Are the CTC5 HV supplies weak?

[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by zeno

I dont think it applies here BUT I have noticed some newbies expect
room lighting brightness from old sets. That comes in the '70s !
People watched these sets in a darkened room. Making it bright only
brings on troubles & stresses Hoz / HV stages. ...
73 Zeno
LFOD !

I have read that; I have seen the same. I am 74, so I just "Might" have been around when color was the new thing. EVERY store that sold early color sets had a special room in which the color sets were located. It had a door and the light was rather low in that room.

It is absolutely correct that our early color sets will not have the brightness of a Plasma set. I still have an RCA CTC-9C in queue. I have gotten a raster after rebuilding the power supply but have more to come. I replaced the CRT with a good used 21CYP22A and have a good bright raster.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by kvflyer

I have read that; I have seen the same. I am 74, so I just "Might" have been around when color was the new thing. EVERY store that sold early color sets had a special room in which the color sets were located. It had a door and the light was rather low in that room.

It is absolutely correct that our early color sets will not have the brightness of a Plasma set. I still have an RCA CTC-9C in queue. I have gotten a raster after rebuilding the power supply but have more to come. I replaced the CRT with a good used 21CYP22A and have a good bright raster.

Our age is close. I do remember the TV rooms & also audio rooms. At the shop
our sales floor was up front with big windows. The only sets you could really
watch were Zenith Chromacolors & Sony trinitrons. In about 1976 the
Zenith EFL CRT's came out. They could light a room for abt 80 watts !
Well things do change. For the 2 years Studebaker built the Avanti
it was the fastest production car in the world ( with factory Paxton supercharger ). Now tech has left that behind but I would rather have the
real & simple thing.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by zeno

Our age is close. I do remember the TV rooms & also audio rooms. At the shop
our sales floor was up front with big windows. The only sets you could really
watch were Zenith Chromacolors & Sony trinitrons. In about 1976 the
Zenith EFL CRT's came out. They could light a room for abt 80 watts !
Well things do change. For the 2 years Studebaker built the Avanti
it was the fastest production car in the world ( with factory Paxton supercharger ). Now tech has left that behind but I would rather have the
real & simple thing.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

Sorry to stray OT but this brought back memories of my later teen years. I worked right out of high school at E.J. Korvette. They were one store that had the special TV Room with doors and low lighting with the color sets, talking ~ 1964-1967. Next to the TV room was the Audio Room. I eventually weaseled my way into that department, selling all brands of audio equipment. We also had a door and it was locked when we were not there. Best job I ever had!!!

"You will now be returned to your regularly scheduled broadcasting..."

[etype2]

Originally Posted by kvflyer

Sorry to stray OT but this brought back memories of my later teen years. I worked right out of high school at E.J. Korvette. They were one store that had the special TV Room with doors and low lighting with the color sets, talking ~ 1964-1967. Next to the TV room was the Audio Room. I eventually weaseled my way into that department, selling all brands of audio equipment. We also had a door and it was locked when we were not there. Best job I ever had!!!

"You will now be returned to your regularly scheduled broadcasting..."

While in high school 1960-64, I would go downtown Milwaukee and watch all the different brands of color set on the 6th floor of the Boston Store and Gimbels at Southgate mall. I didn’t understand what the best color should be then and they all had different color temperatures. Intrigued by Magnavox and it’s “blue cinema cast” but settled with a RCA CT19 in 1966. I saw color set in the 50’s and they were dark and not adjusted properly with usually green casts.

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