Will sets left alone be worth more?

[zenith2134]

If the resto was done right (if the tech used quality parts, and didn't cut corners) than it could be worth more IMO.

But if it's all hacked up, someone competent will have to take the time to make it right again, and the set won't be worth much anymore.

But there's nothing like finding a set that has NEVER been opened, or has only had some tubes changed out. Sure, it'll be a project to re-cap the damn thing, but at least it's a prime candidate!

I would pay more for a properly functioning, non-original set than one with a vertical burn line and a smoked flyback because someone decided to keep it 'original'. (as long as 'properly-working' does NOT mean a color Samsung in the chassis' place!!! )

[Old1625]

Originally Posted by zenith2134

If the resto was done right (if the tech used quality parts, and didn't cut corners) than it could be worth more IMO.

Yup!

Originally Posted by zenith2134

...But if it's all hacked up, someone competent will have to take the time to make it right again, and the set won't be worth much anymore.

But there's nothing like finding a set that has NEVER been opened, or has only had some tubes changed out. Sure, it'll be a project to re-cap the damn thing, but at least it's a prime candidate!

And one could win the lottery, too. Most (I didn't say all!) early sets were bound to have repair work done on them every year or so. While today's sets are by and large crummy 10-year throwaways during those 10 years they usually don't seem to need service. But at the end of that lifespan the set will become no longer operable, or the quality of operation has deteriorated to a great degree. Then you open up the set, and find that the vast majority of the stand-up electrolytics have either puffed up, or pulled up their skirts. One could re-cap the board, and then the next thing something in the power supply lets go. Reliability goes downhill rapidly. The tiny PC assembly is cooked, and every component on it crying out for renewal.

The early sets required regular tweaking and maintenance, and many have lasted over half a century of either disuse, or moderate use and continuous maintenance, or any condition in the continuum between. The reliability of properly-restored earlier sets will be the same now as when they were new. And that is a reliability nowhere near what late model sets give--for about 10 years for most makes.

Originally Posted by zenith2134

I would pay more for a properly functioning, non-original set than one with a vertical burn line and a smoked flyback because someone decided to keep it 'original'. (as long as 'properly-working' does NOT mean a color Samsung in the chassis' place!!! )

Amen to that!

[RobtWB]

"The early sets required regular tweaking and maintenance, and many have lasted over half a century of either disuse, or moderate use and continuous maintenance, or any condition in the continuum between. The reliability of properly-restored earlier sets will be the same now as when they were new. And that is a reliability nowhere near what late model sets give--for about 10 years for most makes."





How true the above quote is.

You know that there are days that I get really frustrated with the vintage sets.
Even my 80's and 90's sets occasionally require tweaking, whether it be readjusting the color, tint brightness, contrast etc.

Sometimes I am really tempted to run to a big box store and just buy a new lcd or plasma set as an everyday watcher. Any brand should do, ... from what I see only the name on the sets are different. At least with one of these, all I should have to do for the next 10 years is change the remote batteries.