Are these things I should consider bad

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Originally Posted by andy

You're still better off sticking to X10 unless you're at the lowest v/div setting and still can't see the signal because it's too weak. An X1 probe will tend to load down any signals you're looking at.

I'll do that. Guess I misunderstood the need for the 10x. Most of what I read and watch talked about sensitive modern circuits needing the probe. For some reason I don't think of an older television as being that sensitive with all the high voltage and other things going.