Call 442-7000.......... and you'll see Muntz TV!

[Doug Drown]

Sounds like we've got a "pro" and a "con" on Muntz TVs here.  I remember the
ads, too.  But I never knew anyone who had one of the sets.  Is there anyone
else out there knows about them first-hand?  You guys have got me really
curious now.   And what about those do-it-yourself TV kits, with which a
person (presumably one with some electronics knowhow) could build his own
set?  I can't remember the name of the company that offered those.

-Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie3@yahoo.com>
To: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>; "Roger Kirk"
<rogerkirk@ttlc.net>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:04 AM
Subject: Call 442-7000.......... and you'll see Muntz TV!


> > On 2 May 2007 at 23:38, Roger Kirk wrote:
> >
> > > Brings to mind the "Loft Radios" that were so
> > popular in the 50's
> > > after WWII surplus hit the market as well as the
> > Muntz TVs that sold
> > > so well in NY.
> >
> > My parents got one in Boston!  We got better
> > reception on the built-
> > in antenna (a wire across the top of the inside of
> > the cabinet) than
> > the neighbors got with a roof antenna.
> >
> > -- 
> > A. Joseph Ross, J.D.
> > 617.367.0468
> >  15 Court Square, Suite 210                 Fax
> > 617.742.7581
> > Boston, MA 02108-2503
> > http://www.attorneyross.com
> >
> >
> >
>
> Ah, yes!!! Mad Man Muntz and his gutted TV's.  Numb as
> all hell. I can still recall those radio commercials
> on WMEX.....
>
> "Call 442-7000 and you'll see Muntz TV-eeeeeee!  Call
> 442-7000.... see Muntz TV today-yyyyyyy!
>
> God, you'd have to be within the visual sight of the
> transmitters to get a good picture. For all intents
> and purposes, Muntz TV's had virtually no front end.
> The color ones (yes, there WERE Muntz color TV sets)
> were even worse. (Yuck!)
>
>
> Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
> Whitman, Massachusetts
>                            "Scanning the bands since 1967"
> radiojunkie1@yahoo.com
> radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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