Hey John Del )! You wrote in message
, at group
sci.electronics.repair, on the date of 10 Aug 2004 12:01:28 GMT:


I started out about 1970 repairing 50s through the 60s era TVs. While TVs
certainly needed a lot of attention, they didn't need tubes every three or four
weeks. A properly serviced TV would give 2 to 4 years of decent service before
needing some sort of attention, but ministrations of most sort were cheap back
then. BTW, IMO the most reliable TVs ever built were built from the early 70s
through the late 80s. I can't tell you how often customers offer to me a free
TV from that era that still works.

I agree. I have a Semp Toshiba TV from 1986 or so. Never was opened (the only
thing that was changed was the power plug, the original one was broken). Still
works perfectly, unlike some modern TV's that are cheap built.

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