IMHO true. The CTC175,6 & 7 CTC185,6 & 7 were average
reliability sets. If it wasnt for the connections & the RF
posts breaking off not may would have failed. Mostly
PS, Hoz & pin problems. Pix wise they were quite good & they
came anywhere from stripped down tuner only to higher end.
And you gotta remember other brands suffered from intermitant
tuners, Sony & MGA for starters. Sony used a combo tuner / IF
that was unrepairable & went from abt $60 up. Many failed & even
Sony couldnt tell us where the connections were. ( this is NOT
the int RF post problem).
Bottom line is cold joints happen to everything & kept us
employed. Even spots like the hoz drive that has a history were
almost never dealt with at the factory level.
73 Zeno
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Originally Posted by dishdude
I thought the only real issue the Thomson sets had were the solder joints in that on board tuner they used.
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