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1957 Sylvania Halolight Blonde Tabletop Television

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Hepcats Haven

Please excuse those unsightly cords, I plan to remedy that soon enough.

A while back I came across this television in Sacramento. I thought it might be a good conversion project for our friend Justin of Stellar Electronics. Justin said he liked the tv, so I offered to pick it up. But, once I picked it up I fell in love with it! It was so clean and even had the original floor stand.

I asked Justin if he would be interested in a conversion trade for our 1960 GE conversion that he completed for us sometime back. Luckily, he agreed. The General Electric conversion was dynamite, but this style TV works better with our decor.

This television is now in our guest bedroom. I refinished the cabinet to match the Franklin Shockey bedroom set in the room. It all looks so fantastic together.

These are nondescript corner speakers. I plan to replace the fabric on both of them with something atomic. I’ll also refinish them in the champagne Heywood Wakefield toner sold by Jeff at Needful_Useful_Things on eBay.

These are the corner mount wall speakers that Mel and I picked up to complement the Sylvania. I plan to rewire them and get them hung in time for the up and coming Sacramento Mid-Century Modern Home Tour.

Justin also added more modern connectivity to the back of the set.

Of course, this is what these televisions are known for, the ring of light on the front. I am so glad we have a Halo in our collection now. This is such a unique television.

This television has a pleasing glow and has multiple setting for the brightness of the surround.

We had this fantastic asian television lamp that I knew would look great on this set. The whole idea of the Halo television was to make tv lamps obsolete, but I couldn’t help myself.

I plan to just have a DVD player hooked up to it so guests can watch any of the classic movie flicks we have in our collection.

This was the last piece of furniture to add to this room. I couldn’t be more pleased with the look of this room.

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1959 Philco Safari H-2010

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Hepcats Haven

Presenting the Philco Safari Model H-2010, the World’s First Transistor Battery-Powered Television. Take it anywhere-enjoy it everywhere! It’s the all-transistor Philco Safari. 15lbs. of portable fun. Fine-screen picture, glare-proof hood, built-in antenna, long-life battery, rich leather case…a fabulous “first” from Philco! $250

Mel and I recently picked this little fella up and love it! It has such cool styling and real genuine top grade cow hide. This is the first truly portable transistor television!

They came in two colors, black and tan. The black seems to be more desirable but I like the tan.

Here is the black version.

Ours fired up just fine. The great thing is that since it is a transistor television you don’t have to be afraid to plug it in even if it has sat a while.

We are soo happy that all the knobs, hood and antenna are all there. Unfortunately, you find these without the hood pretty regularly. The leather on this unit is very clean without much wear.

The screen you see is a reflection of a smaller screen below the visible screen. I don’t have a converter hooked up right now so all you see is static.

Here is the battery that allowed these to become wireless. No surprise mine is long gone.

Here is a great commercial and some ads…

Here we have Buffy and Maximilian watching their Safari while cruising the lake in their Chris Craft, lucky!

Cool idea taking it to the beach but if I recall sand and electronics are arch enemies.

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Very Rare 1950’s Philco Miss America Model F4626M Television

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Hepcats Haven

When we purchased this, it really did not require any special restoration. I touched up the cabinet and cleaned it but other than that it is in great shape. This Philco model was the first television model able to pivot side to side so you can turn the viewing direction . It has a really nice cabinet that had a lot of style. The great thing is that it works. Of course the antenna is not an option anymore (just for looks), but I did connect a DVD player and it works great (Some like it hot is playing). I am sorry but the quality of what was made then compared to today is incomparable. This television is over 60-70 years old and it works! Who ever owned it sure took great care of it.

What Mel and I like to do is once a month we plan for a 50’s tv night, usually on a weekend. What we do is hang out in our ultra 50’s living room, put in a 50’s movie and just experience what it was like. I can tell you there is something to the overall feel you get sitting there watching a classic movie on an original television from the period. We love it.

This will be a cherished item in our house for a long time.

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