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05-13-2014, 11:33 AM
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What's this Zenith?
As seen in the rather obscure film The Poker House. Phony image on the screen from the looks of it. Chances are they could have fired it up as-is and had it look right.
Last edited by Jon A.; 09-29-2015 at 04:06 PM. 
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05-13-2014, 11:41 AM
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1965 - 66 BW 16" Zenith for sure
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05-13-2014, 02:40 PM
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Looks like the chassis might be missing given the absence of the bottom three knobs.
One issue with using older sets in film is that NTSC has a frame rate of 30 frames/second where film has a rate of 24 frames/sec. In order to avoid filming a vertically rolling black bar the vertical section has to be modified for 24 f/s opperation and you need a video source that can do that as well. If that film was low budget it may have been cheaper for them to just fake the screen image in editing....It also made it easier to get a color image on that monochrome set...
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05-13-2014, 05:08 PM
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Hollywood, and others, have been superimposing color images on BW sets for years to try to keep color continuity, or some other reason, with the color film.
Easy to tell from screen shape if the TV is color or not, at least in older films.
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05-13-2014, 11:44 PM
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Quote:
 Check out the color when the bar owner goes to change the channel. Also, check out the console that appears "on" later in the film. Not only is the channel indicator not lit, this was supposed to be 1976 and I don't think LED channel indicators were used at the time, at least not on Zenith sets. Not TV related, but still related to the film, a 1977 Cadillac with paint fading is used by the main character in the last scene. Last edited by Jon A.; 09-29-2015 at 04:06 PM.
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05-14-2014, 06:42 AM
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Good eye. Console is a 2nd gen System 3 L line or older
1980's. Wouldnt mind having the El Dorado in my stable. Strip the pollution crap & the 500 could really pull the 5,000 lbs along. Awesome FWD burnouts too ! The boss had a few. All I could afford was a Coupe De Ville.  73 Zeno 
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