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In our house, the earliest I remember was a Silvertone blond BW floor model. That was in use until the Watergate hearings. My father bought an Airline color floor model (passed it off as a Mother's day present). He wanted to watch the hearings in color. The horizontal out died in around 1979 and the set went unused for about a year. He bought a 19" Sylvania (E series solid state chassis). The yoke shorted out four years later. Since then (up to and after my father's death, the set in the living room were ones I fixed up.
Another note about the Airline color set. It was the first set I ever fixed. A new 6KD6 brought the first picture in about a year. This set was later relegated to the basement for video games until the CRT died. It was plucked and tossed. The first new TV since the Sylvania, was one of those glorious Zen-stars (z e n i t h+gold star) floor models. It died after seven years. Again we went with sets I rescued and fixed. Now a Panasonic 32 incher serves as the main set.
My main set since I moved is an RCA colortrak from the late 70's (rescued from the curb). When I have it on (which is seldom), it looks nice. Since my Andrea BW is restored, I have using it. No matter which set I watch on, what comes out is crap.
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