Rich Grise wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
CaveLamb wrote:

And interesting essay.
But will people buy products designed to be repaired?

http://consumerist.com/2010/11/the-s...ectronics.html

One comment states:
"Things like LCD panels themselves are simply impossible to repair,
period. It'd be like repairing the inside of an old-fashioned CRT. Isn't
gonna happen."

Then no one ever rebuilt picture tubes?

I've never heard of it done. Have you?


Duh. Most replacment picture tubes were rebuilt. A common CRT was
$39 rebuilt, and $119 with new glass. If they were on sale, some
rebuilts were $19.95. If you didn't know what to look for you couldn't
tell the difference in new or rebuilt. A rebuild CRT had another ridge
on the neck, near the bell. Some had two or more, if the glass dud was
rare.


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