07-08-2003, 01:23 PM | #3 (permalink) |
Tilted Cat Head
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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.
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Location: Wisconsin...
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07-09-2003, 05:03 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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Location: In the dust of the archives
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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.
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07-09-2003, 05:28 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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Location: SW Oklahoma
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A new one will cost less and work better. Some things just aren't worth fixing these days.
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07-09-2003, 08:50 AM | #10 (permalink) |
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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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. |
07-09-2003, 09:07 AM | #11 (permalink) |
ClerkMan!
Location: Tulsa, Ok.
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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.
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07-09-2003, 10:15 AM | #12 (permalink) |
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Location: in my computer
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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.
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07-10-2003, 10:14 AM | #14 (permalink) |
slightly impaired
Location: Down South
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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. |
07-11-2003, 06:07 AM | #15 (permalink) |
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Location: Initech, Iowa
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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. |
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