Saved another Motorola color set this weekend!

[MRX37]

What's up with the picture tube? Cataract?

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by MRX37

What's up with the picture tube? Cataract?

From the first post: "The CRT is bright and razor sharp even though it has a little bit of bubbly cataracts. "

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[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

From the first post: "The CRT is bright and razor sharp even though it has a little bit of bubbly cataracts. "

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I, personally wouldn't fool with the cataracts or any, so-called restoration. There is little or no hours on the set.
Regarding picture quality, there was a time that a few TV manufacturers, wouldn't allow a dealer to demonstrate competitive makes, next to one another. Magnavox and Curtis Mathes, come to mind.

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I've seen and worked on the early rectangular Zenith sets and the picture wasn't that much better, especially the 22" sets. Those CRT's were very short lived. The RCA's of the day, were much higher maintenance. I've replaced CRT's in RCA's that were less than two years old. That's the reason that most of the industry went to a two year warrantee. Admiral went to a three year warrantee, because their CRT's were that bad.

Geez, did Admiral do anything right in color sets before their SS sets?

Anyway, although that's not my style for any set, it's still a nice save.

[MRX37]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

From the first post: "The CRT is bright and razor sharp even though it has a little bit of bubbly cataracts. "

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Right. missed that. Sorry.

[Username1]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

OK, so now we know you really are a time traveler. Great find!

I Told you guys ! ! Dammit ! ! So is Robb ! !

Again Doug Great Presentation ! ! Good to see a 23EGP showing a nice picture !
Great looking set ! Another clean chassis...... Gotta be a Time Machine Trip !

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[Captainclock]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

OK, so now we know you really are a time traveler. Great find!

Maybe he's the real Dr. Who!

[drh4683]

Thanks guys! I'm glad everyone enjoys the posts and photos. The number of "time capsule" houses that still exist here in Chicago is a rather unique phenomenon.

I know my screen shots can be rather misleading on this particular set as having only a "fair" picture, but part of that is mainly with my camera and how I have to adjust the brightness and color on the set to get the photo to turn out half way decent. When the set is adjusted for a normal picture, it's indeed quite nice and sharp with no bluring or detail loss. Its hard to get a good photo on a TV screen when things are constantly in motion.

I plan on keeping this particular set "untouched", including the CRT with it's cataracts. The set is completely untouched and makes for a great historical reference item, like a classic car with it's original paint. All this set really needs is a touch up on the purity and convergence, otherwise it's like 1966...

[bgadow]

Amazing how clean that chassis is. Another outstanding find!

[sampson159]

i wouldnt change that set in any way.beautiful and deserving to be untouched and housed by a real connoisseur like doug.i am always amazed and looking forward to his finds

[Jon A.]

Agreed, nothing should be done to a working unused Moto with a 23EG. The occasional run to keep the caps good will suffice. Perhaps it should have a special display place with a placard that tells about its history.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by bgadow

Amazing how clean that chassis is. Another outstanding find!

Not being used, no heat, no convection currents, no dust!
Of course, coming from a clean, non smokers home, helps a lot too.

[BigDavesTV]

Thanks for sharing another great find! It's absolutely amazing, and it's very nice to see another good working, original 23EGP CRT. I completely agree with WiscoJim, I really like the large pictures,and the historical documentation that Doug includes with his finds. It's as close to being at the sale, without being at the sale, for those of us in the audience!

[zenithfan1]

Gorgeous moto Doug! I wish they showed up at the estates like that around here.

[Sandy G]

"There are a MILLION stories in the Naked City.."