Daily watchers

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by AUdubon5425

My 13" RCA XL-100, model EC333W (6/78): I found this set covered in 2 inches of dust in a building my boss was prepping for demolition. I took it home, cleaned it up, and surprisingly it has the best picture of any set in the house! Clear, sharp, wonderful colors. Will hook it up to a cable box when signals go digital next year.

The orange 9" set is a solid-state Philco Ford model 311BTG, chassis no. 3BH15. Bought it from a thrift store in Fargo, N.D. for $1.75 in 1998.

Unpictured is a 3-year-old 25" Durabrand TV in the living room. A family friend gave it to us when we moved in our house last year, as they "upgraded" to a plasma/LCD type set. I also have a 13" B&W Zenith from the mid-60's that has a beautiful picture but loses audio when you focus in on the channel.

Sure would like to have the CTC-40 console I grew up watching, it was a 1970 model that swiveled on it's legs.

It sounds like the tuner is out of alignment on your Zenith B/W, I've had a few do that from that era. The XL-100 you have is indeed a great set, I have one that I found in the garbage. Someone busted a 1" by 1" hole in the back vents and routed the wires for the deflection yoke outside the set for some reason. I repaired that, but the hole is still there, it's a shame because the rest is mint. I have heard about trying to power fluorescent lights that way ect....stupid. But anyways you are right about the picture on those, it is wonderful. One of the best I've seen on an XL-100. To stay on track, my daily watchers are a '73 Philco-Ford 18" hotel model set, a '74 GE Porta-Color and lately but not permanently a '63 Zenith 21" roundie with the 26KC20 chassis that I just restored. Also, that is a very nice Zenith you got there Shawn. And Ron, when we were talking at the convention you were trying to decide whether or not to get the XL-100, it is a very good thing that you did. You're lucky to have a NOS XL-100! I wished I had the room in Bob's van for the other one, but the 9 was way more important.