Yep. also, The Orange screen and the Garbage screen, and the Glitchy screen. New pin conectors didn't work either. :\ I probably would invest in a top loader but the no A/V issue is why I don't like them and they would be way too much modded.
Yeah, that lack of A/V out is odd. Really, I don't know why Nintendo went with the flakey front loading design for the NES. Although the Bally Arcade or Astrocade uses a similar system and I've yet to find one that doesn't work unless the console itself is fried.