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27" TV reliability (esp. old & new RCA, vs. new Samsung & Panasonic at least)
Folks -
I'm helping my mom figure out how to deal with her rather decent 27" RCA from '89 clicking off after only a fraction of a minute or so. Keeping it unplugged between uses helped alot for the past three years it's been an increasingly worsening issue, but it fairly recently apparently stays on for no more than a fraction of a minute. It would generate a picture but then sometimes condense the picture into a mostly horizontal central blob, ususally basically a simple line not quite extending edge to edge, and sometimes being colored (not pure bright white). Sometimes it would get itself straightened out & be ok sometimes, but greatly increasingly so it fails to get itself straightened out. Then eventually a relay clicks, and it powers off. I don't remember a center band being burned into the screen; the phosphor coating itself hasn't been noticably damaged by it. There has been no buzzing or humming from it at all, nor smells, which doesn't seem to suggest a winding gradually shorting itself out (no clear indications of it at least). Also, the TV's power button won't turn it off (must be done from remote); I'm guessing simple worn / corroded / broken contact. Either it gets fixed locally or she buys a new replacement. How typical is fixing at least an older RCA a case of fix one thing, have another part soon go bad? How easily fixed do those problems sound as far as my info can define it? If repairing a 14 yr. old RCA is unsound, then buying a replacement locally seems to currently point mostly to the RCA 27V530T, Samsung TXN2726 or Panasonic CT27SL13 27" units. How do RCA, Samsung and Panasonic compare to each other and other manufacturers for reliability? I read the Emerson TV post... Any reputations (RCA, Samsung or Panasonic at least) for low-grade / mismatched / mis-documented internals (i.e. capacitor special of the day etc.)? I've also read about widespread quality control issues with Sonys (i.e. bad image geometry). The TV is the sole house TV and mostly used for usually infrequent cable program viewing, but will at some point also be used for occasional DVD viewing. Quality does matter here (hence my asking you folks for guidance). Many thanks for reading the long post, and for (hopefully) responding! Roger |
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27" TV reliability (esp. old & new RCA, vs. new Samsung & Panasonic at least)
Roger Twitchell:
Instead of letting this fault get worse and worse... and eventually involving more components.... and a higher repair bill..... and ending in a total failure so it will not work at all..... you would be best advised to take the television into a repair shop right away for what should be a straight-forward repair. There is most likely cracked, cold, dry, or otherwise faulty solder connections on the main circuit board near and around the high heat producing components such as the Vertical Deflection chip, B+ voltage regulator, HOT, flyback, low-ohm power resistors, etc, etc. Don't wait any longer..... at the very least take it to a service shop for a repair cost estimate so you can make an intelligent repair decision with facts instead of internet guesses. You should TAKE it to a shop, don't bother calling them on the phone..... all you will get is more guesses like on the internet. As long as the picture and color are acceptable when it does work (meaning that the picture tube is in good shape) it will more than likely make good sense to repair it.... but first you need to have a real technician actually "look" at the television in person before you can make that decision. By the way, the new/cheap televisions (any brand) will probably not last as long as this one. -- Best Regards, Daniel Sofie Electronics Supply & Repair -------------------------------- snipped: Roger Twitchell" wrote in message Either it gets fixed locally or she buys a new replacement. How typical is fixing at least an older RCA a case of fix one thing, have another part soon go bad? How easily fixed do those problems sound as far as my info can define it? Roger ... |
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27" TV reliability (esp. old & new RCA, vs. new Samsung & Panasonic at least)
Roger Twitchell:
Instead of letting this fault get worse and worse... and eventually involving more components.... and a higher repair bill..... and ending in a total failure so it will not work at all..... you would be best advised to take the television into a repair shop right away for what should be a straight-forward repair. There is most likely cracked, cold, dry, or otherwise faulty solder connections on the main circuit board near and around the high heat producing components such as the Vertical Deflection chip, B+ voltage regulator, HOT, flyback, low-ohm power resistors, etc, etc. Don't wait any longer..... at the very least take it to a service shop for a repair cost estimate so you can make an intelligent repair decision with facts instead of internet guesses. You should TAKE it to a shop, don't bother calling them on the phone..... all you will get is more guesses like on the internet. As long as the picture and color are acceptable when it does work (meaning that the picture tube is in good shape) it will more than likely make good sense to repair it.... but first you need to have a real technician actually "look" at the television in person before you can make that decision. By the way, the new/cheap televisions (any brand) will probably not last as long as this one. -- Best Regards, Daniel Sofie Electronics Supply & Repair -------------------------------- snipped: Roger Twitchell" wrote in message Either it gets fixed locally or she buys a new replacement. How typical is fixing at least an older RCA a case of fix one thing, have another part soon go bad? How easily fixed do those problems sound as far as my info can define it? Roger ... |
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