finally found a Dimensia

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by stromberg6

I think RCA was sold to GE in late 1985,

I was there, worked at the old RCA Sarnoff Lab.

[bgadow]

Originally Posted by stromberg6

I think RCA was sold to GE in late 1985, and then GE sold the consumer electronics parts to Thompson. Don't know when the last receivers were actually manufactured in the USA.
Thanks for the info on the Dimensia chassis numbers. Now I just have to find one lol.
Kevin

The Thomson labels might not show up until '88? Or maybe late '87. They had sets assembled in the USA well into the 90s.

[RobtWB]

Lyceum,

Have never seen a Dimensia set with those logos - they appear to be reversed - maybe someone knows more than I do.
Definately not the same near flat crt used in other Dimensia sets I have seen - that one has a lot of curvature.

[kc8adu]

you are seeing the result of the unique faceplate on the crt.its quite flat but has a dip in the middle.there is a gull wing correction adjustment to fix what you see.

Originally Posted by RobtWB

Lyceum,

Have never seen a Dimensia set with those logos - they appear to be reversed - maybe someone knows more than I do.
Definately not the same near flat crt used in other Dimensia sets I have seen - that one has a lot of curvature.

[RCAkid]

I have a version of that set but it is badged Colortrak 2000 as is the wedge remote.

I wonder if there was any real difference?

[mbates14]

My grandmother has the modern "CTC167" version of this one. uses it as a daily watcher, unfortunately the CRT is about dead. and i had to replace the main IC twice because it lost the green, then it lost the red.

Other than being an early 90s CTC167, it looks nearly identical.

[CoogarXR]

I am still a n00b to the vintage tv world, so pardon my ignorance... But, what is so special about this TV?

[andy]

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[Gunslinger]

Originally Posted by andy

Years ago, I saw a Colortrak 2000 with that same flat 27" CRT. I forget the chassis, but I think it was a year or two older than the CTC140. The control panel was under a smoked glass door on the front top of the TV. Actually, I saw two of the same model. One had a slightly weak CRT, but not too bad and I sold it. The other one was like new, but it was overheating HOTs, and I could never figure out what was causing it. It wasn't a drive problem, and I eliminated just about everything except the yoke and flyback.

You may have had the CTC131. If you thought the yoke or horizontal output transformer was bad, all you'd have to do is run it on the test fixture.

[Hawkwind]

Looks alot like the set on the left from this magazine ad...

[RobtWB]

Sure does. Looking at old ads/literature form RCA I think they used that cabinet style for a few years. Certainly a very '80's looking cabinet.

[RobtWB]

Originally Posted by CoogarXR

I am still a n00b to the vintage tv world, so pardon my ignorance... But, what is so special about this TV?

google/bing/search RCA Dimensia

[Wizard256]

Wow! A square, flattest CRT?? RCA also had less flatter but square CRT as well and I have not seen those early RCA Dimensia because we were authorized to repair these RCA TVs. The closest CRT form factor is proscan CRTs.

I only worked for shop for just 9 years and still do but no more CRT era except for occasional CRT TVs.

Cheers, Wizard

[zenith2134]

Wow, I really like it!

IMO, all the high-end 80s RCA's are impressive in some way.

[Carmine]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

Just don't tell people that "I've got Dimensia"...

"Dimensia" was a marketing name screw up. An old friend of mine, an advertising company owner, mentioned to me that everyone at the news conference when RCA first presented the Dimensia line to the world, whispered "Isn't that a kind of mental illness"?.

You aren't the only one who noticed that! I had an RCA Dimensia set (great picture) and ironically, I purchased it at an estate sale in Sun City, AZ (retirement community). Only the short-lived Insignia Alzheimers Y2K was a bigger marketing screw-up.