I bet that the reason you never see a bad Funai CRT is because all the other parts go bad before the CRT has a chance to!
We've owned a 32-inch JVC D-Series set (bought new in 2001, I think) with no problems so far. I've been trying for three months now to get the parents to swap it out for my 32-inch Trinitron, KV-32HS20. Much better set in almost every respect. The JVC works really well, it's just that the Sony outdoes it in almost every way.