The worst solid state color TVs ever made

[DavGoodlin]

Thanks for the great thread R-T-P-N, you sure DO know your GE, ditto my experiences

Some manufacturers of otherwise quality SS TV made blunders too. My experiences are mostly working on solid state in the 1980s, mostly knob-tuned.

Sony's 26" was heavy and expensive but CRT's had much shorter life than smaller models. There was no fixing a Sony using replacement semiconductors from ECG-NTE-SK, OEM parts were very expensive.

Quasar did not have very durable tuners, continued through Matsushita's takeover of Motorola. I was never really impressed with the pictures, just enjoyed working on the WID sets. TS934-938

RCA 19" CTC101s had many bad flybacks, but little else went wrong with Colortrak.

MGA (Mitsubishi) gave little trouble but when anything failed, the CRT was so soft, it was game over. An area dealer pushed them hard against Sony but it caught up to them as they only lasted 5-7 years

Zenith may have gone downhill after the CRT fails of post 1993 sets, but still managed to steer clear of many pitfalls others fell victim to. I hated those one-knob varactor tuners for UHF especially