Looking for CRT monitor repairer in Sydney

"Peter Urbanec" <news.poster@urbanec.net> wrote in message
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I'm looking for a competent monitor repairer in Sydney. Ideally lower
North Shore.

I've got a high end Iiyama CRT monitor where the horizontal deflection
has failed. I would like to have it serviced by someone who will ensure
that the geometry and convergence are spot on when they are done
repairing the unit.
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He's right next door to the guy who replaces vaccuum tubes for a living. ;-)

Michael
 
Michael C wrote in message
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"Peter Urbanec" <news.poster@urbanec.net> wrote in message
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I'm looking for a competent monitor repairer in Sydney. Ideally lower
North Shore.

I've got a high end Iiyama CRT monitor where the horizontal deflection
has failed. I would like to have it serviced by someone who will ensure
that the geometry and convergence are spot on when they are done
repairing the unit.

He's right next door to the guy who replaces vaccuum tubes for a living.
;-)

Michael
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right next door to the guy who fixes moulded RCA cables
 
"Justin" <justinnospam@dontspamme.com.au> wrote in message
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Peter Urbanec wrote:
I've got a high end Iiyama CRT monitor where the horizontal deflection
has failed. I would like to have it serviced by someone who will ensure
that the geometry and convergence are spot on when they are done
repairing the unit.

How big is it? The guys I used to use have given up & I haven't bothered
getting a CRT repaired since (about 2 years). Sub $400 for a 19 inch LCD
means that my customers can't justify the repair cost.
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But anyone who needs to do *proper* photo editing is not going to replace a
good CRT with an LCD.

MrT.
 
Mr.T wrote:

But anyone who needs to do *proper* photo editing is not going to replace a
good CRT with an LCD.
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You won't get any argument from me, it's my customers (or more
accurately their accounts departments) who make the call.
 
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:51:29 +1100, Peter Urbanec <news.poster@urbanec.net>
wrote:

I'm looking for a competent monitor repairer in Sydney. Ideally lower
North Shore.

I've got a high end Iiyama CRT monitor where the horizontal deflection
has failed. I would like to have it serviced by someone who will ensure
that the geometry and convergence are spot on when they are done
repairing the unit.
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IMOE if it is just the HOT that has died (most often the case) a straightforward
replacement with the correct transistor type - NOT an "equivalent" - the
geometry is unaffected. Convergence should not be impacted at all.

Have one good firm here in Perth that does this work, but that's not much help
to you.
 
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:51:29 +1100, Peter Urbanec
<news.poster@urbanec.net> wrote:

I'm looking for a competent monitor repairer in Sydney. Ideally lower
North Shore.

I've got a high end Iiyama CRT monitor where the horizontal deflection
has failed. I would like to have it serviced by someone who will ensure
that the geometry and convergence are spot on when they are done
repairing the unit.
Click to expand...
A few years ago I used to get monitors repaired and /
or refurbished by a mob called Thomas Electronics
in the nothern part of Sydney - can't remember exactly
where, near Balgowlah I think. Look them up in the
phone book, they did monitors and TVs and Radar
screens in thsoe days.

Regards,

Deadly Ernest
(all typos fault of server or
other gremlins)
 
mate i knew used to work at Sibnet Electronics, they're near royal north
shore hospital unless they've moved. they are the service agents for Samsung
and a few other brands i think, they did a good job on my motherboard that
had some damaged tracks that needed microscope level reworking, might be
worth a shot.


"Peter Urbanec" <news.poster@urbanec.net> wrote in message
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I'm looking for a competent monitor repairer in Sydney. Ideally lower
North Shore.

I've got a high end Iiyama CRT monitor where the horizontal deflection
has failed. I would like to have it serviced by someone who will ensure
that the geometry and convergence are spot on when they are done
repairing the unit.
Click to expand...
 
Rod Speed wrote:
There's plenty of decently priced CRTs cheaper than LCDs.
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An LCD fed by a digital connection is adequate for editing text, but not
for accurate video. The faulty monitor has the correct ITU phosphors for
accurate colour reproduction and is/was good in terms of uniform gamma
curve and black point / white point dynamics.

I'm prepared to pay up to the same amount of money as a new consumer
level monitor would cost to have this one repaired. Finding a decent
quality monitor these days is difficult - they all reproduce colours in
Fisher-Price mode, i.e. better than the real thing :-(

I suspect that the problem is a fairly simple failure in the horizontal
deflection circuitry or power supply. However, I've seen monitors come
back from repairers looking worse than they did before they went in. I'd
like a recommendation for a shop that can be trusted to do it right. I'm
prepared to pay for the extra 30 minutes of labour to ensure that the
result is still a high end monitor, as opposed to a working CRT tube.

I'm quite happy to take recommendations for good TV repairers - I can
always ask them on the phone if they are willing to take a look at a
computer monitor.

In other words, I'm looking for good old fashioned service done by
someone who takes pride in their job. That probably implies an old
school analogue electronics engineer.
 
Ernest wrote:
A few years ago I used to get monitors repaired and /
or refurbished by a mob called Thomas Electronics
in the nothern part of Sydney
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Excellent, thanks for the tip. Their website and brochures look
promising - I'll give them a call during business hours to find out more.
 
What The wrote:
mate i knew used to work at Sibnet Electronics, they're near royal north
shore hospital unless they've moved
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Thanks for the tip.

Sibnet are in Chatswood and have been for at least the last 10 years.
All the way up Victoria Avenue and over the hill. I used to take my
Commodore gear there for repairs and it was a long walk from the
station. Not sure about their service levels these days, but back in the
early 90's they rated average to sloppy.
 
In aus.computers.linux John_H <john4271@hotmail.com> wrote:
Peter Urbanec wrote:

I'm looking for a competent monitor repairer in Sydney. Ideally lower
North Shore.

I've got a high end Iiyama CRT monitor where the horizontal deflection
has failed. I would like to have it serviced by someone who will ensure
that the geometry and convergence are spot on when they are done
repairing the unit.

Competent consumer electronics techs are extinct!
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Not quite. Like a lot of trades, there isn't enough money in trade work to
justify doing that rather than moving into something that pays more, such
as retirement. :p

A retiree,
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I know one of those who would be quite capable of fixing it but he's in
Newcastle and almost certainly wouldn't be bothered.

a hobbyist, an adventurous DIYer,
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Some people pretending to be professionals at this type of work would fit
into one or other of those categories but wouldn't be able to do the job
right. :-(

or someone just managing
to hang in (and who's so bad tempered he'll eat you for breakfast) are
your only hope. :))
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The OP probably has more chance of getting a DMM and a CRO (or are they
LCD-Os now? :) ) and finding a circuit diagram online and diagnosing it
himself!

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I'm a Libran Engineer. I don't argue, I discuss.
 
"athol" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:1140664841.476089@idlweb...
In aus.computers.linux John_H <john4271@hotmail.com> wrote:

A retiree,

I know one of those who would be quite capable of fixing it but he's in
Newcastle and almost certainly wouldn't be bothered.
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Do I know you?
 
"Peter Urbanec" <news.poster@urbanec.net> wrote in message
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Ernest wrote:
A few years ago I used to get monitors repaired and /
or refurbished by a mob called Thomas Electronics
in the nothern part of Sydney

Excellent, thanks for the tip. Their website and brochures look
promising - I'll give them a call during business hours to find out more.
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Take it to a TV servicing joint. They live off EHT transformer and related
switching transistor failures in CRT displays.

Jason
 
"The Real Andy" <will_get_back_to_you_on_This@> wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:32:39 +1100, Peter Urbanec
news.poster@urbanec.net> wrote:

Rod Speed wrote:

There's plenty of decently priced CRTs cheaper than LCDs.

An LCD fed by a digital connection is adequate for editing text, but not
for accurate video. The faulty monitor has the correct ITU phosphors for
accurate colour reproduction and is/was good in terms of uniform gamma
curve and black point / white point dynamics.

LCD's can be had now that are as good if not better than CRT's for
imaging.


I'm prepared to pay up to the same amount of money as a new consumer
level monitor would cost to have this one repaired. Finding a decent
quality monitor these days is difficult - they all reproduce colours in
Fisher-Price mode, i.e. better than the real thing :-(

What is your end use? TV, publishing, photography....?
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I have just returned from watching a relations Samsung LCD big screen TV,
and IMHO it's shit.
Anything black came across as a shiny mess, and night scenes were almost
unwatchable.
At $4000 it is a waste of money.
 
"athol" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:1140664841.476089@idlweb...
In aus.computers.linux John_H <john4271@hotmail.com> wrote:
Peter Urbanec wrote:

I'm looking for a competent monitor repairer in Sydney. Ideally lower
North Shore.

I've got a high end Iiyama CRT monitor where the horizontal deflection
has failed. I would like to have it serviced by someone who will ensure
that the geometry and convergence are spot on when they are done
repairing the unit.

Competent consumer electronics techs are extinct!
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Hey! I am still here! ;-)

But i am in Melbourne.

Rudolf
 
"The Real Andy" <will_get_back_to_you_on_This@> wrote in message
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LCD's can be had now that are as good if not better than CRT's for
imaging.
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Care to name it?

MrT.
 
"Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message
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"The Real Andy" <will_get_back_to_you_on_This@> wrote in message
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LCD's can be had now that are as good if not better than CRT's for
imaging.

Care to name it?

MrT.


Seimens and NEC, and others, use them for medical imaging.
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Ken
 
On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:03:21 +1100, "Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote:

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"The Real Andy" <will_get_back_to_you_on_This@> wrote in message
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LCD's can be had now that are as good if not better than CRT's for
imaging.

Care to name it?

Seimens and NEC, and others,

They are companies, not monitor models though.

use them for medical imaging.

OK, I have no experience with their requirements.
Quite different from quality photographic printing purposes probably.

MrT.
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Eizo CG series
 
Mr.T wrote:
"Ken Taylor" <ken@home.nz> wrote in message
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"Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message
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"The Real Andy" <will_get_back_to_you_on_This@> wrote in message
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LCD's can be had now that are as good if not better than CRT's for
imaging.
Care to name it?

Seimens and NEC, and others,

They are companies, not monitor models though.

use them for medical imaging.

OK, I have no experience with their requirements.
Quite different from quality photographic printing purposes probably.

MrT.
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Sorry, what has display quality got to do with printing purposes?

Have I missed something?

Daniel
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On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:13:28 +1100, Daniel <dxmm@nospam.albury.net.au>
wrote:

Mr.T wrote:
"Ken Taylor" <ken@home.nz> wrote in message
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"Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message
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"The Real Andy" <will_get_back_to_you_on_This@> wrote in message
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LCD's can be had now that are as good if not better than CRT's for
imaging.
Care to name it?

Seimens and NEC, and others,

They are companies, not monitor models though.

use them for medical imaging.

OK, I have no experience with their requirements.
Quite different from quality photographic printing purposes probably.

MrT.


Sorry, what has display quality got to do with printing purposes?

Have I missed something?
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Maybe. maybe not. When you edit professional photographic images on
the PC, you need the end result to be exactly the same as what is
printed. If the colours are differ beteen your display and you print
process, then it is impossible to get good images. In saying that,
there is more to it than just colour too.

Furthermore, even the ambient light can affect the colour you percieve
on you monitor..

Daniel
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