Superduper to the rescue...again!!

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mellymelsr

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Over the Christmas Holiday I had a small tragedy occur...my kids rec room tv stopped working. I figured I would have to suffer through hours and hours of Barney for the Holidays...I don't think so.

The tv in question is a 2002 model 60" Mitsubishi Diamond series projection tv. Lucky for me there is tons of info on this model including my particular issue. It turns out the capacitor's on this tv run at max efficiency by design and as a result they often swell up and burn out.

I called my buddy Norm and asked if he was familiar with this problem and he knew the answer before I could even finish telling him what was wrong. He informed me he had some upgrade capacitor's in stock and if I brought the circuit board over he would install them on the spot. I brought him the circuit board and about 10 minutes later he came out with frshly installed, upgraded capacitor's...he even appologized for taking so long!!

It is a blessing having a good friend like Norm live near by...he did this for me while he was preparing to leave town on vacation, that's the kind of guy Norm is. An added bonus to all this was he even let me borrow a boombox to play with while he was away. I had been thinking about picking up a JVC M80 and Norm had one laying around so it provided Holiday music for me during Christmas...anyway I wanted to extend yet another :thankyou: to my friend Norm for saving the day once again.

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Superduper

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That TV is not at floor level. How in the world did you ever muscle that outta there? :-O And is that why the oak decoration on the bottom right corner outta wack? :lol:
 
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MasterBlaster84 said:
Is Norm Pro-bono? :hmmm: He sure is good to all of us. :yes:
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Well, Don. Lemme just say that Fresh Produce is paying $3000 to repair a broken tuner shaft on a superduper rare Marantz PMS7000 so, I would say, "almost" pro-bono. :-D
 
Fatdog

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I believe Norm has racked up more blaster karma than every member here... combined! :yes:
 
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c'mon guys. Any greedy bastard would do the same. :-)

Besides, I want to Thank Melly for taking such good care of me.

Melly asked me how much, and I told him $1 would do. AND try it out first before paying, just in case the repair wasn't successful.
He said no way. That service was worth at least 3 times as much, and I'm giving you $3 NOW. So Melly paid me 3x's my asking price. My reverse psychology worked once again. :lol: :-) :-D

It's true. Ask Melly to confirm.
 
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You know what's funny Ira? When Melly called, I already knew exactly what he was talking about because a few months back, I did the EXACT same repair on another Mitsubishi big screen TV. So this is a common problem for those Mitsubishi TV's.

On the other one I did, the capacitors were actually bulging, like ready to burst.

On Melly's I don't think they had that bulge. But after removing them, we tested them on my Sencore LCR meter. I think 3 or 4 of the 7 were testing totally bust. The point is that capacitors do go bad, even without any outwardly appearance of failure.
 
baddboybill

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Norm the lifesaver of course :thumbsup: and $3 bucks for 7 caps is cheaper than anywhere i know ;-) Thats not even including his phone time :-D :lol:
 
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Well, the $1 and $3 example wasn't the actual charge but the ratio representation for the purposes of presenting that story is correct. ;-)

Nowadays, nobody repairs TV's -- as electronics have now entered the disposable age. One goes bad, you simply get a new one. Cheaper and better quality/specs than the old one anyhow. Also warranty period is sooo ridiculous (90 days to 1 year is the norm) that it simply reflects the life expectancy of electronics today.
 
baddboybill

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Superduper said:
Well, the $1 and $3 example wasn't the actual charge but the ratio representation for the purposes of presenting that story is correct. ;-)

Nowadays, nobody repairs TV's -- as electronics have now entered the disposable age. One goes bad, you simply get a new one. Cheaper and better quality/specs than the old one anyhow. Also warranty period is sooo ridiculous (90 days to 1 year is the norm) that it simply reflects the life expectancy of electronics today.
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I Figured :lol: :lol: But Norm is that true even with the high pricing of these new flat screens :hmmm: you know being disposable :huh:
 
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baddboybill said:
Superduper said:
Well, the $1 and $3 example wasn't the actual charge but the ratio representation for the purposes of presenting that story is correct. ;-)

Nowadays, nobody repairs TV's -- as electronics have now entered the disposable age. One goes bad, you simply get a new one. Cheaper and better quality/specs than the old one anyhow. Also warranty period is sooo ridiculous (90 days to 1 year is the norm) that it simply reflects the life expectancy of electronics today.
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I Figured :lol: :lol: But Norm is that true even with the high pricing of these new flat screens :hmmm: you know being disposable :huh:
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They don't make those anymore. It's not a real flat screen -- it is a projection screen so yes, it is now obsolete. The charge for service guys to do this exact same repair is like $1000+. That is to replace the entire module. Service guys are like tire and battery installers now. They no longer repair down to the component level. They simply follow a flow chart to narrow down to the module and replace the entire thing. Skilled service people are becoming like dinosaurs now.
 
baddboybill

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Superduper said:
baddboybill said:
Superduper said:
Well, the $1 and $3 example wasn't the actual charge but the ratio representation for the purposes of presenting that story is correct. ;-)

Nowadays, nobody repairs TV's -- as electronics have now entered the disposable age. One goes bad, you simply get a new one. Cheaper and better quality/specs than the old one anyhow. Also warranty period is sooo ridiculous (90 days to 1 year is the norm) that it simply reflects the life expectancy of electronics today.
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I Figured :lol: :lol: But Norm is that true even with the high pricing of these new flat screens :hmmm: you know being disposable :huh:
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They don't make those anymore. It's not a real flat screen -- it is a projection screen so yes, it is now obsolete. The charge for service guys to do this exact same repair is like $1000+. That is to replace the entire module. Service guys are like tire and battery installers now. They no longer repair down to the component level. They simply follow a flow chart to narrow down to the module and replace the entire thing. Skilled service people are becoming like dinosaurs now.
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What I really meant to say was new LCD or plasma TV's :-O
 
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