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We got our first color set when I was in 2nd grade around 1975. My mom and dad were divorced and I lived with my mom so all she could afford was a used GE 19". Then she remarried in 77' and we "upgraded" to a Sears 25" console. One of infamous troublemaker Warwick chassis from 1974.It had a problem the whole time we had it where the sound would go out and get real low and distorted and a hit to the side would make it work again. It broke down about once a year with various problems but never went dead completely til late 1 night in 1983 when my mom was watching the tv it quit. She bought a new Zenith 19" Advanced System 3 remote set and we placed it on the console which was covered with a table cloth. went down in screen size but gained remote control.That tv lasted until the early 90s trouble free until lightening fried it. I did fix and sell the Sears-Warwick tv years later.The audio issue came back to haunt the new owner also. Also my grandmother on my mom's side had a b/W console until 1976 when she bought a Sylvania 21" GT Matic console. My grandmother on my dad's side never owned a color tv.She claimed color tvs hurt her eyes.Still was watching a 13" b/w in the nursing home before she died in 1990.
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