Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] TV's

date posted 1st May 2003 22:33

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Dan Norcott wrote:

> I always go for ex rental cockheaps - got one about 3 years ago for =A310=
0, 28
> inch, nice telly - finlandia I think. Beats the crap out of buying them
> new.

Seconded. I bought an ex-rental NICAM Finlandia (I suspect it's a Nokia,
really) for about 100GBP about 5.5 years ago. Still going strong. That's
more reliable than most /new/ TVs.

I figure the rental places probably do extensive testing on the reliability
of the models they take on, so they don't have repairs cutting into their
margins...

OTOH, I bought a Philips VCR at the same time, and that was a nasty,
tape-chewing piece of ****. Avoid mechanical ex-rental stuff, I reckon. ;-)

Best Regards,
Alex.
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