Thread: End of an era.
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Old 2nd Mar 2018, 11:16 am   #36
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It's quiet now - only a couple of phone calls today, a 'no fault found' Samsung Smart TV on the bench and a 55" 4K Panasonic on the floor with, the customer tells me, occasional dots on the screen (!) but only on UHD. Anyone got a UHD pattern generator?!
It is certainly very difficult to make a living now, I have a few loyal (mainly elderly) customers who still bring me repair jobs.
Since the closure of the local TV shop, I seem to have the market to myself!

I really don't enjoy repairing modern flatscreen TV's, unless it is a PSU fault,
I usually source a second hand board.
I certainly will not be getting a SMD rework station anytime soon!

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