Average lifetime of a CRT?

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Originally Posted by dewickt

Magnavox/Philips 32" lasted over 100,000 hours on CRT, after 200,000 the second tube was OK but the chassis died (flyback), was not worth fixing since NAP had closed down and parts were not available. The replacement 48" flat screen in much better !!

I must be misunderstanding something here.

So you had 100,000 hours on the original CRT, and 200,000 on the replacement for 300,000+ total hours? 300000 divided by 24 hours in a day divided by 365 days in a year would come to more than 34 years if the set was never turned off. They didn't make 32-inch TVs back in 1984, did they?

What year was your TV built, and how many hours a day was it used?

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