[reeferman]

I worked at an independent TV shop in the late 60's and a Magnavox dealer in the early 70's so I've seen a lot of almost everything there was. RCA sets were good, relatively east to fix (bad solder joints and the under chassis cooking itself to failure), and put a lot of bread on the table. Zeniths were bullet proof (well, almost) in my book. I much preferred the Zenith picture, but to each his own. Don't even get me started on Motorola. An RCA infested with dead cockroaches or a mouse was usually a real mess. Zeniths seemed to fare better after the clean up. I've had Zeniths fire right up and look good after removing the dead from inside.

While many may think working on old sets back then would have been romantic (or however you would like to think), it was often very nasty work. We had an exterminator who was a regular (for those times when the cockroaches would scramble out of the set when opened). And to stick your hand in a set and have whatever kind of bug(s) scramble all over your arm. I won't even mention the dust. Yech. Sorry I got sidetracked.

Would I do it again? In a heartbeat.