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Okay, As promised, here are the pictures, along with my thoughts of Zenith during this time frame. (set manufactured in Feb 85)
I sold Zenith from 1978-1981. My Uncle opened his shop in 1972, and stopped selling around 1989 when the quality had gotten so terrible.
IMO, nothing could come close to beating Zenith in quality until about 1982, where you can tell a definite slip in build quality. My 1981 System 3 with built in Spacephone blows this one out of the water, in picture and quality. It weighs quite a bit more as well. The 81 still uses an American tube, which is that tri-focus design. In the Advanced System 3 era, I think they started using Panasonic built tubes. Overall.. for a 30 year old set, the picture is quite good, (altho I can tell the tube is a tad tired) This is also a high-hours set. The sound is terrific, and you have the option to add speakers. What I don't like is that Zenith used a flimsy door with the control panel within it. (all the controls work tho) The auto color has 3 positions. Off/Color Sentry/Video enhance. The picture looks best on Color Sentry. When it's on video enhance, it takes away that razor sharp focus. Picture is better than my camera can capture. After this long winded review, here are the pix.
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