My new Zenith 25EC58!

[Jon A.]

Oh man, this one's nice! Much more interesting than most flats. I see it has the Setronic 7 control panel, very cool. What kind of CRT is in it? I wasn't aware of any flats with a dark-matrix CRT.

I just took a closer look at the cabinet. Is there actually wood in there aside from the top?

Some info on the Setronic 7:

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

What kind of CRT is in it? I wasn't aware of any flats with a dark-matrix CRT.

All Zeniths over 18" after ~1970 were 'black matrix'! Zenith called their 'black matrix' tubes (IIRC that tech was Zenith's invention) "Chromacolor", and their SS sets with black matrix tubes were "Chromacolor II", or in VK speak CCII....IIRC CC CRTs were introduced in 1969 and made their way initially into tube/hybrid sets till the first solid states came out. Early SS zeniths just say Chromacolor as marketing had yet to add II to the end for the early sets. The first 3 sizes of CC CRTs were 23"V, 25"V, 19"V, and IIRC a few years later they began to make smaller screen CC CRTs to gradually phase out non-'black matrix' CRTs in their smaller sets.

Basically EVERY flat chassis SS Zenith has a 'balck matrix' "Chromacolor" CRT.