1970's Hitachi console

[Dreamsbeard]

Originally Posted by Username1

Sears had some floor model sets with wide control panels like that
Hitachi......... I don't remember any other set that had a look like that
except Motorola....

This was the '80 Sears Catalog....

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I believe that Sanyo was the main supplier for Sears television in the late 70's early 80's. Always loved the sears branded television, and one like in this add would really make me an happy camper.

I have been messing around for a while with the convergence/greyscale of this tv, and I gotta say this one does not let itself converge easily. On both my zenith it was rather easy, on this one it's almost impossible to get an acceptable one (acceptable for me that is!)

Another thing I find mildly annoying is the focus "selector". You can see it in the top right corner of the right board. This one doesn't use a potentiometer but an 8 position focus pin. I can't really see how this setup can give you the best focus possible out of this tv because the sweet spot is probably midway between 2 adjusments...maybe I could stick a potentiometer in series with the focus pin to be able to fine tune it?