[Jeffhs]

[QUOTE=Fant;3090103]I am thinking Zenith.


I agree. The set looks almost like an early 1980s Space Phone console, but if it has the membrane keypad for channel tuning, etc. (which was quite troublesome as it wore with use) it is probably pre-SP. The Space Phone sets all had a standard pushbutton keypad behind a door on the front panel of the TV; I've never seen a Space Phone Zenith TV with the membrane keypad, as the SP sets were high-end and the membrane keypad was about as low-end (for digital TV tuning) as one could get. Every Space Phone Zenith TV I've ever seen, in ads or the one such set I've seen in person (my great-aunt had one), had a genuine push button keypad with up/down volume buttons, channel high-low switch, etc. hidden behind a door on the front of the set. These buttons were rarely used except in emergencies, when the remote battery died or the controller itself failed or was misplaced. I remember reading an article in an electronics magazine years ago, published shortly after electronic ultrasonic remotes replaced mechanical clickers, which stated that some people thought the remote was worthless when the battery died and the remote stopped working. I even heard of one case where the remote (a very expensive OEM RCA remote for a Guide Plus+ 25" TV) was thrown into the trash when the batteries went dead; the set's owner must have thought the remote was junk because it wouldn't work anymore, when all it needed was new batteries! Sheeesh.