[Vlad The Inhaler]

I remember Daddy had a box full of tubes and when one would go out he would take the back off the TV and figure out which tube was bad and replace it.

Some of the local drug stores and variety stores had tube testers you could use for free.

And they sold the most common replacement tubes - most for less than a dollar.

[exit82]

Man, I am having flashbacks about vertical holds and horizontal holds.

And TV repairmen who came to the house to fix the TV.

[Carthego delenda est]

It could be a ranther shocking experience swapping out tubes for the uninitiated.