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It has always amused me, particularly on this forum, that "back in the good old days" TVs, even relatively new ones only 3 or so years old, could get away with eating capacitors, resistors, tubes (in excess amounts), and even the occasional fly back, whereas a modern set, God help it it it pops a single cap after a some use after a few years.
(Yes, I realize the old vs new debate isn't as clear cut as I make it, but my point is still valid)
As far as the tube count thing goes, Radio Shack was doing this until they stopped selling tubed audio, and would frequently note "X number of tubes including doubles", for Y number tube performance.
I've also heard elsewhere of transistor radio manufacturers who would outright stick transistors in the radio that did nothing and weren't connected. This practice has shown up in the computer days, with the infamous fake cache chips. (I used to own one of those board I got second hand)
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