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Old 06-09-2013, 04:36 PM
Rod Beauvex Rod Beauvex is offline
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Originally Posted by Username1 View Post
Re-capping newer tv's is not necessary. Caps are made better now, the '40's 50's 60's had used different materials and they often did not hold up well. Newer sets like that panasonic may have some parts that would go regularly on a specific model, but just replacing all for no reason on a set like that is just a waste.
Granted, this set is 9 years older than the one belonging to the OP, but as this video demonstrates, not all failing components produce immediately visible problems. You never know what problems may be lurking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJYpTz00bFU

(oops, wrong link)

Last edited by Rod Beauvex; 06-09-2013 at 04:40 PM.
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