Being a senior, and looking at a drop of income in a few years as I leave the workforce - I have to think about longevity with items.
The TV in question is from 1987. It's been fixed once. The person who fixed it tried to talk me into buying new instead. I insisted. When I returned to the shop to pick up my TV, I walked in and saw a group of TVs on display, and one stood out because of the picture quality. It was my TV. They disconnected it and gave it to me, and told me they understood why I wanted to fix it instead of replacing it. Apparently before I got there, several people tried to buy it. This is part of the reason I'm reluctant to get rid of it. The other is an emotional attachment. The person who gifted it to me and the circumstances under which I received it have left me not wanting to part with it. I want to see it work until it does finally stop working for that reason.
I can understand which is why I suggested looking for a free TV through Craigslist, but I also get why you want to keep the one you have. I gave a TV to my Uncle to fix a similar issue several months ago because it was getting impossible to deal with the technology issues before he unfortunately passed away a couple months later. Too bad you are not in the area, I would gladly donate the TV to you as he would have wanted to help someone else.
