When did tv sets becamed more relaible and why?

[Colly0410]

Here in England most domestic made sets were so unreliable that most people rented their sets so they had free repairs. My parents were renters until 1972/73 when they purchased a Sony KV 1800 that never ever conked out. It was still working perfectly in 1994 when my mother died & my sister had it, don't know what happened to it after that though. I bought 2 Toshiba LCD TV's in April 2008 & they're both working perfectly & never been repaired. Don't think England/UK make any domestic sets anymore, they're all imported AFAIK...