Vintage 1970s TV commercials for color television sets. 1. Quasar 2. RCA 3. Philco Ford 4. Sears 5. Sylvania 6. Philco Ford 7. Sylvania 8. RCA 9. GE 10. GE 11. Magnavox 12. RCA 13. Motorola Quasar 14. Zenith
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@Dougc3157 Жыл бұрын
Amazing, all of those brand name television company's are gone, what a shame.
@kingporter672 жыл бұрын
Excellent television sets from the 1970's, great commercial!!
@EthanWhateley5 жыл бұрын
I think I just added about 50 views to this just to hear the lady singing the word QuAsar.. ..such a mind blowing trip back to the early -mid 70s!
@JENDALL7142 жыл бұрын
I still have my Space Command TV, still works flawlessly! I paired it with a Zenith HD receiver and the picture looks better than ever. The HD receiver remote even can control the TV even though the tv is 40 years old. Zenith has never changed their infrared signal, despite being sold to LG electronics.
I wish I had a lounge with some old sets from each century.
@kgoundan7 жыл бұрын
Imagine how the cat in the Sylvania commercial would react to a HD video on today's TVs
@TheBrooklynbodine5 жыл бұрын
Yeah that'd be something, wouldn't it?
@vincef.82615 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrooklynbodine The damn cat would probably jump right into the screen of todays tvs.
@TheBrooklynbodine5 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't surprise me, as realistic as TVs are nowadays.
@cptcrogge3 жыл бұрын
It depends on the panel type and amount of hz, some TVs are not "animal friendly".
@skinnyblinddude3 жыл бұрын
Notice the "dramatization" disclaimer.
@mrdopeyalvarez61943 жыл бұрын
Wow this reminded me of the color knobs who had to adjust on color TVs LOL contrast , brightness , color
@alberttatlock52374 жыл бұрын
Mid 1970s 25 inch color tv set cost about $500, that's equal to spending over $2000 on a tv set today
@kgoundan3 жыл бұрын
That would buy a top quality OLED TV today
@F1JV5 жыл бұрын
I think the 1973 GE is the STANDOUT...just an incredible modern, BEAUTIFUL console...all the rest look pretty much the same. The cabinets with closing doors are nice BUT the '73 GE is the BEST looking console here.
@ptrgreeny Жыл бұрын
1:00 If the Philco TV commercial is from the late '60s or very early 70s...that TV's $480.00 price would be around $3500 in 2022. And it would only pickup VHF stations...there's no UHF tuner on the set... which wasn't really that uncommon then.
@ohger1 Жыл бұрын
That Philco TV did have a UHF tuner, they just used a single knob. When put on the U position, the fine tuning for the VHF turned the UHF tuner. All TVs since 1961 were required to have them (All Channels Act).
@paulronco97093 жыл бұрын
Makes me wonder, what the state of the art will be in another 50 years. I was born in 61.
@user-or6yn8pm3c6 ай бұрын
It will probably be a pair of goggles.
@jeffscomp4 жыл бұрын
I knew a guy who had the 1973 ge tv in the commercial. It was pretty nice.
@brentmann29883 жыл бұрын
1:00 the famous commercial actor James Harder for Philco. You'll recognize him as Big Fig in spots for Fig Newtons. 2:28 Karl Weber is the voice-over talent for Philco.
@tingokuman2 жыл бұрын
Commercials that actually told the truth. RCA was hands down the best picture. The Quasar was the most durable. Zenith had a remote and was the jack of all trades. GE had the best cabinets.
@Sta22007 жыл бұрын
The RCA colotrak "Direct address " sets from 1976 to 1978..are HARDER to find now..than many late 1950"s color sets !! I have THREE of the big "calculator look" remotes for them..but NO set..yet..
@ohger1 Жыл бұрын
The good news is that the early ColorTrak digital TVs were very reliable. Once in a while we'd see some bad solder connections in the digital tuner sub chassis, but otherwise a solid design. The remotes were padded around the outside IIRC.
@TheBrooklynbodine5 жыл бұрын
Back at my old house, I have an '86 Magnavox floor model and an (I guess it's 18 inches) 1978 Sears TV.
@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste30104 жыл бұрын
Gary Kerns annd?!
@TheBrooklynbodine4 жыл бұрын
@@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010 Well. I guess they'd be considered antiques, considering the Magnavox is now 34 years old and the Sears is 42, but I don't care, 'cause when they go to knock the place down, they're welcome to whatever's in there.
@UndergroundMasterify3 жыл бұрын
The sears set was reliable?
@TheBrooklynbodine3 жыл бұрын
@@UndergroundMasterify Yes, it was. The only reason we retired it was because we got the Magnavox. For that matter, we disconnected the Sears from the cable and were still able to get a couple or three local stations. The Magnavox was color, the Sears a black and white.
@skinnyblinddude3 жыл бұрын
Most floor consoles of yore exhibited very pleasing audio performance via their integrated speakers. Nowadays one must connect good external audio systems to modern sets to enjoy quality sound. Not a complaint, but rather an observation. Customized speaker placement can add tremendously to the experience with full range stereophonic and even surround sound. Technology certainly has come a long way and these vintage ads truly demonstrate that. Without that early technology, we wouldn't have the technology of today.
@pcno28327 жыл бұрын
3:58 I have a GE set from 1988 with stereo sound and a "third channel" button for Spanish translations and whatever enhancements were available. But nowhere on the set or in the owner's manual does it mention VIR. It does have a cursory description of a "color and contrast tracking system" that was part of its digital tuner. From what I've read, VIR was pretty much standard on any decent 1980s set, but I'm surprised that GE wasn't touting the fact that they originated it only 10 years earlier.
@Soxruleyanksdrool3 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 70s, I seem to remember RCA marketing the hell out of the XL100s. Those ads were constantly on. However I don't remember how good these TVs were.
@ohger1 Жыл бұрын
They were as good as TVs could be for that time. I sold them new, virtually bullet proof.
@Ctrl-XYZ3 жыл бұрын
The GE VIR TV ad showing a rear-projection set is from the early 1980s.
@alanschwartz11573 жыл бұрын
Dang! I started getting all weepy and nostalgic there for a minute. I loved this. Some of those sets were real pieces of furniture. I've been looking around for one of those all-in-one consoles. Remove all the old innards and craft in a flat screen and update the stereo with some state-of-the-art stereo pieces. It'd be a heck of a wood working project to get it to look right.
@scottwalper8733 Жыл бұрын
when they were actually made in the US
@sa32706 ай бұрын
How strange is it that I remember seeing these ads over the air.
@TheBrooklynbodine6 жыл бұрын
Zenith's "The quality goes in before the name goes on" hasn't been used for decades, has it?
@luisreyes1963 Жыл бұрын
Not since Korean electronics firm LG bought out Zenith.
@robnation24754 жыл бұрын
5:00 That's how the term "Console" TV came about.
@nyki7fykxtjxyi5 жыл бұрын
Sears wow
@MVVblog3 жыл бұрын
5:15 Sad Magnavox TV Set... I want one!
@BigSi-xw6wv7 жыл бұрын
awesome.
@robribant67165 жыл бұрын
I like how they saved their asses by saying “closed circuit tv” because reality back then was every TV set had to be adjusted constantly.
@trevordance51815 жыл бұрын
Ntsc color was a poor system. It suffered from being the first. Pal and Secam, which came later, were far better in showing realistic, natural, stable, sharper, and reliable pictures.
@senorverde094 жыл бұрын
@@trevordance5181 The FCC wanted a compatible color system that didn't use up any more bandwidth than a conventional B&W broadcast and one that could work on preexisting B&W sets. A lot of people forget that in Britain the BBC was simultaneously broadcasting both 405 line B&W television and 625 line PAL television up until the mid 80s. There was no way the FCC would ever allow that sort of waste of bandwidth in the radio spectrum. So pretty much it was a very good compromise based on the limitations set by the FCC and the technology of the day.
@trevordance51814 жыл бұрын
@@senorverde09 The BBC introduced 405 line tv back in 1936. Like Ntsc colour it was ground breaking for its time, but suffered from being the first. By 1960 it was realised that 405 lines was old fashioned and so any new innovations like colour and 625 lines, already being used in most of Europe, weren't planned to be backward compatable. However because of the amount of 405 line sets still in use and also until a new nationwide network of 625 line transmitters could be built it was decided to have the two systems, 405 lines and 625 lines, running side by side for the next few years. In fact it was the mid 1980's when 405 line transmissions finally ended. By that time only a very small amount of people were watching that system. 625 line Pal colour could obviously be viewed in black and white by those owning a 625 line monachrome set. By the way, when the Republic of Ireland started tv services in the early 60's they used 625 lines. However in the areas of the country where people could pick up 405 line transmissions from the UK and therefore had already 405 line sets in there homes, the Irish 625 line services where similcast on 405 lines so they could be viewed on pre-existing sets.
@dougbrowning823 жыл бұрын
@@senorverde09 The first color TV system in N. America was CBS's Colorwheel system. Each color was transmitted as a separate frame while a multi colored wheel rotated n front of the monochrome screen. Obviously, this was not compatible with the existing B&W system and was limited to small screens and projectors, and was not suitable to become standard. CBS waited and reluctantly adopted NTSC in 1964.
@dougbrowning823 жыл бұрын
@@trevordance5181 PAL was developed by the German firm, Telefunken (invented by Walter Bruch), and the first broadcasts were by the BBC in 1967. Telefunken was eventually bought out by French firm Thompson (now Technicolor SA). Thompson also bought the developers of SECAM, Compagnie Générale de Télévision, and NTSC, RCA, and so eventually owned all three analog TV standards.
@sa32706 ай бұрын
$480 back then is probably worth $2500 in today's dollars.
@sixsentsoldiers3 жыл бұрын
I miss these days. Most of which i hadn't been born. Back when things were made to last. Because it meant something. When it did go down, you'd have nothing else but Your Brand. Similar to a man's word and handshake. Don't get me wrong, i love technology and the advancement. But these days were a lot simpler.
@TheBrooklynbodine3 жыл бұрын
Yes, they were. I was born in '63, so I well remember them.
@DangerDuckAvengerDaffy6 ай бұрын
KZfaq really is the closest thing we have to a Time Machine
@olika90763 жыл бұрын
So many brands ... so many manufacturers that employed 1,000s and 1,000s ... vanished. Another entire US industry that could not keep pace with more competitive brands from elsewhere in the world ... think of it, if only the US would be able to establish long term thinking in business, instead of jumping from FQ to FQ and give CEOs a raise because they were able to "proove" on an xls sheet that profits under their "reign" were growing, so that stockholders were satisfied.... it is insane from a long term perspective how damaging this system is. These decision maker "patriots" were the ones who are responsible for American decline in manufacturing. They decided to manufacture elsewhere in the world or let "unprofitable" branches and products die. This type of business practice is far more costly in the long run. The damage job loss and loss of manufacturing ability for society as a whole is far worse than to follow the "necessities to cut cost" to "remain in the market" (for how much longer?) The more patriotic thing would be to invest in R&D, re-invest profits instead of spending another million for a "gifted" CEO. How about creativity to gain an edge over competitors as opposed to simply slashing cost and be the short time hero of a few stock holders?! This has been going on with cars, appliances and all kinds of manufacturers... So sad to watch this... I know it's all about globalisation and that there was no alternative ... is that REALLY so? (and I am NOT talking socialism and don't even mention t****) ...
@scottwalper8733 Жыл бұрын
not going to happen, all these companies now care about is the oh mighty dollar....
@fairfaxcat1312 Жыл бұрын
What this commentator, “JENDALL714,” is is a “space commander.” His choice to own and operate a “Space Commander” television set allows him to commandeer the rule of the universe of space-our “last frontier.”
@aiberlane33906 жыл бұрын
I don't think any of these companies even make TVs anymore. Maybe Zenith, but I haven't seen them in America in probably 20 years!
@richardhz-oi8px6 жыл бұрын
They really aren't the same companies, RCA was sold off to Thomson/Technicolor when GE bought out RCA, Thomson no longer makes electronics, they license that out to other(Chinese) manufacturers. Magnavox is the same, they were bought out by the European brand Philips who now license out both Philips and Magnavox names to Chinese manufacturers. Zenith was bought out by LG in the 1990s and is now just a low end re-badge. There are no more American electronics manufacturers.
@richardhz-oi8px6 жыл бұрын
Certain computer manufacturers are American, I agree, but most of their products aren't even designed here anymore, even design has been outsourced. Vizio is simply a television importer that re-badges sets from China, although some of the profits do stay here. It would be no different than if i bought a shipping container full of badge-less Chinese televisions and stuck my name on them. Element electronics claims their TV sets were made here in the US, but their sets were made in China, just imported with the board separate so they could screw it down and claim that it was made here. Electronics as a major US employer and industry is no more.
@eamonhorahan6665 жыл бұрын
zenith..... and rca..... are gone forever..... and they were THE word on color tv.
@olika90763 жыл бұрын
@@eamonhorahan666 the same goes for Commodore in PCs or GM, Ford, Chrysler in cars .... from former world leader to trailing others from elsewhere. GM used to be the largest car manufacturer of the world - long surpassed by Toyota, Volkswagen and others... okay, still existing but who knows for how much longer? If there is no investment in people, decent salary, R&D and just cost cutting and putting an American brand label on a Made in Korea car that's not "invention" or "high tech" it's just cost cutting and making stockholders happy .... it's short term thinking. Eventually all these types of businesses cannot compete with long term planned innovators and manufacturers ... I know all these electronic stuff is considered "low tech" but that used to provide jobs! And what's good about the high end iPhone when only Made in China?!?!? Everything high-tech about it is now there and no wonder Chinese brands now flood the global market with much cheaper smartphones. All the knowledge was handed out simple for cost-cutting reasons.
@olika9076 Жыл бұрын
@@richardhz-oi8px Thanks for sharing that Element story. I had heared about that brand and was curious whether the Made in USA claim was really 100 % correct.
@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans76482 жыл бұрын
aww the Sylvania canary and kitty
@Sta22007 жыл бұрын
I have that very same GE console tv with VIR,,in a bedroom . 1978..25YM chassis with remote. Worked last tie I tried. Tube is "ok".. on it's THIRD flyabck..as those were a REAL "weak point" in that chassis. .
@dougbrowning823 жыл бұрын
RCA's Color-Trak was also a VIR set.
@ohger1 Жыл бұрын
@@dougbrowning82 RCA never used the VIR signal in any of their models.
@The70sChick5 ай бұрын
You're not a true 70's fan unless you had a TV with legs!
@hifijohn Жыл бұрын
that set thats on sale is $3.6K by todays money.
@BeautifulAngelBlossom4 жыл бұрын
Them TV commercial reminds of car commercial witch one better like men comparing with guy is bigger
@totallysmooth120325 күн бұрын
Back when America was still America.
@rogerchurch38043 жыл бұрын
quasar barand i think was produced by matsuhsta panasonic ? they got some realy cool stereo gear from the 1980s all in one s wow they going for realy high prices on ebay .
@gargantuaism5 жыл бұрын
How exactly am I supposed to be impressed with a commercial for a color television when the picture they are showing has to be seen through MY television? Wouldn't the viewer have to have a TV just as good as the one they are advertising on the commercial?
@duanethamm46885 жыл бұрын
There was a commercial like that for a brand of TV. Said the same thing you just said. We're not going to show you the picture on this TV...because it will only be as good as the one you are watching. Very true.
@alberttatlock52374 жыл бұрын
That's something many of us often wondered, but people still fell for it, I've read comments on KZfaq videos comparing speakers and people often comment on how good one sounds compared to the other, yet they are listening through their own device, so things only look or sound as good as the device it's being watched and listened on. Look at the Detail and sharpness on this picture, twin speakers for a glorious fuller and richer sound. Looks and sounds good to me on my single speaker black and white tv, think I'll buy it.. lol Of course half naked women are what's really selling the tv sets, if you buy the rca 25 inch deluxe model, you too will have a glamouress 1970s playboy model as a wife, and live in a pristine large home
@dougbrowning823 жыл бұрын
You were supposed to go see the TVs at your local dealer, where they were set up to display bright, garish pictures. They still sell TVs that way today. That's what the sports/action mode is for. For a more natural picture, you want to use the movie/cinema mode on a modern TV.
@JENDALL7142 жыл бұрын
The ad for Sears was mostly lies, except for the service. Sears sold name brand TV's, but stripped the name off and put their name on it. They had no testing facility, they didn't actually manufacture the TV. What Sears used to do, was buy a bunch of name brand TV's, and tell the manufacturer we will handle all the service, so we don't need a manufacturer warranty, just give us a discount and you are absolved of all warranty. I used to repair TV's, so I know what they did. Under the manufacture warranty, you had to take it to Sears for repair, which is why they did what they did. Montgomery Ward also did the same thing.
@sa32706 ай бұрын
They didn't "strip the manufacturer's name off", they had a special arrangement with the manufacturer to put their name on it.
@gpan624 жыл бұрын
hey, the philco ford guy was also the big fig newton guy
@UndergroundMasterify3 жыл бұрын
Which one?
@Sta22007 жыл бұрын
The sylvania "superset" with that 'dark faced "CRT DID look better than Zenith or RCA.. but the tube did NOT last very long..so they are NOT real easy to find today..
@dougbrowning823 жыл бұрын
Zenith's Chromacolor also had the black matrix screen.
@ohger1 Жыл бұрын
@@dougbrowning82 The black matrix grid between the phosphors did not shorten the life of the tube like the global dark tint faceplate Sylvania used.
@audvidgeek7 жыл бұрын
man pulls circuit boad out of a running TV at 4:48! Does he realize there's high voltages in that thing, and he could damage the TV?
@fluffymacaw9332 жыл бұрын
I was born in 2002, but I can’t find any information about the highest quality tv from the 70’s, does anyone know the best tv?
@mycolortv110 ай бұрын
RCA..and Quasar
@jorgezarco92694 жыл бұрын
Is that Bruno Nicolai music in the Magnavox tv spot?
@TheBrooklynbodine3 жыл бұрын
At 2:34, who's the guy narrating the Philco spot? I heard his voice more hundreds of times than I can remember when I was akid.
@Qboro663 жыл бұрын
Nobody, but nobody including Slyvania was beating Sony's Trinitron picture tube. It was THE best. IMHO Sony is still killing it...
@lindaeasley56063 жыл бұрын
Back then , tv sets were uniquely styled depending on the brand .Today tv's are cookie cutter ugly- flat and one color- black
@themovietheatre6 жыл бұрын
Last commercial Canadian "
@TheBrooklynbodine6 жыл бұрын
Who's the guy doing the Philco spot at 1:00? I remember him from when I was a kid. I'm 54 now.
@fscap8115 жыл бұрын
Not Ron Carey at that spot, but it is Ron Carey in the later Philco spot.
@brentmann29883 жыл бұрын
That's James Harder, who was in a ton of commercials in the 70s and 80s. He played Big Fig in the Fig Newton commercials.
@TheBrooklynbodine3 жыл бұрын
@@brentmann2988 OK, thanks. Now that you mention it, I do remember him from the Fig Newton spots. He died in 2009 at age 77.
@Wxsted5 жыл бұрын
sadly the inventor of the TV color dies Poor
@jasonbourne85293 жыл бұрын
Retro 70s TV commercials with horrible audio...
@robnation24754 жыл бұрын
3:13 Might have cat-aracts
@JENDALL7142 жыл бұрын
Quasar was crap, they were Panasonic's low end model exported to the United States.
@aarongunter5582 Жыл бұрын
Shango066
@1L6E6VHF7 жыл бұрын
(5:00 to 5:50) The sound effects at the end are just crazy, cartoonish, and who buys a 50-second ad?
@pcno28327 жыл бұрын
5:22 She really loves that thing!
@TheBrooklynbodine5 жыл бұрын
One thing for sure-that lady was a stone fox, wasn't she? She's probably in her late 60s by now, assuming she's alive.