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Sylvania had them earlier in the 70's I think. They had the commercials saying best color picture, Better than zenith and rca. You can find them on youtube. I personally like the lighter tube better. When I was a kid my mom got a 79 Magnavox videomatic, still with the old type channel knobs. Had a black matrix inline picture tube, but still the lighter tube. A year later my grandmother got the sylvania superset II. The sylvania had a wow factor because of the dark tube. But in my opinion the magnavox had a more realistic everyday viewing. When adjusted right the dark areas of the screen still showed black, in a light or dark room.
My first set was the 1992 Panasonic super black super flat gaoo system ( I think this is what they called it). Nice set, and had a nice picture. But to get the dark areas black the faces would be too dark. Lighting the faces up enough for good viewing the dark areas were no longer completely black like in the old set. So even though it had the dark picture tube, it still did not compare to the sets made in the 70's.
Also my sister had a early 70's zenith 19". Lighter tube, but still better than any of the later dark picture tubes.
My post is just my opinion.
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