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"Sofie" wrote in message
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My feeling is that there will always be a need for consumer electronics
repair...... but...... as in the past..... things change..... and we can
either change with the times and spend the time and money to adapt or go
away and do something else. We have that choice.

Well said,Dan. I see HDTV as a great opportunity. As those who can't or
won't compete go away it leaves the market more open for me to skim the
cream from. As for test equipment, I am, as most are, struggling with the
problem of limited choices in HDTV equipment. The choices are not very
good. While the Sencore stuff is nice, the lack of IEEE1394 and DVI outputs
makes it seem a wasted investment at this time. For now, most
troubleshooting can be done without special HDTV equipment, since virtually
all of the repairs on signal related matters involve board swapping.
Eventually we will need to upgrade the equipment, but I am seriously
considering using an HD card in my computer and an DVHS machine in the
meantime. I think a new thread discussing this problem would be a good
idea.


"Ray L. Volts" wrote in message
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Despite all the bunk I keep reading in ES&T about NESDA & NARDA working
with
manufacturers to make the market more servicer-friendly, I continue to
find
the reverse seems to be the case, and fully expect it to only get worse.

This, Ray, I have to agree with. In the 20+ years that I have been in this
business I have repeatedly tried to justify membership in NESDA and keep
coming to the same conclusion, it is not a very useful organization. They
could do so much more to represent the interest of servicers to the
manufacturers, but really do very little. I ask myself, would our lot be
worse off it it did not exist? I have to answer no. Would I be able to
make my business more profitable or expand if I joined. I ahve to answer
no.

Leonard Caillouet