Realistic brand - Original catalogues

peturssc · Jan 15, 2020

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In researching an early cassette player I had , I found all of the old RadioShack catalogs online. It is interesting to look at the evolution of electronics, original costs, and "NEW for 'x year to show the launch years. Link here: http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/html/index_general.html and example attached SCR-8 from '83

caution · Jan 15, 2020

Fun site, isn't it? :-)

I love looking through the really old issues, hard to believe how much audio gear went for decades ago.

JVC Floyd · Jan 15, 2020

I used to drool over the radios on those catalogs and AD's.
Believe it or not my pops good friend owned a TV repair slash retail store so could get any box as long as I had the money which I didn't , I bagged and pleaded to my mom for a boombox till I finally got one lol.

Ghettoboom767 · Jan 15, 2020

JVC Floyd said:
I used to drool over the radios on those catalogs and AD's.
Believe it or not my pops good friend owned a TV repair slash retail store so could get any box as long as I had the money which I didn't , I bagged and pleaded to my mom for a boombox till I finally got one lol.

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Me to 1980 Manhattan,NYC Sanyo M9970!!ðŸ˜ŠðŸ˜ŽðŸŽ¼ðŸŽ¶ðŸ“» March 1980.ðŸ˜Ž

Reli · Jan 16, 2020

Interesting that the SCR-6 was considered "our best portable", even though the SCR-8 is bigger and sounds way better.

docs · Jan 16, 2020

yeh Reli I thought that too when looking at the prices, weird, even the model numbers give it away.

caution · Jan 16, 2020

Reli said:
Interesting that the SCR-6 was considered "our best portable", even though the SCR-8 is bigger and sounds way better.

Dolby licensing. Wasn't cheap back in the day.

Radio raheem · Jan 16, 2020

these prices are to be taken with a pinch of salt, tandy were way over priced compaired to every one else

MasterBlaster84 · Jan 16, 2020

Those catalogs were so loaded with cool toys I never could get enough, I never got tired of looking through them.

peturssc · Jan 16, 2020

My first "boombox" 1978. I was 7. Oddly I just picked it up in excellent shape on ebay for $30 the other day. Excellent value retention. Sound - not so much.

hopey · Jan 27, 2020

Rimmer36 said:
these prices are to be taken with a pinch of salt, tandy were way over priced compaired to every one else

Compared to Who, these were for Poverty Folk?

Radio raheem · Feb 3, 2020

hopey said:
these prices are to be taken with a pinch of salt, tandy were way over priced compaired to every one else

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Compared to Who, these were for Poverty Folk?

These were all local stores which were not world wide

Reli · Feb 3, 2020

hopey said:
these prices are to be taken with a pinch of salt, tandy were way over priced compaired to every one else

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Compared to Who, these were for Poverty Folk?

Nah, "poverty" was more like Amstrad, Audiosonic, Citizen, Emerson, Saisho, Unisef, and Yorx

Realistic was mid-priced

mar(k) · Feb 11, 2020

ouch the SCR-8
there tons of these in usa 80Â´s like philips in europe

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