I remember the old TVs and Radios of the past , most had these big sucker tubes of some sort that needed to be replaced now and then.
We came into some money, a good size bonus at work and went out shopping for a big screen TV. We found a huge TV at the time a Panasonic on sale for $1,200 bucks. Huge it takes up a good 2 1/2 feet from the wall if not more. This was mid 1990's and it is still so far going strong, only problem is the space it takes up. We are just waiting for it to pass away so we can get something the same screen size and flat to the wall that will give us back the space it takes up.
Darn thing is close to being an antique, never had a problem with it, who ever made it did a good job, it has out lasted 2 cars and a couple of relatives.