I checked out this Roundie

[marty59]

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/atq/1475808987.html

I do not need any projects at the moment but it's near me and I wanted to report my findings for anybody interested. They even let me take the back off and they told me it powers up!

Ok..RCA CTC-16Xx series, lots of dirt and dust but original appearence. Flyback looks original-decient too. The CRT I believe to be the original Hi-Lite however the socket is cracked/busted up a bit but not dangling/loose. Yea, there's some electrical tape there. The cabinet is in ok shape, should clean up and touched up a bit. Swivel legs. The back is there but the CRT cover had been torn from the fiberboard mounting and I tightened it up as best at the moment. Something may have spilt(?) around the tuner area (bezel) as there is some minor crusting/pitting above the display window, it's there but not that bad, and not on the painted areas. It's at a resale/craft shop but they have to contact the owner for any bargining.

As for the operation (without any antenna), does power up and the CRT guns all seem to be putting out however maybe on the soft side. No, I didn't verify the screen settings (I should have!). The channel selector switched ok without being overly noisey/touchy but the UHF was frozen/stiff and I didn't force it.

The owner came right down to $75.00 quite easily so who knows! The shop is closed on Sundays-Mondays.