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What a beast! In the sellers pictures you can tell from the remote that this is a "Star" system which I think came out in 1975. The set would be solid-state. The seller says used until 1990 when the color went bad and it has sat unplugged ever since. I bet the sellers parents had a repairman out and I am guessing the picture tube went bad. The reason I am guessing this is because I remember those early solid-state Magnavox's with in-line tubes (which the Star System would have) didn't last very long and were quite pricey. I remember my repairman Uncle hated those Magnavoxes because they were one of the first to use bonded yokes and at that time I think you had to use a Magnavox tube which were expensive. If he got one in on a trade with a bad picture tube it got pitched. I don't know if any rebuilders started offering those tubes. I think the Star System were also one of the first to use OSD. The seller has it priced cheap tho, but man..... can you imagine loading that set up?!?
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