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I am aware of the TVs from the 40s which have DC restoration, however using an RCA 630 as a daily driver is impractical for a lot of reasons. Not the least of which in my area TV simply didn't exist until the early 50s, which makes 40s sets completely non existent.
When I was restoring an RCA 8 inch portable from 1957, the lack of DC restoration was driving me crazy, but I eventually decided that the screen size and the dim picture of the non-aluminized tube made the TV into more of a curiosity than something I will use all the time. It's got to be one of the few TV sets with a triode used as the audio power amplifier though. It shows how much changed in how few years when RCA went from making that work of art to slapping their name on the crummy Sharp portable I posted in another thread recently.
I kind of get the impression that anyone wanting to spend serious money on a TV went with colour after some arbitrary point in time, and that's why the black and white set engineering went more towards optimizing price than performance - kind of like how AM radio sounds terrible in all new cars, but has the potential to sound quite good with a bit of effort. This is why I posted the thread to begin with, I wanted to figure out if the black and white TVs I have are simply worn out, or if I really am expecting too much from black and white TV in general.
My conclusion is I need to find an early 60s RCA or Zenith with a good picture tube, electrically restore it, and then enjoy life in black and white.
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