What's the most reliable TV ever made in history?

[radiotvnut]

Here's the 13" KTV set and a mid '80's 19" Sony. I've had the Sony 5 or 6 years and all it needed was a rectifier diode, fuse, and resistor replaced in the power supply when I got it. It looked to have been untouched before I worked on it. The KTV was a dumpster find and all it needed was a tuner cleaning. Of course, most people would not want either set because of their age and because one has a rotary tuner. So, that means I'll keep them for my entertainment.

[vintagecollect]

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[Adam]

Zenith b/w sets from the 60s - mid 70s.

[RaymondLeggs]

And Sometimes the transistor blows to protect the fuse!

[fujifrontier]

that's very true...

what is a jungle IC?

[zenith2134]

what is a jungle IC?

There was justt about the jungle ic... http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=129302

[fujifrontier]

I know :lol:

I read this thread in its entirety before seeing the jungle thread

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by drh4683

The colortrak was used EVERY DAY from 1981-2001 and NEVER had been serviced! My parents friends would talk about new TVs from time to time or it would come up in some other conversation. mom and dad were always proud to claim they had a 20 year old TV with an excellent picture (and it was excellent). Sometimes we'd watch a movie and dad would say "thats one hell of a picture for an 18 year old TV isnt it" That was our family TV and never let us down.

We say the same thing on our 1982 Zenith, "man, that's still one great picture, as good as the day when we got it." She's showing her age a little but still is a real trooper. We figured by this time, she would have been replaced at least twice over.

[Dave S]

For what it's worth, I worked for a TV dealer / repair shop when I was in high school around 1969 or 1970. They were a Zenith shop and were proud of the quality of Zenith sets, but... They also carried Andrea as their "upsell" and they marketed the Andrea sets and genuinely believed as service technicians that the Andreas were the "gold standard" for quality. I do recall carrying many Zeniths back to the shop for service but never an Andrea.

--Dave

Wasn't Andrea descended from F.A.D. Andrea, or "Fada"? My Dad told me he remembered as a boy, using the family's radio that had FADA on the front panel. There was some confusion about what this radio set was. We found the cabinet, having been stored since about the 40s in my aunt's attic. After some research, I determined the cabinet was from a Radiola Super VIII (1924 Superheterodyne) which I am now rebuilding. Now, to figure out what happened to the FAD Andrea...

[Sandy G]

Those little Sony 5-303 series of 5" B&W sets seem like they go on & on...How many zillion of them did they make ? I'll wager there's at least 2 or 3 on You-Know-Where right now.

[blue_lateral]

Originally Posted by cpu_

Wasn't Andrea descended from F.A.D. Andrea, or "Fada"? My Dad told me he remembered as a boy, using the family's radio that had FADA on the front panel. There was some confusion about what this radio set was. We found the cabinet, having been stored since about the 40s in my aunt's attic. After some research, I determined the cabinet was from a Radiola Super VIII (1924 Superheterodyne) which I am now rebuilding. Now, to figure out what happened to the FAD Andrea...

Same founder, different company.

http://classicradiogallery.com/fada_history.html

John

[ChrisW6ATV]

This is a video monitor, not a TV, but I would pick the Setchell Carlson/Audiotronics 10M915 9" black-and-white CCTV monitor as the most reliable CRT display I have worked with. They almost never have circuit problems, they only wear out. There are a few of them still in service at my work location that have been in use 24 hours per day since 1979. The CRTs are not too good anymore, but they are still usable as data displays.