bought my first vintage set

[DavGoodlin]

You paid a fair price considering the only one I saw like that in 10 years is sitting on the curb a few blocks away in the ghetto as I type. Of course the chassis is gone and the neck busted off the CRT to get the yoke for scrap.

Those flybacks and yokes seemed to be less expensive than other sets at the time.
I remember doing a few because "it was working great then poof.." meant the CRT was good. I even made a separate adapter for my Heathkit CRT tester to test those in-lines.
Usually, the flyback was done in by failure of a blue foil cap (critical cap, like in Mags and Zeniths) from the horizontal output transistor collector to ground.

[Trance88]

Originally Posted by technicolor

I admit, 77 is not what u would call the golden age of tv, but it's a far cry from the craigslist ads.

Hundreds of ads that say vinatge, and u click on it and it's a 10 yo set.

Gawd I hate that. To so many people these days, any TV that isn't 1080p or higher and isn't 3D is vintage.