What is it with 1990's Zenith televisions?

[Chad Hauris]

I put a Mitsubishi CRT into one of these bad CRT 27" Zenith sets...the set was headed for the junk heap "as-is" so I thought I'd try it. The CRT is not an exact fit but is not too bad. It really has a good picture...even used the Mitsubishi yoke and it has been working fine for years. The chassis does seem to be pretty good apart from the CRT issue.

What about the 19" and 25" Zenith tubes? They don't seem to be as common but did they still have the failure issues? We saw a 19" early 90's "New Horizons" hotel Zenith set at the Majestic Hotel in Hot Springs, Ark. which still seemed to be working OK as of a few years ago.

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by Chad Hauris

I put a Mitsubishi CRT into one of these bad CRT 27" Zenith sets...the set was headed for the junk heap "as-is" so I thought I'd try it. The CRT is not an exact fit but is not too bad. It really has a good picture...even used the Mitsubishi yoke and it has been working fine for years. The chassis does seem to be pretty good apart from the CRT issue.

What about the 19" and 25" Zenith tubes? They don't seem to be as common but did they still have the failure issues? We saw a 19" early 90's "New Horizons" hotel Zenith set at the Majestic Hotel in Hot Springs, Ark. which still seemed to be working OK as of a few years ago.

From what I've seen, the 25" tubes were just as bad as the 27" sets. I also ran into my fair share of bad 19" tubes. A friend gave me a few 20" early to mid '90's Zenith hospital TV's and they all had weak CRT's. I never saw too many Zenith sets bigger than 27". The few I did see had tubes made by someone else and they had nice pictures.