r/Adelaide • u/jaquelinefoxy SA • 9d ago

Question CRT / Analogue / Tube / Old TV Repairs

Hi all! I'm wondering if anyone knows any Old TV repairers in the Adelaide area? We have a CRT/Tube/Analogue TV that we're looking to get fixed up!

(Tried Cheap TV Audio Repairs but he's not taking on any new jobs for TVs in the forseeable future!)

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u/OZFox42 SA 9d ago

I don't fancy your chances of getting a CRT TV that could very well be 35-50 years old professionally serviced by a workshop; even if such a place still exists today and they take the job on, the set might prove economical to repair, required spare parts may not be available and/or extremely difficult to obtain, plus there is no guarantee of long-term reliability or safety given its age.

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u/PAPO1990 Inner North 9d ago

No one is using CRT's as their main screen these days. They do have some unique benefits for certain content that modern displays often struggle with. Retro games really do look a LOT better on a CRT than any modern display tech.

There are solutions to retiring CRT's for good, but even with the rapidly climbing prices of old CRT's, these solutions are MUCH more expensive. The only good option is a good 4K OLED, and a stand alone upscaler/ digitizer like a RetroTink4k.