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Originally Posted by maxm
I got this set today at the Antique Radio Club of Illinois sale.
The person I bought it from said he worked for Zenith in the 1970s and 80s.
He said he wasn't there yet when this set was designed, but knew of its significance.
This set is in worn condition, but complete, and working. After a good cleaning it will look better. I will post some better pictures once it is cleaned all up. The quality of this set is really amazing, even the cabinet has a nice design for the back that makes it look a step above the tube sets of the time.
Earlier this week I watched the video Doug posted on YouTube of his set, so it was nice to find one just a few days later.
I know these are rare sets, I wonder if anybody here has one besides Doug?
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I have never seen the chassis or any other inside view of the Royal 1290 until now (I have seen pics and a schematic of this set, but it's been years ago). I agree with the posters who said the set is built very solidly. Probably, as was mentioned earlier in the thread, one of the best if not
the best TV sets ever made by Zenith. However, I have a question: How are you managing to get Antiques Roadshow on yours? Hmmm.
The only thing I can think of is that you have a converter box hidden behind the set or else your service is basic cable that, like the cable system (Time Warner) in my area, up- or down-converts (I always get those terms mixed up, as I don't know that much about DTV yet) ATSC broadcast signals to NTSC.