17 Feb
2010
17 Feb
'10
6:41 a.m.
On 16 Feb 2010 at 21:51, Brent Hilpert wrote:
Before this Sony, I had a Zenith 27" console. All solid-state, with
the exception of the jug. I replaced the horizontal output
transistor twice on that thing. It was kind of interesting with lots
of plug-in circuit board modules.
Not a bad set, but I got rid of it when the plastic switches used in
it began to crack.
--Chuck
Dave McGuire wrote:
It is
absolutely NOT correct...They were tube up until the early
1970s, but were made in solid-state form (except for the CRT of
course) for many years after that. I purchased such a solid-state
console TV, brand new, for a family member around 1992 or so.
As I recall, there was a period of hybrid technology in colour
televisions, around the late 60's, 70's. Tubes hung around in the high
voltage and deflection driver sections for sometime after the
lower-level signal paths had gone solid-state.