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Thread Number: 75380
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The Fine Art of Television Repair |
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Post# 992225 4/26/2018 at 16:14 (2,181 days old) by kb0nes  (Burnsville, MN) |
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Post# 992236 , Reply# 1 4/26/2018 at 18:29 (2,181 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Finally... A nice tribute | ||
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Post# 992264 , Reply# 2 4/26/2018 at 22:25 (2,181 days old) by robbinsandmyers (Conn) |
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| Post# 992358 , Reply# 3 4/28/2018 at 08:59 (2,180 days old) by CorvairGeek (Gem State) | ||
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Went through the last 'TV Theory / Repair' class offered as part of the technician program at DeVry back in 1983. I thought it was a great course in applying and troubleshooting analog technology (besides my love for TV repair), but they saw the writing on the wall back then. | ||
| Post# 992392 , Reply# 4 4/28/2018 at 15:46 (2,179 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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| Post# 992393 , Reply# 5 4/28/2018 at 16:03 (2,179 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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Went through the last 'TV Theory / Repair' class offered as part of the technician program at DeVry back in 1983.
I can imagine the writing was pretty easy to read by 1983...
We had a small TV in the 1970s that had at least some tubes, and I can recall it going in for service. The last time it was serviced, we went to a shop near our home. They basically said: "Don't bother fixing this--it will cost more than it's worth." Something about that last visit makes me think that the woman my mother talked to might be very aware of the realities of the future of that business.
That shop was gone within a short time (although I can't swear it went out of business--it may have moved, but I'm guessing it's more likely they just closed). Eventually the building housed a tanning salon.
I went to a TV repair place about 2000. They were an old business, and had a connector that no one else in town had. Something that had been collecting dust in some corner of their store room since the 1970s probably. I remember asking about TV repair--it seemed like no one would be repairing now. And the woman there commented that business wasn't exactly brisk, and said, in fact, they only recommended repair for the biggest sets. That place (and another repair place I remember from the 80s) now appear to be closed. | ||
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Post# 992406 , Reply# 6 4/28/2018 at 17:22 (2,179 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Both sides of the business
I spent the beginning of my career in TV shops, then ended up on the manufacturer's side working with these same shops.
The most successful shops were diverse. One shop I worked for did TVs, stereos, VCR, CD, DVD, videodisc (all), major video games consoles, dashboard video monitors for cars (remember those?), microwave ovens and just about anything under the sun they could get warranty status for. Sadly, most are obsolete or too inexpensive to repair. Indeed, as a manufacturer, small LCD TVs were too inexpensive to field repair and became depot repair. Large LCD TV and high-end electronics seem to be what's left in field repair. I suppose whatever is too heavy or too fragile to ship is what gets repaired in the field. Still an exception to that is cheap microwave ovens. | ||
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