Average lifetime of a CRT?

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by KentTeffeteller

Also, consider some TV chassis designs drive a CRT very hard in the name of brightness and picture quality, Sylvania SuperSets being a major offender.

Considering that and the worst cabinet build quality I've ever seen, Mexican chassis assembly and an unobtanium 35 meg focus control, I eventually wrote mine off as a hopeless pile of junk. The only thing I liked about it is that it was a remote set with a motorized varactor tuner; fortunately I have plans for that and the attached remote system chassis.