We had a Advent 750 in the 70’s. It operated well all the time we owned it. It had a built in cross hatch generator which had to be tweaked a few times during warm up. It was fun.
The below photo was in 1978 in my home in Wisconsin. You can see the faint outlines of the console and on top the first Artari video game system. You can also see the first generation JVC VHS VTR on the right, an original Sony KV 7010UA, on the left, SAE components, Marantz SLT 12 turntable and a Sony TC 850.
I have the original sales brochures and paperwork for anybody interested. I can put it on line for download.