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There was a 13" and a 17" GE color set from about '83 to '86 that used the Panasonic built "BC" chassis. I think the tuners may have been GE; but, the main chassis was built by Panasonic. These sets ate flybacks for breakfast. These sets came in both remote cable ready and knob tuned configurations.
There were a few goldstar built 13" GE sets just before GE got out of the TV business. There was also a 19" Panasonic built GE from around '87. The chassis was something like "MN" or "MX" or something like that. This one had an orange disc cap in the HOT collector circuit that would short and take the HOT with it.
Lastly, there were some 25" GE sets from the mid '80's that used a Panasonic chassis. IMHO, these were junk. They ate flybacks (TLF14423F) and HOT's. The CRT's were always weak and the chassis always had cold solder joints, usually on power resistors that were not secured well enough to begin with.
Probably the best GE set from their last days was the GE built "PC" chassis that was used in 19" and 25" sets. That chassis was fairly trouble free except for some caps in the vertical and power supply circuits. There was also a "PM" real GE chassis that was used in their higher end 19" and 25" sets. I've only seen one or two; so, I can't speak much for that one. The only catch is that many of the CRT's used in these sets are weak by now. It's been my experience that the early '80's GE CRT's hold up much better than the GE CRT's from the mid '80's. I don't know if the CRT's were actually made by GE or someone else. I'll have to check the EIA code the next time one comes my way.
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