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Old 05-19-2014, 07:21 PM
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which chassis was the best ?

Who built the best SOLID STATE color chassis ?

Rules:
Must be US or Canadian made. ( we will do Jap sets later)
Can have a tube for HV rectifire but otherwise solid state.
Any screen size.
Any age.
If you dont remember the chassis # describe it.

Rate one as best but also comment on the best from other makers.
Also indicate if you are/were a pro or hobbyist or both.
Lots of commentary encouraged
Please dont forget the little guys like Philco, Warwick, W-G etc.

From an old pro & arm chair hobbist.

1) The Zenith flat chassis.
You will have to pry the 22-5001 caps out of my cold dead hands.
Physicaly the ultimate in quality & dont fall short on anything else.
In a category by itself.

Honorable mentions:
Admiral M30 ? chassis.
Super clean modular chassis, underrated. Put in a Zenith jug & you got an awesome pix. Just when Admiral started making great sets again
they were put down

Magnavox C-1 chassis.
The two board chassis, early 80's.
A pleasure to behold both inside & the pix. Even the cheap models
looked as good as any. NEVER junked one.......


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Old 05-19-2014, 07:48 PM
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Zenith by far made the BEST solid state color sets hands down(flat chassis). Someone will chime in a chassis number
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Old 05-19-2014, 07:52 PM
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Zenith by far made the BEST solid state color sets hands down(flat chassis). Someone will chime in a chassis number
25DC56 (Mine )

I'd like to see an example of a SS Admiral set. I have a NOS remote and sensor kit for models with the RA suffix.
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Old 05-19-2014, 08:19 PM
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Also the 25DC58 and the 25EC58. ALL of these have the VRT transformer power supply.

RIGHT below these are the 25DC57 and 25CC5. They do NOT have the VRT--instead series pass regulation. Otherwise--they are just like the 25DC56 set.
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Old 05-19-2014, 08:20 PM
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RCA XL-100, CTC-68. I have two. Easy to service, and outstanding performers.
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25DC56 (Mine )

I'd like to see an example of a SS Admiral set. I have a NOS remote and sensor kit for models with the RA suffix.
I have come across a few in the past. ALL of the following were cold chassis sets.

M50, IIRC, was the last decent one, with a VRT power supply and it often was used in digital tuning models.

Then there was the M25 set--it had series pass regulation, and was "kinda " a flat chassis, but all modular. I had one about 31 years ago, in an Airline set.

The M30 was like the M25, but with a VRT transformer for magnetic regulation instead of series pass.
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Old 05-19-2014, 08:34 PM
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And let's not forget the RCA "flat chassis" sets. CTC 40, 44, 47.

While not QUITE up to the Zenith quality--they are NOT bad. MUCH better than most other sets at the time.

And the Magnavox 'flat chassis " sets, the T979 and T989, deserve "honorable mention" too. As does the VERY rare Sylvania E01 and E02 sets. I have only seen ONE, in my lifetime. A flat chassis SS set, 1971, 1972.
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Old 05-19-2014, 08:35 PM
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I have come across a few in the past. ALL of the following were cold chassis sets.

M50, IIRC, was the last decent one, with a VRT power supply and it often was used in digital tuning models.
I neglected to mention, my remote is ultrasonic with a RAT keypad, so yep, digital tuning.
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Old 05-19-2014, 09:19 PM
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Also the 25DC58 and the 25EC58. ALL of these have the VRT transformer power supply.

RIGHT below these are the 25DC57 and 25CC5. They do NOT have the VRT--instead series pass regulation. Otherwise--they are just like the 25DC56 set.
IIRC the other change was audio. The C lines had the same audio
as the hybrids using the shielded 150-??? SIF/det/ soldered in assy.
Changed to an upright card style pcb ( 9-???). And maybe some day we will
find the truth on the mysterious B line chassis......

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Old 05-20-2014, 09:06 AM
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flat chassis zenith,rca ctc68,sylvania d-16,magnavox t995,sylvania e-45,zenith vertical chassis,g series,sylvania e-48.these were all good performers.the sylvanias were plentiful here so i saw many of them
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All aforementioned Zenith, RCA and the Magnavox T995 BUT... don't forget the Philco "Boss" Chassis 2CY90, 3CY90,
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All aforementioned Zenith, RCA and the Magnavox T995 BUT... don't forget the Philco "Boss" Chassis 2CY90, 3CY90,
Another one on my bucket list, a Star System set. A 19" screen set with the T991 would be great too.

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Old 05-20-2014, 07:55 PM
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i have the first star system.t995 set with bicentennial cabinet and remote.25v crt and it looks and plays like new
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Old 05-20-2014, 08:16 PM
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I have three of the updated-style Star System remotes. I was looking for one for quite some time, then three came along a very short time apart.
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