What you see sounds very similar to what I <BR>see with another Zenith from that same time<BR>period. I have what I think is a 1961 or 62<BR>21" Zenith console from my grandparents. It<BR>has remote control.<P>It is still 100% original and I try to turn<BR>it on every few months and let it warm up and<BR>let the caps reform. But for the first 10<BR>to 20 minutes the picture is really horrible.<BR>The contrast is extremely high.. yet the<BR>picture is very dim. The whites are all<BR>washed out. But after it is on for a while<BR>the picture is actually pretty good. If it<BR>is used within the next few days it will <BR>start out again with a good picture but if<BR>it sits for a few month then the whole sequence<BR>starts all over.<P>From what I can remember this set has done <BR>this ever since it was fairly new.<BR><P>------------------<BR>