John Smith wrote:
When you do write your story, try not to be biased, and rather show a
balanced picture of things. Quality has not declined, it has probably
increased, but so has complexity. The nett result may be shorter MTBF - that
is for you to investigate.

In my experience, it is mostly the mechanics and the basic large signal
circuits (power supplies, deflection stages, high voltage stages) that
fail. As these are mostly as simple as they used to be, or in the case
of VCR mechanics even more simple, the only reason they could fail more
often is that they are made more cheaply. Of course, a power supply
blowing in modern equipment could take out several complex circuits...
Unrepairable damage.

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Met vriendelijke groet,

Maarten Bakker.