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I've had several of those, over the years. Back around 2001, I was given one by a repair shop because lightning had struck it and the customer didn't want it fixed. It only needed poser supply diodes and a resistor. After those parts were replaced, the set served me well for several years and it was still working when I sold it.
The last one I had came from the Salvation Army. It was back when they still had the cool manager who would make me deals on stuff and I was sitting on the floor, looking at records, when I saw one of the workers carrying the set to the back. I stopped him and asked what the deal was with it. He said the picture tube was blown and they were going to toss it. I told him that I'd give him a few dollars for it as-is. He asked the manager and I ended up carting it out the door for $5. When I plugged it in, the relay buzzed like crazy and the problem was a bad capacitor in the stand-by power supply (common problem) and after I replaced the capacitor, the set worked fine.
I always liked getting broken TV's directly from the thrift store and from individuals. Those sets had usually not been to a repair shop; so, a lot of them were easy fixes. A lot of what I was getting from the repair shops were either dogs or not worth fixing.
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