[cwmoser]

I picked up a DVD player at a consignment shop.
TV plays a little better but the picture does seem grainy.

Riders TV Manual states that I should adjust the Channel Selector adjuster (individual
for each channel) for maximum Audio. When I do that the picture quality it not
the best. When I adjust the picture quality for best, the audio drops off markedly.

I'm wondering if this TV is in need of an alignment. Never adjusted the IF coils
in a TV. I have a modified B&K 1077B that might be able to put out the proper
IF frequency but I do not have the skill to do it properly. I'm tempted to make
some minor tweaks on it though.

Also, some DVDs play much better than others. For example my Amos & Andy
DVD set play better than the Red Skeleton set. Perhaps this TV is super sensitive
to modern signals.

I do get some intermittent crackling with the audio/video and suspect I might
have something else wrong - perhaps a bad tube somewhere.