Re: Can Toshiba tube TV be repaired now days?

[Meat Plow]

On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:48:46 +0000, James Sweet wrote:

me@privacy.net wrote:
"hr(bob) hofmann@att.net" <hrhofmann@att.net> wrote:

You are correct, it is a lack of vertical scanning. There are
probably 30+ parts involved with the vertical deflection circuits,
including transistors, resistors, capacitors, Integrated circuits,
connectors, wires, etc. Without knowing a fair amount about tv sets/
electronics, it would be a crap shoot to decide which part(s) to
replace. But, it should not be an expensive repair, the problem is
the set is getting old and the new change to digital transmission will
make the set obsolete for regular tv transmissions after next
Spring. So, unless you need a boat anchor, the best thing to do is
leave the set in the City.

Ok thanks

I was hoping that everything would be "modular"
inside...so would be a matter of just puling a module
out and sticking a new one in there.

But sounds like its not.... so will just shit can it I
guess. Too bad


Why? Give it a shot, there's enough info in the FAQ to fix it. You could
at least try resoldering the vertical section. If all else fails, post
it on craigslist and see if anyone wants it, I'd take it off your hands
if I was in your area.

The obsolete thing is BS, millions of "obsolete" analog TVs will remain
in service, for users with cable, satellite, or the new converter boxes,
these sets will continue to work just fine, and for SD content a good
CRT set looks a lot better than those crappy flat panels. Salesmen of
course are drooling over the opportunity to sell piles of new TVs to
ignorant consumers.

Yeh no kidding! At only 6 years old it's well worth the effort at
self-repair. My 53" Panasonic projector went belly-up at 6 years and
turned out to be the convergence outputs and 4 1/10 watt 10 ohm resistors
costing me 40 bucks to repair.