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Well, on the plus side, they did make the cabinet look fantastic.
The thing I hate, though, is that they acted like the 'had to' modernize it for it to be able to play DVDs. Well no, they didn't. They could have used an RF modulator, or they could have done like I did with my Zenith and pipe in composite video just after the IF stages (though depending on the what the Predicta's circuitry looks like they might have needed an additional input amplifier for the video).
I think the real reason for the flat panel was because the thing was going to be on all the time, and you'd have greater energy cost and more maintenance to do on a tube set under those conditions, but I still think it's a dumb thing to use a Predicta for.
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