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Originally Posted by Michelle
Thanks for all the information.
Maybe my dad just wanted to go with a new solid-state TV with a rectangular screen. (I don't remember the year or model number, but the replacement TV was a big Zenith console with a vertical sliding channel selector. [You set the tuning for each space on the selector, then inserted a channel number tab in the corresponding space.])
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Most likely scenario is.
Some filter cans were bad.
The CRT was weak
Probably had other minor problems.
The slide rule tuners were on E-F line sets apx 1975 so
the old set was 10 yrs old.
He told your father to do it right $200 -$300. And he
would soon have a dark, unreliable & unstable 10 yr old set.
The right call was made.
A few other clarifications.....
Most techs realize you make more $$ fixing than selling.
Fixing old dried up junk looses money. We would just
say no sometimes. A tech dont want a sale unless its the
wise thing to do or the customer wants it. He also wont tell
you a CRT is bad just to avoid a POS set, just say NO.
There are bad apples but I saw few.
Remember we repaired NOT restored.
73 Zeno
