[magnasonic66]

The DVD VCR combo works fine, and had a beautiful picture on the set the night before the failure. I don't have the tv hooked to cable or converter with antenna. The picture tube takes a few seconds to light up but I can't see anything glowing in the set. I believe it's solid state, from around 1979, the dates and other info printed on the sticker on the back are gone. That isn't a lot of help I know.

Since reading the second response, I looked on the back of the combo and there is no switch for channel 3 to 4, and I always make sure the set is turned to 3 when I play it. Not a chance the VCR tuner is to be turned to 3 is it? Never needed to be before.