Zenith said the new sets, all with 27-inch screens, are expected to reach stores in early October at suggested prices expected to range from $1,400 to $1,700, depending upon cabinet or console style.

But for TV, the arrival of stereo was showing signs of boosting color sales to all-time highs, and demand for this feature at the consumer level was running at double the 1985 pace. But all was not as ...

Eilers was also co-developer of another key industry standard known as multichannel television sound or stereo TV. Zenith’s system was adopted by the industry in 1984, said John Taylor, the ...