I have an RCA CTC185 from 1999 that still works as well as the day I bought it. I don't use it much these days since getting a flat screen just over three years ago, but I am keeping the RCA around to use if or when the FP set quits. My CTC185 has an excellent CRT for a set that's almost 15 years old; the only problem I ever had with it was a broken RF antenna connector about six months after I bought the set, and once again (!) a few months later. Don't know why the connector broke the second time.
Now, almost 15 years later, the set works quite well. I must have been very lucky to have gotten a "good" CTC185 (I never had any problems with the tuner, although the technician who replaced the antenna connector the second time did resolder the ground points around the shield), considering all the problems this particular chassis seems to have had.