RCA tabletop color 19 inch.

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I've owned a number of them; the first was in the early 90's and, guess what, it had no color! I took it to the local TV shop who had always been a GE dealer. When Thomson took over they added RCA. They had a strict policy at the time that they'd only work on GE or RCA, but I don't think they'd counted on the "classic" that I brought in the door! They fixed it and that night I fell asleep watching David Letterman in color...and woke up to the morning news in black and white

The shop also had a policy on tube sets: once and done, in other words, we'll give it one try but no warranty and don't bring it back, ever again. So, I took it to the shop in the next town. This time it was fixed for good. Their bill was itemized and included a resistor and a GH8. I eventually sold it to someone.

Later I found a very clean example at the flea market; the seller had a bunch of newer sets and I can still remember the surprised look on his face when I told him I wanted to buy THAT one! It works okay but the vertical requires constant touching up as it drifts with temperature. I've replaced almost everything in the circuit but something still needs to go. Not uncommon with these as components really get baked with that vertical chassis.

There is something about these that I just like, and the picture isn't bad (just a little soft). RCA sure sold carloads of them.