Don't want to beat a dead horse, but if I can save someone some money by preventing them from making a HUGE mistake, I will try.
Sorry, but as I said, Zenith's SUCK! However, just like Sony and JVC can make an occasional lemon, Zenith can make an "occasional" working TV. There main problem since about 1992 through today, is bad Picture tubes. Even the replacement Picture tubes had the same problems. They short out intermittantly, which in turn blows out the main board in the set. Thinking the TV just needs a main board, a repair center spends the $85 on a remanufactured board, and charges the customer $165 Parts and Labor. Within a week to a month, same thing happens again. These sets were very inexpensive, and many bars and hotels bought a ton of them. This led to ton's of sets coming in for the same repairs. Soon, rebuilders stopped remanufacturing these boards, as the return rate was well over 70% under warranty. This left only Zenith original remanufactured parts left. They too met the same fate, over 70% returns and this caused Zenith to declare Bankrupcty about 2 to 3 years ago. All Zenith parts distributors were closed down. Eventually, Capehart or Goldstar (I forget which one), bought out Zenith, kept the Zenith name going, but left the Zenith parts division closed. Today, there is starting to be a trickle of parts coming out of Zenith, but the main problem still exists. Zenith brand uses crap CRT's.
BTW, many think of Zenith as the last company to make sets in the US. That is totally false. In reality, they were one of the first to leave the US, with most of the parts (95%) coming from Mexico, all the way back to the mid 1970's.
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