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This one is relatively modern, only 17 years old. But the rest I got this TV is because this is the same exact TV as my first TV (which I still have and use). This one was manufactured one month after mine, in August 1990.
This is a Sears/Sanyo with A/V inputs, mono set with 2 speakers.
This is a Sears/Sanyo with A/V inputs, mono set with 2 speakers.
Operating condition unknown on all at the moment. All but 2 have their power cords cut, and there is no power in the storage unit.
I'm going to borrow my dad's battery jumper/charger/power inverter and bring some new cords out to test Sunday.
I'm going to borrow my dad's battery jumper/charger/power inverter and bring some new cords out to test Sunday.
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Wow... We had a set similar to the Zenith one and my first TV was a Sears/Sanyo set from 1990 as well... Christmas gift from grams.. Great score
BTW-Does your storage unit have marble floors???? Doesn't look like concreate?
BTW-Does your storage unit have marble floors???? Doesn't look like concreate?
Wow - the Space Command Zenith is one fun looking getup! I've only heard, not seen, what the zoom feature is like - nice set!
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Zoom feature
I've seen a Zenith zoom in person. It just zooms in. That's all. It does get pixellated when you zoom in but it was cool. I love the early 70s Chromacolor. You could watch some Brady Bunch on that one. And I'll bet the Sears/Sanyo boxes still work today. They are very reliable.
The Motorola Quasar is awesome. My aunt and uncle had one of those. Does it still have the little Lady Kenmore flip down door over the picture controls?
I've seen a Zenith zoom in person. It just zooms in. That's all. It does get pixellated when you zoom in but it was cool. I love the early 70s Chromacolor. You could watch some Brady Bunch on that one. And I'll bet the Sears/Sanyo boxes still work today. They are very reliable.
The Motorola Quasar is awesome. My aunt and uncle had one of those. Does it still have the little Lady Kenmore flip down door over the picture controls?
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Is that Quasar a solid state or tube type? I have a similar set with the works in a drawer that is mostly solid state but still uses about 4 tubes.
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Looks like marble... I wish i'd never given away my sears snayo tv... OH well
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Very nice units. It's interesting to think how our habits/perception must have changed over the years, without realizing it. It's probably been 30 years since I've watched a console tv with any degree of regularity, but it seems strange to me now to think of the screen being that low to the floor.
Chad -
It says Solid State on the front, but I haven't had a chance yet to get the back off and see what's really inside. I'm assuming it is 100% solid state
It also has one of those Instant On switches in the back, and I'm afraid it was left in the ON position, so I'm hoping the picture tube is still good.
It says Solid State on the front, but I haven't had a chance yet to get the back off and see what's really inside. I'm assuming it is 100% solid state
It also has one of those Instant On switches in the back, and I'm afraid it was left in the ON position, so I'm hoping the picture tube is still good.
Nice haul! We had a "portable" Zenith Chromacolor similar in control-styling to the console you picked up.
Looks like you have a shiny new storage unit too. Don't worry, you'll fill it up in no time!
Looks like you have a shiny new storage unit too. Don't worry, you'll fill it up in no time!
Chromacolor space command
That first Zenith Chromacolor you have there is almost identical to the one I have in my bedroom! Mine however is installed in a modern style cabinet that has a swivel pedestal. It also has the "space command" ultrasonic remote. With that system, the tuning dials are installed behind a flip-open door that has two large black squares similar in size to the ones around your tuning dial. There's also a lighted indicator on the front of the door, inside the squares to show which channel is being viewed. Zenith was smart enough to make the numbers large enough to see across a room. The set is a "Hybrid" containing tubes only for the high-voltage sections, High voltage rectifier, focusing rectifier, horizontal out, damper, vertical output, and a 3 element tube for driving the 3 electron guns. Everything else is solid state like the tuners, IF, color decoders, sound output, sync, and oscillators.
The remote has six buttons on it Volume/power up & down. The controls are mechanically motorized with little servo motors. you push the volume up button to click it on, and then hold it till it's at the desired volume. To turn it off, you hold down the volume down button till the volume goes all the way down and it clicks off. The VHF and UHF tuning functions through the other 4 up & down buttons. To receive UHF channels, you tuned the VHF tuner to the UHF setting, when you did that, you knew it because the indicator light would come on the UHF tuner. You then used the up & down to dial in the desired channel. The UHF tuner didn't "click" to each channel. but instead just rotated smoothly.
The picture on this set is quite nice! Especially after it was given a full convergence job and a set of fresh tubes.
That other, 80's vintage Zenith in the modern cabinet is also a nice television too. They had a spectacularly sharp picture and a tuner that would pull in some amazingly weak stations. My parents had a tabletop model of that set, and I remember that it would pick up Norfolk, DC and Charlottesville stations occasionally. Ours also had a video input so that we could hook up the commodore computer and play video games!
You've got quite a nice haul there! Where'd you find all those fun console TV's?
That first Zenith Chromacolor you have there is almost identical to the one I have in my bedroom! Mine however is installed in a modern style cabinet that has a swivel pedestal. It also has the "space command" ultrasonic remote. With that system, the tuning dials are installed behind a flip-open door that has two large black squares similar in size to the ones around your tuning dial. There's also a lighted indicator on the front of the door, inside the squares to show which channel is being viewed. Zenith was smart enough to make the numbers large enough to see across a room. The set is a "Hybrid" containing tubes only for the high-voltage sections, High voltage rectifier, focusing rectifier, horizontal out, damper, vertical output, and a 3 element tube for driving the 3 electron guns. Everything else is solid state like the tuners, IF, color decoders, sound output, sync, and oscillators.
The remote has six buttons on it Volume/power up & down. The controls are mechanically motorized with little servo motors. you push the volume up button to click it on, and then hold it till it's at the desired volume. To turn it off, you hold down the volume down button till the volume goes all the way down and it clicks off. The VHF and UHF tuning functions through the other 4 up & down buttons. To receive UHF channels, you tuned the VHF tuner to the UHF setting, when you did that, you knew it because the indicator light would come on the UHF tuner. You then used the up & down to dial in the desired channel. The UHF tuner didn't "click" to each channel. but instead just rotated smoothly.
The picture on this set is quite nice! Especially after it was given a full convergence job and a set of fresh tubes.
That other, 80's vintage Zenith in the modern cabinet is also a nice television too. They had a spectacularly sharp picture and a tuner that would pull in some amazingly weak stations. My parents had a tabletop model of that set, and I remember that it would pick up Norfolk, DC and Charlottesville stations occasionally. Ours also had a video input so that we could hook up the commodore computer and play video games!
You've got quite a nice haul there! Where'd you find all those fun console TV's?
