Rca and Zenith from 1st to worst

[Chad Hauris]

A 1968 set would likely be a CTC-31 or maybe a CTC-38. I think the CTC-39 came out in 1970 or 71 and it was the same as ctc-38 but had Accutint.

I had a CTC-31 burn up on me in about 1988...the set was on, I lleft the room and came back and smelled smoke and the picture was out but the sound was still going...the entire inside of the HV compartment, rectifier tube and socket was melted and burned. Luckily no other damage was done. I think by the time they got to the CTC-39 the flyback was improved somewhat to be a little more durable.