Are there any tv repair shop left in the U.S.A.?

[magnasonic66]

There seem to be more than four places that claim to repair tv sets in Port St. Lucie, I went to the one in front of our bowling alley and made a stupid request for a late '70s Zenith System 3 remote control. I couldn't give him the tv model number because it had faded off the label. Thought he might know off the top of his head what would work on it. I did not waste his time past two minutes, he had this mega attitude, and I expect too much of people some times.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by magnasonic66

There seem to be more than four places that claim to repair tv sets in Port St. Lucie, I went to the one in front of our bowling alley and made a stupid request for a late '70s Zenith System 3 remote control. I couldn't give him the tv model number because it had faded off the label. Thought he might know off the top of his head what would work on it. I did not waste his time past two minutes, he had this mega attitude, and I expect too much of people some times.

Seems everyone left in TV is cranky. Probably bitter at the loss
of the good old days when you could make a decent living.
Your remote is probably an ultrasonic, look for a 124-*** number
in the battery box. There are also stickers inside the set with model ##.
If you find one locally they will LOVE to sell it !

73 Zeno

[Kevin Kuehn]

I know of two local guys that claim to still make a humble living at it. Lately they've been mostly replacing cheap bulging electrolytic caps in LCD and LED sets. So pretty much the same process we go through with our old sets.

[hi_volt]

No shops here in Tucson that I'm aware of. When I was in college in California back in the 70's, I used to buy and sell (and repair) sets out of my apartment. After graduating, I continued to do that on a limited basis until about 1982. It was about that time that people started developing the "throw it away" attitude and my business dropped to almost nothing, so I gave it up. A friend of mine continued operating a TV shop in town for a few years after that, but he gave up in the late 80's.