Los Angeles: Oldest TV shop is closing 11-1

[kx250rider]

CTC-17, Thanks for doing that! I didn't know anyone to tell about the coke machine, but I do know that there is a case of Aspen (the forgotten apple-soda), which I stocked in that machine in about '83. I strongly suggest NOT drinking it!!!!


Charles

[Reece]

Thanks for the video. So sad to see the shop disappear but it's one of the last of the breed.

[AUdubon5425]

You ought to get that Fisher receiver on the shelf at 6:02 in the movie - should be a nice quality little unit.

[ctc17]

Originally Posted by AUdubon5425

You ought to get that Fisher receiver on the shelf at 6:02 in the movie - should be a nice quality little unit.

Yea i got dibs on that. That was the receiver we had when I was growing up. Its a customers though

[waltchan]

What's left....It's closing tomorrow?

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by waltchan

What's left....It's closing tomorrow?

He's still going to be there for a few days, but not long. Officially today is it, but the haul-away is planned for next week, as Saturday Bob is getting friends & family with trucks together to take all the tools, office & business stuff home. I'll probably go again Monday or Tuesday and pick up flatbed load of unclaimed customer's sets and store them for Bob 'til they're timed out and can be junked without Bob getting in trouble.

Charles

[MK1234Tfan]

So sad. We had 2 shops in our town that seemed to go out late 90's early 2000's. Then again I live in a small town. Crazy how he doesn't get more LCD's etc. You should ask him if he can do some video's on repairing CRT tv's as well as flat screens for those of us who want to learn and not just throw stuff away like the rest. What to look for and how to test certain things etc. Just a thought.

[ctc17]

Originally Posted by MK1234Tfan

So sad. We had 2 shops in our town that seemed to go out late 90's early 2000's. Then again I live in a small town. Crazy how he doesn't get more LCD's etc. You should ask him if he can do some video's on repairing CRT tv's as well as flat screens for those of us who want to learn and not just throw stuff away like the rest. What to look for and how to test certain things etc. Just a thought.

I have over 200 videos, most of them are repairing old color tube tvs.

bob anderson has a youtube channel where he restores vintage tvs

radiotvphononut has a youtube channel where he repairs all kinds of stuff.

On and on and on. Its all out there for crt sets.

But as said in the last 20 seconds of this video, everything is not bad capacitors and most everything needs correct diagnostics.
As far as flat screens, I dont know if anyone is really fixing those. They change boards or leave the tv at the shop and never pick it up.

[MK1234Tfan]

That's cool. do you have a link to your youtube channel? I have been subscribed to Bob for a while now and he does some really awesome stuff! I have a 90's TV I've been trying to fix for the longest time just to fix it and learn and it has the weirdest symptom. TV wouldn't turn on. Replaced a burned diode. Then it came on with vertical collapse. Fixed that and now it has a rainbow of colors on the CRT and kind of a shadow at the top of the screen and the power light blinks constantly. I'm pulling what's left of my hair out over this thing! But anyways the guy that owned the shop seems like a really nice guy and maybe something out there electronic is worth repair to people than just buying a new one. You just have to find out what it is.

[ctc17]

Sounds like a degaussing problem, fairly common problem usually easy to fix. Maybe cracked solder joints on the thermistor.

I usually dont save anything that new, I try and find creative ways to destroy modern plastic sets and make videos of them dieing.

You should start a detailed thread with pictures of you set and the problem, you will get good advice.

www.youtube.com/user/shango066

[MK1234Tfan]

Ya definitely not needing degaussed. It's more of a weird color bar pattern. Very strange. I think I just may make a thread. Thanks for your channel link.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Reece

Thanks for the video. So sad to see the shop disappear but it's one of the last of the breed.

I think its terribly sad almost everyone has turned thier backs on this better technology!!

[mpatoray]

Yes it is sad to see a GOOD repair shop go under, there is a BAD one here in Youngstown I would like to see go under....

MK1234Tfan;

As CTC-17 said there are lots of us out there that try and repair this stuff. And some of us put up videos on Youtube. I have made a few myself but have also had great help form the members of this board and others.

http://www.youtube.com/mspysu79

Being a child of the 90's there is a lot of stuff on my channel form the 80-90's

Matt

[kx250rider]

I should make a video of a CRT setup job "made easy" on a roundie color set. I've done so many of them for about 35 years, and it's something that is hard to describe in writing, and even harder to understand and do; having just read about it in a book. I had it down to about 5 minutes for a complete purity, convergence, gray scale procedure on any delta gun set. Lots of easy little tricks & short cuts to a near-perfect job. I also got fairly good at doing dynamic convergence on Mitsubishi projection sets, which used to scare even the best techs sometimes when they had to replace deflection yokes and CRTs. I could do one of those from scratch in about 30 minutes (including scoping the peak DC on the G1 (a MUST in order to prevent killing the tubes in a month).

I'll do that when I get a chance...

Charles

[ctc17]

I kinda did that in this video http://youtu.be/1AWG61TAIHg
If you can deal with 34 minutes of me.

I would love to do a color tv setup with 2 cameras , one from the back and one front split screen. That would show what is being turned and the effect. Just need to figure out how to do it in the editor.