[Steve Hoffman]

Originally Posted by bobgary

This is the exact model set we had when I was growing up. We'd be lucky if a year would go by before it needed service. First it had a problem where the picture would slowly disappear. Like a fade to black. We figured out that if you gave the set a good smack on the side, it would come back. This was when such a thing worked. Then it developed something real bad. Started making loud sparking sounds. It was pretty frightening. Dad took the chassis out and we didn't have TV for a whole year. That's how long it took him to fix. Can't say I missed watching it though. Then it came back, although it never was quite right again. Finally, when the parents split up and Dad was moving out of the house, we had to decide which TV stayed, this set, or the 14" RCA. I picked the 14" model, as I knew the big set wouldn't last long before it broke. Back then, it wasn't IF the set was going to break, but WHEN it was going to happen.

A YEAR? He couldn't have called the RCA Repairman?