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From: Daniel Prince on 15 Jan 2010 07:02 I have a 32 inch (CRT type) Quasar TV that has something wrong with the vertical drive circuitry. The TV is about eight or nine years old. The picture is normal horizontally but it is not full height. The height seems to vary between about 25 percent and 75 percent. The problem seems to be temperature related. The colder the TV is the smaller the image Is. For about two weeks, I was able to keep the image full size most of the time by leaving the set on all the time. For the last three days, It has been about 66 percent all the time. About how much should I expect to pay to repair this TV? How can I find a good, honest TV repairman? I live in the Southwest corner of Los Angeles county very near the intersection of the 110 and 91 freeways. Thank you in advance for all replies. -- Whenever I hear or think of the song "Great green gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts" I imagine my cat saying; "That sounds REALLY, REALLY good. I'll have some of that!"
From: Dave C. on 14 Jan 2010 19:25 On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:02:34 -0800 Daniel Prince <neutrino1(a)ca.rr.com> wrote: > I have a 32 inch (CRT type) Quasar TV that has something wrong with > the vertical drive circuitry. The TV is about eight or nine years > old. > > The picture is normal horizontally but it is not full height. The > height seems to vary between about 25 percent and 75 percent. The > problem seems to be temperature related. The colder the TV is the > smaller the image Is. > > For about two weeks, I was able to keep the image full size most of > the time by leaving the set on all the time. For the last three > days, It has been about 66 percent all the time. > > About how much should I expect to pay to repair this TV? Minimum of $200 labor, plus parts. Note that a brand new 32" LCD TV can be purchased at Best Buy or Wal-Mart for about $300. IMHO, it would be foolish to even try to repair that Quasar TV. -Dave
From: Adrian C on 15 Jan 2010 08:21 On 15/01/2010 12:02, Daniel Prince wrote: > I have a 32 inch (CRT type) Quasar TV that has something wrong with > the vertical drive circuitry. The TV is about eight or nine years > old. <snip> > About how much should I expect to pay to repair this TV? How can I > find a good, honest TV repairman? I live in the Southwest corner of > Los Angeles county very near the intersection of the 110 and 91 > freeways. Thank you in advance for all replies. Bin it. Ask/Find on FreeCycle for another. -- Adrian C
From: Van Chocstraw on 15 Jan 2010 09:24 On 01/15/2010 07:02 AM, Daniel Prince wrote: > I have a 32 inch (CRT type) Quasar TV that has something wrong with > the vertical drive circuitry. The TV is about eight or nine years > old. > > The picture is normal horizontally but it is not full height. The > height seems to vary between about 25 percent and 75 percent. The > problem seems to be temperature related. The colder the TV is the > smaller the image Is. > > For about two weeks, I was able to keep the image full size most of > the time by leaving the set on all the time. For the last three > days, It has been about 66 percent all the time. > > About how much should I expect to pay to repair this TV? How can I > find a good, honest TV repairman? I live in the Southwest corner of > Los Angeles county very near the intersection of the 110 and 91 > freeways. Thank you in advance for all replies. > -- > Whenever I hear or think of the song "Great green gobs of greasy > grimey gopher guts" I imagine my cat saying; "That sounds REALLY, > REALLY good. I'll have some of that!" They don't repair them any more, the replace the board which costs more than the whole unit. Throw it off a bridge and buy a new one.
From: Mike on 15 Jan 2010 10:28
"Daniel Prince" <neutrino1(a)ca.rr.com> wrote in message news:k6m0l5phsnle4pco8to60i2h6utqfqs3op(a)4ax.com... >I have a 32 inch (CRT type) Quasar TV that has something wrong with > the vertical drive circuitry. The TV is about eight or nine years > old. > > The picture is normal horizontally but it is not full height. The > height seems to vary between about 25 percent and 75 percent. The > problem seems to be temperature related. The colder the TV is the > smaller the image Is. > > For about two weeks, I was able to keep the image full size most of > the time by leaving the set on all the time. For the last three > days, It has been about 66 percent all the time. > > About how much should I expect to pay to repair this TV? How can I > find a good, honest TV repairman? I live in the Southwest corner of > Los Angeles county very near the intersection of the 110 and 91 > freeways. Thank you in advance for all replies. > -- Are you capable of repairing it yourself? I would make a $2 bet it is a bad capacitor. Probably an electrolytic between 10 uf and 470 uf. With a can of freeze mist and a heat gun, it could be isolated in just a few minutes. I agree with the suggestion that it will cost $200 if you have a shop repair it. Just the cost of staying in business. Good luck, Mike |