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I recently junked a circa 1980 model Rutherford TV/stereo combination. It looked just like a CM set from the same time period. The stereo was on top of the TV and the whole top lifted up. The cabinet was a junky particleboard and vinyl job. The chassis was an NEC; just like what's in the CM branded sets. The tuner was a standard VHF/UHF rotary tuner. The CRT was an inline type like what was used in early '80's RCA sets.
It had the name of some rent-to-own place stamped on the back and the people that gave it to me claimed they gave around $1200 for it.
I junked the set because the CRT was toast and the chassis had other problems.
I used to get a lot of these CM sets from the mid '70's through the early '80's and I was not at all impressed with them. Most of them had weak/toasted CRT's and they were cheap built. Someone could have gotten a TOTL Zenith or RCA for what some of those CM sets cost. I think the longer than usual warranty is what sold a lot of people on the CM sets.
OTOH, I was given a mid '60's CM color set (years ago) that was in a quality cabinet and the chassis was an RCA clone.
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