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Thanks for all the comments! I forgot to mention the huge gash in the lid of the case-looks like it was done by a circular saw. Maybe someone used this as a sawhorse. I still can't believe the crt was as "carefully packed" as I requested. I just went back and looked at the old email I sent and I can't see how they would mix that up as they did. I remember when I opened the lid and saw that bit of foam protecting nothing, all I could sarcastically think was "Wow, thanks! My cup runneth over!"
My plan here is to build a ballast on a heatsink like Phil details in his website. It may not look stock, but I would feel much better knowing the failure-prone ballast is out of the picture. Even on a set with apparently so few hours on it, the ballast cage is still pretty toasty looking. I also plan to replace most of the components on this set, as I plan to watch it quite a bit, and on a set this simple I'm sure that when one component fails, the whole set quits. Now, I just need to find a SAMS....
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