Once apon a day when i could earn a living fixing tvs the thing i realy liked about RCA (acronym, repairs come always) is that throughout the line i rarely found a bad crt and when you concider the sheer volume of RCA it is impressive. Un like so many bad Sony crts especially those suprise intermittant ones that took out the power supply and so many other brands where the crts would go soft quickly making a repair a bad option.If a set had a good jug you could for the most part make a good buck.