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Originally Posted by JCFitz
Don't forget vcrs were once easy money. Back during the late 80s-about mid 90s.
Also we have Sony warranty so we got to change all those optic blocks they had trouble with.Pretty easy once you did a few and they paid good. All that is gone now as Sony repairs have expired on them. They're just offering customers a discount on a new unit as compensation if they complain about the issue on their Grand Wega. Also Samsung has the capacitor recall and DLP chip recall.
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I've got one of the Sonys that's
not covered by any of the warranty or class action lawsuits. Bad Optical block - 1250 bucks new or over 600 for a reconditioned one that won't last more than a year. Sony settled all but one lawsuit, and my model (KDG-E42A10) and a few others were never covered. I got it as a gift, so no skin off my back. I replaced it with a new Samsung LCD that I'm quite happy with.
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The work is getting pretty thin these days.
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The fellow up the road stays busy with the newer stuff, mostly inverter boards, caps, and some projo stuff. He says he's barely getting by....
Cheers,