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Repair CRT tv or buy HDTV?
rhoelsch:
I'm pasting in an email I sent to a local repair shop this morning (the noise is very irritating):
Hello, Yesterday I Spoke With Someone There Who Said A Model # Might Get Me A More Accurate Quote For A Part For My Tv... For 2 Weeks, My 32" Sanyo Tube Tv, Model Avm-3289 Makes A High Pitch Whistle After About 40 Mins Of Being On, About As Loud As Talking Volume (not From Speakers), Stays For About 90 Mins, Goes Away For Half Hour, Then Starts Again. Unrelated To Channel, Input Setting, Volume Or Any Other Change. At Least, That's What I Noticed Last Night. Not Your Normal Tv Electronics Whine; Louder. Tech Said May Be Flyback Transformer... Can You Provide Cost For Flyback before I Lug This Thing In? Thank You -- May Be Looking To Sell, Too, If Interested
Thank You!
An estimate is $40 off the bat, plus $125 for labor ($40 gets included in that), and obviously I'm still waiting for a parts quote (if the flyback is indeed the issue, but at least I'll have an idea). Shop said Sanyo is notoriously difficult to deal with and it may be a week to a month until they get the part shipped, and you won't know how long until it shows up on their doorstep.
My other option is to get a new HD set, which I'm dying to do, but I've got a new baby coming in May and, like most people, my job isn't exactly guaranteed with the economy being so poor. Been looking at Samsungs, as they've gotten good reviews, I'd go a min. 37" 720p for my room size and 40" 1080p is the max I can fit in my wall-long entertainment center. Sammy 40A550 is on sale at Sears this week for $899, should I decide to push the button, that'd be my ideal.
So, do be responsible and get my current 10-year old but-still-looks-really-great set repaired (as long as it'd be under, say, $250), or jump into HD land? The tv's always on when we're home, and the wife says it's 100% my call. Maybe this'll wind up being a single guy vs. married response thing... :( ps - their site did that initial caps thing, not me
Blanka:
Or try no TV for a year. You're gonna love it 8)
And if budget AND tv is important, shop around, there's always a friend with an unused one to borrow.
Thenasty:
ppl throw old CRT TV in my area. I pick up a working 34" SONY fom the curve. I used it for DVD/CONSOLE GAMES etc...
I have someone here in Wayne NJ that has a 34" and looking $$$ for it. But I think, He'll take $100 for it if interested but you must come pick it up. I you want me to tell him your asking price, I'll do it.
I'm quessing on the $100 from the way he spoke with about the TV (he said wants to get something for it). But that was 1 month ago.
LMK if it interest you.
Blanka:
This must be possible in the USA too
If the family is about to enter bad economic weather, delay the purchase of a new TV. Next year all those crappy HD ready-stuff is ancient crap anyway, and all you can buy then is decent 1080p stuff for nice prices.
richms:
Is it a wide CRT or a 4:3 - from what I am seeing here, the wide ones are still going for good money, but 4:3 are giveaway items nowdays.
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