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Originally Posted by jbattles
when a sony from lets say 78 - 90 came in to my shop they were worn out, but every once a while you a good one not worn out.
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Sounds like the 91-98 Zenith tubes. Once in a GREAT while...you find a good one still to this day.
I tend to be one of the "majority" here--and have repaired many Sony sets--often for someone who had "tried and failed". I concede that the tube has a picture like no other set did...WHEN they worked. But by NOW_-those GCS sets are a TIME BOMB--just WAITING to send some poor tech into fits trying to fix one today !! And NO ONE here can dispute how TERRIBLE that 26 inch Sony tube was. A GREAT picture for a FEW years. I doubt one could exceed 10K hours from one...and they will NOT rejuv !!
and I TOO had to repair a lot of the somewhat newer Sony sets where someone had changed the H-out and inverter transistors (C_4834's, or that MX081 chip) But who did NOT bother to check the drive connections and BAM--ALL of it quickly vaporized. THAT point is where I would usually come in...and fix it RIGHT.