Late Model Toshiba, Trying to Fix

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Originally Posted by waltchan

The reason why Toshiba CRT TVs are now JUNK because the newer ones are made by Orion, not made by Toshiba. If you have never of Orion, it makes Broksonic, Emerson (90s), Memorex, Orion, and Sansui brands. All Toshiba TV/VCR combos are made by Orion, so bugs and quirks occur often. The downhill started in 2001, not 2004. 2001 was the first year that all Toshiba CRT sets under 27" (excluding 27" flat-screens) were made by Orion. By 2005, ALL Toshiba CRT TVs, regardless of what size and price, were made by Orion.

bgadow, the 32" Toshiba set you are working on is the first 32" set made by Orion for Toshiba, which is model 32AF45, I believe. Don't be too excited in fixing it because Orion-made Toshiba TVs always have inferior picture quality versus Toshiba-made ones.

Well, I have one Toshiba TV/VHS combo from 2001 and another from 2004. Both are still going strong and have excellent picture and sound quality - and I'm quite picky about picture and sound quality. I like to think that there are some exceptions out there. But there's no way that I'll ever buy a newer Toshiba product again.