the infamous 6GH8

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I found an old flyer from the late 70s advertising a promotion for Zenith tubes-if you bought however many tubes (100?) you would get a free subsription to TV Guide or Playboy. (such a deal!) There was one disclaimer-6GH8's did not count. Guess they sold too many to throw them into the deal?!

I have not personally had lots of trouble from these tubes, but I think that is just luck. I did have an early 70s RCA 19" that lost color; the first repair shop replaced the 6GH8 & told me not to bring it back. Repair lasted about a week, I fell asleep one night with the tv on and when I woke up it was b/w. Took it to another shop and he changed a resistor plus the 6GH8 and the set worked fine as long as I had it. I seem to recall that the second repair cost less than the first! Of course, today I would just figure it out myself, but I've learned a lot since then (still a ways to go, though)