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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
I agree. Your set does make an excellent picture on your area's satellite TV service; this was a hallmark of Zenith television (and Zenith electronics in general) from the company's beginnings until its untimely ending in the late '80s.
You say, however, that you are "lost in the desert" between Phoenix and Tucson. Does your area not have cable service? I wonder about this because these days, most areas have some kind of cable service, except very small towns or rural areas hundreds of miles away from any major city. I realize where you are (or anywhere else, because all TV is digital these days) you won't get anything on a standard TV antenna, but I would guess your satellite does receive broadcast TV from either or both Phoenix and Tucson, in addition to most cable networks such as CNN, MTV, MSNBC, FOX/FOX News, et al.
Zenith electronics (not just TV sets) were made to last, and were quality equipment from the beginning (the company was founded in Chicago in 1918) until the Zenith Radio Corporation was taken over by Korean electronics giant LG in the late 1980s-early nineties.
I've owned Zenith TVs and other gear for years and was very disappointed, to say the least, when they left Chicago. From about 1982 until 1999 I had a four-mode stereo system which had been built to Zenith's standards, but had been manufactured in Korea. The unit was still one of Zenith's best in the '80s. I also owned two 13" Zenith portable color TVs, one made in 1979, the other in '83; both sets had excellent pictures.
Unfortunately, these sets were lost when I moved in late 1999. I did, however, manage to keep my Zenith SMS1917SG 19" color table model set. The last time I used it, with an RF modulator and a Roku streaming video device, the Zenith 19" set still worked as well as it always did at my former home, and still does to this day. Even though I don't use it much (except to test it every few months or so) since getting a flat screen in 2010, I am going to hold on to this set as long as it works since, as the expression goes, they don't make them (Zenith TVs) like that anymore.
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We are located about 40 miles south east of Phoenix. Not quite as desolate as I made it sound. We get clear radio signals from Phoenix and Tucson. When analog TV was around, we were able to pick up stations from both cities.Although, thinking about it, since I made this Videokarma account, my town has tripled in size, Phoenix has added about 3 million people. This state is growing quick, too quick.
I agree with you on Zenith quality. I had two Transoceanic radios that I restored and eventually sold. They were built well! I bet my little TV has easily a couple of thousand hours of use. It played all day when I was a kid.
I might buy a digital antenna, I have a digital to analog converter that I bought at a hamfest a few years ago. Could be a good combo for the Zenith.