Old Zenith Tube Set

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by vinyldavid

Sad that I will no longer be able to use the tuner in it after 2009.

Always worked perfectly.

All is not lost. If you want to use the Zenith TV for TV DX, you can always put a DTV converter box ahead of the set's own tuner and use the TV with an antenna. The only thing you'll have to get used to is the "all or nothing" nature of digital TV, i.e. you will either get a picture or you won't; there is no in-between as there is with analog. Since digital TV signals are presently somewhat weaker than analog ones (however, this may change once DTV has been around a few years), the signal from a distant DTV station will have to be fairly strong to make a picture. Also, you will need a good high-power outdoor TV antenna, on a rotator if possible, for the best results with snagging distant DTV stations, especially those on UHF channels.