1957 RCA VICTOR PORTABLE TELEVISION SET MODEL 14-S-7070G TV XD65004

By the way they were handling that TV set I bet it was stripped of its insides and was just a shell! Also $180 back in 1957 is $1936 in todays money. Thats alot!

I remember studying electronics to find out how CRT's worked and finding out about the evolution of valves and invention of phosphorescent dots which would allow allow for a picture to be projected on the screen by electrons which were deflected by magnetic fields .
At least it was possible to get an idea of how the tubes worked . But now these modern TV screens , I haven't got the faintest idea of what's going on . Oh well . 🙄

And you had to pay extra for the aluminum foil to put on the antenna

That tv was high tech in its day, adjusted for inflation around $1900. That's about what you would pay for top of the line tech today, like the top of the line smartphone or flat screen tv. Obviously the technology is not even comparable to today, but for the time was high end. It's interesting to see that when you take inflation into consideration, things really haven't changed as much as you would think. It's like a comparison i heard once about a 1oz gold coin from the 1880s that had a $10 face value, in 1880 that would buy you a really nice suit, and with the value of gold today, it would buy you a really nice suit at today's price point.

RCA back to Brazil 😊😊😊

A quickly typed $179.95 in an online inflation calculator. In 2023 dollars that's $1,943. That's one expensive 17" black and white TV. Don't drop it!

172$ in 1957 = 1856$ now 😱

$180 in '57 dollars is $2K now. You can get a higher end 17" laptop for that kind of cash now.

The voice over sounds like Claude Akins.

Or $1,942.71 in today’s money…

That was an expensive TV back then...in glorious black and white, too.

Can I get the extended warranty?

Do it come in 4k

Beatiful.❤

Vaughn Monroe speaks for RCA Victor.

I have one of these and yes, it still works. I've never had any down time with it. My parents gave it to me so I could watch Star Trek in the 60s after they bought a seriously big Motorola TV console for the living room. They don't make them like that anymore. TVs now days barely make it past the 90 day warranty. And that kid hefting it like it was nothing, who is he, Clark Kent? That model is HEAVY!

we've come along way since then...

Either that kid had super human strenght or that crt was hollowed out for the ad 😂

Adjusted to 2023, the low low price of $1942.71 !!!

I don’t remember them being that light back then even the so called portables that big

amazing

Awesome tv 😁