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[magnasonic66]

Originally Posted by rcanewvista

The only tv I have is a 1968 magnavox magna color stereo theatre. I watch it only about 1 to 2 hours a. Day, 3 days out of the week. I use the stereo every day though. I like that it has concealed doors so it looks like furniture when not in use. When I have guests over they always ask me why I don't have a tv, then I proudly open the door up haha.

I like the way you think rcanewvista! I aspire to own a working color theatre someday, both Magnavoxes I bought for the stereos, the televisions never worked. I'm getting my moneys worth out of the armoire I picked up at Christmas on the record player and the radio.

[Zenith26kc20]

Daily driver for my girlfriend is a Sharp 25 inch BPC. Runs as long as she is home. I use a Motorola TS-18 for most news and weather with an OTA box on it. TS-933 Maggie in the bedroom (my avatar). For visitors a Sony D-50 CRT projo (87 inch). The projo gets little use (has to be dark in room to use and the fans are a bit noisey).

[Hemingray]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

I'm not fond of non-CRT type displays.
My daily driver sets are the top two in this photo.

The top left set is a 71' Zenith Chromacolor hybrid.

Tom C.

Looks like those left two are startin to get some cataracts.

[Electronic M]

Catreacts indede! I want to try my hand at decating this summer, but it has been cool and overcast most of the time here in southern Wi, and I need to reserch and create a hot wire Zenith decat rig. I've got a source of NOS CRTs near by so if I scerw up and have one implode(provided the flying glass doesn't kill, or injure me me) I'm not completely screwed.

I've begrudgingly lived with the cateract on the top set for around three years, and the lower one for about 2 years, and now I have even more sets with cateracts so now is the time for me to get off of my dead rear and learn to fix cateracts!

Tom C.

[rcanewvista]

thanks Magnasonic66! you have a really nice armoire combo, I've always wanted one of those. How is the picture on the tv? Is it the one that has videomatic, where it dims or brightens the depending on room lighting?

[mbates14]

since you said it was a panasonic viera, you probably need to reprogram the mainboard, those panasonic plasmas were notorious for that, eeprom goes corrupt. There was a "jig" they made to fix this, but its long since discontinued.

[Adam]

Lately in the living room I've mainly been watching my 1974 Zenith Avanti (with the 25EC58 chassis and the SC600). Bedroom - 1966 Zenith 19" steel cabinet b/w with the SC300 and the auto-shutoff control. And I got a 1971 Zenith 23" b/w in the steel cabinet set up right next to the desk I use for repairing other sets on.

But I've used my remote ctc-10 as a daily watcher for a while, and plenty of older b/w sets than those I listed above (mostly early-60s Zeniths) - But probably the oldest being a little 8" RCA from '56 I was using in the bedroom for a while. But I've never really used anything older than the mid-50s on a regular basis.

[holmesuser01]

This is blasphemy, but where I work, we have a flat plasma screen set by Hitachi, with the Christie Electric brand name on the front running commercials in our lobby 18+ hours a day. It's been running fine since 2005. It's vent holes are brushed out every 3 months or so. Amazing how dirty they get.

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

I'm not fond of non-CRT type displays.
My daily driver sets are the top two in this photo.

The top left set is a 71' Zenith Chromacolor hybrid.

Tom C.

I have one of those too, it has a cataract too. Still, I would have to live with it, I'd be afraid I'd screw something up otherwise and that could be dangerous.

[freakaftr8]

The problem with the panasonic plasma is te lower address buffer board. Hopefully it's no the panel cof (chip on film) ic's.

[TerrySmith]

Daily watcher: 65" Mitsu DLP. Not too bright

Go into the setup menu and turn off the "energy star" setting. I did it on my 60" Mitsu and the picture is brighter and more detailed. The lamp may be dimming also, doesn't hurt to have a spare on hand!