Why the color tv sets where so expensive at the beging?

[reeferman]

They were still to expensive for my parents to afford a new one in the late 60's, too

[Telecolor 3007]

Speaking of realibity, the color sets assambled in Romania with East-German components (<<Telcolor>> 3007 was one) had an issue with flyback transformer. They needed replacemnet from time to time. And sometimes some of them would have had electronic issuses too. But overall, they where lasting sets. And they had modular construction.

From 1965-1966 made sets, what models where the most relaible? Any of 'em was a roundie?