Mystery Sears

[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by Dreamsbeard

Good, Sanyo seems to be the concensus, i'll try to grab the set!

Are those set more desirable thant the Hitachi set from the same era?

We didn't work on many Hitachi sets when I was with Sears during the time of these console sets. Nearly all consoles were Sanyo, and some portables were Hitachi. Many portables built by Sanyo had the soft-touch buttons on the front that changed channels by just brushing a finger over the sensor button. Interesting design.

Towards the end of the decade, Sanyos were using an IC in the power supply that was owned by Sears. Suddenly, it was no longer available around 1984, and I trashed so many of these sets. Sears stopped supplying this IC for parts services around this time. Made you buy another set.

[Dreamsbeard]

Originally Posted by holmesuser01

Towards the end of the decade, Sanyos were using an IC in the power supply that was owned by Sears. Suddenly, it was no longer available around 1984, and I trashed so many of these sets. Sears stopped supplying this IC for parts services around this time. Made you buy another set.

Would that IC in the power supply be a high failure part? If I get the set I want to be able to repair it so it can have it as long as possible.