well,i'm happy to say fellas that i'm the proud new owner of this set (it was an ebay auction and i'm the winning bidder!) so now this is my 1st vintage TV set..and i won it at the great price of $0.99!!the owner says "All tubes and the picture tube are there and light up when the unit is plugged in. The speaker makes noise, but I have not hooked up an antenna to see if I could get a picture or audible sound."...so hopefully this'll be a working set..and if not,it'll be a nice piece to have around until i get the $$ to repair it