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Old 05-13-2009, 02:09 AM
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Default Re: This Crazy Internet thing

TV repair as well...

Our Mitsubishi big screen TV went out right before Christmas...and I searched the internet to see if anyone was having the same problems that I was having. I found out that there were a LOT of people with the same issues...

I got a quote from a TV repair service to repair (hopefully-no guarantees) my TV....for $1200 (TV was $2200 new?). After reading through a couple of the forums...I found a possible solution....so I tried it (I really had nothing to lose...LOL).

It worked!

The cost? 26 bucks and about 20 minutes of my time...

$5 for 14 capacitors
$6 to ship the capacitors
$10 for a soldering iron/solder removal tool
$5 for flux and solder

What a cool Christmas gift!
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