Phil:
Certain replacing CRT's on consumer televisions out of warranty is.... and
for the most part always has been a questionable repair decision.... but, of
course it ..... depends on the repair price.... obviously.
If you have a television that until a failure had an excellent picture (good
CRT) and there was a failure that could be repaired economically would you
have it fixed? .... or if you have a big screen CRT stereo television
with PIP (again, a good crt) and the repair involved replacing the vertical
deflection chip and associated parts..... wouldn't you have it fixed??? If
not, you must have more money than most of us do.
There are lots and lots of various repair tasks that make perfect sense to
go forward with..... in order to make an INTELLIGENT decision the customer
needs to have a tech (who actually opens up the set and makes tests with
real test equipment) provide him with a rather firm repair cost estimate
(usually the estimate fee applies to the repair if approved) so he can make
that decision with facts instead of wild guesses..... otherwise he may be
wasting his money by throwing out a perfectly good older television and
replacing it with some new Chinese junk from WalMart. It's like throwing
out you Seiko watch because it needs a new battery and replacing it with a
brand new cheapo hong kong watch for $3.99. It's a new watch alright but
it ain't quite the same quality, fit and finish..
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Best Regards,
Daniel Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair
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"Phil" wrote in message

I know this is sci.electronics.irepair/i BUT can it really be
economically viable to repair any CRT based TVs any more?