Was given a Sony KV-1945R

[zenith2134]

I agree with that. This as about as new as I take in. Still pretty good build quality. If the tube is good they are quite repairable. It's even made in USA (San Diego I address). But I know, if it doesn't run on tubes no one cares. I never subscribed to that line of thinking. 80s stuff is great for daily watching and they aren't pure junk like mid-90s+ CRTs

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by zenith2134

I agree with that. This as about as new as I take in. Still pretty good build quality. If the tube is good they are quite repairable. It's even made in USA (San Diego I address). But I know, if it doesn't run on tubes no one cares. I never subscribed to that line of thinking. 80s stuff is great for daily watching and they aren't pure junk like mid-90s+ CRTs

I agree as well. I had two great-aunts (sisters, who shared the same apartment) who had a 12" (IIRC, could have been larger) Sony color portable TV. Theirs worked absolutely beautifully, no service ever required that I ever knew of. They lived in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid, in a second-floor apartment, so the TV always got very good signals from the Cleveland TV stations (major networks, PBS, and two independent channels at the time) using just the built-in rabbit-ears (VHF) and loop (UHF) antennas. They watched the PBS channel a lot after returning home from church on Sundays. This was long before we had cable in our area.

Both my great-aunts are deceased now. I have absolutely no idea whatever became of their Sony color TV, but I hope it went to someone in our family who could use it, since the set still had lots of life left in it; it even had the original CRT, IIRC.