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Originally posted by kc8adu
shhhhh.dont give away everything!
those sets keep me busy!
along with thompson crap
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I don't know why everyone is so quick to lump all Thomson-made RCA and GE TVs into the "crap" category.
I have a Thomson-built RCA which I bought in 1999 and, with the single exception of having had the RF input port to the tuner repaired twice after it snapped off the tuner PC board, it's been working like a champ (very nice picture, clear sound, etc.) ever since on Comcast digital cable. I intend to keep my set awhile, as I just purchased a three-year service contract for it.
I do not believe RCA and GE TVs are "crap", even if they are built by Thomson. As you are no doubt aware, RCA pioneered television, monochrome and color, more than five decades ago, and those old sets were built to last. RCA knew what it was doing in the '50s and they know what they are doing now. Just because RCA sold out to Thomson in the nineties or late eighties does not necessarily mean sets with the RCA logo on them are nothing but trouble.
I don't doubt that defective RCA and GE TV sets, as well as other makes, keep you in business, but please, don't put the Thomson-built sets down. They are good sets (as are Zenith, Panasonic, et al.) when they are working as they should, but they eventually break down just like any other make. RCA would have been forced out of the television business years ago if their sets were "crap" and nothing but trouble.