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Old 12-10-2015, 01:05 AM
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I see, it was the flybacks that caused the problems, not necessarily corners being cut on the rest of the chassis, if I understand you correctly. From other posts I've read on here, it seems universally accepted that Zeniths performed best. I may have to try to get a Zenith first. Given their minimal upkeep I would guess on average there are fewer issues that need to be addressed to get one running.
On the CTC-5 it was not just the flyback....Though most RCA color sets of the tube era were hard on their flybacks....

Assuming tubes and caps are good most Zeniths are fairly low maintenance....They will often run till the the tubes that work the hardest get weak, then things will start to not work as well as they should. A surprising number of Zeniths I've owned have worked great to at least good enough to know the essentials are good in unrestored as found condition. If you want a newer hybrid set that really performs look for a Zenith 12B13C52 chassis like I have or a 4 tube Zenith hybrid. They were among the first sets with Black Matrix CRTs (Zenith called it Chromcolor) which was along with Sony's trinitron were probably the greatest advance in CRT technology since color CRTs came out. Zeniths of that era produce sharp well focused pictures and those Chromacolor delta-gun CRTs are nearly immortal.
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Old 12-10-2015, 07:35 AM
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Oh that's what Chromacolor meant. Thanks for letting me know.
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