Most Consistently Reliable Early TV...RCA?

[M3-SRT8]

We're talking 1946 thru 1952, or thereabouts.

I'm looking for a new TV Project, and, considering the condition my 630 TS was in before resto, I'm amaized, in retrospect, what little trouble I had with it.

Are the RCA's the Best? What else is in it's Class?

LJB

[kx250rider]

I'd say that DuMont or Zenith would be superior in quality and long-lasting to the RCA. The DuMont chassis was also in some Crosley and Stromberg-Carlson sets.

Charles

[M3-SRT8]

Others would disagree, especially with Zenith, whose "Porthole" 12 & 16" were notoriously failure prone. I like those Zenith Portholes, but, many tell me to saty away.

I hear good things about early RCA's, DuMonts, and Andreas, on other websites. Admiral is good, for a budget set.

LJB

[Old1625]

I have a Zenith porthole set that would probably still work if I plugged it in. I would tend to lean towards Zenith rather than stay away in terms of reliability.

I'll admit that I've studied schematics for RCA, Dumont and Andrea, and find that they are well-designed--many with 4 and 5 pix IF stages, elaborate AGC circuitry and all that.

There are rave reviews and horror stories associated with every brand, I'm sure.

[bgadow]

As I mentioned on ARF as well, there is reliabilty and there is simplicity. A recapped Muntz should be very reliable though it will work poorly. A Zenith should offer outstanding performance, but will take longer to work the kinks out due to the larger number of components.