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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
I had a Sears Silvertone roundie, a trash find in the 1970s, which was in a black metal cabinet and which, to my amazement at the time, worked as soon as I got it home, the only problem being a broken push-pull on-off switch. These sets were, as you mentioned, probably priced as low as they were simply to lure potential buyers into the store.
I did not realize, however, until I read your post, that Philco was also offering the same type of TV, probably within the same price range. Like my Silvertone, this Philco may well have been a roundie in a black metal cabinet, VHF only, with no high-end features.
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I had one of the last Silvertone roundies, built in approx 1967. It was a plain metal cabinet, Warwick built, cheapie transformerless chassis with the circuit boards mounted on a plastic frame. The color circuit used a 10LE8. The CRT was made by Sylvania and was bad, as well as the flyback. It got scrapped!
The Philco wasn't as bad, as it used a chassis similar to the better models. The CRT was made by Philco and not very long lived!
BTW, all TV sets sold in the US had to be equipped with UHF, whether it was used in the area or not, Since May of 1964!