[Big Dave]

I had really good luck with Zenith (tube only), RCA, Sylvania and Silvertone. The make that gave me headaches was GE. Every GE set I have ever had made its way back where I found them... the curb. That's before I learned the goodness of recapping. I'll try GE again, recap it, and if still no luck, I'll part it out. The trick now... find more old sets, rescue them and fix them.

I had an old Magnavox U-11 (RCA CTC-11), with bad flyback insulation. After removing the burnt stuff, the set worked on a test rig. Then, CBS cut into the program that happened to be on for then-President Bush. That's when the fly went kerbloooeee. I never did get to see the picture on the round screen. The CRT from this set now resides in my Silvertone.