Philips Novorama 2

[larschr]

I got this Philips yesterday. I first found it at an online auction almost a month ago, and the seller was asking $35. The last two weeks i have looked at it several times, and yesterday i discovered that he had reduced the price to $25. I decided to go for it. After a short phone call i was on my way, and three hours later i had the TV in my apartment. When i picked it up, he told me he had powered it up last year, and it worked fine then, so i decided to give it a try with the variac. At 40% all the tubes were lit, no excessive current and no bad smell, so i turned it right up to 100%. After about 20 seconds the line output started to make some sounds, and after 5 more seconds the picture came up. I haven´t tested it properly yet, because the signals are very weak here, i doesn´t have cable and the set is VHF only so i can´t use a VCR. But i was able to get a weak signal with a long wire, so at least it seems to work.
It has a total of 20 tubes, no transistors (it may have, but i haven´t found any), remote control connection (wired, of course) and four(!) speakers. The electronics looks untouched, and the seller didn´t recall having any problems with it at any time. The cabinet looks almost like new, only some scratches on the left side and some on the top.