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I spent a lot of time in front of a Zenith just like that as a kid. It was my uncles who bought it new when he was fresh out of collage and kept until the screen turned bright yellow a few years ago, then he upgraded to HD.
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Whew! That's a word that scares me. "Upgrade". For some, I'm sure an HD set is an upgrade. But I've found over the years that newer does not mean better. I have a 65" 4k ultra HD set but I won't part with my crt collection. That plus the reliability of these new sets are nowhere near what crt sets were.
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If that was rapid rather than gradual all that was likely wrong was a blown chroma video output transistor...Likely the blue output.
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I'm sure he felt it served him well. A lot better then my 56" 1080p DLP. I gave the order to scrap it a couple weeks ago after deciding it was not worth it to replace the DLP chip for the second time! I got 8 years out of a TV that cost nearly $3000. If you see another thread I am in, there is a picture of the CRT I bought when I was 15, nearly 15 years ago for about $300, still running strong!
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Got a NIB 25V sitting in my garage
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Good enough. Ideally I would put a NOS CRT in my Electrohome console as it's nearly flawless otherwise. Darn Instavu switch.
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