Appreciate comments from those knowledgeable about TV repair

[kepp]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

You are unwise paying that much on a repair of a television. Pioneer made great TVs, but that model is still several years old, will be out of warranty even after the repair, and suffered electrical damage. Even if they fixed the main board there is still other damage that the surge/outage could have caused, and it doesn't appear like they seem to know what the hell they are doing.

Nope...it sounds like they're just replacing parts until they find the right one.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by kepp

Nope...it sounds like they're just replacing parts until they find the right one.

Taking a shotgun approach while throwing out false diagnoses is the epitome of "not knowing what the hell you're doing."

Originally Posted by Rain Man

The weird thing about the world today is that electronics are never repaired any more. It's always cheaper to replace them and typically upgrade at the same time. I'm kind of shocked that a TV repair place still exists.

People who strip and recycle old electronics in China make significantly more than farmers. Right now some planeteer's old 17" CRT is probably being harvested by an 11 year old amongst a cloud of mercury vapor in Shanxi province.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Taking a shotgun approach while throwing out false diagnoses is the epitome of "not knowing what the hell you're doing."

By "nope", I meant you were correct in saying the didn't know what they were doing.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by kepp

By "nope", I meant you were correct in saying the didn't know what they were doing.

Maybe they could fix my sarcasm meter too.