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In article <35C77E95.68A@hotmail.com>, marvin_d_c@hotmail.com writes:
|> 
|> you asked for opinions, so here's mine....
|> 
|> Repairing consumer TVs and VCRs is almost always a waste of your time
|> and money. Even IF you can find a reliable repair shop, the cost of most
|> repairs will be a significant portion of the cost of a new unit.
|> Besides, once you've repaired your 11-year old TV, it will still be 11
|> years old; something else could go wrong with it the next day. Besides
|> that, there have been technical improvements during that time, so why
|> not take advantage of them?

I would guess that that is generally the rule with regard to consumer
appliances.

|> 
|> I'd suggest you look around for an inexpensive 25" or even 27" TV, which
|> will probably be $200-300 depending on where you shop. For your money,
|> you'll get stereo sound, bright picture, full remote control,
|> cable-ready, and whatever else. Use it until the digital TVs become
|> widely available, then move it to another room and keep it for backup!

Well, that's still $200 more than repairing the old set.  My eleven year old
set includes the features listed above; of course, it was a good deal more
expensive at the time.  When my set last had problems (2.5 years ago), I
did shop around.  I was not impressed by the sets in that price range.  My
old set had a much better picture.  Maybe things have improved in the last
couple of years, but then, the under $300 27" price range was junk.  It seemed
that a good set still started at around $500-$600 and went up from there.

Maybe it's time to shop again, but I might rather pay another $100 to carry
me over the next couple of years until it's time for the new technology.

|> 
|> The only exceptions to the above suggestion are repairing a unit that's
|> still in warranty, or repairing one that was EXTREMELY expensive, and is
|> still fairly new. Otherwise, buy new!!

Mine doesn't fall into the above, but I'd rather not shop around for something
new at this time, and I care about quality too much to buy something that
might not measure up.

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