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FERNSEH · 6th Mar 2018, 9:26 pm

There's a cheapo 32" LCD in my bedroom and it's now just over eight years old and has never given any problems. The reliability of these things is the reason why there is so little service work. Going back to 1977 when the Philips G11 was introduced the talk was of less than one service call each year. A good and a bad thing for TV rental. The fact that the new sets were proving to be reliable meant the demise of rental.
A nice LCD repair job on Monday, see the attachment. A Chinese made? Logic brand set with five bulging elcos on the power supply board.
Not so lucky today. A real Toshiba LCD TV doing strange things. Too good to scrap. Last of the TV sets made in the Plymouth Ernesettle works. Got to fix that one!

DFWB.

6th Mar 2018, 9:26 pm	#82
FERNSEH Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 7,444	Re: End of an era. There's a cheapo 32" LCD in my bedroom and it's now just over eight years old and has never given any problems. The reliability of these things is the reason why there is so little service work. Going back to 1977 when the Philips G11 was introduced the talk was of less than one service call each year. A good and a bad thing for TV rental. The fact that the new sets were proving to be reliable meant the demise of rental. A nice LCD repair job on Monday, see the attachment. A Chinese made? Logic brand set with five bulging elcos on the power supply board. Not so lucky today. A real Toshiba LCD TV doing strange things. Too good to scrap. Last of the TV sets made in the Plymouth Ernesettle works. Got to fix that one! DFWB. Attached Thumbnails