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Good riddance. Decades ago there used to be lots of people employed in TV sets repairs business. Then, in the blink of an eye, the TV sets became so reliable t
by credit_guy 5y ago
Good riddance.
Decades ago there used to be lots of people employed in TV sets repairs business. Then, in the blink of an eye, the TV sets became so reliable that the business vaporized. And with it millions of jobs. It was not such a big disruption.
- jleyank 5y agoThey also became less durable along with pretty much all other appliances. A gain in features and the cost of waste. Hopefully they can be recycled st some point.
- jfengel 5y agoI recall CRT TVs being extremely unreliable. We had to take ours into the shop all the time, especially in the 70s and 80s. As I recall, they were becoming more reliable in the 90s, and I rarely had to have mine serviced. But my current TV (a plasma TV) is 10 years old with no servicing at all. Perhaps I just got lucky with my Panasonic? To be sure, when it does have a problem, it will certainly be unrepairable. But while flat screen TVs are nearly impossible to repair, they seem very reliable to me, perhaps because they're solid-state.
- voakbasda 5y agoThey did not make them more reliable. They made them more affordable, which then made them disposable. It became less expensive to buy a new unit than have one repaired. Rising labor costs accelerated that transition.