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Originally Posted by zeno
Rusty part on right is a power transformer. May have been for isolation
or it was used with a non US power standard. Its odd. Other big rust
area is the tuners.
Looks like cabinet front is OEM & the rest home made.
Would have come in many cabinet styles.
Looks like a ready plug was used. That would be for an antenna switcher
or stereo decoder BUT it looks like a stereo board is built in.
Models probably start SC27## or SD27## or SD27##
Zeno
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If the power transformer (and perhaps also the tuners) are that rusty, I would be very wary of plugging the TV into AC power. That these components are extremely rusty would indicate the TV was or had been in a flood, rain, or other wet environment for quite a while and is not safe to use, unless of course it was dried out for hours or days before being plugged in.
BTW, if this TV has a built-in stereo audio board, it must have been fairly new (newer than 1988). The local NBC affiliate in Cleveland, WKYC-TV, channel 3, went from mono to MTS stereo sound in 1986, IIRC (the station was an NBC O&O at the time). I don't know when NBC-TV stations elsewhere converted to MTS stereo, or whether the Cleveland station was one of the first NBC affiliates to do so. I remember well when NBC went to MTS stereo, as the sound was less than perfect for quite a while, at least on the Cleveland station. I could tell the station was testing its MTS stereo equipment because the sound on my TV would become distorted, and would cut out every 15 minutes or so during a network broadcast.