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Originally Posted by rca2000
I Have a LOT of 1970's set. Just acquired a 1973 TS-938 Quasar set from Doug a couple of weeks back. It is the one with the SMPS_-WAAYYY before those became "common". Last one I had was in 1988 maybe 89....till now.
1980' sets...a FEW interest me...but not a lot of them. I have one of the RCA CTC-133 sets with that "square tube" from 86 I think, and a couple of the non-dimensia CTC 131 sets. But the Zenith sets from that era do NOT interest me that much.. Most had the 9-160 chassis, or 9-181 or 214 module till maybe 1985 or so...and those do NOT interest me. Shitty flys, Hot chassis, a LOT of wires connecting boards. The tubes were often pretty good though. After those came the 9-516 chassis --cold, but STILL a LOT of long wires running everywhere...
I also have a NAP 25C8 set--from 1987 or so. Good tube--think it works.
But a LOT of 1980's set had hot chassis....and that is a turn OFF for me.
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I have one of those 9-181's from 1982 and in fact I'm watching MeTV right now. She does show her age a little bit, the pic goes a bit red for a little bit and then stays good for months. Still, she is a trooper and my favorite set.
I think I read somewhere the roundies used a rare Earth element to produce reds in better quality, yittrium, IIRC but they switched over to something else when the rectangular sets came out and the phosphor leaned more towards a red/orange.
BTW, I'm in Ohio now, had to move with the death of my mother. I'm close to Wheeling, WV. It's just me and two cats, my 15 year old is running around like a kitten.