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Andy, Yep... Correct on the post where Toshiba was considered a mid to upper brand, and come to find out.. outsourced :( I know everyone was doing it on the 13" or those combo sets, but the one I bought was supposed to be top of the line, with all the features of a Wega. Altho about 40.00 less IIRC.
Also.. there were some Sony's in the later 90's that rolled off the line with the Trinitron badge minus the Trinitron tube. I would not have believed it, had I not seen one either.

Nope....made in Mexico 27" Fony Trinitron...or said it was a Trinitron...but had a Gold Star pic tube in it.

Makes sense. I did a VERY short stretch at Sony factory service
when the Betas came out. Thats where I saw a few. Saw some
strange stuff they made. even made a desktop calculator. It
had a big clock spring looking thing that was a delay line.
Polaroid had a bunch of them, I guess they kept them cause
they were used to them.
Twas also when the ICFC-660 & 770 clock radios were big.
I would put a clock in every 10 mn sometimes 20+ a day before
moving on to other things.

73 Zeno:smoke:

Jon A: the set that needed caps and resistors was an "ILO", which I think was a WallyWord brand and made by Orion. It's a SPC (Silver Piece of...) that works fine and we're using it now in the bedroom. It runs a lot.