What was the first TV you ever fixed?

[radiotvnut]

For me, it was around 1990, shortly after I started collecting antique radios. Someone gave me an early '60's 19" RCA B&W set with the knobs on top of the case. It had no UHF tuner. IIRC, it only needed the tuner and controls cleaned/adjusted. I watched that set for a year or so, until I found a 19" Philco-Ford B&W set with UHF. I sold the RCA to a young married couple for $25 and they were glad to get it. I don't think that would happen in 2011.

The first color TV I fixed was given to me shortly after the B&W RCA was given to me and it was a mid '70's 19" Zenith space command CCII set. That one had a blown vertical output fuse. I promptly sold that one for $50 because having $50 to buy radios was more important to me than having a color TV in my room. That set did have an outstanding picture.