The WORST ever

[holmesuser01]

Yeah. The Phillips built Maggies were tough sets. Once the soldering was done....

I soldered a bunch of them.

I saw fires in more than one of the first console Maggie solid states. Now, the 1960's console color chassis were great. Rarely did more than a tube or 2, and an occasion flyback to one. Then, replacement flybacks became very hard to get. Then I started trashing some of the prettiest cabinets you have ever seen...

I remember a wave of Sylvanias that were burning resistors galore in the video sections. D12's I think. I know of a couple of early 1960's GE roundies that are still running. They need some work, but basically look good for over 40 year old TV's One of them was on a maintenance agreement until 1979.