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Empire Video (absorbed by VDC) was still independent in the early 90's. Dunno if they did rebuilds for others, but given the market, I'd be surprised if they didn't.
1988 seemed to be the watershed year for CRTs - sets got really cheap, and upgrades to bigger screens, remote control, and MTS stereo led a lot of folks to buy new sets, rather than replacing the CRT in their old set.
Dad did an average of 2 CRT replacements a month in the mid-80s, and maintained that average through the 90's, thanks to the A63/A68 rebuilt CRTs being cheap to get. Post-2000, maybe 2 CRT jobs a year.
Cheers,
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CET-Consumer Repair and Avionics ('88)
"Capacitor Cosmetologist since '79"
When fuses go to work, they quit!
Last edited by Findm-Keepm; 05-27-2011 at 11:07 PM.
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