What was the life expectation of an '50's-eraly '60's color C.R.T.

[Dave S]

Originally Posted by kx250rider

I think that lots of CRTs were replaced unnecessarily back then. Easy job; big $.

My favorite story about that is from around 1980 when I was working in the headquarters of a large corporation and one of our Sony monitors started misbehaving. We had that type of stuff serviced by a local TV repair guy. He took the set and brought it back a week later with a new Trinitron picture tube installed and a $300+ repair bill. Only problem was, the symptom was that the picture had collapsed into a horizontal line. Still, no one except me cared and he got away with it. I made sure we never used him again.

--Dave

[leadlike]

Could tv shops sell your old tube as well? Or at least get it rebuilt and charge another customer for it when they replace another crt? I guess they could also say: "well, it will cost X to replace your old picture tube...of course, one of the tvs on our showroom floor could be had for just a few dollars more, which includes that fancy warranty..."

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by leadlike

Could tv shops sell your old tube as well? Or at least get it rebuilt and charge another customer for it when they replace another crt? I guess they could also say: "well, it will cost X to replace your old picture tube...of course, one of the tvs on our showroom floor could be had for just a few dollars more, which includes that fancy warranty..."

It's illegal to sell used TV parts in California, according to the rules in the Bureau of Electronics & Appliance Repair standards. However, I've sold plenty of used parts & CRTs to people who were fully aware they were getting used parts, at a big savings.

Charles

[andy]

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