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Old 10-05-2003, 12:01 AM
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Re: Zenith 20Y1C48 . . .

Eric,

That set was not really intended as a table model, although it could be used as such as I will explain. Your monitor may not let you see it, but there are four legs under the cabinet, so this TV is what used to be called a "consolette", not a console, but not a table model either. (In the '70s I had an RCA-built Silvertone with threaded holes in the base for consolette legs, but I didn't have them, so used the set as a table model in my bedroom for two years--until the video-output tube socket broke out of the signal-circuit PC board.) This type of cabinet design was popular with Zenith and several other TV manufacturers from the 1950s through the '70s. Actually, this type of design allowed a consolette set to be used as a table model as well, as the legs were detachable from the base. However, seeing how big that 20Y1C48 is, I think it was intended to be used as a consolette only. I am by no means certain, but the set itself looks as if it must weigh a ton (!) and might cave in anything but a very sturdily built table or stand.

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