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Cool avatar, which anime are you playing on that set?
I'm into anime as well, though I only have time (and funds) to watch what they play on cable these days.
I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and use to drive past the black and white 60s Zenith sign at what I believe was their headquarters (they recently they ripped all the lettering off and put a for lease sigh over it
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I've got about 15 antique televisions 4 of which are color(see photo). I have four Zeniths 1 is color, another has the space comand remote feature, and the other two are cool looking 50s monochrome sets. I can personally attest to zeniths build quality my 1971 color set has the sharpest picture of any color set I've owned, and my 1964 space command portable still runs well with all original parts (except for a few tubes)
If you get a Zenith I'd reccomend getting one with the Space Comand remote feature, it just makes any set that much cooler to use.
Tom C.