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The last BW TV I recall unpacking for a customer was a 19" RCA model AFR-XXX, 1981. I think it was discounted to $130.
Around the rural area where I lived , many folks bought GE out of loyalty to a local furniture-appliance store. They started selling Magnavox about '78 , around the time I began working for the repairman that rented space in part of their warehouse. Ready to retire, he hated solid state and referred all those to another shop. He was hanging his hat on keeping all the pre-SS GE, Magnavox and RCA tube color sets going for his customers.
I saw many GE monochrome sets there but usually those folks had another brand of color set, when asked in a H.W Sams way "what else needs fixing". I even saw a console BW or two, and those people lived on hilltops where a GE could pick up more than 1 channel. MX-MY-AY, AB, AC -chassis
Neither brand they sold was really outstanding if using an antenna. If you lived in one of the bad locations, many would get Zenith or RCA for the "big tv".
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