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Originally Posted by Jon A.
One thing about collecting older electronics is that you've got to either know how to fix them or be able and willing to learn. Anyone else is just a user and should stay away from them. Notice the labels on SS equipment that say "No user serviceable parts inside". Anything older, well, it's almost guaranteed to have bad parts that aren't "user serviceable".
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I don't know a lick on how to fix televisions, but I can appreciate and collect them. I just make sure the ones I collect are in good operating order.
I remember those drugstore tube testers. I was soured away from tube television because of the constant failures of the family black and white in the mid 50's to early. 60 's. My parents had to hire a repairman to come on a frequent basis. When it was time, I finally bought my first color set, a year after graduating high school in 1965. Even then, I wanted to buy the Motorola "works in a drawer" all transistor console, but it was too expensive, so settled on the RCA 19 inch consolette CTC 19. When the first all transistor Sony color sets came out, quickly ditched the RCA.
As I was not handy with television repair, I wanted to stay as far away from tube sets as possible. My perception at the time was transistor sets were more reliable, transistors don't burn out like tubes. I hope I didn't stray to far off topic.