Early tv techs faced color challenge

[Captain Video]

Where I live it seems that ALL TV technicians from the old days became EXTREMELY happy with the fact that at some point there were no more tube type televisions to repair. I know a bunch of them, some are still in business, other are retired, and they all but one seem to absolutely despise tube televisions. It is rather frustrating and irritating, really. Since I know just a little of electronics, I need someone with knowledge to put my sets working again. Those who are collectors and/or restorers of these old beauties lives just very far from me - in other states, so I would have to ship sets to other parts of the country. The old techs near me all seem to think that tube TVs only gives troubles, and that SS are way easier to repair. In no way they want to repair any tube type TV set anymore. I think that they are ungrateful, because, in my understatement, the period on which TV techs made more money were the days of tube type televisions. According to a fellow vintage TV collector "those were the days when the TV techs made a lot of money, these sets needed frequent maintenance [ he said that the average 50's TV received the visit of the tech something like 5 times a year ], a guy repairing TVs could easily [ his words ] pay his house, educate his children and get a car" .

I just remember the conversation I had with the man who was the first Admiral authorized servicemen here in my city. It was years ago, when I began my collection, I had just bought my first antique TV, the 17 inch bakelite Admiral from 1953, and I was very excited. Talking to him was like getting a cold shower - with my clothes on. He scorned the brand, saying: "Admiral? It was something to ADMIRE when it worked right!" And then went with the same bla, bla, bla, that I would became very used to hear on the following years that "those sets are worthless the trouble to repair, etc" . Last question I made him had also a sad answer - It was a long time since he sent to the dump all promotional material from Admiral he had from the days he had his shop.