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I think Zenith closed their CRT plant in '98 (thank goodness). At that time, they started using bonded yoke Thomson/RCA tubes and LG-Philips tubes. Those tubes usually hold up well and I know where 2 or 3 of these later consoles are that are still in use and still have decent tubes in them. The most common fault on those later consoles is a small electrolytic capacitor in the power supply that will dry up and the power supply will not start. I believe 2004 was indeed the last year for a Zenith console and RCA also had a console as recent as 2000-2001, at least. Zenith and RCA both had a large senior citizen following and that was the demographic who was likely buying most, if not all, of the new consoles by the 2000's.
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