Sylvania bought Philco.

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Originally Posted by zeno

The NAP C-3 was the first I remember in all three. A real
over engineered POS chassis. Before that they had the C-1

I agree 100% that the C1 was the better chassis! That being said, when you come across a good running C3 set, it just runs forever. I can only recall popping in a new filter can once or twice and a fly maybe once.

There was an early 80s Sylvania 19" which was extremely plentiful in the NY area well into the 2000s, it had a decently chromed control panel with manual tuners and a GTmatic style pushbutton for auto tuning. I have seen them well into their second CRT with no chassis work done. Some non Zenith hospitals used them. The tubes were also rather bulletproof, Sylvy sourced naturally.