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That set looks almost like a 13" Emerson that my Dad bought in '87 to go on the motorhome. He paid $149.99 for it at Service Merchandise and at the time, that was cheap for a color TV. Except for a bad connection on the flyback transformer that was repaired right after the warranty expired, it was a great TV that had a nice picture and was still working great when I sold it sometime around '98. When Dad bought this set, they had a non-remote varactor tuned version that was about $40 higher and the remote/cable ready version was well over $200.
Concerning knob tuned sets, I think they were available in the USA until at least '93. In '93, the closed caption mandate went into effect for all sets 13" and larger. At that point, manufacturers probably figured out that it would be cheaper to go with an electronic microprocessor based tuning system that had the CC decoder built into the microprocessor, instead of designing a CC decoder circuit around a mechanical tuner. I recall seeing 12" B&W TV's with two-knob mechanical tuners being offered at least into the mid '90's; but, these sets didn't fall under the CC mandate because they were smaller than 13". Those last B&W knob tuned TV's sold for $39.99, would operate on either a 12V wall wart or a car cord; and, were very cheap in terms of build quality.
I think the last knob tuned 13" color set I remember seeing was a Megatron-branded set. I don't know who made them; but, they were nothing to write home about and I remember one of the discount electronic stores selling them for under $100, right about the time the CC mandate went into place. I recall a woman asking me to fix one for her and she got upset when I gave her an estimate, saying, "I didn't pay but $79 for the TV." The whole time I'm thinking, "I don't care, this is what it will cost if you want it fixed."
I don't know when Canada required a CC mandate; so, it's possible that knob-tuned TV's in Canada (and other places) were available much later than in the USA.
As recent as the late '90's, I had customers who only wanted knob tuned TV's, claiming that they were afraid they'd push the wrong button and mess things up on a newer TV.
Oh, and speaking of oddball last-gasp knob tuned TV's, Sharp made a 25" knob tuned table TV during the late '80's-early '90's. In terms of picture quality, that one certainly wasn't anything to write home about.
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