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james_s:
People stopped paying to have TVs repaired when new ones got so cheap. I used to repair a lot of TVs, monitors and other devices but even 15 years ago it was rarely worth it except when people would give me broken devices and I could fix them and sell them. About the only related item I repair for money these days is arcade monitors, nobody makes new CRT monitors anymore and there is demand for them to keep the vintage games original. Vector monitors are especially valuable.

ferdieCX:

--- Quote from: VK3DRB on May 07, 2022, 08:02:17 am ---
I agree in that control theory is perhaps the most useful things to understand in an engineering degree, that some technicians might not know of. However, it would be a big benefit if engineers had a fraction of practical experience of a TV technician. Some techs I know went on to do an engineering degree as adults after years of experience as a technician... they made top notch engineers. France has the right idea, where one has to qualify as a technician before embarking on an electronics engineering degree.


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This information about France is very interesting for me, because the same approach is used at the technical university where I teach.
Do you have a link to some specific information about that ?
It can be in French, I understand it.

strawberry:

--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on May 07, 2022, 02:02:22 pm ---There's simply not much to break down in a modern TV and certainly nothing that would require professional adjusting. It's not like the old days when RF circuits would drift out of alignment

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I have some VEF201 and they still work as new = lazy repairmen instead of replacing bad capacitor/tube do adjustment .. next.

there is small faulty part to replace but it is not available for your 1k JBL speaker or TV = modern electronics

irreparable devices and devices that people are not wiling to pay is what makes THE END
I am probably the youngest Audio/Video ''technician'' left :-DD
for old TV technicians there is no work for them except retirement, I guess
Grundig Philips ITT Sony ... good old days and thick dust in TV sets(good dust collectors)


janoc:

--- Quote from: ferdieCX on May 07, 2022, 06:04:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on May 07, 2022, 08:02:17 am ---
I agree in that control theory is perhaps the most useful things to understand in an engineering degree, that some technicians might not know of. However, it would be a big benefit if engineers had a fraction of practical experience of a TV technician. Some techs I know went on to do an engineering degree as adults after years of experience as a technician... they made top notch engineers. France has the right idea, where one has to qualify as a technician before embarking on an electronics engineering degree.


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This information about France is very interesting for me, because the same approach is used at the technical university where I teach.
Do you have a link to some specific information about that ?
It can be in French, I understand it.

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I think it is a bit of a misunderstanding. France degree system has the DUT and "brevet" which are vocational diplomas but you certainly don't need to have one of these as a pre-requisite for studying engineering. Also, these diplomas don't give you anything in the sense of a practical "technician" experience. It is merely a two year program offered by a high school (brevet) or university (DUT) that you can then extend with an extra year to get a "licence". That's basically a form of undergraduate degree in France, equivalent to a bachelor elsewhere.

However, you don't need one of these to study engineering (which would usually be a master level program)! You can actually do a normal bachelor as well. Yes, the French system is complicated because of historical reasons and there multiple ways how one can arrive to the same degree.

But they certainly don't have or require anything one would understand as a "technician's" qualification. I suspect the confusion comes from that "professional license" certificate one gets after the third year after the DUT/brevet.

Here is the description of the French system:
https://fulbright-france.org/en/study-france/understanding-french-education-system

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on May 07, 2022, 02:02:22 pm ---There's simply not much to break down in a modern TV

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Oh really?  ;D

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