1970's Zenith Chromacolor 2 console/Insignia DTV converter

I had never tested this Zenith console till tonight...got it at Texas Recycles day and it had been hidden behind a bunch of stuff for several years. CRT is excellent...I had to adjust the chroma module to get color and I don't think I have it perfect yet. Sometimes color sync will drift. I have a junk Zenith chassis that I can salvage a new module off of if need be.
The set has an unusual adjustment system for auxiliary controls where you slide a lever and push in a knob to adjust, and the adjustment parameter lights up.
Also here is the Insignia converter I got at Best Buy. It has a lot of great features like a signal strength indicator (both visual and audio)
TV guide information on screen, and a volume control. This was the model that people at audiokarma.org said had the best signal sensitivity.

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[CassetteMaster]

That ias a neat television! I like the adjustment controls, veryb cool. Is this solid state, tube, or hybrid?

[retrochad]

It is actually solid state...sorry I did not show the chassis! It has a vertical Zenith chassis with modules.

[Fred7038]

u ever hook up the outdoor antenna?if yes how many channels do u get?

[themaritimeman]

@ma55aracin9 No...

I mean, if the converter box received in the area, say, digital channels 2 to 9, it would output those digital channels on separate respective analog channels - 2 to 9 - simultaneously through the coax output to the TV, so you could change the TV's channel to change digital channels, rather than change the channel on the converter box itself. But like I said, it would be pointless and probably technologically impossible.

[ma55aracin9]

@themaritimeman like operating both devices -TV/ Conv box- independently? that's a pretty tough call, as there are no analog TV broadcasts anymore

[themaritimeman]

@ma55aracin9 What I meant was, if there was such a converter box that converted all the received digital channels to an appropriate channel equivalent so you can use the TV itself to change channels, like analog TV is/was. But they work like a satellite receiver and such - all the channel switching is done by the separate receiver itself, with an analog output on 3 or 4. Thinking now, that would be quite impossible (and pointless) to make.

[ma55aracin9]

@themaritimeman well, my Zenith DTV Converter -DTT series with analog passthorough function- works on both analog frequencies -CH 3 or 4-, just like the Insignia unit shown here

[TheNascarfan14]

Does It Have Space Command????

[rottenapples3]

Hey retrochad I love that Mediterranean style finish, solid state right !

[gm1990ss]

they were called console tv's. very popular between early 1970's to late 80's

[K3inMitl3id]

i used to have a tv that looked almost like that one, but the dials were set up a bit differently

[themaritimeman]

*Pretty *much* half

Also, the only thing I hate about coverter boxes is that they only output analog on channel 3 so you can see it on the TV, and you have to use them to change the channel and such. Is there such thing as a converter box that actually converts the signal of the different channels to analog, so you can still use the TV itself to change the channel?