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TV repair question

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alg2468

I need the opinion of the great people of radio-info for this problem.
I have a 27" Zenith TV, made in May 1997, that has worked great - since last night. When turning it on, I heard a faint click sound, and a white zig-zag line appeared across the screen and stayed there. I tried adjusting the contrast, brightness, and other on screen controls but the line just stayed there. The TV still works fine, color is good, sound is good, but the line acros the screen is annoying. the TV and all electronic components attached to it (VCR, DVD, stereo) all have a 1700 joule GE surge protector attached. My question is: is the TV worth repairing seeing its 8 years old, but was not on all day every day (only on about 2 or so hours a day)?
 
A TV repair friend of mine says only big screen and "specialty" TVs are worth repairing these days. They are pretty much disposable once out of warranty.
 
> I need the opinion of the great people of radio-info for
> this problem.
> I have a 27" Zenith TV, made in May 1997, that has worked
> great - since last night. When turning it on, I heard a
> faint click sound, and a white zig-zag line appeared across
> the screen and stayed there. I tried adjusting the
> contrast, brightness, and other on screen controls but the
> line just stayed there. The TV still works fine, color is
> good, sound is good, but the line acros the screen is
> annoying. the TV and all electronic components attached to
> it (VCR, DVD, stereo) all have a 1700 joule GE surge
> protector attached. My question is: is the TV worth
> repairing seeing its 8 years old, but was not on all day
> every day (only on about 2 or so hours a day)?
>
A new analog 32" TV is sub $300. Best guess on repair is the $150 range. However, unless you are connected to cable or satellite, you might start considering a 42" HD set (not all that cheap) and not worry about the analog disappearing.

John
 
> I need the opinion of the great people of radio-info for
> this problem.
> I have a 27" Zenith TV, made in May 1997, that has worked
> great - since last night. When turning it on, I heard a
> faint click sound, and a white zig-zag line appeared across
> the screen and stayed there. I tried adjusting the
> contrast, brightness, and other on screen controls but the
> line just stayed there. The TV still works fine, color is
> good, sound is good, but the line acros the screen is
> annoying. the TV and all electronic components attached to
> it (VCR, DVD, stereo) all have a 1700 joule GE surge
> protector attached. My question is: is the TV worth
> repairing seeing its 8 years old, but was not on all day
> every day (only on about 2 or so hours a day)?
>

Hope you weren't too attached. Sounds like that TV is ready for the garbage shoot. Getting it repaired would NOT be worth the investment.

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> My question is: is the TV worth
> repairing seeing its 8 years old, but was not on all day
> every day (only on about 2 or so hours a day)?

(Let's try this again, got that WONDERFUL PAGE NOT FOUND error! last time, I get to retype this all over again! arrrgh)

Ah but it is still 8 years old.
Caps dry up, dust gets in parts on the board, and it does age.
and just because you don't hit the on button and had a picture on for 8 years straight, it still was 'ON' since the day you plugged it in.

Hey you got eight years of work out of it. You should be happy. The set owes you nothing, nor do you owe it anything.

As was stated below, unless you have a real sentimental attachment to it, or are short on cash, then I'd say give it your blessing and buy a new one.
 
CRT analog TV getting cheapened to death..

> A new analog 32" TV is sub $300. Best guess on repair is the
> $150 range. However, unless you are connected to cable or
> satellite, you might start considering a 42" HD set (not all
> that cheap) and not worry about the analog disappearing.

> John


And the new analog CRT TV's are of dubious quality now. Made in China with corners cut everywhere. GE and RCA no longer are Thompson...sold to China. Sanyo still makes some of their stuff, and Panasonic, but all of them shortly will have dumped their smallER CRT's LG and Samsung though have a thin (depth) CRT for HDTV and it looks good. But will the CRT hold up more than 2 years? I've seen "new" models on display only look good for a few months and then the CRT was shot. Be VERY careful.

Powell
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Re: CRT analog TV getting cheapened to death..

> > A new analog 32" TV is sub $300. Best guess on repair is
> the
> > $150 range. However, unless you are connected to cable or
> > satellite, you might start considering a 42" HD set (not
> all
> > that cheap) and not worry about the analog disappearing.
>
> > John
>
>
> And the new analog CRT TV's are of dubious quality now. Made
> in China with corners cut everywhere. GE and RCA no longer
> are Thompson...sold to China. Sanyo still makes some of
> their stuff, and Panasonic, but all of them shortly will
> have dumped their smallER CRT's LG and Samsung though have a
> thin (depth) CRT for HDTV and it looks good. But will the
> CRT hold up more than 2 years? I've seen "new" models on
> display only look good for a few months and then the CRT was
> shot. Be VERY careful.
>
> Powell

Do a search for some of the recalls on these sets, too. Some of them smoke themselves even while they're turned off (of course, most of the electronics remain on except for the actual CRT and high-V circuit when they're supposedly "off"). Then there's my mom who bought a Zenith "Made in México" 30" set years ago, for which something in the set dies annually... CRT, main board, CRT, CRT, tuner -- All fixed under the warranty that keeps extending itself. Zenith should have just put wing-nuts on the rear cover.
 
Hey, this is the RADIO engineering section, not the TV engineering section. Now you expect us to fix TV's?!?!?!?

Geez!!

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> Hey, this is the RADIO engineering section, not the TV
> engineering section. Now you expect us to fix TV's?!?!?!?
>
> Geez!!
>
> :)
>

Yes.. And unclog the toilet.. And change the light bulb.. And get the birds out of Sales.... And deliver updated scripts to the control room...

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