advice on tv picture tube replacement
 

my picture tube (think) on my tv conked out yesterday, and I'm wondering if anyone knows howq much it usually is to replace one?
It's a late 80's model panasonic 27"

just buy a new tv..seriously, not worth the hassle...you can get a decent tv at best buy that size for well under 300..

and if you buy a new TV now... I recommend SONY WEGA.... great picture even the small ones, we use them almost exclusively here at MTV.

Do like the UnlikedOne said. Toss it and buy new.

If you do replace it, have fun getting electrocuted, even a week after unplugging it.

You can easily drain the flyback transformer of any electricity that is stored easily. But the problem you will have is finding a replacement tube....pricey...and who knows...since it's so old other components could be dying or be dead really soon.

Well, I have to stand up and be counted with the scrap it and replace it crowd. Unless, of course, you have some sentimental attachment to it...in which case...seek help.

A new one will cost less and work better. Some things just aren't worth fixing these days.

yeah... i've never had any luck with trying to get my TVs repaired. The price the repairman charges is normally more than a new TV.

get a new one..

You find a lot of TVs by the side of the road, god knows what's wrong with them. Some must still have working tubes.
I'm sure there are folks who cannibalize old appliances tossed to the kerb; putting the functional parts to use. Matter of fact I came across a whole (really old) computer that had been left by the kerb. I contemplated salvaging the case before realizing, 1) I'm not that sad (yet), 2) It was a pretty nasty looking case and 3) It was raining.

Now to just repeat what everyone else said. Dude, just get a new tv. Getting that tv repaired and working again (if even possible) could easily cost 4 to 5 hundred dollars. And in the end all you would have is a late 80s 27'' panasonic. You really want to hook your progressive scan dvd player up to that? Just get a new tv. I suggest ultimate electronics.

Yeah, like the rest: buy new. You might as well update your set to be HDTV compatible as it will be a requirement in the next year or so. The picture tube is the most expensiv part of the whole set, so it'll cost ya. Donate the old one to a repair store. They can use it for parts and you wont incur a bill at the city dump.

When my tube died I gave it to goodwill, I bought a new tv, and got a tax write off. Now I don't have to wait 20 minutes for the tv to warm up!

Almost all sets made since the late 80's are built to be 'throwaway' models. The cost of producing and storing replacement parts for televisons quicky began outstripping the cost of a new set. Electronics kept getting cheaper and cheaper and storage space has gotten more and more expensive.

Only exclusive dealers like Curtis Mathes keep parts (in quantity) available longer than the warranty on the existing models. Some parts are used in many sets but not tubes. If the tube goes, the set goes.

Refrigerators are the same way. If the compressor goes out, toss the thing and get a new one. New compressor + extract old freon + add new freon = More than new one.

As far as TV's: Toss it and get a new one, just DON'T get an RCA. I have 4 RCA's in the house and all but the oldest one had bad tuners in them. I had them repaired because an electronics firm in town started specializing in replacing RCA tuners and would do it cheap.