Leonard Caillouet wrote:

"RonKZ650" wrote in message
ups.com...

Just to clarify on HDTV. Replace the entire board? Either not available
or $1000. Replace the individual IC or any other part? 1 month special
order. Not fixed? well reorder another part and wait another month.
This is by far the greatest thing that's ever been introdused to the
general public ever. Gotta love this crap, Nope. Being in the repair
business, I'll have to say HDTV is the end of the road here.


True with some, not true with others. More sets are becoming board level
repairable only to a greater degree and may have no support, but others do.

The OP should ask a specific question on a specific product and someone can
give a meaningful answer. Generalizing gets results like the post above.

Sorry you are so bitter about the business, RonKZ650, but there are
opportunities out there if you are willing to adapt to the market...

Leonard


I know where he is coming from. Look at the influx of no name
Chinese OEM'ed LCD Plasma TV's now. You think you got a chance in
hell of ever getting parts for those? YOU might get lucky on a few,
But for the most part there un fixable. And even the RPTV. WHat will
the bulb supply be in 5 or 10 years? How much if available at all?
The future will tell how long the optical engines will last. Those
little DMD mirrors are only rated for so many operations. And the
dye color filters in front of LCD's can fade and wear out too.
For the most part, the optical engines are depot repair.

The gravy years of fixing VCR's is over. Sure, there are still some
fixable items, but its getting less and less. The biggest growth
industry will be the disposal or CRT based displays after flat panels
take over and the US HDTV transition takes place in 2009 (?).

Hell, i tried to fix some factory ford radios from 2003 last month.
Think i could get parts? Had to buy Ebay cores to fix them.
Scavengers are going to be the successes of the future.
That's if you got the space and the patience.


BOB
nse

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