Rca New Vista's
 

I am thinking about donating a CRT from my zenith roundie to save a new vista.
As I already have 1 good working Zenith Roundie are there any troubles with a New Vista I should be aware of before going on with my plans? I would repair the cataract RCA before I reinstall it in the zenith when it gets a total rebuild.
Here are the ones in my holding area, you can see how bad the cataract is.

The New Vista name was used for various RCA sets that use a nuvistor in the front end, so I don't know exactly what model you've got. I'm a pretty mediocre TV mechanic, but I was able to restore two CTC-11s with no major roadblocks and good results at the end. Apart from replacing electrolytics, neither one needed much work.

Haven't owned any Zenith TVs, so I can't say how RCA would compare.

Phil Nelson

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Wow! I'll say that cataract is bad; I've never seen one like that on a round tube. I bet the safety glass will practically fall off (if it hasn't already) as soon as you remove the CRT.

cataract isnt all that bad.it is still attached in the center.should heat up and come off pretty easy.i have seen many of these cataracts.i have the same cabinet for a ctc15 in my garage.the set was a parts donor.when i got it,there were so many parts scavenged!i like the roundie combo!

I powered up the combo unit tonight, it worked and presented a good color picture with no apparent troubles, I will give it the usual cap/resistor & chassis rebuild and also add it to the daily drivers in my house. The Am/FM stereo failed to produce sound but the phono worked perfect. The stand alone set failed to have raster but had sound with cap hum so that one will be a bigger project with the CRT problems.