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Originally Posted by llcvt15
Interesting thread, makes me remember... I had to have gotten one of the last black and white TVs made, it was a 13 inch Orion new out of the box probably from 1994 or so. Got it for Christmas when I was very young, worked for a couple years and died. I don't remember why it quit on me, nor would I have been able to fix it either (I would have been about 5 years old haha). After that TV died my dad gave me his old GE Performance tv, about the same thing except about 30 years older and red in color. I still have that GE, and it still works amazingly enough...
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That's probably similar to those "Action" branded sets that were sold at about the same time period. They were solid black in color, were cheaply made, and ran off of a 12V wall wart or optional car cord. Some of the very last B&W TV's were those 5" battery operated models that were sold right up until the DTV transition. They were made in China, were sold in many case colors under several brand names, and the last ones sold for around $14.99. Some of them even had A/V input jacks on the rear. I've got 2 or 3 such TV's in various operating conditions. Several years ago, my flea market friend found a couple of these that were defective out of the box. One of them had a loose deflection yoke and the other one had it's CRT socket unplugged. Both were easy fixes; but, these sets are not as well built, nor do they last as long, as the older B&W 5" portables from the '60's and '70's. Even at that, it's hard to imagine a new TV of any type selling for $14.99.