Looking back from the SS era, we had an all solid state (except for the 1B3) Magnavox B&W 21" console that Mom and Dad got in the very early '70s. By '74 it had suffered a shorted yoke, and a shorted audio out transistor in '77, and the CRT was replaced once in about '77 or '78, and was more than ready for replacement again by the late '80s when I fixed up a CTC72 set for them and the old B&W went to the giant pit at the end of 18th St.
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