[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

I think I'd go the used CR70 route. If you own several old TV's or plan on owning more old TV's in the future, the CR70 would pay for itself. It wouldn't take many trips to the TV shop to eat up what a used CR70 would cost. I believe the CR70 cost over a grand when it was new. I suspect there will be many quality CRT testers available for a very reasonable price in the near future since CRT's are being phased out.

Hey Bryan, I just took the time to read your post, you are right. It did cost about a grand when new. I too recommend anyone that needs a tester to get this one or a Beltron, those are the only ones I put full faith in. I bought mine from a retired tv repairman on ebay. I was the high bidder with the reserve not met, I emailed him and said I really needed it, he said he wanted it to go to good use and relisted it for me with a buy it now of 70 bucks, 5 bucks more than my highest bid but worth every penny. All in all it was under 100 bucks including shipping. I once tried to damage a dead CRT with it just to test out what I can and can't do with it, I didn't want to damage any round color tubes on accident or anything else rare for that matter. It turns out that it won't let it's self damage a CRT, it will shut down and stop restoring or rejuvenating, it keeps track of how much the tube will emit and then won't go any further. The tube I tried to ruin actually came back and still works! The one in my CTC-53 won't rejuvenate because of the lack of cathode material. One amazing tester I think.