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instant on debate
I guess it's who you talk to, as techs will have their own opinion on this. I do agree that instant on in a tube set was not the best idea. I do think all of the fire stories are alot of "urban legend" tho. I worked in a repair shop for years and the CRT's picture in instant on sets was actually better. We sold Zeniths and the early Solid-State Chromacolors had a better picture years after the non instant on. I work on a few old sets now and have not come across a bad tube in an early XL100 that used instant on, or a Chromacolor. I just got a 17" Chromacolor 2 with this feature and the CRT is in great shape. My Uncle (a Zenith tech) would always say instant on prolonged CRT life. It was better for the CRTs to always be on. In a tube set it would wreak havic on the chassis.
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