[Videotechie]

So I'm chiming in to ask a question . ONCE restored are these Ctc5 somewhat reliable. I had a ctc4 a while ago and the color sync circuit kept failing restored. I asked the te h if they can improve the circuit with better restore and or caps. Fixed set and didn't respond on any possible upgrades tried on circuit. Ran set once in a while and same circuit failed. Just got rid of it since not a reliable watcher.

DOES anyone do any engineering or reliability upgrades to improve run times in hours of these sets. Those sockets look pretty crispy.

If I was ever to get an old color tv, ways to maximize uptime in hours running. If I had that set, I would readily change out those plastic sockets for ceramic. These sets produce tons of heat. Does anyone run their old tvs with cooling fans ??

I guess those sockets look OK, might be pict HV tube got toasted..