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Originally posted by Whirled One
I think you're right that most of those last-gasp 23" sets were Zeniths, but Zenith wasn't quite alone in continuing to use those old "curved-rectangle"-shape CRTs. I've got a 1977/78 Admiral TV dealer info binder, and it describes three 23" models-- one is a console in their lower-end "Solarcolor" line, but the other two are in the more expensive "Super-Solarcolor - Era II" lineup. I'm not sure, but I somewhat suspect that the Solarcolor was a true 1978 model, while the other two were actually from the 1977 model year, but were still in the binder.
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And you know, I never did like those "round-cornered" late 70s TV sets. They just looked "funky" to me for some reason. In the 60s, they would've fit right in but for some reason those late 70s 23" Zeniths just looked
. OTOH, a middle or TOL 24" Chromocolor is one of the nicer sets out there.
In electronics class, I struggled as a newbie for hours trying to get one of those to look right. I did the WHOLE setup... Purity, convergence, vert/horiz size, all that straight out the zenith book. But when I flipped the switch and tuned in the channel. Everything was purple
. I finally said, "This is one ugly a$$ TV. Someone else fix this thing.
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So I helped a 19" portable RCA come back to life. One Vertical output transistor and it had a beautiful picture.
