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Originally Posted by consoleguy67
You say that Magnavox sets had muddy pictures? I had a 1964 roundie set that was outstanding. My parents had a 19" table model that had one of the clearest, and accurate color pictures. The biggest problem with Magnavox was that after Phillips bought them, the reliability wasn't there anymore.
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Right.. The age before the square 90deg CRT was an exception.. But somewhere areound the time that Magnavox introduced the first rectangular CRT with that dredded 23EGP22 CRT, (which I have one good in a box) the quality seemed to suffer a bit. But they did get better, there was just a few years it seemed between 1966 to 1970, and I have even seen some through 1974-5 that didnt ever look that great. This is just based on the 25v chassis. The tabletops seemed much better.
However you're right, the roundies did seem to produce a good picture thou.
Of course this is all based on what I have owned. 2 Magnavox with the 25v, one roundie (looked great), and one with the 23EGP22, (horrible, lack of focus and contrast).. But that could have just been the Motorola CRT. Never got a good reputation.