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[reeferman]

Bad news: 23EGP22 CRTs were absolute garbage along with most of the Motorola sets they went in. I know. I worked on a LOT of them. Many wound up in the dumpster. Not only did they not last long, (gassy & low emission) the 23" direct replacements were more than twice the price and the quality wasn't very reliable. Occasionally a good one slipped through QC. Sometimes we could shoe horn a 25" in its place.

The Motorola sets were plentiful where I lived. The retailer E J Korvette literally had a large wall of them always on. Flipper was on Saturday night and that large wall of blue ocean (it was impressive!) sold a lot of Motorolas.

Good news: Those sets put a lot of bread on the table.

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by reeferman

Bad news: 23EGP22 CRTs were absolute garbage along with most of the Motorola sets they went in. I know. I worked on a LOT of them. Many wound up in the dumpster. Not only did they not last long, (gassy & low emission) the 23" direct replacements were more than twice the price and the quality wasn't very reliable. Occasionally a good one slipped through QC. Sometimes we could shoe horn a 25" in its place.

The Motorola sets were plentiful where I lived. The retailer E J Korvette literally had a large wall of them always on. Flipper was on Saturday night and that large wall of blue ocean (it was impressive!) sold a lot of Motorolas.

Good news: Those sets put a lot of bread on the table.

Great story! E J Korvette sold many Motorola sets in mid Atlantic, even the 19" BW my parents got in 63, but did they have a service department?

[reeferman]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

Great story! E J Korvette sold many Motorola sets in mid Atlantic, even the 19" BW my parents got in 63, but did they have a service department?

Not in St Louis.

[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by reeferman

Not in St Louis.

I worked in the EJ Korvette in Catonsville (Baltimore), MD right out of right school. I worked in the Audio Department. The only repair facility was in our Audio Department and it was only for the equipment that we sold in that department. Televisions were in the department next to us. And remember how color sets were always in a darkened room?