Two new Zeniths

[Whirled One]

Originally posted by Charlie

The final result was a lot better than what I started with, but I am not finding the colors to be very rich on all programs. Seems that different stations on the cable have different levels of color.

Picture quality looks pretty good to me, Charlie. Neat looking set too!
As for the problem with the color level changing from channel to channel, this may be a silly question (especially since I'm not familiar with older Zenith color sets), but does that TV even have automatic chroma gain in the first place..? I'm not sure exactly when color TVs first started having that feature, so I may be a bit off base here. The chroma amp does sound a bit weak, though, if you can't get color at all (or color sync isn't stable) on some channels. In any case, readjusting the color (chroma) level control after switching channels is pretty much normal operating procedure for color TVs not having auto chroma gain.

BTW, in response to the UHF discussion in this thread, I believe TVs started becoming available with factory-installed UHF tuners starting in 1952 or '53; it's just that UHF-equipped sets weren't all that popular in many markets until the FCC mandated them in mid-1964.

On a related note, I was just thinking-- just how feasible would it be to alter the tuning range of an old outboard UHF converter to use it as a cable TV tuner instead..? That way you could avoid the need for "modern" equipment (i.e. a cable box or VCR) to serve this purpose.