I saw a funny little color TV at a thrift store– how can I tell if its a PortaColor?
GE PortaColor sets are pretty easy to spot if you’ve seen one, as they all have that distinctive “gee-this-TV-looks-too-wide-for-its-screen-size” look. Earlier models are even easier to identify as such, since they even say “Porta-Color” somewhere on the front or top of the set. GE tried to ‘disguise’ the sets a bit more in the later years, but, as far as I know, all Porta-Color line sets have the following in common: • The screen has a viewable diagonal of about 10″. If it’s a 13″ color TV, it’s not a PortaColor. • With the partial exception of clock-timer models, there are five small control knobs on the front panel [off-on-volume, brightness, vert. hold, color, and tint]. Some of these controls may be hidden slightly (as on the later models), but there will still be a total of five of them, and there are no hinged doors or removable hatches to conceal any of them. Note that the vertical hold control is on the front panel, while the contrast control is not. • If it’s a USA model, the
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