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Originally Posted by bgadow
Yes, that would be original. That set is an odd duck! Probably a very poor value when it was new. I wonder how nice a color table model you could have bought for the same price?
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I don't know how much this set cost when new; but, I have a '78 22" Sylvania solid state B&W console that was obtained from a closed TV shop. Another VK member got an identical set from the same shop that still had the $399.99 price sticker on it. It would have taken someone who really wanted a B&W console to shell out that much money for one, since one could have bought an entry level 19" color set for around the same price or a 19" B&W for around $150. From what the shop owner told us, they had some customers who wanted no part of color and they kept these larger B&W sets in stock for as long as they could get them.