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Yup... I am sure they were for the "old timers" I remember while working in my Uncles Zenith Shop, we actually had an older couple order a B&W console. My Uncle was surprised he could get one, as this was in 1981. Zenith gave 2 choices.. a light or dark colored cabinet and that was IT. This couple had an early 50's RCA that finally died, and this couple would not hear of having a color set. My Uncle even offered them a used solid state color set cheaper than that B&W console was. I think that B&W console was around $275.00 where the low end System 3's were in the $699 range. Zenith color consoles were not cheap and probably one of the higher priced sets on the market at that time. The Zenith distributer in the Omaha area (Truesdell) was shocked that we ordered one and thought it might be a joke. They had one in the warehouse tho. Don't know what year it was as I assume it sat in the box awhile.
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