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The Magnavoxes had a switch on the rear to allow for the "quick picture" feature to be on or off...I think this is a better arrangement than the "vacation" switch on the rear which just cut the incoming power or the sets which had no defeat switch at all. The channel indicator light would light dimly when the Magnavox was in quick picture mode to remind you the standby feature was on.
If the sets were heavily used, the quick picture function probably did not decrease that much tube life over what it would have had without it...of course it is nice to be able to disable it when the set is infrequently used.
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