Got a lead on an early DuMont TV locally

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Before you declare it dead check the heater pins for continuity. Sometimes the solder in the pins fails or the wire outside the glass corrodes open...Both are usually fixable (the latter with a fair bit more effort than the former). If you have heater continuity and with 6.3V applied it doesn't glow but the neck gets very warm very fast then you can be confident it's gassy.

OK, Thanks I'll give that a try. If the Picture tube is indeed a dud, I'm guessing that means I'm going to have to give up on this TV? I say that because I don't want to buy a picture tube for this TV if its going to cost me over $100 and if there's a risk that the tube might fail during shipping.