[Jeffhs]

I just saw your Imgur posts regarding your Heathkit GR-2000. However, I wonder why the picture which, in at least one upload, seems to have a bend in it, similar to the bend caused by defective filter caps in older TVs which causes 60Hz AC to get into the sweep system. Is there any hum in the sound as well?

Aside from the CRT, I don't think this TV has any other tubes, so the problem, if there is one, would almost have to be caused by defective filter caps in the power supply. The GR-2000 is 100 percent solid state, so heater-cathode shorts in tubes cannot cause hum anywhere in the set.

The only other thing I can think of, however, which could cause a bend in the picture would be the auto degaussing coil, which may not be shutting off completely when the TV is powered on. Normally, the degaussing coils will operate for a few seconds at most; the coils will have been shut off by the time the TV picture appears on the screen.