Fizz wrote:
At one time the in-laws had a set like this with all the family pictures on top. When the TV blew they popped out the old tube and slipped in a flat screen. Never did look right but the family pics still had a home :)
One of my high school jobs was fixing these things. Everything form adjusting turntable speeds to swapping tubes to soldering in new components. I was hired because I was young with a strong back that could move these things - Then they found out I could fix them too...
BTW: We converted a few of these old sets into rabbit hutches after gutting out the insides.