tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post4486703025136265457..comments2024-03-28T11:38:44.676-05:00Comments on Phil Are Go!: Zenith Color TV - Better than reality.PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-7901726704974486682012-04-26T06:11:54.807-05:002012-04-26T06:11:54.807-05:00Thanks for backing me up on the Girl In Red issue,...Thanks for backing me up on the Girl In Red issue, gentlemen. It's great to have your support.<br /><br />And Steve, thanks for the critical data upload. Holy crap! You're an asset to this organization. Whatever I'm paying you, consider it doubled. No no, you've earned it.<br /><br />Thanks guys!<br /><br />[-Mgmt.]PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-74922791980500068902012-04-25T19:59:01.783-05:002012-04-25T19:59:01.783-05:00Got a date on this ad? I'm guessing circa 1960...Got a date on this ad? I'm guessing circa 1960 -- a few years either way. Circuit boards then were quite different from today's multi-klayered thingies. The boards from Zenith's competitors are a different substrate and more subject to developing a crack than the glass reinforced boards used today. That crack might be more difficult to discover than, say, a cold solder joint left by Zenith's hand-crafting process.<br /><br />Other than the board, Zenith's and the competitor's televisions were pretty much the same. The same tubes, the same resistors, the same coils and capacitors... but I'll bet the Zentih was a bit more expensive, since the PC board construction was at least semi automated, though it may have been little more than floating the board across a molten solder bath rather than attacking each solder joint with a hand-held iron. <br /><br />And Zenith had to pay Paul Harvey to say, "Zenith -- the quality goes in before the name goes on." (Genius copywriting, BTW.)<br /><br />Next installment, my life in a television factory, followed by the installment wherein I draw the pictures for TV set ads, followed the installment where I retouch photos of plastic pail closures.<br /><br />I wish there was an installment of my life with the beautiful girl in red!Steve Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00450550786810074858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-23859222447290061782012-04-25T08:39:51.078-05:002012-04-25T08:39:51.078-05:00While I know absolutely zero about TV electronics ...While I know absolutely zero about TV electronics or printed circuit boards, I totally concur with your update. That girl in the red sweater is smokin' HOT.<br /><br />Anonymous 2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com