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Originally Posted by andy
That's not a bad price. It's about what a CRT should cost, considering what a whole TV costs. When did manufacturers start charging more for a CRT than the whole set is worth?
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I've been fooling with TV's since around '90 and new CRT's have always been more expensive than the whole TV. The reason for that is the manufacturers don't want people repairing their sets. The best way around that is to price the parts out of sight or simply make parts unavailable. One of my older TV repair friends told me that the first shop he worked for could buy rebuilt 25 inch CRT's for $35 each. He said they later went up to $50. That was back in the '70's when most customers would pay $200-$250 for a CRT replacement. My, how times have changed!