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freakaftr8 · #46 12-12-2009, 02:51 AM

Maybe most sets with a 23EGP22 CRT weren't great but I had a magnavox looked awesome and worked great too.But of course this is after extensive tuning and alignment and tweaking. Wish I had kept it.
And as for DC restoration. That has always driven me nuts. One of the best for DC restoration from the era in my opinion believe it or not is the ctc 17. One of the worst in a 1968 zenith 23XC38 chassis and a few others. Maggies weren't even that bad with DC restoration lack.

andy · #47 12-12-2009, 10:59 AM

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Bill R · #48 12-12-2009, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by freakaftr8

Maybe most sets with a 23EGP22 CRT weren't great but I had a magnavox looked awesome and worked great too.But of course this is after extensive tuning and alignment and tweaking. Wish I had kept it.
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Just curious, which Magnavox used the 23EGP22. I would have thought that by the time Mag introduced a rectangular set the EGP was old technology. I'm just don't recall working on one with that tube. Maybe a low end table model?

firenzeprima · #49 12-13-2009, 10:29 AM

in Italy in the 70's 80's the worst color TV receivers were: Autovox Brionvega, Dumont Emerson, Hantarex, Indesit, Magnadyne, Naonis, Radiomarelli, Rex, Seleco, Voxon Stern, Zoppas. The models produced by these industries had design problems of the chassis and color images unreal, especially the Hantarex. Others like Emerson and Dumont had the risk of catching fire.

Kiwick · #50 12-15-2009, 05:28 AM

I have a 1989 Magnadyne stereo set and it's not a bad set! after being used as a daily watcher for 20 years, it just needed a partial recap on the PSU module to work again with a great picture!

the sets that really disgust me are the late 70s Nordmende SK2 sets with the thyristor horiontal output stage, and the 80s Thomson stuff--real crap!

i also hate Sony sets especially those made after the mid 80s, bulky heavy lumps of plastic with lots of exotic custom parts, lots of dry joints and bad caps, and short lived CRTs

OvenMaster · #51 12-16-2009, 02:33 AM

My family had a 19" Zenith tube set in 1973. One day after we owned it for six months, I walked past it and heard sound, saw no picture, heard sizzling, and saw a plume of smoke rising from it. I switched it off, unplugged it, and told my parents.

Both Zenith and the local dealer refused to honor the warranty and make any repairs, so we let it get repo'd with the finance company's approval. We bought a Quasar that then lasted 15 years.

That's all I got