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01-18-2015, 04:21 PM
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1985 RCA colortrak 2000
Found an 85 colortrak 2000 off of craigslist its in really good shape, has a very strong picture and the sound is really good, it also came with its big remote command center. I will probably use it as my daily viewer since its working so well, plus it has a lot of input/outputs.
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01-18-2015, 04:30 PM
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I have two of these...both DID work to some degree. I think the tubes are ok in both. However--I think the cabinet on at least one got messed up some--from the old garage. Both were " shopping finds" and free. CTC 131 chassis. STILL want a "dimensia" version though.
Somewhere--I have at least one of those big remotes I think NIB.
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01-18-2015, 05:40 PM
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We saw quite a few of these. Excellent sets with just
a few common problems. I remember a few yrs earlier when the cube style came out we used to beat up on the Zenith salesman for not having a comparable set. You could get a Zenith just as good but not with the kick-ass styling or jack pack RCA offered. Of course Barney defended Zenith but also promised to drop a suggestion at the next big sales meet in Chicago. They even sang the Zenith song, wish I had that on a 45 ! A nice find right up with any 80's or 90's set. Only RCA I liked better was the CTC167, an underrated set.......... 73 Zeno 
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01-18-2015, 06:10 PM
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That's one of the last real RCA's before GE took over.
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01-19-2015, 07:15 AM
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Nice find crh... My Toshiba has lots of inputs/outputs like yours , mine has a flat CRT and love it
 .. recently I found a RCA entertainment serie 27' and had a poorly welded component and it did not work but I re-did the weld and it works fine now ... It was a small piece of metal near the flyback..
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01-19-2015, 11:13 AM
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Nice set you got there crh4881!
 I have the '82 model. Interesting seems '85 was the year RCA redesigned the front control layout and rear connections. Maxm has the '84 model and is identical to mine. I really like that glass bezel and the option to hook up external speakers. I'm curious if RCA was still using the LDR on these that radiotvnut had mentioned.
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01-19-2015, 11:40 AM
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RCA used the LDR on some of their sets until the early '90's. I had a 27" Colortrak 2000 from around '90-'91 that had it. I don't remember the exact chassis; but, it was something in the CTC157-67 series. It was not a CTC140 or a 169.
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01-19-2015, 02:28 PM
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DNR stands for : digital noise reduction.
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01-19-2015, 03:21 PM
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I remember Video Stores using these sets back in the day. They usually had several of them playing different featured video tapes.
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01-19-2015, 05:00 PM
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I have a 133-B that I like, although it has the "shiny whites" problem. Otherwise it's been a very good performer all these years. Picked it up at a scratch and dent department, and I only had to replace one of the output ICs. A 56K (?) resistor on the CRT board also went south. Other than that, OK.
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