Road Runner Posted October 18, 2021 Share #1 Posted October 18, 2021 Today's TVs seem bulletproof. They never break. But I remember when TV's broke quite often, and the sight of a TV repairman's truck in the neighborhood was a very common sight. And because they were relatively expensive, a typical family only had one TV. If your TV broke and it had to go into the shop, you were screwed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #2 Posted October 18, 2021 Nope. I don't remember those days We had a 1980 Zenith that needed a new something or other in the mid 90s. My brother had an early Samsung LED that needed some part in the mid-2000s when it was like a year old - a very big recall by them if I remember. Other than that, all our old TVs were just landfilled while still working and never repaired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #3 Posted October 18, 2021 I remember being probably one of the last people to get a tv repaired, in the late 80s or so. I also remember the tube testers in corner stores. That was nuts! Mainly because the voltages and charged capacitors inside a tv were dangerous! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #4 Posted October 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: I remember being probably one of the last people to get a tv repaired, in the late 80s or so. I also remember the tube testers in corner stores. That was nuts! Mainly because the voltages and charged capacitors inside a tv were dangerous! Moving a TV used to be a two man operation. Those fuckers were heavy! Nowadays, moving a TV might be a two man operation because they are so damn large, you don't want to clip a corner or something with them and need someone watching out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted October 18, 2021 12 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: I also remember the tube testers in corner stores. That was nuts! Mainly because the voltages and charged capacitors inside a tv were dangerous! We had one a few blocks from my house in the local soda shop/whatever store. The problem was, they didn't work all that well, and people bought tubes that the tester said were bad or weak, but it still didn't fix the problem. What a racket! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #6 Posted October 18, 2021 I have two TVs. A 20" Sony from 1990, and a 36" Sony from 2006. Both still work The older TV isn't as crisp, but who cares? And it's only been serviced one time, to degauss it. I'm on a mission to see how long it lasts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted October 18, 2021 1 minute ago, bikeman564™ said: I have two TVs. A 20" Sony from 1990, and a 36" Sony from 2006. Both still work The older TV isn't as crisp, but who cares? And it's only been serviced one time, to degauss it. I'm on a mission to see how long it lasts. I have a 27" RCA I bought new in 91. It is now in my bedroom. In 30 years, it has never had a single problem. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #8 Posted October 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Moving a TV used to be a two man operation. Those fuckers were heavy! Nowadays, moving a TV might be a two man operation because they are so damn large, you don't want to clip a corner or something with them and need someone watching out for you. I had a 30" flat screen tube TV that my mother bought for us. I think that it was one of the last tube TVs produced. It weighed 135 pounds. We have a 60" TV that I can easily lift by myself but it's a little unwieldy being so large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #9 Posted October 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Road Runner said: I have a 27" RCA I bought new in 91. It is now in my bedroom. In 30 years, it has never had a single problem. Nice. My little one is the bedroom TV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #10 Posted October 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Moving a TV used to be a two man operation. Those fuckers were heavy! Nowadays, moving a TV might be a two man operation because they are so damn large, you don't want to clip a corner or something with them and need someone watching out for you. Still is. My 36" Sony IIRC is 200 lb. These TVs are awkward because they're front heavy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #11 Posted October 18, 2021 22 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: Still is. My 36" Sony IIRC is 200 lb. These TVs are awkward because they're front heavy. My brother's 35" first gen HDTV with a CRT was "left behind" when he moved out of his final apartment. It was SOOOO heavy and he was up several levels. Just said "adios" to it and let the next tenants have a "free" TV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 18, 2021 Share #12 Posted October 18, 2021 My flat screen is now 12 years old. The power board went wonky so sometimes it would not turn on. A little bit of google, a little bit of YouTube and I ended up ordering a piece from an electronic shop and fixed it myself. That was 4 years ago. I am pretty much a TV repair man, minus the buttons cleavage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #13 Posted October 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: My brother's 35" first gen HDTV with a CRT was "left behind" when he moved out of his final apartment. It was SOOOO heavy and he was up several levels. Just said "adios" to it and let the next tenants have a "free" TV Funny thing. I bought my TV from Circuit City, and the delivery guy said "don't ever move" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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