[captainmoody]

My father bought a CTC 27 19" portable new in 1969 and we had nothing but trouble with the tuner and solder connections on the sync/horiz/vert board.
He finally sold it off in 1977 and replaced it with a GE with VIR (another troublesome set)
Still though, I like the old RCA sets with all their problems, Some had cool styling like my 21 or my portable 27.
Also, Once the original RCA flybacks were changed out with Thordarson replacements the sets became more reliable.
I used one of those in my CTC 21 so it should be good for a very long time, Especially considering the limited use it will see.