[Tubejunke]

I was just going to jump in and recommend my 58 24" Space Command orphan that eventually someone is going to frag me for mentioning, but then I saw the DuMont recommendation. For what must have been the ultimate in overkill, I would definitely speak highly of that era of Dumont sets. However, I tend to believe that less bells and whistles simply leaves less to go wrong, not just in electronics, but in most things; especially cars. The more basic the car, the less problems arise. One must understand that I am of the mind that sees the Volkswagen Beetle as an ingenious engineering feat. Not necessarily the actual car, but the idea of one style that changed little, so common mechanics eventually became experts and parts were cheap and backward compatible. It would seem that is what we need now, but I have always felt that the cars were removed from our economy due (besides safety issues) to lasting too long and offering far less opportunity to gouge owners at the dealership. It seems that products that last as long as the payment book and warranty, then are deemed obsolete, are the way these days. Sorry, I sort of went off topic.......