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This set is so unpredictable! I was pleasantly pleased when one day I hooked up a VCR/DVD combo and actually had a clear picture WITH color which had disapeard early on. Next go around or two I used once a stand alone VCR and also an RF converter to try a stand alone DVD player.

Now I have this awful blurry picture with no color at all. The picture has about 4" missing from the top and oddly it will periodically and slowly fade to almost black making you think about HV problems (as I still have the HV hiss and related interference line that it creates on the far left of the picture, top to bottom). However, you can switch to an unused channel and the raster is bright and full as any TV should be.

So I am thinking something in the video or AGC circuits. Any other suggestions? Really this is all dumb when it all could be avoided by replacing the caps and probably having a good running set. Just don't have the time and I hear of so many of these Zeniths more or less working as found. Really, this set is real close to working all things considered. Good sound, full raster etc. Just the HV hissing, video issues, and color. The color can't be far from working fine as I mentioned the one day that everything was dead on pretty much with the DVD/VCR combo.