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Originally Posted by wkand
I'd like a Midland 15-126B B&W set from 1972. We had one when I was growing up, and I have a lot of fond memories.
One of them was NOT the set's reliability, however
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The Truetone that I mentioned above was built by Midland - a hybrid color set. It always had a good picture; but, the vertical circuit was always giving some sort of trouble. There was an older man that worked out of his house that kept it going. It was finally retired when it developed a vertical sync problem. After it played for a few minutes, it would start rolling. The hotter it got, the more it rolled and the vertical hold control would not lock it. By this time, the old man had gotten out of the business and no shop wanted to work on it because it was a tube set. When the last shop refused to fix it, my Dad left it there and told them to toss it because he was tired of lugging the heavy beast around. I was only about 10 or 11 at the time, slightly before I started repairing TV's.