anyone here care about modern projection sets?

[JCFitz]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

Who remembers those monster GE projection sets from the mid-to-late '70's that used a 13" TV and some mirrors to produce the picture? I saw one of those at a TV repairman friend's house and the picture wasn't worth a crap. I'm sure the set being 20-25 years old didn't help; but, I've heard that these sets didn't look that great when new.

Or, what about one of those Zenith's from the early '80's that used a motorized drive system in order to lower the screen portion down inside the cabinet when not in use? I actually had one of those where the mechanism had failed and the screen was always in the "up" position. Also, the green CRT had a busted neck; but, the set otherwise worked. I ended up junking it.

Oh I remember those GEs.Worked on one in the early 90s. Terrible picture. Those Zeniths had so many problems that the motors were were unplugged on all the ones I worked on. The pictures weren't great on them either.Neither was the next generation Zeniths that were the boxiest projections ever made. I think they were at least as deep as they were wide. Terrible space hogs.The pictures weren't great and they were known for failures burning lines on the crts. The crts were short lived also so if anyone still has one it must really look like crap by now.Zenith never made a decent reliable projection tv in my opinion.