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Old 02-05-2021, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by radiotvnut View Post
Out of all the S3 Zenith sets, I think this chassis was the best one; but, as usual, the bean counters likely got their way and that's why the bulky transformer and 9-153 board was replaced by the 9-160 board.
I think it was a combination of the bean counters and efficiency. I don't know if the federales had any mandates for power consumption at that time, but the saturated core transformer, while an excellent and fool proof regulator, was also a heat waster.

The 153 S3 was an excellent TV.

John
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