NV 7500 model and it worked for 18 years without any problmes at all.

I remember the NV340 VCR as my dad used to rent it over the weekends for watching movies with the extended family, with an average rental of 6 movie cassettes to view :yahoo: Those were the good old dayshyeah: The distinct feature of the NV340 R was the heavy duty top loading mechanism, solid state!!!:clapping: those VCR's too were built like tanks!

 

[spiderman]

The other great local brand was our own government manufactured EC (Electronics Corporation) TV, which also had a sizebale market share amongst the people who belived only government companies make the best products.

Strangely If I am not wrong most the Indian manufacturers had Japanese collaborators, but EC had a Russian partner don't recollect the name.

 

[JAX]

Wow! Thats Great. Could you just tell little more of this TV. Did you ever get a chance to see 3D picture? What was the content and what about normal viewing? Intrested because it was really unique & much ahead of time Tv.

The TV displays Anaglyph 3D. Press a button and it turns the normal 2D TV program to Anaglyph 3D which gives a sense of depth using Red/Cyan glass. It doesnt need/support any special broadcast.

3D sounds great. But you gets bored after using it a few times. Haven't used the 3D functionality for years now.

I will put up some snaps of the tv and its 3D content soon.

 

[deba]

The greatest thing I miss are the "Made in Japan / Fabrique au Japon " wriiten at the back of all Sony Product.The finishing and built quality was excellent.......

Now its all Chinese............buy today throw tommorrow........

 

[vktyagi]

Some state government brands did very good business and enjoyed good brand equity. Some of them still in memory are Uptron, Keltron, Reico, Webel. Konark. My first TV was Uptron a B/W one and second also a Uptron color. Afterwards all were Philips, one of them, a 29" model still working in a room.

 

[spiderman]

The greatest thing I miss are the "Made in Japan / Fabrique au Japon " wriiten at the back of all Sony Product.The finishing and built quality was excellent.......

Now its all Chinese............buy today throw tommorrow........

I agree and miss that too.

But even if you buy a "Made in Japan" product today even then it does not last very long like previous years. I had a few digital cameras which were "Made in Japan" but after 3 or 4 years they show some minor problems.

Besides the few Made in Japan products that are still available like the high end SONY TV's are very expensive.

Spiderman

 

[csczero]

my crown tv 1992 21 " ... still going strong

 

[jerry53]

i have the onida model that viper 08 mentioned my dad bought it for 13k at 1989 It has a hitachi picture tube and jvc speakers the picture is fantastic sound is good too the downside is it only has 12 programmable channels ,a limited tuner,colour drain when exposed to magnetic objects .we used it as a primary tv from 1989-2005 ,the remote was revolutionary at that time it was a magnetic remote which can be stuck back to the tv when not using it the remote had sensors on both sides as well the flap open speakers were a mess though my da broke 2 while opening and i broke the remote believe it or not it still works well and it now at my dad's study.

 

[hemantwaghe]

The wooden cabinet was a distinct feature of this model along with the fact that it came with a wireless remote control which was way ahead for its time as we only had one channel - Doordarshan hyeah: Besides as a kid I was fascinated that some of the other control buttons were hidden behind a door which for my age at that time was like magic.

Also if you all recollect in the 80's it was very common to have a SONY TV paired up with a National VCR. The national VCR - NV 340 and NV 7500 were the typical models of that time, both of which were great work horse models. I had the NV 7500 model and it worked for 18 years without any problmes at all.

And remember this sticker on all Sony products?

( BTW my Sont Turntable still has it)

 

[viper08]

the downside is it only has 12 programmable channels ,a limited tuner,

Hmmm. The requirement of more no. of channels and a tuner is almost gone now.Just A/V works for to connect STB. Few years back people used to change tuners with s band to get more channels.

 

[spiderman]

That sticker used to be on my old SONY TV screen too.

 

[baccilus]

All your's TV's have retired. My 1986 Model Weston TV is the only TV in my house. I am planning to buy a 42" Plasma or LCD very soon. But I don't think dad will let me give our old TV away for exchange.
BTW, if mom opens the trunk any time soon, I will surely post the copy of the TV's bill and Warranty card here.

 

[The_Falcon]

Anybody remembers or had Kinetik Merlin?
Was it a combo of Tv + Hifi + PC or something else?

It was pretty revoltionalry idead that time which didn't get going.

Yes I remember it. They used to place full page Ads in The Times of India. Gosh it was pretty costly in those days ...am not sure but guess it was on the 30K price range.

 

[The_Falcon]

People you forgot BPL !
I remember one 21" model named The Emperor. It had built in sub-woofer and also had a surround mode. The sound quality was excellent from this one.

 

[keith_correa]

I think there was a Bharat TV - or is that my imagination?

The first color TV I watched - was not color. At least not the way we know a color TV to be. There used to be a crummy detachable eye strain protector screen that could be bought and placed in front of the screen. My neighbour bought one such screen stained 3 colors - red, yellow and light green. Viola - color TV. I remember all the neighbours oohing and aahing

The 1st real color TV, Dad bought was during the Asiad @ Delhi. Was a Weston. I opened it up to see what's inside and found all Hitachi components. Color reproduction was MAGNIFICENT! My neighbours SONY 2032 paled in comparison. I still remember how they couldn't get over the fact that an "Indian" TV was better than their "bought from Dubai" TV. Dad didn't buy the remote cause it was Rs.1000 xtra and he could not afford to spend that much on a seemingly useless thing especially when he could use me & my sisters to perform the same function the remote used to do. :lol:
Weston performed brilliantly for 15 years after which there was something minor that went wrong like I think a switch malfunction and a well known "TV mechanic" messed with something resulting in something major that went wrong. In those days they used to say - Electronic equipment? Once you open it and repaired it - it would never be the same. Was true in case of the TV

 

[WHATSINANAME]

1. Our family's first ever TV was a black and white Televista (I think) which was 14" in size and had a single wooden shutter which closed from right to left.

2. When we shifted to Delhi we had a Bush 21", again black and white, which lasted for about 5 years.

3. Finally went colour with a Onida 21", sold to us by a dealer in Green Park who said this was the best TV in India after Sony! I still remember that dealer, he was fond of saying about every feature of the TV, "it's not a feature, it's a privilege!" My dad and I had a good laugh over this when we came out of the shop. The Onida also lasted for about 5 odd years.

4. Then Akai came out with an offer for a 14" free with a 21", and out went the Onida. The Akai 21" is still going strong (the remote is in bad shape though)

5. Then I started living on my own and the first - really cheap - TV I bought was an Aiwa 21".

6. I swapped the Aiwa when I felt the need for a slightly bigger size and went for a Sansui 29" which was again the cheapest 29" in the market! This was all before I knew or cared about things like PQ, and deep blacks and stuff like that!

7. Now I have an LG 42PQ60, the first TV for which I actually did some research before buying!

 

[jerry53]

People you forgot BPL !
I remember one 21" model named The Emperor. It had built in sub-woofer and also had a surround mode. The sound quality was excellent from this one.

The emperor was magnificient ,the sound was epic my uncle had it ,they had advertised it had some drum beat system or something still remember the ad saw it in the hindu -sunday magazine.

 

[naripeddi]

I remember my grand father had a portable Black & White TV with the brand 'EC TV". apparently it was produced by electronic Corporation of India. It was during 80's.

Also, my relatives had one of those shutter TVs under the brand "Konark".

It would be very nice to see photographs of all those old TVs that are reported by the users. I don't have the photos.

 

[santhukp]

in 1988 My Dad purchased a 20" Onida TV Victory Model with 8 channel.Still giving good competition to my New 22" SAMSUNG LCD.Superb picture Quality and in 21" Years only 2 services!!!!.