Best Era for CRT tvs?

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

One thing I realized is that we've discussed Color but not monochrome. I'd argue monochrome's best years were about 1958-1975. After tube designs became standard/mature (as long as you did not buy cheap crap) you usually got a good performing set that would last ~20 or more years with little maintenance. Heck I've got early 60's Zeniths still working well on original caps.

1954 and newer RCA's with the all glass CRT's, 1956 and newer Motorola's, 1958 and newer Zenith's, 1954/55 Westinghouse. Many Admiral models.