| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009
 Monitor Repairs.....are they worth a look?
With the advent of LCD screens replacing the "old" CRT types, the repair and service of monitors has declined to such a degree that it has almost ceased to be. I get regular calls asking me if it is worth looking at their LCD monitor. My answer is always that it's worth a look. However even I have to admit that at the cheaper end of the market it would be easier and more logical to replace rather than repair.......BUT what about specialist areas like graphic design and CAD work? Any designer worth their salt would be either using high end LCDs or still using a high quality CRT monitor for mainly colour work as CRTs are still almost unmatched in this area(IMHO!). So why use me to get your monitor repaired? A few years ago I made the decision to invest in the area of monitor repairs. My workshop has since been decked out with the best test equipment for this very purpose, mainly Sencore equipment imported for the USA(Thanks guys!!).  First of all we have the Sencore Computer Monitor Analyser CM2125 which has almost endless capabilites with regard to monitor repair. A full spec sheet can be seen here. Then we have one of workshop mainstays, the Sencore LC103 Capacitance and Inductor analyser which has served me well
and saved me countless hours of ... >> full...
posted by MIKE SUGARS  March 11, 2009 16:29
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007
Recommendations from other TV shops!!
I must be doing something right!! I want to take this opportunity to thank all colleagues that I know and some that I don't know who have recomended some of my new customers to me. It is a great feeling when people come up to me and say that have heard of me (In a good way of course!!). I can only assume that it is the fact that I carry out a vast majority of the repairs in the house. Whatever the reason.......thanks guys and gals. Drinks are on me!! Just let me know who you are ok?
posted by MIKE SUGARS August 09, 2007 22:21
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2007
Plasma and LCD screens
It has come to my attention that with a more regular turnover of large flat screen repairs there has to be even more care taken when lifting and transporting. LCD's have an extremely thin and delicate screen face that can be damaged and scratched very easily. Plasma screens, although much tougher with a plate glass front, still tend to be prone to twisting on the cheaper models. So think of us repair guys when you buy one of these monsters and try not to live on the fifth floor......with a dog and three children!!!!! :-)
posted by MIKE SUGARS February 07, 2007 21:22
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2007
The state of the electronics repair industry
Whilst I sit at my chair having my morning cuppa I am pondering on todays' service calls, I am wondering how many more years are left in the repair industry as we now know it. I would invite any other service engineers to make their own comments on what they intend to do about the "throw away" mentality of manufacturers. What has happened to the high street "dealer" who has total support from the major's. Are we just left to scrape up the remains of other engineers who have decided to hang up their soldering irons and get a "proper job"? I myself have seen this senario coming for about 4 years now and have decided to diversify into other areas to take over after the decline is almost complete....... Let me know your thoughts.
posted by MIKE SUGARS January 26, 2007 8:24
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