Recommended 13" Tube TV

[technoman9]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

Looking up the JVC, it looks like a more recent set that probably uses a Chinese chassis. I can't find anything on the RCA; but, if it's one of those TX82 chassis sets, you'd better leave it alone. That's a screwball chassis and the main filter cap will hold a charge that will knock you on your butt. The best RCA's were the CTC135 and lower chassis number sets. Come to think of it, that GE may be a TX82 chassis set.

The more I think about it, the MGA or Sylvania may be your best options; but, for no more than they want for them, you probably couldn't go wrong with any of them. If one dies, you aren't out much.

Could you give me an time frame for that RCA chassis? The set I looked at was from the late 70s or early 80s, since it had turret tuners. I may have read the number wrong too. The RCA was in a different shop with bad lighting.

[technoman9]

Well, I bought two TVs today: the MGA/Mitsu and the RCA. The Sylvania was already gone (bummer). The Mitsubishi has a beautiful picture that's only marred by slightly crooked edges, but otherwise is an awesome set for $10. Color uniformity, convergence, sound all check out great. It was made in 1986, so it may be part of the leaky capacitor group, but there is no sign of that so far.

The RCA has a surprisingly good picture for age its age, though I am having one issue with it. The picture has good uniformity and convergence, but there is a lot of snow from the RF feed. I know its not my equipment because the same feed shows up perfectly on the Mitsubishi. So my guess is that either my 75 ohm to 300 ohm converter is bad or the tuner needs cleaning, but I'm still happy with both. Also, the RCA has some interesting adjustment controls on the back; if anyone knows about these or the RF snow issue, do let me know! Also, do you know what chassis number it is? Thanks for your input!