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The Trials and Tribulations of the Trinitron Television

So the saga began over four months ago when the picture on my TV went black... Through the workings of a South City TV repairman named Dee, it was miraculously brought back to life a few weeks later, but the repair lasted only about a month before it blew out again. After several missed appointments (one because he was rushed to the hospital for something serious) he was finally able to come out on a slightly rainy Saturday and discover that there was something else wrong with the set which was causing premature failures of some secondary component. So he ended up pulling all the guts out so that he can diagnose the circuitry at the shop where he could control the voltages on the board. I had rescheduled for him to come back out a few weeks ago, but he had to go to the hospital to tend to his mother who had fallen ill. Not one to press for a reschedule (and because of all the holidays), I haven't scheduled an appointment for him to come back out -- until today.

This morning I receive a phone call from an unknown phone number. It was Dee, saying that the shop was flooded due to the rain and that the power supply on my board had gotten damaged. He will call again later today after he confirms that the unit is working again.

Hm. Something tells me it's not going to be good news.

Anyone as curious as I am to see how strong the glass is on a 32" Trinitron picture tube? I wonder what kind of a sound a TV tube makes when it implodes...

posted by VirtualErn @ 11:23 AM

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