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I got the flyback on eBay for $18, which I think is a decent price for a part with a high failure rate like these!
Dave, you are right about the video content. I don't have many DVDs and I didn't have an antenna connection where the TV was located. My rabbit ears with a decoder didn't get a single channel!
The image wasn't stable for more than 1-2 minutes after playing with the AGC screw and the colors never got right. There were some noises I didn't like coming from the back of the TV near the HV cage.
Having no test equipment or experience with TV sets and very limited knowledge about electronics. I brought the set to a local TV repairman who still wants to touch these sets!
I don't think he did much to it since he got it but he seemed confident about fixing it with minimal parts and labor...
Back in the 1980s, my parents did buy a few things to him including their first sound system with a CD player (and I remember very well the day he delivered, installed and demonstrated it 28 years ago!). I remember I was amazed to see a flat panel TV on the wall of his store back in 1987. If I remember well, that wasn't sold here but was for the Japanese market. Now, he operates his business at home and I think he still does antenna installations.
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