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Originally Posted by zenith2134
Because I didn't know what I was doing in '06 
Warning, archaic thread alert. Its amazing how much better the 9-160 set looks as opposed to this 9-181.
This was a trashfind. Like-new condition though. |
Yep, those 9-160 sets had the tri-pot CRT and looked very good when working right. The very first 9-181 sets had the tri-pot tube; but, it was soon replaced by the basic inline tube like what we have today. I guess it was cheaper for Zenith to use the plain inline CRT instead of the tri-pot tube. Those 9-181 sets were usually a PITA to fix; especially if they were dead. One module could fail and take out the other module. I finally got to the point where I'd change both modules (HV and main) at the same time if I couldn't repair the set to the component level. Of course, that was back when these sets were worth something to the general public and the modules were still fairly cheap. I think the last 9-186 HV module I priced was something like $126.00. I doubt you could even get those modules now.