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Old 06-05-2007, 12:37 PM
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Zenith TV: Color Roundie or B&W?

Someone fairly local to me is selling a Zenith TV/Radio/Phono combo. The model is a L2310W (chassis 23LC45Z1). I don't have any service info late enough to see if this set is color or B&W. If Zenith kept the same model number scheme that they used in the '50s it would seem this is a 23-tube set. Seems a little light on tubes to be a color set but I just wanted to check. Does anybody know?
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Old 06-05-2007, 02:16 PM
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Both L2310W and 23LC45Z1 refer to a color set, but one made in 1980. I don't think Zenith made any System III tv/radio/phono combo units, (although I do remember seeing a chromacolor II with an 8-track). Something must be wrong, either my Sams index has a misprint, the model # isn't correct, or it's not a combo with a record player, or it is and they stuffed a newer set in it?
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Old 06-05-2007, 05:43 PM
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Traditional wide combos were still offered--and not at all rare to see in dealers located at places like large-city malls--in 1980; I wouldn't be surprised if Zenith did indeed still make one then.

There's long been a widely held misconception that those TV/stereo combos were withdrawn from sale ca. 1970. That's about fifteen years off.
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