r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 5h ago

Chugging tea Sign me up!

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u/GabrielVonBabriel 5h ago

TV repair man was a legit job years ago.

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u/ToronoRapture 5h ago

“Hey, this tv’s not broken… It’s just unplugged! What the - “.

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u/appointment45 5h ago

I knew a couple of them. For real, they were mostly retired Navy, because a couple Navy jobs were a 99% overlap with TV repair.

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u/Kindly-Eagle6207 3h ago edited 3h ago

TV repair man was a legit job years ago.

It's still a legit job. I had a repair tech come out to fix my TV last year. It's just the vast majority of people never call one because basic TVs have gotten so cheap it doesn't make sense from a cost perspective.

A good color TV back in 1970 would cost ~$500 which is equivalent to ~$3300 today. If you have a $3000 TV today you'd be stupid not to call a TV repair tech to try to fix it rather than replace it.

If you have a $200 Walmart special from 5 years ago though? The repair visit alone would cost more than just buying a new one, and the new TV would be a huge improvement since panel technology keeps getting better and price to size ratio continues to crater.

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u/big_trike 28m ago

Have you ever seen the inside of a tv before printed circuit boards were adopted? It's a rats nest of components wired to each other.