Have the chance to get a zenith a4519w, worth the purchase?

[pendulum]

I have been in talks with an individual who has a zenith model a4519w 23inch color set for sale. I usually don't go for sets this new but I thought I would see if it was rare or uncommon and worth aquiring. He also has a zenith black and white super z chassis set if anyone is looking for one of those. Also, if anyone has the sams (1120-3) and could scan it, I would like to look it over. Thanks!

[DaveWM]

Only if you want one of the best TV sets ever built, and would like to have a daily watcher that will be trouble free. Otherwise pass on it.

[Jon A.]

A purchase like that I wouldn't even have to think about as long as the price wasn't totally crazy. Those things are the duck's guts.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

Only if you want one of the best TV sets ever built, and would like to have a daily watcher that will be trouble free. Otherwise pass on it.

It has a 12A12C52 chassis. 12 tubes and many solid state devices. GVG tuner and a first generation Chroma-color black matrix CRT. Best picture in the business at the time. I don't remember replacing a flyback in one of those.

[zeno]

A very solid set. The cabinet is plain & there is nothing
special about the set. There is no WOW factor.
So value I dont think is much.
If you know the CRT is very good & the cabinet near mint
go for it if you like it.

73 Zeno

[DaveWM]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wth_e1DPPSk

here is one of Dougs using that chassis. built like a tank.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by zeno

A very solid set. The cabinet is plain & there is nothing
special about the set. There is no WOW factor.
So value I dont think is much.
If you know the CRT is very good & the cabinet near mint
go for it if you like it.

73 Zeno

I bought mine at the Habitat For Humanity Restore, when they were taking in TV's for a donation. I bought mine for a donation.
They don't do it anymore, as it's a problem to get rid of them.

[DaveWM]

so did you get the set?

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by zeno

A very solid set. The cabinet is plain & there is nothing
special about the set. There is no WOW factor.
So value I dont think is much.
If you know the CRT is very good & the cabinet near mint
go for it if you like it.

73 Zeno

The "WOW" factor was in the picture! At the time, It seemed to have the best picture in the business. I thought, this black matrix thing is really something!

[pendulum]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

so did you get the set?

No, while a cool looking set the space I currently have is limited and I'll be heading off to school soon so I can only take some small portable sets to work on. The ad is still up for anyone in the Detroit or Toledo area who is interested. Here is a link.

http://toledo.craigslist.org/atq/5139307947.html

[zeno]

Such brand loyalty. I bet all 4 just need minor work to
bring them back from the brink. Hope someone gets them.
Super Z, first CC, a CC2 & a late one before Gold Star did
its dirty deed............

73 Zeno

[Electronic M]

The set you passed on is in the Boyden cabinet. I have the same set with the 12B13C52 chassis. The fine picture detail, focus, and convergence are the best of any tube/hybrid set I own, and easily rival any SS CRT set. Mine has been my main set since early 2009 and aside from a few issues has been quite solid.

It takes a new H output, and chroma osc. every 3-4 years, the focus divider drifted in the first year or two and I had to compensate by adding mega ohms to the ground side of the focus pot, and if a primary starts to flicker bright or go absent one of the chroma amp transistors is going bad (only one so far, but now I know how to trouble shoot it).

I'd recommend this set to anyone looking for a solid, high performance Zenith with tubes. It really should be saved.

[drh4683]

Is that A4519 set still available? Hopefully it's not in danger of being crushed...