How representative are those pics you posted to what you actually see on the screen (TVs don't photograph particularly well with digital cameras) - are some of those lines artifacts of the picture transfer?
I was an ASC for Gold Star during those years and while they were average for reliability, they were fairly unsophisticated design-wise. What you are seeing might be within the scope of what's normal for that TV.
We've all gotten used to perfect "deflection", purity, geometry, focus, etc. of modern digital flat panel displays.
John
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