RCA 1986 Color Trax Console Television

[radiotvnut]

I'd say early '80's on some of the highest end sets from Sony, Zenith, RCA, and Magnavox.

I'll drag home some '80's portables; but, I'm not much into '80's consoles. By that time, they had become pretty much "cookie cutter" in terms of styling and most had particleboard/plastic cabinets. Another big issue for me is space; which, I'm almost out of and I need to reserve what little room I have left for older stuff. With that said, those '80's RCA consoles were excellent TV's and I made a lot of money off of them a long time ago; but, sadly, they are hard to give away today. If I was in need of a TV and a mid '80's RCA console came my way; then, I'd have no problem with putting it into service. Unlike most people today, I don't feel like I have to own a flatscreen TV.

Concerning the CRT, any A63 (25" viewable) series RCA CRT from that time period should work. The RCA CRT's from that era usually have a different style base that the socket plugs in to that's different than most other CRT's from that era; but, like I said, those RCA sets are still common and it shouldn't be hard to find one with a good CRT. As long as the CRT mounts the same, has the same socket, and is the right size (A63); then, it should work. The A66 series tubes were 26" and the A68 series tubes were 27"; so, those would be too big.

Back when I was fixing and selling used TV's, I was all the time swapping CRT's from other TV's. Some of these CRT's came out of a different brand of TV and often had different type numbers; but, they all worked as long as they physically fit and have the same electrical connections.