What are your "Tv" new years resolutions

[zenithfan1]

I was thinking of this as I was just outside moving snow with a John Deere tractor, as there is a lot of thinking time in there. In the end of '07 I was looking at my collection and thought hmmmm... way too many '50s B/Ws and not enough early color, or color at all for that matter. This stuff is getting harder and harder to find so I had to get my butt in gear. The only roundie I had is the one in my avatar. I picked it up in Overland Park, Kansas on Halloween of '07. I then made it my resolution for '08 to get at least one '50s color set. I said " I don't care if it is a 1959 and a half as long as it's from the '50s". Well, when I went to the ETF convention there it was, My CTC 9. I was so happy to have made my goal. To my surprise at home I discovered that it was produced in the middle of '59! Kinda weird that I got my wish to a tee. I have since acquired two more '50s color sets, a '56 CTC 4 and a '56 CTC 5. I have more than made my goal. I found 8 roundies for the collection altogether this last year (this includes the Zenith SC 400). I have another '65 Zenith in the garage for parts which makes 9. I missed out on a CTC 15 due to the estate sale persons mistake (damn them). This year for '09 my resolution is to have as many early color sets running as possible before the digital switchover. I would like to give them one last chance at true NTSC before it's gone. Another is to possibly get my hands on a 21-CT-55 or a CT-100, it sounds way out there but you never know. I did have a chance to get a CT-100 this year but money issues kept me from it. And another thing on the list is a '50s color set NOT made be RCA, I would like to find an Admiral or Motorola. I know they were clones but man are they rare and cool looking. I think Steve McVoy at the ETF got the "coup de gra" of em all with that '56 Sentinel, I really hope I can make it out there this coming year to see it. Some other goals for '09 are some 4 tube hybrids, they have such a nice picture. Also, I have not had much experience working on them and would like to get to know the circuitry a bit more. And finally (for now anyways) a '66 GE Porta-Color.