Is there a such thing as a reliable tube color TV?

[DavGoodlin]

My grandparents got a new Zenith 23V in 1974 to replace the 1966 23" color set they wore out. It had a chassis 23EC15 and that was the last hybrid tube Zenith. I think the Florida humidity killed the 66's flyback and I got a report of my Grampa gutting it, placing the chassis/CRT in the trash, then re-purposing the Italian Provincial cabinet, not funny when I would have gladly taken it for parts.

The 23EC15 was sent to my Aunt who had it a few more years, I did little more than test the 4 tubes and clean the tuner on 1 or 2 visits down to see everyone. The 23EC15 was the lower-priced alternative to a CCII, but this one was fairly trouble-resistant. making a picture pretty much like a CCII
A few years later I fixed one with the same chassis and sold it, ending up exchanging it for an XL100 because it kept developing issues. I wrote it off as one of Zeniths few dogs.But, of course the CRT was strong.