That line drove me bonkers, and I wasn't buying "the line means quality". I couldn't have been the only one. Luckily my studio Trinitron I got second-hand does

That line drove me bonkers, and I wasn't buying "the line means quality". I couldn't have been the only one. Luckily my studio Trinitron I got second-hand doesn't have the line, or at least is imperceptible to me.