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I have bought one new TV set, and I really think it will be the only one. I must have been about 13 or 14 (mid-80s). I had a TV already, a GE 23v table model from the late 60s, but it has cataracts, a busted UHF tuner and a terrible picture. I fell in love with a 19" bw Zenith that was languishing on the shelf at the local dealer but Mom & Dad wouldn't let me get it. They saw a 12" bw Magnavox in a Western Auto sales flyer for $69.95. Now, I knew all about those sets and found them boring (unlike that "stylish" Zenith) but Dad took me to WA anyway. What they actually had in stock was a Midland (oh, they're all the same anyway, said the clerk) so I handed over the $65 I had saved up, Dad paid the rest...and I had a TV. Later, after I had upgraded to a mid-70s Portacolor, I took the Midland apart with the intention of fitting it into an old radio cabinet, but that never happened.
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Bryan
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