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08-23-2014, 05:03 PM
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Zeno, You brought back a memory I forgot about. Customers getting used to a crappy set/CRT. We'd get a set in for repair, and on occasion, do a "tune-up". We could get that set looking about like it did when new, and we had a few people that complained! Another memory... My grandpa always carried a roll of paper towels and Windex in the service van. You'd be surprised on some of the calls we'd get for a dark or blurry picture were cured by cleaning the tube. (mainly smokers sets)
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08-23-2014, 07:25 PM
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I grew up with Admiral tv's and appliances. Remember being shocked there were other brands when I was old enough to realize. I have one great working mid 50's Admiral floor model and 2 great halo Sylvania's.
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08-28-2014, 07:51 AM
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oh,those sylvanias!those were great days.the first really excellent sylvania was the d16 chassis.it had a huge tuner setup.after that came the great slide control set.the picture was fantastic and those sets were well built and easy to maintain.crts were 1st rate.as good as a chromacolor set anyday.then came the ss chassis sets with the 25vdmp22 crt.this produced the best picture.didnt last long though.4-5 years and it was history.we replaced with zenith crts and not one came back.i loved those sets and owned many of them.my favorite was a e45 chassis superset with electronic tuner.the crt was from a philco hybrid that made one hell of a picture.i currently own a e48 chassis with the 25vdmp22.it was purchased in late 1978 and has never been repaired.
got it at an estate sale.i watch it sparingly.the crt is excellent.the chromocolor sets are the overall best but the sylvanias of that era were very close in picture quality.
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08-29-2014, 10:53 AM
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08-28-2014, 07:50 PM
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In the 90's, I sold Zenith, Quasar (made by Panasonic), Crosley (made by Magnavox), and a smattering of Sharp and Magnavox. In side-by-side comparisons on the sales floor, Zenith always seemed to edge out all the rest.
We serviced all brands, so there's not too much that didn't come across our bench. I remember some of the sets with the best pictures were usually either Zenith or Sylvania super-sets. Sony sets were usually either really good, or really bad as far as picture quality went. Personally, I never wanted one because they were such a pain to troubleshoot and get parts for.
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08-28-2014, 09:26 PM
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On 17" and smaller I have long time been a Sony man, 19" and larger a Zenith Chromacolor II man. The Zenith sets were more service friendly and better supported than the Sonys were. And easier serviced when they had issues. Sylvania Supersets new were nice, but they seemed to be more stressed and less conservative circuit designs. Which meant they lasted shorter lifespans as daily watchers. They did make nice pictures however. My grandmother was for many years a Zenith diehard on TV sets. Her last set, a Sanyo which lasted 32 years. Which got replaced by a used CRT Trinitron I scored cheap.
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08-28-2014, 10:01 PM
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As much as I love Zeniths, from the early tube-chassis Chromacolors to the CC-II and System 3s, I feel that many collectors turn their noses up at the solid state RCA TVs. I have had a fair amount of quality RCA products from the 70s and 80s, which today are getting as rare as a color Admiral or Motorola in my opinion. Chassis such as the CTC-97, CTC-108, CTC-117, CTC-121 and 130, were all nice TVs in their highest-end incarnations. Sure, a lot of repairs were well-documented as they aged, but we're in 2014 now & these are about 30 years old or so...
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#8
08-28-2014, 10:20 PM
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I NOT really one of them..
I too have a number of RCA sets--both BW and color, including a fair number of earlier SS and 70's SS sets too. 2-ctc-44 sets, 2 CTC-47 sets, a couple of CTC-67 sets, at least one mid 70's RCA 19" "hotel style" SS set, probably a ctc 71 or 76, a CTC 62 or 72, One CTC-74 NON DA set, A CTC-40 combo set--and later ones, one Cold version of the CTC-130, a CTC-133 console, 2 ctc-131 "box" type sets,. I do NOT really like most of the "hot" RCA sets, like the chassis #'s you mentioned and also do not like the CTC-140, 146, 149,157,159 or ANY of those style sets, MANY of which I have worked on in the past. They nearly ALWAYS have good tubes though. I am NOT really 'brand loyal" though I do have a soft spot for Zenith and RCA. I am more "design loyal', and have ALWAYS steered clear of hot chassis sets-(including radios, phonos and stereos), -though today--I WILL often grab one, if it is older and rarer, even if I personally do not want it--someone else might.
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08-29-2014, 08:21 PM
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not all.some ss sets used the 25vaqp22.the higher end was the25vdmp22.i liked the way that crt looked but they had a short life span.we stocked vdc replacement crts and plenty of zenith 25v tubes.we offered rebuilds for 99.00 and used for 69.00.never had a used crt come back.the earlier 25vaqp22 had a very long life.some of those lasted 20-25 years.
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08-29-2014, 09:41 PM
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Looks like some later models also used the 25VEXP22 or the 25VCZP22. Check out the first pic in this thread:
http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=259357 25VDMP22 jumped right out at me, I didn't notice the others until just now.
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08-30-2014, 08:23 AM
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the later sets,e41 and e45 use the 25vczp22 and 25exp22 picture tubes.they seemed to hold up much longer than the 25vdmp22.did you ever get this set working properly?if so,post pictures
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#12
08-30-2014, 10:21 AM
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