anyone here care about modern projection sets?

[radiotvnut]

I still have people offering me these things and I turn them down every time. Heck, I still have people asking me to fix them. Just a little while ago, someone on FB asked me to fix a 6-7 year old Hitachi with bad light engine symptoms. I declined the job and told her that she'd be better off investing in another TV.

A lot of people get PO'ed when you tell them their $2K-$3K TV that's less than ten years old is not worth fixing; but, the fact is that a newer TV's that's much lighter in weight and can produce a better picture can be bought for less than the repair cost of the old TV.

My friend at the flea market said that someone brought him a later RPTV and tried to sell it to him for $300. My friend pretty much told him that he didn't want it, even if it was free, because no one would buy it. The guy came back with the usual line, "I paid $3K for it". Some people don't get the fact that, no matter how much they paid for the TV when new, it is considered an obsolete dinosaur that no one wants.