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Originally Posted by vol.2
I also love regular old TVs, and I think they're just fine. I was referring to the specific Sylvania tubes used in these sets at that point in time in the early 80s. From what I gather they tended be rather soft and had a high failure rate.
I've seen text on a TV like this over RGBI in 20" and it's not exactly what I'd call super legible, regardless of the brand. That's why computer monitors tended to be like 14" approximately; especially if you're going to be doing a lot of reading and typing on it. The tighter dot pitch of the smaller screen at the same resolution makes the text a lot sharper and that dramatically reduces eye strain.
Regardless, I think it's lucky that yours has a Sanyo tube in it as it should last a long time.
People get crazy about the PVM thing for sure. I personally have a decent little collection of monitors and TVs, but I'm old and I've been amassing them for 30 years now and I also repair them myself. I didn't just roll out of bed and start ebaying expensive sets.
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I started saving crts around 2009 when it became obvious that LCDs were not the end all answer. I agree and I couldn't bring myself to buy/sell sets on ebay. You hear way too many nightmare shipping stories. The seller may or may not take the fall but there is no way I'm taking the chance. You can find several pics of sets purchased on ebay that arrived looking like it was dragged behind the truck on the way. Bottom line that is one less tube.
That Savon Pat guy (supposed to be a former Sony tech) still repairs pvms in California somewhere.
I have actually read more than once of people driving from the east coast, all the way out there 'cuz they are too scared to use a shipper. Could be fun for a vacation I guess. Then burn another vacation to go back out and get it.
