ANOTHER IS BECAUSE I CAN. INSTEAD OF FLIPPING BURGERS WHILE IN HELL... UH... SCHOOL, I WORKED AT A TV SHOP. SINCE TV REPAIR IS A DEAD BUSINESS, I KNEW GOING OUT ON MY OWN WOULD HAVE BEEN A BAD MOVE. AFTER 4 YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, I LOST INTEREST, BUT AT THE TIME DID NOT KNOW I ALREADY HAD MY COLLECTION STARTED. THE COUNT WAS ONLY FOUR. AFTER GETTING INTERNET ACCESS, I FOUND SEVERAL WEBSITES ON RADIO RESTORATION AND VERY FEW ON TELEVISION. I GOT INTERESTED AGAIN.
MOST, IF NOT ALL SETS IN MY COLLECTION AND OTHERS, WOULD HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY TO THE LANDFILL. UNFORTUNATELY, WE LIVE IN A THROW AWAY SOCIETY. THESE SETS ARE RESTORABLE. AFTER A PROPER RECAP, THESE SETS WILL WORK JUST AS WELL, OR BETTER THAN THEIR MODERN COUNTERPARTS. THEY WILL WORK BETTER THAN WHEN THEY WERE NEW. AM I RECYCLING? PERHAPS.
BACK WHEN THESE SETS WERE NEW, A TELEVISION WAS A MAJOR INVESTMENT. I HAVE SEEN ADS WHERE THE BUYER COULD MAKE WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS. I SUPPOSE I COULD TRANSLATE 50'S AND 60'S DOLLARS TO TODAY'S DOLLARS, BUT THESE SETS WERE NOT CHEAP. SOMEONE BOUGHT THESE SETS AND RAN THEM UNTIL THEY DIED, OR A REPAIRMAN (POSSIBLY LOOKING TO SELL A NEW SET) TOLD THEM IT WASN'T WORTH FIXING. I MAY HAVE INVESTED IN THESE SETS AGAIN, EITHER BY DIRECT PURCHASE, OR FROM THE FUEL USED TO PICK THEM UP, OR THE ENERGY TO GET THEM FROM THE CURB TO MY TRUCK. RESTORING A SET PROTECTS AN INVESTMENT.
THERE IS A SATISFACTION SEEING THE DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE AFTER THE SOFT START AND AGAIN AFTER RESTORATION. IT'S NICE TO SEE THE SCREEN LIGHT AGAIN AFTER MANY YEARS. MOST, IF NOT ALL, MY SETS COULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED DEAD AND BURIED. IN A COLLECTION, THEY GET A NEW LEASE ON LIFE. EVENTUALLY, ALL REMAINING TUBE SETS WILL BE IN COLLECTIONS. THEY ARE GETTING HARD TO FIND.
THE BIGGEST REASON I DO THIS... AS AN EXCUSE TO HAVE THIS PIECE OF SHIT WEBSITE!