[jroberts500]

I agree with the experts on this one. I get a wierd feeling just being around those expensive things that were packed with cheap, unreliable electronics that performed so poorly. I bet it is a '78 or so. Even as a kid I could tell the difference and always wondered why so many adults are fooled into paying lots of money for stuff that is obviously junk. A lady friend of mine bought a Magnavox combo in '79 and even that system is much lower in quality than earlier stuff. I think she paid like $1,600.00 but I could be wrong. She still has it and I may take it someday because it is almost like new but something went wrong with the STAR chassis and she used it a long time with the crt overloaded with extreme brightness for probably a year or so. So, I don't like the idea of having to find a crt for it. Does anybody have an opinion on the crt being able to have a great picture even after being used a long time with way overloaded brightness to a point of needing to put the contrast way up to avoid washed out picture? She now has a 25" Sharp or Sanyo sitting on top. She was going to have it put in the combo but luckily she is way too cheap to pay for it!
Thanks, John