1959 Zenith Space Command 400 TV (updated 2019)

[@tectalabyss]

Great to see you back Sir. Love the set and your updates to it.All my best.

[@wurly1100]

Thanks!

[@RCALivingStereo]

Glad your back! Love this set.

[@rodsch56]

Glad to see a new video from you! I found you because of the great videos you did with Elvis FTD CDs. I love vintage devices and the ones you have are great. I watch you from Brazil and i enjoy your videos! Best wishes! Rodolfo

[@wurly1100]

Welcome to the channel and thank you for tuning in! KZbin sure has a way of bringing the world closer. Glad you enjoy the videos.

[@rodsch56]

@@wurly1100 Looking forward to new videos from you! I watch the old ones every now and then! Cheers from Brazil! All the best! Rodolfo

[@jamesallen327]

Good to see one of your new, very engaging posts. I learn and nostalgically return back in the day! Thank you.

[@wurly1100]

Thank you for watching!

[@DrOlds100]

This was a really enjoyable video sir! It's good to see you back adding to your channel, I was afraid you were done! That is one, slick setup you have on that beautiful Zenith, It must be a lot of fun using it and showing it off to your friends!! You always make fantastic videos so I really hope you decide to get back into it and Thanks!!

[@wurly1100]

Thank you! Hope to post more as time permits.

[@spencerbergquist781]

That white knob on the back was for manually changing the channel if the automatic motor burns out, which ours did. The remote worked on sound, not light like today's TV's. Our dog would run in front of the set and the noise from his collar hit the frequency and changed the channel. '

[@hesterhenrietta261]

This is so cool!

[@spencerbergquist781]

We had the same exact TV (except it was a french provincial cabinet). In the back you can individually adjust fine tuning for each channel, so when you change channels with the remote, don't have to get up and fine tune at the TV itself. It had a nice sound with bass and treble controls,, with 3 way speakers on each side of the TV.

[@jefferyb304]

I got a circa 1970 Zenith color console. I had some heartbreak happen when I got it home. Apparently, somebody didn't put the socket all the way on the CRT before buttoning up the set in years past. I go to take the back off, it slips and hits the socket, the socket breaks the keyway off and the CRT goes to air. I later discover the blue screen and drive controls all the way up. I think the only green control was near all the way. It's not a space command set, but it has power tuning. I hope to track down a good CRT someday. With nothing to lose. I put the socket back on the pins and hit the top repeatedly with my fist. It's then that I realize what happened there. Mental note to self. Be careful when removing back panels.

[@wurly1100]

Sad story, Hope you find a replacement CRT someday. Thanks for tuning in!

[@RCALivingStereo]

I have some vintage TV guides to go with my 57 Rca tv

[@themovietheatre]

RCA in their ads said you can turn the TV set completely off. What they do not say, that that the remote needed batteries.

[@wurly1100]

No batteries needed for this remote. Tuned metal rods in the remote control give a frequency sound that's picked up by the TV mic which sets off a relay to change channel etc.

[@douglashoff95]

These were the best sets of the time along with Motorola refusing to use printed circuit boards. The other makes with printed circuits had problems develop from cracked solder connections and deteriorating phenolic of the circuit boards themselves due to the heat from the tubes. Zenith really meant quality with the hand wired chassis. This would have been the top of the line set in 1959 as very few sets had remote control separate bass and treble controls and separate tweeters. I think the "400' was the best remote of the series that year.

[@DF13939]

Been a long time.

[@americanoldfarmhouse]

Can i use othe type of media player instead of the wester media player you have?

[@glennmillerfan]

Nice TV! Had I been alive in the market for a TV in 1959 however, I probably would have gone with a Color TV instead, though this would have made great backup TV for a bedroom or office area.

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

If you had plenty of money. They were very expensive. Also I believe there was still very little color programming at that time.

[@JodyHakala]

Can you please post all components by brand and model number

[@RCALivingStereo]

Would you consider selling any of your TV sets?

[@EK-ii1sh]

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[@stun3282]

My parents have the exact same clock as the one on top of your tv

[@wurly1100]

My Family had one too. I spotted the clock in a 1957 family photo and had to find one. :)

[@GioveseSan]

"The quality goes in, before the name goes on." Flat screen TV's you junk it, and then get another...

[@RCALivingStereo]

Would you ever consider selling this set for the right price?

[@wurly1100]

Nah...This and the Zenith "Porthole" are favorites of ours and get used just about every day. I do know of a "French Provincial" style same model as this in PA. Might be available for sale.

[@RCALivingStereo]

classicradios well Let me know if you have any you’d consider selling They all look like nice sets

[@davidbusch9948]

we had the same exact tv with the same remote untill we got Zeith color tv

[@tomfranco4866]

Kool